Int 0755-2012
Requiring fencing on pedestrian passageways elevated over vehicular or pedestrian right of ways.
IntroductionFiledCommittee on Transportationintroduced 2012-01-18
Filed — closed without being enacted.
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Agenda: 2012-01-18Passed: 2013-12-31
Committee on Transportation — Mass Transportation Agencies and facilities, Department of Transportation and New York City Transit Authority.
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Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2012-01-18 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2012-01-18 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2012-02-28 · Committee on Transportation
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2012-02-28 · Committee on Transportation
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2012-02-28 · Committee on Housing and Buildings
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2012-02-28 · Committee on Housing and Buildings
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2013-12-31 · City Council
Heard at (2)
Committee on Housing and Buildings · 2012-02-28 · 1:00 PM · 250 Broadway - Committee Rm, 14th Fl.
City Council · 2012-01-18 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Attachments (3)
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Subchapter one of title 19 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 19-154 to read as follows:
§19-154 Fencing on Elevated Pedestrian Passageways. Except as provided herein, any plazas, ramps, overpasses, sidewalks, passageways, and similar locations under the jurisdiction of the department or another city agency for use in whole or in part by pedestrians which are elevated more than five feet above a vehicular or pedestrian right of way shall be enclosed by a fence no less than eight feet in height, that curves inward at the top of such fence toward such plaza, ramp, overpass, sidewalk, passageway or similar location. The provisions of this section shall not apply to structures regulated by the building code.
§2. This local law shall take effect ninety days after its enactment into law.
LS 3086
KET/lf
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