Int 1353-2019
Sidewalk shed inspections.
IntroductionFiledCommittee on Housing and Buildingsintroduced 2019-01-24
Filed — closed without being enacted.
Official record · Legistar
Agenda: 2019-01-24Passed: 2021-12-31
Summary
This bill would require that sidewalk sheds that have been installed for more than one year to undergo safety inspections at least once every six months by the Department of Buildings at the cost of the building owner for which the shed has been installed.
Committee on Housing and Buildings — Department of Housing Preservation and Development, Department of Buildings and rent regulation.
How it compares
22% of similar bills passed
11 passed · 39 died
This bill: 1071 days in committee
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Sponsors (11)
Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2019-01-24 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2019-01-24 · City Council
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2021-12-31 · City Council
Heard at (1)
City Council · 2019-01-24 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Attachments (5)
- Summary of Int. No. 1353
- Int. No. 1353
- January 24, 2019 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files
- Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 1-24-19
- Minutes of the Stated Meeting - January 24, 2019
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Section BC 3307.6.5.8 of the New York city building code, as amended by local law 141 for the year 2013, is amended to read as follows::
3307.6.5.8. Periodic inspection. Six months following the initial installation inspection, and every six months thereafter, the sidewalk shed shall be inspected by [a qualified person designated by the designer, the permit holder for the shed, or a third party acceptable to both the designer and the permit holder] the department to verify that the sidewalk shed is in a safe condition and is in compliance with drawings and the requirements of this chapter. [Following the inspection, the qualified person who inspected the sidewalk shed shall prepare, sign, and date an inspection report.] The department shall charge the owner of a building, to which such sidewalk shed is attached, a fee for each inspection performed by the department, provided that such fees shall at least be determined based on the size of the sidewalk shed that is being inspected, be no less than $250 for the first inspection and be increased for each subsequent inspection.
� 2. This local law takes effect 90 days after it becomes law.
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LS 5366
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