Int. No. 417
By Council Members Restler, Krishnan, Ayala, Powers, Joseph, Dinowitz, Louis, Bottcher, Cabán, Marte, Won, Riley, Gutiérrez, Nurse, Sanchez, Ossé, Hanif, Menin, Hudson, Avilés, Richardson Jordan, Brewer, Abreu, Schulman, Gennaro, Lee, De La Rosa, Velázquez, Rivera, Narcisse, Williams, Salamanca, Farías, Holden, Moya, Ung, Barron, Stevens and Feliz (by request of the Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx and Manhattan Borough Presidents)
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to notice requirements for certain transportation projects and the repeal of section 19-187 in relation thereto
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Subdivisions a and g of section 19-101.2 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by local law 90 for the year 2009, are amended to read as follows:
a. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms [shall be defined as follows] have the following meanings:
[1. “]Affected council member(s) and community board(s)[”]. The term “affected council member(s) and community board(s)” [shall mean] means the council member(s) and community board(s) in whose districts a proposed major transportation project is to be located, in whole or in part.
Bicycle lane. The term “bicycle lane” shall mean a portion of the roadway that has been marked off or separated for the preferential or exclusive use of bicycles.
[2. “]Major transportation project[”]. The term “major transportation project” [shall mean] means any project, including a project to add or remove a bicycle lane, that[,] after construction will alter four or more consecutive blocks, or 1,000 consecutive feet of street, whichever is less, involving a major realignment of the roadway, including either removal of a vehicular lane(s) or full time removal of a parking lane(s) or addition of vehicular travel lane(s).
g. The department may implement its plan [fourteen or more days] after it sends an amended plan or notice that it will proceed with its original plan to the affected council member(s) and community board(s).
§ 2. Section 19-187 of the administrative code of the city of New York is REPEALED.
§ 3. This local law takes effect immediately.
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EJL
LS 2429/8181
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