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NY S02297
Bill
Status
1/18/2011
Primary Sponsor
Carl Kruger
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AI Summary
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Applies to cities with populations of one million or more and requires certificate of occupancy to show either compliance with mapped street access requirements or certification from city planning commission under special purpose district zoning.
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Buildings must have street or highway access that is duly placed on official map or plan and suitably improved to department of transportation standards for public health, safety, and welfare.
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Alternative compliance allowed if city planning commission certifies development has plan providing vehicular access and egress for emergency and other traffic, with direct or indirect access to officially mapped street or highway that is suitably improved.
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Building owners may furnish performance bond or other security approved by department of transportation to cover full cost of street improvements, with city authority to declare default and complete improvements if not finished within specified timeframe.
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Appeals process available through board of standards and appeals or similar zoning board when enforcement would cause practical difficulty or unnecessary hardship, with board authority to grant exceptions subject to protective conditions.
Legislative Description
Requires that before a certificate of occupancy can be issued for a building located in a development in a city having a population of one million or more, present law respecting mapped street improvement and access thereto be complied with, or city planning commission must have certified, pursuant to requirements of a special purpose district set forth in city's zoning resolution, that development complies with a satisfactory plan of traffic control and vehicular access, and abutting street improvement satisfactory to department of transportation of the city.
Last Action
REFERRED TO CITIES
1/18/2011