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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 AffairsDepartment 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

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)

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