Details Meeting Name: Committee on Environmental Protection, Resiliency and Waterfronts Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 10/16/2023 1:00 PM Minutes status: Final   Meeting location: Council Chambers - City Hall Published agenda: Agenda Published minutes: Minutes   Meeting video: Video   Attachments: CLICK ANY FILE # BELOW (in blue) TO ACCESS LEGISLATION AND ATTACHMENTS Meeting Items (17) 17 records Group Clear sorting Clear grouping Group by Type Group by Result Export Export to Excel Export to PDF Export to Word Show: All agenda items Legislation only All agenda items File # Ver. Prime Sponsor Agenda # Agenda Note Name Type Summary Action Result Action Details Multimedia                     Roll call Not available T2023-4041 *       Oversight - DEP’s Management of Noise Complaints. Oversight   Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available T2023-4041 *       Oversight - DEP’s Management of Noise Complaints. Oversight   Filed, by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0160-2022 * Robert F. Holden     Noise standard for commercial establishments. Introduction This bill would amend the definition for unreasonable noise as applied to commercial establishments as sound that exceeds specified prohibited noise levels. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0160-2022 * Robert F. Holden     Noise standard for commercial establishments. Introduction This bill would amend the definition for unreasonable noise as applied to commercial establishments as sound that exceeds specified prohibited noise levels. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0774-2022 * Keith Powers     Requiring the department of environmental protection to measure construction-related sound levels inside dwelling units upon request and prohibited noise levels for sound attributable to construction devices on or after 7:00 a.m. and before 10 p.m. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), upon the request of an owner, lessor or occupant of a dwelling unit within a building located within a half-mile radius of a construction site, to measure sound levels within such units with closed windows and doors. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0774-2022 * Keith Powers     Requiring the department of environmental protection to measure construction-related sound levels inside dwelling units upon request and prohibited noise levels for sound attributable to construction devices on or after 7:00 a.m. and before 10 p.m. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), upon the request of an owner, lessor or occupant of a dwelling unit within a building located within a half-mile radius of a construction site, to measure sound levels within such units with closed windows and doors. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0775-2022 * Keith Powers     Results of noise inspections. Introduction This bill would mandate that the Department of Environmental Protection publish the results of their noise inspections online within 5 business days after they have been completed. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0775-2022 * Keith Powers     Results of noise inspections. Introduction This bill would mandate that the Department of Environmental Protection publish the results of their noise inspections online within 5 business days after they have been completed. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0776-2022 * Keith Powers     Providing noise inspection reports. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Environmental Protection and the Police Department to give a copy of the noise inspection report created after a 311 noise complaint to anyone who requests the report and provides the 311 tracking number. The person requesting the noise inspection report would not have to submit a Freedom of Information Law request to receive the report. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0776-2022 * Keith Powers     Providing noise inspection reports. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Environmental Protection and the Police Department to give a copy of the noise inspection report created after a 311 noise complaint to anyone who requests the report and provides the 311 tracking number. The person requesting the noise inspection report would not have to submit a Freedom of Information Law request to receive the report. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0777-2022 * Keith Powers     Requiring an after hours variance for the removal of construction debris. Introduction This bill would require any person engaging in a construction project to obtain an after hours variance when removing construction debris from a construction site before 7:00 a.m. on a weekday, after 6:00 p.m. on a weekday, or during the weekend. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0777-2022 * Keith Powers     Requiring an after hours variance for the removal of construction debris. Introduction This bill would require any person engaging in a construction project to obtain an after hours variance when removing construction debris from a construction site before 7:00 a.m. on a weekday, after 6:00 p.m. on a weekday, or during the weekend. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0778-2022 * Keith Powers     Establishing a photo noise violation monitoring device program for motor vehicles. Introduction This bill would establish a noise camera program that would detect motor vehicles exceeding the noise limits under city law. Any vehicle found to be violating such limits would be issued a notice of violation and subject to the civil penalty as prescribed by the existing law. Subject to appropriation, the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) would be required to ensure that there are no less than 5 noise cameras in each borough. DEP would also be required to submit to the Mayor and the Speaker of the Council, and to post on its website, an annual report on the program including the locations of the noise cameras, the number of violations detected, and any expenses incurred in connection with the program. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0778-2022 * Keith Powers     Establishing a photo noise violation monitoring device program for motor vehicles. Introduction This bill would establish a noise camera program that would detect motor vehicles exceeding the noise limits under city law. Any vehicle found to be violating such limits would be issued a notice of violation and subject to the civil penalty as prescribed by the existing law. Subject to appropriation, the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) would be required to ensure that there are no less than 5 noise cameras in each borough. DEP would also be required to submit to the Mayor and the Speaker of the Council, and to post on its website, an annual report on the program including the locations of the noise cameras, the number of violations detected, and any expenses incurred in connection with the program. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1194-2023 * James F. Gennaro     Compensation awarded by the environmental control board to complainants for citizen noise complaints and to the maximum penalty authorized for violations of subdivision (b) of section 24-244 of such code for certain proceedings. Introduction This bill would cap the compensation citizen complainants can receive when their complaint prompts proceedings under subdivision (b) of section 24-244 of the noise code. Compensation for proceedings brought by the Department of Environmental Protection would be capped at $5, and compensation for proceedings brought by a complainant would be capped at $10. For citizen complaint proceedings commenced prior to the effective date of the bill for which a resolution has not yet been reached prior to such date, the maximum penalty for a violation of subdivision (b) of section 24-244 would be capped at $50. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1194-2023 * James F. Gennaro     Compensation awarded by the environmental control board to complainants for citizen noise complaints and to the maximum penalty authorized for violations of subdivision (b) of section 24-244 of such code for certain proceedings. Introduction This bill would cap the compensation citizen complainants can receive when their complaint prompts proceedings under subdivision (b) of section 24-244 of the noise code. Compensation for proceedings brought by the Department of Environmental Protection would be capped at $5, and compensation for proceedings brought by a complainant would be capped at $10. For citizen complaint proceedings commenced prior to the effective date of the bill for which a resolution has not yet been reached prior to such date, the maximum penalty for a violation of subdivision (b) of section 24-244 would be capped at $50. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available