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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 UseCity 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