File #: Int 0809-2022    Version: Name: Increasing the civil penalty for repeated littering violations.
Type: Introduction Status: Filed (End of Session)
Committee: Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management
On agenda: 10/27/2022
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to increasing the civil penalty for repeated littering violations
Sponsors: Sandra Ung, Rita C. Joseph, Marjorie Velázquez
Council Member Sponsors: 3
Summary: This bill would set a civil penalty against commercial, manufacturing or industrial buildings for violations of Admin. Code § 16-118(2)(a) (sidewalk littering and obstruction) of $200 for the first violation, $400 for the second violation committed on a different day within any 12 month period, and $600 for the third and each subsequent violation committed on a different day within any 12 month period.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 809-A, 2. Summary of Int. No. 809, 3. Int. No. 809, 4. October 27, 2022 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 5. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 10-27-22, 6. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - October 27, 2022, 7. Committee Report 9/12/23, 8. Hearing Testimony 9/12/23, 9. Hearing Transcript 9/12/23, 10. Proposed Int. No. 809-A - 12/13/23

Proposed Int. No. 809-A

 

By Council Members Ung, Joseph and Velázquez

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to increasing the civil penalty for repeated littering violations

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 9 of section 16-118 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 80 for the year 2021, is amended to read as follows:

a. (1) not less than $50 and not more than $250 [dollars] for a first violation, except that the civil penalty shall be not less than $250 and not more than $350 [dollars] for a second violation of subdivision 4 or 6 of this section within any 12 month period, and not less than $350 and not more than $450 [dollars] for a third or subsequent violation of subdivision 4 or 6 of this section within any 12 month period;

(2) notwithstanding subparagraph (1) of paragraph a of this subdivision, $50 [dollars] for a first violation of paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 or of subdivision 3 of this section, or of any rules promulgated pursuant thereto, $100 [dollars] for a second violation of such paragraph or subdivision or of any rules promulgated pursuant thereto within any 12 month period, and $100 [dollars] for a third or subsequent violation of such paragraph or subdivision or of any rules promulgated pursuant thereto within any 12 month period;

(3) notwithstanding subparagraphs (1) and (2)  of paragraph a of this subdivision, the owner of any commercial, manufacturing or industrial buildings, including those buildings which also contain residential units, violating the provisions of paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of this section, or of any rules promulgated thereto, shall be liable for a civil penalty of $200 for the first violation, $400 for the second violation committed on a different day within any 12 month period, and $600 for the third and each subsequent violation committed on a different day within any 12 month period;

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

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12/08/2023, 3:01pm