The New York City Council - File #: Int 1169-2018

• File #: Int 1169-2018
• Version: A
• Name: Requiring the visual documentation of water tanks during inspections, to be submitted to the department of health and mental hygiene.
• Type: Introduction
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 10/17/2018
• In control: Committee on Health
• On agenda: 10/17/2018
• Final action: 5/10/2019
• Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the visual documentation of water tanks during inspections, to be submitted to the department of health and mental hygiene
• Sponsors: Ritchie J. Torres, Ben Kallos, Helen K. Rosenthal, Mathieu Eugene, Diana I. Ayala, Carlina Rivera

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
5/10/2019	A	Administration	City Charter Rule Adopted
5/9/2019	A	City Council	Returned Unsigned by Mayor
4/9/2019	A	City Council	Sent to Mayor by Council
4/9/2019	A	City Council	Approved by Council	Pass
4/8/2019	*	Committee on Health	Hearing Held by Committee
4/8/2019	*	Committee on Health	Amendment Proposed by Comm
4/8/2019	*	Committee on Health	Amended by Committee
4/8/2019	A	Committee on Health	Approved by Committee	Pass
10/30/2018	*	Committee on Health	Laid Over by Committee
10/30/2018	*	Committee on Health	Hearing Held by Committee
10/17/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
10/17/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council

Int. No. 1169-A

By Council Members Torres, Kallos, Rosenthal, Eugene, Ayala and Rivera

Title
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the visual documentation of water tanks during inspections, to be submitted to the department of health and mental hygiene
Body

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:


Section 1. Subdivision b of section 17-194 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by a local law amending the administrative code of the city of New York, relating to requiring water tank inspectors to submit annual inspection reports directly to the department of health and mental hygiene, as proposed in introduction number 1053-A for the year 2018, is amended to read as follows:
b. Any owner of a building that has a water tank as part of its drinking water supply system shall have such water tank inspected at least once annually. Such inspection shall ensure that the water tank complies with all provisions of the administrative code of the city of New York, the construction codes of the city of New York and the health code of the city of New York. The results of such inspection shall be recorded in a manner prescribed by the commissioner. Such results shall be maintained by the owner and by the water tank inspector for at least five years from the date of inspection and shall be made available to the department upon request within five business days. An owner shall ensure that documentation of such annual inspection shall be submitted to the department by the water tank inspector, in a form and manner prescribed by the department. Such documentation shall state whether or not all applicable requirements were met at the time of inspection and provide a description of any non-compliance with applicable requirements. Such documentation shall include visual depictions, such as photographs or videos, which display the interior and exterior of the water tank. The...