File #: Int 0886-2023    Version: * Name: Accessory sign violations and waiving penalties and fees for signs that are accessory to a use on the same zoning lot.
Type: Introduction Status: Enacted
Committee: Committee on Housing and Buildings
On agenda: 1/19/2023
Enactment date: 3/19/2023 Law number: 2023/043
Title: A Local Law in relation to accessory sign violations and waiving penalties and fees for signs that are accessory to a use on the same zoning lot
Sponsors: Keith Powers , Pierina Ana Sanchez, Justin L. Brannan, Marjorie Velázquez, Julie Menin, Robert F. Holden, Lincoln Restler, Sandra Ung, Shaun Abreu, Alexa Avilés, Carmen N. De La Rosa, Gale A. Brewer, Shahana K. Hanif, Sandy Nurse, Carlina Rivera , Kalman Yeger , James F. Gennaro
Council Member Sponsors: 17
Summary: This bill would amend Local Law 28 of 2019, as amended by Local Law 29 of 2021, to extend the four-year moratorium on the issuance of accessory sign violations for two additional years. The proposed legislation would also extend the temporary DOB assistance program established by Local Law 28 of 2019 for two years.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 886, 2. Int. No. 886, 3. January 19, 2023 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 4. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 1-19-23, 5. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - January 19, 2023, 6. Committee Report 1/24/23, 7. Hearing Testimony 1/24/23, 8. Hearing Transcript 1/24/23, 9. Committee Report 2/16/23, 10. Hearing Transcript 2/16/23, 11. Committee Report - Stated Meeting, 12. February 16, 2023 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 13. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 2-16-23, 14. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - February 16, 2023, 15. Int. No. 886 (FINAL), 16. Fiscal Impact Statement, 17. Legislative Documents - Letter to the Mayor, 18. Local Law 43
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Int. No. 886

 

By Council Members Powers, Sanchez, Brannan, Velázquez, Menin, Holden, Restler, Ung, Abreu, Avilés, De La Rosa, Brewer, Hanif, Nurse, Rivera, Yeger and Gennaro

 

A Local Law in relation to accessory sign violations and waiving penalties and fees for signs that are accessory to a use on the same zoning lot

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Section 3 of local law number 28 for the year 2019, as amended by local law number 29 for the year 2021, is amended to read as follows:

§ 3. Violations for existing accessory signs. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no applicable violations shall be issued on or after the effective date of the local law that [last amended] established this section for an accessory sign in existence on or before such date for a period of [two] six years, unless such accessory sign creates an imminent threat to public health or safety or the commissioner of buildings determines that such sign is otherwise not eligible for the temporary waiver created under this section.

§ 2. Section 4 of local law number 28 for the year 2019, as amended by local law number 29 for the year 2021, is amended to read as follows:

§ 4. Temporary assistance for respondents. a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the commissioner of buildings shall establish a temporary program to provide assistance to respondents of judgments resulting from applicable violations resolved by payment by the respondent or other payor between June 1, 2006 and the effective date of the local law that [last amended] established this section for a [two-year] six-year period. The assistance provided by such program shall include, but not be limited to:

1. Technical assistance in acquiring the permit or permits required to install an accessory sign;

2. Review of all permit applications relevant to the installation of an accessory sign including a preliminary review of compliance with paragraph (a) of section 32-653 or paragraph (a) of section 42-542 of the zoning resolution, or any provision amending, replacing or supplementing such sections of the zoning resolution within seven days of receiving such application; and

3. A waiver of all fees in connection with permits relevant to the installation of an accessory sign incurred on or after the effective date of the local law that [last amended] established this section.

§ 3. This local law takes effect immediately and is retroactive to and deemed to have been in effect as of January 1, 2023.

 

 

 

 

 

 

AS

LS #11592

1/3/2023