Int. No. 495
By Council Member Grodenchik
Title
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the creation of an energy efficiency program for businesses
Body
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Title 22 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new chapter 12 to read as follows:
CHAPTER 12
ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROGRAM FOR BUSINESSES
? 22-1201 Energy efficiency program for businesses.
? 22-1202 Eligible energy efficiency measures.
? 22-1201 Energy efficiency program for businesses. a. Definitions. As used in this chapter, the term "eligible violation" means (i) a violation which is set forth in rule by the departments of sanitation, fire, health and mental hygiene or consumer affairs as eligible for the energy efficiency program for businesses, (ii) a violation enforced by the department of consumer affairs and issued for a failure to comply with any provision of the code or the rules of the city of New York, regarding creating or maintaining records, the display of prices, the accuracy of scanners, or the posting of signage, (iii) a violation enforced by the department of sanitation and issued for a failure to comply with any provision of the code or the rules of the city of New York, regarding source separation, the recycling of designated materials or the posting of signage, and (iv) a violation of any provision of the code or the rules of the city of New York, which the mayor, or an office or agency designated by the mayor, deems eligible.
b. The mayor, or an office or agency designated by the mayor, shall develop an energy efficiency program for businesses. Such energy efficiency program shall allow a business owner who receives an eligible violation or violations to have the civil penalties for such violations waived or reduced where such business owner enters into a regulatory agreement with the mayor, or an office or agency designated by the mayor, re...
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