Senate Bill S4981

Signed By Governor
2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires model zoning and planning guidelines that foster age-integrated communities to provide for mixed-use development for senior residential housing

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via A3397 - Signed by Governor

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-S4981 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3397
Law Section:
Elder Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §202, Eld L

2009-S4981 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires model zoning and planning guidelines that foster age-integrated communities to include provisions to allow for accessory senior citizen units in areas zoned for single family residences and for mixed-use development accommodating senior citizen residential housing.

2009-S4981 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S4981 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  4981

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 27, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  FOLEY  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Aging

AN ACT to amend the elder law, in relation to model zoning and  planning
  guidelines that foster age-integrated communities

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 14 of section 202 of the elder
law, as added by section 24-d of part B of chapter 58  of  the  laws  of
2007, is amended to read as follows:
  (a)  prepare  or  cause  to  be prepared and made available to cities,
towns and villages model zoning  and  planning  guidelines  that  foster
age-integrated  communities including [mixed-use age-integrated communi-
ties] PROVISIONS TO ALLOW FOR ACCESSORY SENIOR CITIZEN  UNITS  IN  AREAS
ZONED  FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES AND FOR MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT ACCOM-
MODATING SENIOR CITIZEN RESIDENTIAL HOUSING; and
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07111-01-9

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