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Adding zoning variance and special permit information on a map on a city website.

IntroductionEnactedCommittee on Governmental Operationsintroduced 2016-12-06Local Law 2017/105

Enacted as Local Law 2017/105.

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 compile data on the location of all variances and special permit applications filed since January 1, 1998 into a data set. Such data set would then be required to be included as a filter on an interactive City map.

Committee on Governmental OperationsMunicipal 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.

How it compares

20% of similar bills passed

10 passed · 40 died

This bill: 168 days in committee

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Sponsors (13)

Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2016-12-06 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm 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)
Joseph C. BorelliDavid G. GreenfieldMark LevineAntonio ReynosoBen KallosCarlos Menchaca
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 (21)

Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Section 668 of the New York city charter is amended by adding a new subdivision h to read as follows: h. The board of standards and appeals shall compile data on the location of all variances and special permit applications filed with the board after January 1, 1998 and acted upon by the board, into a publicly available data set. Such data set shall also be provided to the department of information technology and telecommunications for inclusion on an interactive map of the city maintained on a city website. Such map shall allow a user to filter the view of such data by variance, type of special permit, year of filing of variances and special permits and year of decision by the board on variances and special permits. � 2. This local law takes effect 12 months after it becomes law. SMD/BJR LS #5438 5/2/17 4:23PM