The New York City Council - File #: Int 0619-2018

• File #: Int 0619-2018
• Version: *
• Name: Increasing penalties on chain businesses for failure to remove snow, ice and dirt from sidewalks.
• Type: Introduction
• Status: Committee
• File created: 3/7/2018
• In control: Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management
• On agenda: 3/7/2018
• Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to increasing penalties on chain businesses for failure to remove snow, ice and dirt from sidewalks
• Sponsors: Justin L. Brannan, Margaret S. Chin, Peter A. Koo, Mark Levine, Donovan J. Richards, Robert F. Holden, Helen K. Rosenthal, Daniel Dromm , Chaim M. Deutsch, Kalman Yeger , Bill Perkins, Ben Kallos, Alicka Ampry-Samuel , Mark Treyger, Barry S. Grodenchik, Alan N. Maisel, Karen Koslowitz

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
3/7/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
3/7/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council

Int. No. 619

By Council Members Brannan, Chin, Koo, Levine, Richards, Holden, Rosenthal, Dromm, Deutsch, Yeger, Perkins, Kallos, Ampry-Samuel, Treyger, Grodenchik, Maisel and Koslowitz

Title
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to increasing penalties on chain businesses for failure to remove snow, ice and dirt from sidewalks
Body

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 1 of title 16 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 16-123.1 to read as follows:
?16-123.1 Increased penalties for chain businesses for failure to remove snow, ice and dirt from sidewalks. a. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
Chain business. The term "chain business" means any establishment that is part of a group of establishments that share a common owner or principal who owns at least thirty percent of each establishment where such establishments (i) engage in the same business or (ii) operate pursuant to franchise agreements with the same franchisor as defined in general business law section 681.
b. Notwithstanding the penalties contained in subdivision h of section 16-123, any chain business that violates the provisions of subdivisions a or b of section 16-123 shall be liable and responsible for a civil penalty of not less than five hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars for the first violation, except that for a second violation of either such subdivision within any twelve-month period, such chain business shall be liable for a civil penalty of not less than one thousand dollars nor more than three thousand dollars and for a third or subsequent violation of either such subdivision within any twelve-month period, such chain business shall be liable for a civil penalty of not less than three thousand dollars nor more than five thousand dollars. Penalties for the violations mentione...