Int 1334-2016
Permitting street vendors to vend within three feet from the curb.
IntroductionFiledCommittee on Consumer Affairsintroduced 2016-10-27
Filed — closed without being enacted.
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Agenda: 2016-10-27Passed: 2017-12-31
Summary
This bill allows vendors to place their pushcarts two feet from the curb. Currently, the law requires pushcarts to abut the curb, endangering the safety of vendors who must exit their carts onto the street, and potentially, into oncoming traffic.
Committee on Consumer Affairs — Department of Consumer Affairs
How it compares
24% of similar bills passed
12 passed · 38 died
This bill: 430 days in committee
Similar bills: median 462 days · 229 days when passed
Compared against 50 Introduction bills in Committee on Consumer Affairs.
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Int 0855-2008
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Int 0769-2008
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596dFiled
Int 0828-2008
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462dFiled
Int 0030-2010
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Sponsors (1)
Lifecycle
HeardHearing on P-C Item by Comm
2016-10-26 · Committee on Consumer Affairs
HeldP-C Item Laid Over by Comm
2016-10-26 · Committee on Consumer Affairs
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2016-10-27 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2016-10-27 · City Council
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2017-12-31 · City Council
Heard at (1)
City Council · 2016-10-27 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Attachments (7)
- Summary of Int. No. 1334-A
- Summary of Int. No. 1334
- Int. No. 1334
- Committee Report 10/26/16
- Hearing Testimony 10/26/16
- Hearing Transcript 10/26/16
- Proposed Int. No. 1334-A - 12/12/17
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision a of section 17-315 of subchapter 2 of chapter 3 of title 17 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended to read as follows:
a. No pushcart shall be placed upon any sidewalk unless said sidewalk has at least a twelve foot clear pedestrian path to be measured from the boundary of any private property to any obstruction in or on the sidewalk, or if there are no obstructions, to the curb. [In no event shall any pushcart be placed on any part of a sidewalk other than that which abuts the curb.] All pushcarts on the sidewalk must be placed within two feet from where the sidewalk abuts the curb.
� 2. Subdivision a of section 20-465 of subchapter 27 of chapter 2 of title 20 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended to read as follows:
a. No general vendor shall engage in any vending business on any sidewalk unless such sidewalk has at least a twelve-foot wide clear pedestrian path to be measured from the boundary of any private property to any obstructions in or on the sidewalk, or if there are no obstructions, to the curb. [In no event shall any pushcart be placed on any part of a sidewalk other than that which abuts the curb.] All pushcarts on the sidewalk must be placed within two feet from where the sidewalk abuts the curb.
� 3. This law shall take effect 120 days after its enactment.
LUR
LS 3963.1
12/11/2017