File #: Int 1095-2013    Version: Name: Creating a manual on flood construction and protection standards.
Type: Introduction Status: Enacted
Committee: Committee on Housing and Buildings
On agenda: 6/24/2013
Enactment date: 10/2/2013 Law number: 2013/082
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to creating a manual on flood construction and protection standards.
Sponsors: Michael C. Nelson, Margaret S. Chin, Leroy G. Comrie, Jr., Letitia James, Rosie Mendez, Donovan J. Richards, Deborah L. Rose, Gale A. Brewer, Robert Jackson, Melissa Mark-Viverito, Jumaane D. Williams, Charles Barron, Mathieu Eugene, James F. Gennaro, David G. Greenfield, Darlene Mealy, James G. Van Bramer
Council Member Sponsors: 17
Attachments: 1. Int. No. 1095 - 6/24/13, 2. Committee Report 6/27/13, 3. Hearing Testimony 6/27/13, 4. Hearing Transcript 6/27/13, 5. Committee Report 9/24/13, 6. Hearing Transcript 9/24/13, 7. Committee Report - Stated Meeting, 8. Fiscal Impact Statement, 9. Mayor's Letter, 10. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 9-24-13, 11. Local Law 82
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10/2/2013AMichael C. Nelson City Council Recved from Mayor by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/2/2013AMichael C. Nelson Mayor Signed Into Law by Mayor  Action details Meeting details Not available
10/2/2013AMichael C. Nelson Mayor Hearing Held by Mayor  Action details Meeting details Not available
9/24/2013AMichael C. Nelson City Council Sent to Mayor by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
9/24/2013AMichael C. Nelson City Council Approved by CouncilPass Action details Meeting details Not available
9/24/2013*Michael C. Nelson Committee on Housing and Buildings Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
9/24/2013*Michael C. Nelson Committee on Housing and Buildings Amendment Proposed by Comm  Action details Meeting details Not available
9/24/2013*Michael C. Nelson Committee on Housing and Buildings Amended by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
9/24/2013AMichael C. Nelson Committee on Housing and Buildings Approved by CommitteePass Action details Meeting details Not available
6/27/2013*Michael C. Nelson Committee on Waterfronts Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
6/27/2013*Michael C. Nelson Committee on Waterfronts Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
6/27/2013*Michael C. Nelson Committee on Transportation Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
6/27/2013*Michael C. Nelson Committee on Transportation Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
6/27/2013*Michael C. Nelson Committee on Parks and Recreation Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
6/27/2013*Michael C. Nelson Committee on Parks and Recreation Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
6/27/2013*Michael C. Nelson Committee on Environmental Protection Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
6/27/2013*Michael C. Nelson Committee on Environmental Protection Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
6/27/2013*Michael C. Nelson Committee on Housing and Buildings Laid Over by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
6/27/2013*Michael C. Nelson Committee on Housing and Buildings Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
6/24/2013*Michael C. Nelson City Council Introduced by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
6/24/2013*Michael C. Nelson City Council Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
Int. No. 1095-A
 
By Council Members Nelson, Chin, Comrie, James, Mendez, Richards, Rose, Brewer, Jackson, Mark-Viverito, Williams, Barron, Eugene, Gennaro, Greenfield, Mealy and Van Bramer
 
 
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to creating a manual on flood construction and protection standards.
 
 
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
 
      Section 1. Chapter one of title 28 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 28-103.23 to read as follows:
§ 28-103.23 Manual on flood construction and protection standards. The commissioner shall create and make publicly available, in print and on the department's website, a manual explaining in detail the flood construction and protection requirements and standards applicable in the city. Such manual shall be made available in plain English and Spanish and in other languages as determined by the commissioner and shall be updated as necessary to reflect changes to applicable flood construction requirements and standards. Such manual shall include, but need not be limited to, a description and explanation of the following:
1. The materials requirements imposed by applicable flood construction requirements and standards, including the elements of structures subject to such materials requirements;
2. The manner in which specific utilities and attendant equipment must be protected from flooding; and
3. The application of the flood construction and protection requirements and standards to existing structures.
§2. This local law shall take effect immediately.
 
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