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Int 0226-2014

Requiring snowplows to be fitted with lights and audible warnings to prevent pedestrian deaths.

IntroductionFiledCommittee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Managementintroduced 2014-03-26

Filed — closed without being enacted.

Official record · Legistar

Agenda: 2014-03-26Passed: 2017-12-31

Summary

The bill would require all vehicles engaged in the removal of snow on roads, sidewalks, parking lots and pedestrian walkways to be equipped with flashing lights and audible warnings.

Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste ManagementDepartment of Sanitation and the Business Integrity Commission.

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6 passed · 44 died

This bill: 1376 days in committee

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Sponsors (20)

Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2014-03-26 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2014-03-26 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2014-10-28 · Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2014-10-28 · Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2017-12-31 · City Council

Heard at (2)

Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management · 2014-10-28 · 1:00 PM · Committee Room - City Hall
City Council · 2014-03-26 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall

Attachments (4)

Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Chapter 1 of title 10 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 10-172 to read as follows: � 10-172 Snowplows. All vehicles engaged in the removal of snow on roads, sidewalks, parking lots and pedestrian walkways shall be equipped with flashing lights and audible warnings no later than January first, two thousand sixteen. The flashing lights will be operational at all times and the audible warnings will be operational between the hours of seven a.m. and ten p.m. The audible warnings shall comply with section 24-218 of this code. � 2. Section 16-126 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new subsdivision e to read as follows: e. All vehicles engaged in the removal of snow shall be equipped with flashing lights and audible warnings. The flashing lights will be operational at all times and the audible warnings will be operational between the hours of seven a.m. and ten p.m. The audible warnings shall comply with section 24-218 of this code. �2. This local law shall take effect one hundred eighty days after enactment. JCH LS# 945 3/19/14 - 2 - - 1 -