Creating penalties for an individual or entity’s failure to obtain a street event permit.
Filed — closed without being enacted.
Summary
This proposed law would create a penalty where an individual or entity has failed to obtain a street event permit from the Street Activity Permit Office before holding an event. Currently, retail stores can be fined for obstructing the sidewalk but there is no separate penalty for failing to obtain the appropriate street event permit before holding a promotional event.
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2018-12-11 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2018-12-11 · City Council
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2021-12-31 · City Council
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Subchapter 1 of chapter 1 of title 19 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 19-160 to read as follows:
� 19-160 Failure to obtain street event permit. a. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the term "street activity permit office" means the office designated by the mayor as responsible for issuing permits for street festivals, block parties, farmers markets, commercial or promotional events and other events on city streets.
b. Failure by an individual or entity to obtain a street event permit from the street activity permit office before holding an event that requires a street activity permit by rules promulgated by the street activity permit office, including but not limited to an event that interferes with the flow of pedestrian traffic due to the formation of lines or any other sidewalk obstruction, is a violation.
� 2. Subdivision b of Section 19-150 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 5 for the year 2018, is amended to read as follows:
b. 1. Except as provided in subdivision c of this section, such civil penalty shall be determined in accordance with the following schedule:
Section of the Administrative Code Maximum Civil Penalty (dollars)
19-102 10,000
19-107 10,000
19-109 10,000
19-111 5,000
19-112 5,000
19-113 5,000
19-115 5,000
19-116 5,000
19-117 subd (a) 10,000
19-119 10,000
19-121 10,000
19-122 5,000
19-123 10,000
19-126 10,000
19-128 5,000
19-133 5,000
19-133.1 10,000
19-135 5,000
19-137 5,000
19-138 5,000
19-139 10,000
19-141 5,000
19-144 10,000
19-145 10,000
19-146 5,000 19-147 10,000
19-148 5,000
19-160 5,000
24-521 10,000
All other Provisions of this subchapter and rules or orders relating thereto 5,000
� 3. This local law takes effect 90 days after it becomes law.
ADW/JJD
LS 4618
12/6/2018
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