File #: Int 0382-2024    Version: * Name: Requiring an after hours variance for the removal of construction debris.
Type: Introduction Status: Committee
Committee: Committee on Environmental Protection, Resiliency and Waterfronts
On agenda: 2/28/2024
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring an after hours variance for the removal of construction debris
Sponsors: Keith Powers , Lincoln Restler, Julie Menin, Robert F. Holden, Lynn C. Schulman, Gale A. Brewer, Crystal Hudson, Erik D. Bottcher, Kamillah Hanks, Kevin C. Riley, Shaun Abreu
Council Member Sponsors: 11
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.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 382, 2. Int. No. 382, 3. February 28, 2024 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 4. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 2-28-24

Int. No. 382

 

By Council Members Powers, Restler, Menin, Holden, Schulman, Brewer, Hudson, Bottcher, Hanks, Riley and Abreu

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring an after hours variance for the removal of construction debris

 

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.

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