File #: Int 0532-2011    Version: Name: Requiring the Landmarks Preservation Commission to maintain a publicly available database for requests for evaluation.
Type: Introduction Status: Filed
Committee: Committee on Land Use
On agenda: 4/6/2011
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the landmarks preservation commission to maintain a publicly available database for requests for evaluation.
Sponsors: Daniel R. Garodnick, Fernando Cabrera , Lewis A. Fidler, Vincent J. Gentile, Letitia James, Rosie Mendez, Annabel Palma, James G. Van Bramer, Albert Vann, Jumaane D. Williams, Melissa Mark-Viverito, Peter A. Koo, Daniel J. Halloran III
Council Member Sponsors: 13
Attachments: 1. Int. No. 532 - 4/6/11, 2. Committee Report 5/2/12, 3. Hearing Testimony 5/2/12, 4. Hearing Transcript 5/2/12
Date Ver.Prime SponsorAction ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting DetailsMultimedia
12/31/2013ADaniel R. Garodnick City Council Filed (End of Session)  Action details Meeting details Not available
5/2/2012*Daniel R. Garodnick Committee on Housing and Buildings Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
5/2/2012*Daniel R. Garodnick Committee on Housing and Buildings Amendment Proposed by Comm  Action details Meeting details Not available
5/2/2012*Daniel R. Garodnick Committee on Housing and Buildings Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
5/2/2012*Daniel R. Garodnick Committee on Land Use Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
5/2/2012*Daniel R. Garodnick Committee on Land Use Amendment Proposed by Comm  Action details Meeting details Not available
5/2/2012*Daniel R. Garodnick Committee on Land Use Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
4/6/2011*Daniel R. Garodnick City Council Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
4/6/2011*Daniel R. Garodnick City Council Introduced by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
Proposed Int. No. 532-A
 
By Council Members Garodnick, Cabrera, Fidler, Gentile, James, Mendez, Palma, Van Bramer, Vann, Williams, Mark-Viverito, Koo and Halloran
 
 
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the landmarks preservation commission to maintain a publicly available database for requests for evaluation.
 
 
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
 
      Section 1.   Section 25-320 of title 25 of the administrative code of the City of New York is amended to read as follows:
a. The commission may make such investigations and  studies  of  matters  relating  to  the  protection, enhancement, perpetuation  or  use  of  landmarks,  interior landmarks, scenic landmarks and historic  districts,  and  to  the  restoration  of landmarks,   interior  landmarks,  scenic  landmarks  and  buildings  in historic districts as the  commission  may,  from  time  to  time,  deem necessary  or  appropriate  for the effectuation of the purposes of this chapter, and may submit reports and recommendations as to  such  matters to   the   mayor  and  other  agencies  of  the  city.  In  making  such investigations and studies, the commission may hold such public hearings as it may deem necessary or appropriate.
b.  The commission shall create and maintain at its offices and online on its website a publicly available database listing all requests from the public for the evaluation of the architectural, historical or cultural significance of properties in the city, including the name of the person or organization requesting the evaluation, the address of the property to be evaluated, the current status of the request for evaluation and its resolution. A summary of the aggregate number of all requests for evaluation that have been processed and their status shall be posted.
c. For all final communications for requests for evaluation, the commission shall respond with one of the following four responses: "accepted for further study"; "not recommended for further study at this time"; "need more information from applicant"; or "need 60 more days to respond to request."
ยง 2. This local law shall take effect sixty days after it shall have become a law.
CBH
LS 1732
4/23/2012