The New York City Council - File #: Int 0603-2018

• File #: Int 0603-2018
• Version: A
• Name: Fire Safety Package - Requiring the fire department to meet certain standards for fire hydrant inspections and report on fire hydrant inspection results.
• Type: Introduction
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 2/15/2018
• In control: Committee on Fire and Emergency Management
• On agenda: 2/15/2018
• Final action: 6/9/2018
• Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the fire department to meet certain standards for fire hydrant inspections and report on fire hydrant inspection results
• Sponsors: Costa G. Constantinides, Kalman Yeger , Chaim M. Deutsch, Ben Kallos, Carlina Rivera , I. Daneek Miller
• Indexes: Report Required

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/12/2018	A	City Council	Returned Unsigned by Mayor
6/9/2018	A	Administration	City Charter Rule Adopted
5/29/2018	A	Mayor	Hearing Scheduled by Mayor
5/9/2018	A	City Council	Sent to Mayor by Council
5/9/2018	A	City Council	Approved by Council	Pass
5/8/2018	*	Committee on Fire and Emergency Management	Hearing Held by Committee
5/8/2018	*	Committee on Fire and Emergency Management	Amendment Proposed by Comm
5/8/2018	*	Committee on Fire and Emergency Management	Amended by Committee
5/8/2018	A	Committee on Fire and Emergency Management	Approved by Committee	Pass
2/26/2018	*	Committee on Housing and Buildings	Laid Over by Committee
2/26/2018	*	Committee on Housing and Buildings	Hearing Held by Committee
2/26/2018	*	Committee on Fire and Emergency Management	Laid Over by Committee
2/26/2018	*	Committee on Fire and Emergency Management	Hearing Held by Committee
2/15/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
2/15/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council

Int. No. 603-A

By Council Members Constantinides, Yeger, Deutsch, Kallos, Rivera and Miller

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the fire department to meet certain standards for fire hydrant inspections and report on fire hydrant inspection results

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Chapter 1 of title 15 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 15-134 to read as follows:

§ 15-134 Fire hydrant inspection standards and tracking. a. The department shall inspect all fire hydrants maintained by the department of environmental protection at least twice per calendar year, the first inspection occurring by June 30 and the second inspection occurring by December 31.

b. By March 1 of each year, the department of environmental protection shall post on its website the following information:

1.  The total number of fire hydrants subject to inspection pursuant to paragraph a of this section, aggregated citywide and disaggregated by borough and council district;

2. The total number of fire hydrant inspections conducted pursuant to paragraph a of this section during the prior calendar year, aggregated citywide and disaggregated by borough and council district;

3. The total number of fire hydrants found to be inoperable through inspection during the prior calendar year; 

4. The total number of fire hydrants categorized as priority by the fire department found to be inoperable through inspection during the prior calendar year; and

5. The total number of fire hydrants categorized as priority by the fire department that were found inoperable during the inspection to be conducted by June 30 and the total number of such hydrants that were not made operable by December 31, disaggregated by borough and council district.

§ 2. This local law takes effect 120 days after it becomes law, except that the commissioner of fire may take such measures as are necessary for the implementation of this local law, including the promulgation of rules, before such date.

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