Int 1393-2016
Requiring the board of standards and appeals to report on variances and special permits.
IntroductionEnactedCommittee on Governmental Operationsintroduced 2016-12-06Local Law 2017/104
Enacted as Local Law 2017/104.
Official record · Legistar
Agenda: 2016-12-06Passed: 2017-05-30Enacted: 2017-05-30
Summary
This bill would require the Board of Standards and Appeals to report information about applications for variances and special permits, and appeals of decisions regarding variances and special permits, to the Council twice per year.
Committee on Governmental Operations — Municipal governmental structure and organization, Department of Citywide Administrative Services, Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings, Community Boards, Tax Commission, Board of Standards and Appeals, Campaign Finance Board, Board of Elections, Voter Assistance Commission, Commission on Public Information and Communication, Department of Records and Information Services, Financial Information Services Agency and Law Department.
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9 passed · 41 died
This bill: 168 days in committee
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Sponsors (10)
Lifecycle
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2016-12-06 · City Council
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2016-12-06 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2016-12-14 · Committee on Governmental Operations
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2016-12-14 · Committee on Governmental Operations
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2017-05-23 · Committee on Governmental Operations
ActionAmendment Proposed by Comm
2017-05-23 · Committee on Governmental Operations
ActionAmended by Committee
2017-05-23 · Committee on Governmental Operations
AdvancedApproved by Committee
2017-05-23 · Committee on Governmental Operations
AdvancedApproved by Council
2017-05-24 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Mayor
2017-05-30 · Mayor
AdvancedSigned Into Law by Mayor
2017-05-30 · Mayor
ActionRecved from Mayor by Council
2017-06-02 · City Council
Votes (7)
Aye (6)
Mark LevineBen KallosDavid G. GreenfieldCarlos MenchacaAntonio ReynosoJoseph C. Borelli
Absent (1)
Ritchie J. Torres
Heard at (4)
City Council · 2017-05-24 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Governmental Operations · 2017-05-23 · 1:30 PM · 250 Broadway - Committee Rm, 16th Fl.
Committee on Governmental Operations · 2016-12-14 · 1:00 PM · 250 Broadway - Committee Rm, 16th Fl.
City Council · 2016-12-06 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Attachments (22)
- Legislative History Report
- Summary of Int. No. 1393-A
- Summary of Int. No. 1393
- December 6, 2016 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files
- Int. No. 1393
- Committee Report 12/14/16
- Hearing Testimony 12/14/16
- Hearing Transcript 12/14/16
- Proposed Int. No. 1393-A - 5/18/17
- Committee Report 5/23/17
- Hearing Transcript 5/23/17
- May 24, 2017 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files
- Committee Report - Stated Meeting
- Fiscal Impact Statement
- Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 5-24-17
- Mayor's Letter
- Int. No. 1393-A (FINAL)
- Minutes of the Recessed Stated Meeting of May 10, 2017 held on May 24, 2017
- Minutes of the Recessed Stated Meeting of May 24, 2017 held on June 6, 2017
- Minutes of the Stated Meeting - May 24, 2017
- Local Law 104
- Report on Variances & Special Permits - July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2017
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 2 of title 25 of the administrative code of the city New York is amended by adding a new section 25-208 to read as follows:
� 25-208 Reports on variances and special permits. a. Not later than December 15, 2017 and no later than December 15 each year thereafter, the board of standards and appeals shall provide to the speaker of the council and post on its website in a non-proprietary format that permits automated processing, a report regarding variances and special permits for the first four months of the current fiscal year. Such report shall include the following information for the reporting period, disaggregated by variance or type of permit:
1. the number of pre-application meeting requests filed;
2. the number of applications filed;
3. the number of applications filed for which a pre-application meeting request was held;
4. the number of applications for which an initial hearing was held;
5. the number of applications that were approved;
6. the number of applications that were denied;
7. the number of appeals filed;
8. the number of appeals granted;
9. the number of appeals denied;
10. the average length of time from when an application was filed to when a decision was made; and
11. the average length of time from when an appeal was filed to when a decision was made.
b. Not later than September 1, 2017 and no later than September 1 each year thereafter, the board of standards and appeals shall provide to the speaker of the council and post on its website in a non-proprietary format that permits automated processing a report regarding variances and special permits for the previous fiscal year. Such report shall include the following information for the reporting period, disaggregated by variance or type of permit:
1. the number of pre-application meeting requests filed;
2. the number of applications filed;
3. the number of applications filed for which a pre-application meeting request was held;
4. the number of applications for which an initial hearing was held;
5. the number of applications that were approved;
6. the number of applications that were denied;
7. the number of appeals filed;
8. the number of appeals granted;
9. the number of appeals denied;
10. the average length of time from when an application was filed to when a decision was made; and
11. the average length of time from when an appeal was filed to when a decision was made.
� 2. This local law takes effect immediately.
SMD/BJR
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