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Int 0809-2022

Increasing the civil penalty for repeated littering violations.

IntroductionFiledCommittee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Managementintroduced 2022-10-27

Filed — closed without being enacted.

Official record · Legistar

Agenda: 2022-10-27Passed: 2023-12-31

Summary

This bill would set a civil penalty against commercial, manufacturing or industrial buildings for violations of Admin. Code § 16-118(2)(a) (sidewalk littering and obstruction) of $200 for the first violation, $400 for the second violation committed on a different day within any 12 month period, and $600 for the third and each subsequent violation committed on a different day within any 12 month period.

Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste ManagementDepartment of Sanitation and the Business Integrity Commission.

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6 passed · 44 died

This bill: 430 days in committee

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Sponsors (3)

Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2022-10-27 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2022-10-27 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2023-09-12 · Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2023-09-12 · Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2023-12-31 · City Council

Heard at (2)

Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management · 2023-09-12 · 10:00 AM · Council Chambers - City Hall
City Council · 2022-10-27 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall

Attachments (10)

Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 9 of section 16-118 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 80 for the year 2021, is amended to read as follows: a. (1) not less than $50 and not more than $250 [dollars] for a first violation, except that the civil penalty shall be not less than $250 and not more than $350 [dollars] for a second violation of subdivision 4 or 6 of this section within any 12 month period, and not less than $350 and not more than $450 [dollars] for a third or subsequent violation of subdivision 4 or 6 of this section within any 12 month period; (2) notwithstanding subparagraph (1) of paragraph a of this subdivision, $50 [dollars] for a first violation of paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 or of subdivision 3 of this section, or of any rules promulgated pursuant thereto, $100 [dollars] for a second violation of such paragraph or subdivision or of any rules promulgated pursuant thereto within any 12 month period, and $100 [dollars] for a third or subsequent violation of such paragraph or subdivision or of any rules promulgated pursuant thereto within any 12 month period; (3) notwithstanding subparagraphs (1) and (2) of paragraph a of this subdivision, the owner of any commercial, manufacturing or industrial buildings, including those buildings which also contain residential units, violating the provisions of paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of this section, or of any rules promulgated thereto, shall be liable for a civil penalty of $200 for the first violation, $400 for the second violation committed on a different day within any 12 month period, and $600 for the third and each subsequent violation committed on a different day within any 12 month period; � 2. This local law takes effect 120 days after it becomes law. JGP/MBB LS #10400 12/08/2023, 3:01pm 2 1