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Int 1701-2019

Community notification requirements for transfers of development rights.

IntroductionFiledCommittee on Land Useintroduced 2019-09-12

Filed — closed without being enacted.

Official record · Legistar

Agenda: 2019-09-12Passed: 2021-12-31

Summary

This bill would require the City Register to notify affected community boards, council members, borough presidents and the Speaker of the Council whenever a deed memorializing a transfer of development rights or a zoning lot description related to a Department of Buildings permit for development or enlargement is recorded.

Committee on Land Use — City Planning Commission, Department of City Planning, Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications, Landmarks Preservation Commission, land use and landmarks review

How it compares

12% of similar bills passed

6 passed · 44 died

This bill: 840 days in committee

Similar bills: median 673 days · 156 days when passed

Sponsors (7)

Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2019-09-12 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2019-09-12 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2019-09-26 · Committee on Land Use
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2019-09-26 · Committee on Land Use
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2019-09-26 · Committee on Governmental Operations
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2019-09-26 · Committee on Governmental Operations
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2021-12-31 · City Council

Heard at (3)

Committee on Land Use · 2019-09-26 · 10:00 AM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Governmental Operations · 2019-09-26 · 10:00 AM · Council Chambers - City Hall
City Council · 2019-09-12 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall

Attachments (9)

Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Chapter 6 of title 7 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 7-628 to read as follows: � 7-628. Notice of development rights transfers. a. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: Deed. The term "deed" has the same meaning ascribed to such term in section 11-2101. Development. The term "development" has the same meaning ascribed to such term in section 12-10 of the zoning resolution. Development rights. The term "development rights" means the floor area permitted on a zoning lot pursuant to the zoning resolution. Enlargement. The term "enlargement" has the same meaning ascribed to such term in section 12-10 of the zoning resolution. Floor area. The term "floor area" has the same meaning ascribed to such term in section 12-10 of the zoning resolution. Transfer of development rights. The term "transfer of development rights" means the transfer of unused development rights from one zoning lot to another zoning lot or between a grantor and a grantee on two or more zoning lots declared to be a tract of land to be treated as one zoning lot pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (d) of the definition of the term "zoning lot" in section 12-10 of the zoning resolution. Zoning lot. The term "zoning lot" has the same meaning as is ascribed to such term in section 12-10 of the zoning resolution. Zoning lot description. The term "zoning lot description" means a description of the complete metes and bounds of a zoning lot, the tax lot number, the block number and the ownership of such zoning lot required to be recorded prior to the issuance of any permit for a development or enlargement on such zoning lot pursuant to the definition of the term "zoning lot" in section 12-10 of the zoning resolution. b. Within five days of recording any of the following documents after the effective date of the local law that added this section, the register shall forward a copy of each such document or documents to the applicable community board, borough president, council member, and the speaker of the council: 1. a deed memorializing a transfer of development rights; or 2. a zoning lot description recorded by an applicant for a department of buildings permit for a development or enlargement. � 2. This local law takes effect 90 days after it becomes law. JHC LS #2216 10/19/2017 1 2