Int 1678-2019
Requiring the demarcation of boating and bathing areas at city beaches.
IntroductionFiledCommittee on Parks and Recreationintroduced 2019-08-14
Filed — closed without being enacted.
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Agenda: 2019-08-14Passed: 2021-12-31
Summary
This bill would require that at city beaches where both bathing and boating are permitted, the areas for each activity be conspicuously demarcated.
Committee on Parks and Recreation — Department of Parks and Recreation.
How it compares
22% of similar bills passed
11 passed · 39 died
This bill: 869 days in committee
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Sponsors (1)
Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2019-08-14 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2019-08-14 · City Council
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2021-12-31 · City Council
Heard at (1)
City Council · 2019-08-14 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Attachments (5)
- Summary of Int. No. 1678
- Int. No. 1678
- August 14, 2019 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files
- Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 8-14-19
- Minutes of the Stated Meeting - August 14, 2019
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 1 of title 18 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 18-156 to read as follows:
� 18-156 Demarcation of boating and bathing areas. a. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the term "boating" means the use of any boat, dinghy, kayak, canoe, jet ski or other personal watercraft upon the water.
b. At each beach under the jurisdiction of the department where there are both bathing areas, as defined in section 1-02 of title 56 of the rules of the city of New York, and areas where boating is permitted, the commissioner shall conspicuously demarcate the bathing areas and the areas where boating is permitted through the use of floating lines, buoys or signs.
� 2. This local law takes effect 90 days after it becomes law.
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