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Int 1543-2019

Notice for the installation of bioswales or rain gardens.

IntroductionFiledCommittee on Environmental Protectionintroduced 2019-05-08

Filed — closed without being enacted.

Official record · Legistar

Agenda: 2019-05-08Passed: 2021-12-31

Summary

This bill would require the Department of Environmental Protection to provide notice to Council Members before DEP installs a bioswale in such Council Members’ districts. A bioswale, otherwise known as a “rain garden” is a form of green infrastructure where areas of sidewalks have planted areas that are designed to collect and manage storm water runoff.

Committee on Environmental Protection — Department of Environmental Protection and Office of Long Term Planning and Sustainability and Office of Recovery and Resiliency.

How it compares

26% of similar bills passed

13 passed · 37 died

This bill: 968 days in committee

Similar bills: median 806 days · 273 days when passed

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Sponsors (2)

Daniel Dromm(prime)
Peter A. Koo

Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2019-05-08 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2019-05-08 · City Council
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2021-12-31 · City Council

Heard at (1)

City Council · 2019-05-08 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall

Attachments (5)

Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Section 24-526.1 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new subdivision g to read as follows: g. No later than 30 days prior to the installation of any bioretention system on any sidewalk, the department shall provide electronic notice to the council member in whose district such installation shall occur. � 2. This local law takes effect 60 days after it becomes law. KS LS 8825 1/11/19 1