The New York City Council - File #: Int 0723-2018

• File #: Int 0723-2018
• Version: A
• Name: Requiring sight-seeing bus operators to submit operating plans to the DOT.
• Type: Introduction
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 3/22/2018
• In control: Committee on Consumer Affairs and Business Licensing
• On agenda: 3/22/2018
• Final action: 10/27/2018
• Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring sight-seeing bus operators to submit operating plans to the department of transportation
• Sponsors: Corey D. Johnson, Carlos Menchaca, Karen Koslowitz, Margaret S. Chin, Kalman Yeger , Stephen T. Levin
• Indexes: Agency Rule-making Required

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/31/2018	A	City Council	Returned Unsigned by Mayor
10/27/2018	A	Administration	City Charter Rule Adopted
9/26/2018	A	City Council	Sent to Mayor by Council
9/26/2018	A	City Council	Approved by Council	Pass
9/26/2018	*	Committee on Consumer Affairs and Business Licensing	Hearing Held by Committee
9/26/2018	*	Committee on Consumer Affairs and Business Licensing	Amendment Proposed by Comm
9/26/2018	*	Committee on Consumer Affairs and Business Licensing	Amended by Committee
9/26/2018	A	Committee on Consumer Affairs and Business Licensing	Approved by Committee	Pass
4/24/2018	*	Committee on Consumer Affairs and Business Licensing	Hearing Held by Committee
4/24/2018	*	Committee on Consumer Affairs and Business Licensing	Laid Over by Committee
3/30/2018	*	City Council	Re-referred to Committee by Council
3/22/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
3/22/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council

Int. No. 723-A

By the Speaker (Council Member Johnson) and Council Members Menchaca, Koslowitz, Chin, Yeger and Levin

Title
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring sight-seeing bus operators to submit operating plans to the department of transportation
Body

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Subchapter 2 of Chapter 1 of Title 19 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 19-175.6, to read as follows:
? 19-175.6 On-street bus stops for sight-seeing buses. a. The commissioner shall provide written authorization for on-street bus stops for sight-seeing bus companies pursuant to subdivision d of section 20-374 of this code on the basis of the following criteria: (i) traffic, bicycle and pedestrian flow, and public safety; (ii) preferences of the sight-seeing bus permit applicant; (iii) consultation with the local community board for the district encompassing the location to be authorized, including but not limited to a notice and comment period of 45 days prior to the authorization or permanent amendment thereto; (iv) the number of stops proposed and the viability of a proposed bus stop schedule as determined by the commissioner; (v) the availability and location of planned garage or other parking space for periods when buses picking up or discharging passengers at the authorized stops are not in use; and (vi) any other criteria deemed appropriate by the commissioner. The commissioner shall approve or deny such authorizations no later than 180 days from the date of the application.
b. When authorizing one or more on-street bus stops for sight-seeing buses, the commissioner shall specify the conditions on which such authorization is based. Any violation of such conditions shall be grounds for revocation of such bus stop authorization. The commissioner shall notify the commissioner of consumer affairs of any such revocations ...