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Int 1831-2019

Ensuring compliance with accessibility requirements in submitted building construction and renovation plans.

IntroductionFiledCommittee on Housing and Buildingsintroduced 2019-12-19

Filed — closed without being enacted.

Official record · Legistar

Agenda: 2019-12-19Passed: 2021-12-31

Summary

This bill would create an Office of Accessibility Compliance within the Department of Buildings, tasked with ensuring all submitted plans for building construction or renovation comply with Americans with Disabilities Act accessibility requirements in the Building Code, staffed with at least one registered design professional with knowledge of those requirements. This bill would also establish an annual reporting requirement on how many plans are examined and approved or rejected by the Office of Accessibility Compliance.

Committee on Housing and Buildings — Department of Housing Preservation and Development, Department of Buildings and rent regulation.

How it compares

24% of similar bills passed

12 passed · 38 died

This bill: 742 days in committee

Similar bills: median 664 days · 197 days when passed

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Sponsors (1)

Diana I. Ayala(prime)

Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2019-12-19 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2019-12-19 · City Council
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2021-12-31 · City Council

Heard at (1)

City Council · 2019-12-19 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall

Attachments (5)

Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Article 104 of chapter 1 of title 28 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 28-104.12 to read as follows: � 28-104.12 Office of accessibility compliance. There is hereby established within the department an office of accessibility compliance represented in each borough office of the department. Each office of accessibility compliance shall be staffed with at least one qualified registered design professional experienced in building construction and design and with knowledge of the accessibility provisions of the New York city building code. The commissioner may direct such office to work with and receive periodic training from the mayor's office for people with disabilities or a successor agency. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 28-104.2.1 through 28-104.2.1.3.2.3 of the Administrative Code, the office of accessibility compliance shall examine all submitted plans for construction of new buildings or renovation of existing buildings and ensure such plans are in compliance with sections 27-29a2.1 through 27-292.20 of the Administrative Code. � 28-104.12.1 Reporting. By no later than April 1, 2020 and annually thereafter, the department shall submit a report in writing to the council on the progress of the office of accessibility compliance. Such report shall include, at minimum: 1. The number of submitted plans for construction of new buildings or renovation of existing buildings examined by each examiner in the office; 2. The number of submitted plans for construction of new buildings or renovation of existing buildings approved by each examiner in the office, if any; 3. The number of submitted plans for construction of new buildings or renovation of existing buildings denied by each examiner in the office, if any; and 4. The number and nature of projects in which the office assisted the department disability service facilitator. � 2. This local law takes effect 270 days after it becomes law, except that the commissioner of buildings shall take such measures as are necessary for the implementation of this local law, including the promulgation of rules, before such date. MJT/AS LS #8348 5/29/2019 10:30am 1 2