Int. No. 197
By Council Members McCaffrey, Duane, Freed, Koslowitz, Linares and Stabile; also Council Members Cruz, Leffler, Michels, O'Donovan and Robinson -- read and referred to the Committee on Housing and Buildings.
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to securing protection of buildings undergoing construction.
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Article twenty of chapter one of title 27 of the administrative code of the city of New York is hereby amended by adding a new section 27-204.1 to read as follows:
§27-204.1 Securing buildings undergoing construction.
All buildings undergoing new or substantially rehabilitated construction shall be secured adequately to protect such construction against vandalism. Such measures may include but not be limited to, padlocked fencing, cinder blocks facing or a security guard. Such requirement shall only apply if construction ceases for periods exceeding forty-eight hours and premises are to be left unattended. The owner of such building or contractor of such project shall also notify the local police precinct that construction shall cease.
§2. This local law shall take effect thirty days after enactment.