Int. No. 102

By Council Members Brannan, Hanif, Dinowitz, Brewer, Riley, Yeger, Restler, Nurse, Bottcher, Schulman, Sanchez, Cabán, Farías, Abreu, Hudson, Avilés, Gennaro, Joseph, Krishnan, Brooks-Powers, Menin, De La Rosa, Ayala, Velázquez, Gutiérrez, Powers, Rivera, Marte, Ung, Won, Narcisse, Williams, Salamanca, Hanks, Holden, Moya, Lee, Barron, Richardson Jordan, Ossé, Stevens, Louis and Feliz (by request of the Queens Borough President)

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the department of environmental protection to post a map of green roofs online

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Chapter 5 of title 24 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 24-532 to read as follows:

§ 24-532 Green roof map. a. The commissioner, in collaboration with the department of buildings, shall publish on the department’s website a map showing the location of every green roof, as defined in section 24-526.1, in the city.

b. For each green roof indicated on the map, the map shall at a minimum provide the following information:

1. The occupancy group of the building or structure;

2. The area of the roof in square feet;

3. The area of the portion of the roof covered by the green roof system in square feet;

4. The estimated amount of water such green roof has the capacity to absorb; and

5. Any functions of the green roof, which may include, but need not be limited to, aesthetic, water retention, recreational, farming or any other function designated by the department.

§ 2. This local law takes effect 120 days after it becomes law.

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