The New York City Council - File #: Int 0887-2018

• File #: Int 0887-2018
• Version: *
• Name: Providing notice and an opportunity for comment before implementing a major traffic change.
• Type: Introduction
• Status: Laid Over in Committee
• File created: 5/9/2018
• In control: Committee on Transportation
• On agenda: 5/9/2018
• Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to providing notice and an opportunity for comment before implementing a major traffic change
• Sponsors: Mark Gjonaj , Francisco P. Moya, Laurie A. Cumbo, Robert F. Holden, Karen Koslowitz, Chaim M. Deutsch, Rafael L. Espinal, Jr., Rafael Salamanca, Jr., Ruben Diaz, Sr., Peter A. Koo, Kalman Yeger
• Indexes: Report Required

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/12/2018	*	Committee on Transportation	Hearing Held by Committee
6/12/2018	*	Committee on Transportation	Laid Over by Committee
5/9/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
5/9/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council

Int. No. 887

By Council Members Gjonaj, Moya, Cumbo, Holden, Koslowitz, Deutsch, Espinal, Salamanca, Diaz, Koo and Yeger

Title
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to providing notice and an opportunity for comment before implementing a major traffic change
Body

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:


Section 1. Title 19 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 19-101.7 to read as follows:
? 19-101.7 Notice for major traffic changes. a. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
Affected. The term "affected" means having the proposed major traffic change, in whole or in part, in the district of the applicable community board, council member, or business improvement district.
Major traffic change. The term "major traffic change" means any discretionary action taken by the department or any other agency that eliminates one or more lanes for the use of vehicular traffic or parking, for at least four hours per day for at least one week, along three or more consecutive blocks, or 500 consecutive feet of street, whichever is less. Any rule proposed or adopted pursuant to chapter 45 of the charter is not a major traffic change.
b. Notice requirement. Before implementing a major traffic change, the implementing agency shall provide a description of such project to the affected council member, community board and business improvement district by electronic mail. Such description shall include, at a minimum, the proposal's geographic limits, description and justification and a map showing the streets affected by such proposal.
c. Response. Any affected council member, community board, or business improvement district may submit recommendations or comments to the agency within 10 days of receiving notice pursuant to subdivision b.
d. Implementing changes. 1. The applicable ...