Int. No. 1140-A
By Council Members Constantinides, Rodriguez, Levin, Levine, Rosenthal, Kallos, Cohen and Miller
Title
A Local Law in relation to off-hour deliveries at city facilities
Body
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. a. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
Central business district. The term "central business district" means the area of the borough of Manhattan lying south of and including 60th street.
City facility. The term "city facility" means a facility used or occupied or to be used or occupied to meet city needs that is located on real property owned or leased by the city or is operated by the city pursuant to a written agreement on behalf of the city.
Highly congested areas. The term "highly congested areas" means at least two areas of the city outside of the central business district in which there are both high levels of traffic congestion and high densities of city facilities, as determined by the agency or office designated by the mayor pursuant to subdivision b of this section.
Lower Manhattan. The term "lower Manhattan" means the area of the borough of Manhattan lying south of and including Canal street.
Off-hour deliveries. The term "off-hour deliveries" means the delivery of goods between 7:00pm and 6:00am.
b. No later than 180 days after the effective date of this local law, an agency or office designated by the mayor shall, in consultation with other agencies or offices as deemed appropriate by the mayor, develop a framework for the feasibility of city facilities in the central business district and highly congested areas receiving off-hour deliveries and shall submit a report on such framework to the mayor and the speaker of the council. Such report shall include, but need not be limited to, the following:
1. A discussion of the problems that currently exist with respect to daytime deliveries at city facilities;
2. A ...
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