Requiring the department of environmental protection to measure construction-related sound levels inside dwelling units upon request and prohibited noise levels for sound attributable to construction devices on or after 7:00 a.m. and before 10 p.m.
Enacted as Local Law 2024/004.
Summary
This bill would require the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), upon the request of an owner, lessor or occupant of a dwelling unit within a building located within a half-mile radius of a construction site, to measure sound levels within such units with closed windows and doors.
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2022-10-12 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2022-10-12 · City Council
ActionRe-referred to Committee by Council
2023-03-07 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2023-10-16 · Committee on Environmental Protection, Resiliency and Waterfronts
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2023-10-16 · Committee on Environmental Protection, Resiliency and Waterfronts
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2023-12-06 · Committee on Environmental Protection, Resiliency and Waterfronts
ActionAmendment Proposed by Comm
2023-12-06 · Committee on Environmental Protection, Resiliency and Waterfronts
ActionAmended by Committee
2023-12-06 · Committee on Environmental Protection, Resiliency and Waterfronts
AdvancedApproved by Committee
2023-12-06 · Committee on Environmental Protection, Resiliency and Waterfronts
AdvancedApproved by Council
2023-12-06 · City Council
ActionSent to Mayor by Council
2023-12-12 · City Council
ActionReturned Unsigned by Mayor
2024-01-05 · City Council
AdvancedCity Charter Rule Adopted
2024-01-06 · Administration
City Council · 2023-12-06 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Environmental Protection, Resiliency and Waterfronts · 2023-12-06 · 11:00 AM · Committee Room - City Hall
Committee on Environmental Protection, Resiliency and Waterfronts · 2023-10-16 · 1:00 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Environmental Protection, Resiliency and Waterfronts · 2023-09-27 · 1:00 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
City Council · 2022-10-12 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 11 of section 24-203 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 113 for the year 2005, is amended to read as follows:
(11) Building means a building as defined in section [27-232 of the administrative code] 28-101.5.
� 2. Subchapter 4 of chapter 2 of title 24 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 24-224.1 to read as follows:
� 24-224.1 Measuring sound levels in dwelling units upon request. When conducting an inspection pursuant to section 24-223, 24-228, or 24-229, upon the request of an owner, lessor or occupant of a residential receiving property dwelling unit within a building located within a half-mile radius of a construction site, the department shall measure the sound level at any point within such dwelling unit with windows and doors that may affect the measurement closed.
� 3. Subdivision (a) of section 24-228 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new paragraph (4) to read as follows:
(4) Sound attributable to the source that is 10 dB(A) above the ambient sound level, on or after 7:00 a.m. and before 10:00 p.m., as measured in any residential receiving property dwelling unit with windows and doors that may affect the measurement closed.
� 4. This local law takes effect 120 days after it becomes law.
Session 12
NAB/CCM
LS #1237
11/28/2023 3:02 PM
Session 11
JJ
LS #6932
Int. #1043-2018
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