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Int 0774-2022

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.

IntroductionEnactedCommittee on Environmental Protection, Resiliency and Waterfrontsintroduced 2022-10-12Local Law 2024/004

Enacted as Local Law 2024/004.

Official record · Legistar

Agenda: 2022-10-12Passed: 2024-01-06Enacted: 2024-01-06

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.

Committee on Environmental Protection, Resiliency and WaterfrontsDepartment of Environmental Protection and Office of Long Term Planning and Sustainability and Office of Recovery and Resiliency.

How it compares

8% of similar bills passed

4 passed · 46 died

This bill: 419 days in committee

Similar bills: median 567 days · 419 days when passed

Sponsors (23)

Lifecycle

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

Votes (7)

Aye (7)
Lincoln RestlerJames F. GennaroJulie MeninRobert F. HoldenJennifer GutiérrezSandy NurseKamillah Hanks

Heard at (5)

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

Attachments (19)

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 1 2