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Int 1271-2023

Banning the use of commercial char broilers on or in connection with mobile food vending units.

IntroductionFiledCommittee on Environmental Protection, Resiliency and Waterfrontsintroduced 2023-12-06

Filed — closed without being enacted.

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Agenda: 2023-12-06Passed: 2023-12-31

Summary

This bill would prohibit the use of commercial char broilers at mobile food vending units. Vendors who are found using commercial char broilers would be subject to civil penalties of between $400 and $1,600. If a vendor commits a violation subsequent to a first violation, the Department of Environmental Protection may confiscate the char broiler with the opportunity for a post-seizure hearing.

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

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This bill: 25 days in committee

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Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2023-12-06 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2023-12-06 · City Council
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2023-12-31 · City Council

Heard at (1)

City Council · 2023-12-06 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall

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Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Subchapter 6 of chapter 1 of title 24 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 24-149.7 to read as follows: � 24-149.7 Commercial charbroiling on or in connection with mobile food vending units. a. Prohibition. No person shall operate a commercial char broiler on or in connection with a mobile food vending unit. b. Enforcement. 1. A person who violates subdivision a of this section or any rule promulgated thereunder is liable for civil penalties as prescribed by section 24-178 and any rules promulgated thereunder. 2. For a subsequent violation of subdivision a of this section committed after the date of a first violation of such subdivision, the commissioner may seize and impound the commercial char broiler. Where such char broiler cannot be detached from a mobile food vending unit, the commissioner may seize and hold the entire mobile food vending unit. 3. A party affected by a seizure pursuant to this subdivision is entitled to a hearing within 10 days after such seizure, in accordance with the rules of the board. Such a party may obtain an expedited hearing by submitting written notice to the board, in which case the board shall hold such expedited hearing within 24 hours of service of such request, in accordance with the rules of the board. The board shall issue a final decision and order thereon within 3 days after the conclusion of a hearing or expedited hearing held pursuant to this paragraph. � 2. The table of civil penalties in subparagraph (i) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of section 24-178 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new row in numerical order to read as follows: 24-149.7 400 1600 � 3. This local law takes effect 1 year after it becomes law. NAW LS #14241 11/6/2023 3:13 PM 1 2