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Int 0713-2011

Portable storage containers.

IntroductionFiledCommittee on Housing and Buildingsintroduced 2011-11-03

Filed — closed without being enacted.

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Agenda: 2011-11-03Passed: 2013-12-31
Committee on Housing and BuildingsDepartment of Housing Preservation and Development, Department of Buildings and rent regulation.

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8 passed · 42 died

This bill: 789 days in committee

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Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2011-11-03 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2011-11-03 · City Council
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2013-12-31 · City Council

Heard at (1)

City Council · 2011-11-03 · 1:30 PM · Emigrant Savings Bank - 49-51 Chambers Street
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Chapter one of title 28 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 28-505 to read as follows: §28-505 Permit for portable storage containers. a. For the purposes of this section, “portable storage container” shall mean any weather resistant boxlike container transported by truck or trailer to a desired location and designed for the outdoor storage of personal property of household goods for temporary use only. For the purposes of this section, dumpsters, the trailer portion of a tractor-trailer, or prefabricated sheds, shall not be considered a portable storage container. b. No person shall place a portable storage container on residential property unless a permit for such container has been issued by the commissioner. Such permit shall be for a period of no more than six months and may be renewed for one additional six-month period at the discretion of the commissioner. §2. This local law shall take effect ninety days after its enactment. KS LS #2296 7/18/11