File #: Int 0489-2018    Version: * Name: Requiring landlords leasing commercial space for certain uses to provide to the tenant a certificate of occupancy and to disclose any liens, fines, or encumbrances that affect title, use or physical condition of the property or the interest of the lessee.
Type: Introduction Status: Committee
File created: 2/14/2018 In control: Committee on Small Business
On agenda: 2/14/2018 Final action:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring landlords leasing commercial space for certain uses to provide to the tenant a certificate of occupancy and to disclose any liens, fines, or encumbrances that affect title, use or physical condition of the property or the interest of the lessee
Sponsors: Vanessa L. Gibson
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 489, 2. Int. No. 489, 3. February 14, 2018 - Stated Meeting Agenda
Int. No. 489
By Council Member Gibson

Title
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring landlords leasing commercial space for certain uses to provide to the tenant a certificate of occupancy and to disclose any liens, fines, or encumbrances that affect title, use or physical condition of the property or the interest of the lessee
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 11 to read as follows:
CHAPTER 11
COMMERCIAL LEASE DISCLOSURES
? 22-1101 Commercial lease disclosures related to auto body shops. a. Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:
Department. The term "department" means the New York city department of small business services.
Encumbrance. The term "encumbrance" means anything that affects title, use or physical condition of the property or the interest of the lessee, including, but not limited to, leases, mortgages, judgments, encroachments, easements and restrictive covenants.
b. Provision of documents. During a lease negotiation and before the signing of the final lease agreement, any landlord in a commercial lease transaction involving an existing site where automobiles are serviced, greased, or repaired or an existing site intended to be used for such purposes must provide to any lessee a copy of the most recent certificate of occupancy and must disclose in writing to the lessee the existence of any liens, fines or encumbrances that affect title, use or physical condition of the property or the interest of the lessee.
c. Education and outreach. The department shall establish and engage in outreach and education efforts that are tailored to small business owners engaged in auto body repair.
1. Such outreach and education shall concern issues that are likely to aff...

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