Int. No. 236
By Council Members Stewart, and White Jr.
A Local Law to amend the New York city charter, in relation to requiring the department of sanitation to collect, for a fee, commercial waste from businesses in mixed-use buildings.
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Section 16-101 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended to add a new paragraph 4 to read as follows:
(4) “mixed-use building” means a building in any district used partly for residential use and partly for a community facility or commercial use, where there are less than six residential units in the building.
§2. Subdivision c of section 16-116 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended to read as follows:
c. This section shall not apply to (i) unimproved or vacant property or premises generating infrequent waste or insignificant amounts of waste; [and] (ii) home occupations, medical offices/group medical centers, and other residential offices, which receive department collection and disposal service pursuant to section 16-114.1 of this code[.]; and (iii) commercial businesses in mixed-use buildings. The commissioner shall provide for the collection and removal of all wastes, including designated recyclable materials, from any commercial establishment located in a mixed-use building.
§3. This local law shall take effect on July 1, 2007
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