The New York City Council - File #: Int 0621-2018

• File #: Int 0621-2018
• Version: A
• Name: Rat Mitigation Package - Rat mitigation zones
• Type: Introduction
• Status: Laid Over in Committee
• File created: 3/7/2018
• In control: Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management
• On agenda: 3/7/2018
• Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to rat mitigation zones
• Sponsors: Margaret S. Chin, Mark Levine
• Indexes: Agency Rule-making Required

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
3/7/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
3/7/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council
3/6/2018	*	Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management	Hearing Held by Committee
3/6/2018	*	Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management	Laid Over by Committee

Proposed Int. No. 621-A

By Council Members Chin and Levine

Title
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to rat mitigation zones
Body

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Subdivision c of section 16-120 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 6 for the year 2006, is amended to read as follows:
c. Incinerator[,] residue, ashes, refuse and liquid waste shall be stored in the building or dwelling or at the rear of the building or dwelling as may be required by the department of health and mental hygiene or the department of housing preservation and development until time for removal and kept in tightly covered metal receptacles or containers made of other materials of a type and grade acceptable to the department, department of health and mental hygiene, and the department of housing preservation and development. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the owner, lessee, agent, occupant or other person who manages or controls a building that contains nine or more dwelling units and that is located in a rat mitigation zone designated pursuant to section 17-133.2 shall not place solid waste or recyclable material out for collection by the department at any time except between the hours of 4:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. on the scheduled day of collection for the time period beginning April 1 and ending October 31 of each calendar year, provided that if solid waste or recyclable material is placed out for collection after 6:00 a.m. on the scheduled day of collection, but before collection occurs, then the department shall not issue a violation for failure to place solid waste or recyclable material out for collection between the hours of 4:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. After the contents have been removed by the department or other collection agency any receptacles remaining shall be removed from the front of the building or dwelling before 9:00 p.m. on the day of c...