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Int 0382-2024

Requiring an after hours variance for the removal of construction debris.

IntroductionFiledCommittee on Environmental Protection, Resiliency and Waterfrontsintroduced 2024-02-28

Filed — closed without being enacted.

Official record · Legistar

Agenda: 2024-02-28Passed: 2025-12-31

Summary

This bill would require any person engaging in a construction project to obtain an after hours variance when removing construction debris from a construction site before 7:00 a.m. on a weekday, after 6:00 p.m. on a weekday, or during the weekend.

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

12% of similar bills passed

6 passed · 44 died

This bill: 672 days in committee

Similar bills: median 576 days · 370 days when passed

Sponsors (11)

Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2024-02-28 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2024-02-28 · City Council
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2025-12-31 · City Council

Heard at (1)

City Council · 2024-02-28 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall

Attachments (5)

Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Section 24-222 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 113 for the year 2005, is amended to read as follows: � 24-222 After hours and weekend limits on construction work. Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, it shall be unlawful to engage in or to cause or permit any person to engage in construction work other than on weekdays between the hours of 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. A person may however perform construction work in connection with the alteration or repair of an existing [one] 1- or [two family] 2-family owner-occupied dwelling classified in occupancy group J-3 or a convent or rectory on Saturdays and Sundays between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. provided that such dwelling is located more than 300 feet from a house of worship. For the purposes of this section, the term construction work includes the removal of construction debris including rubbish, waste, discarded material, or the remains of something broken down, demolished, or destroyed. � 2. This local law takes effect 120 days after it becomes law. Session 13 LS #3315 01/14/24 Session 12 MHL LS #3315 01/04/22 1 1