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Assembly Bill A2318

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Establishes criteria that the board of standards and appeals must use before granting a variance to allow new residential construction in a district zoned for manufacturing

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2009-A2318 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Cities
Law Section:
General City Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง81, Gen City L

2009-A2318 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes criteria that the board of standards and appeals must use before granting a variance to allow new residential construction in a district zoned for manufacturing.

2009-A2318 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2318

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 15, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. V. LOPEZ -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Cities

AN  ACT  to  amend the general city law, in relation to granting a vari-
  ance, exception, or permit to allow new residential construction in  a
  district zoned for manufacturing

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

  Section 1. Section 81 of the general city law is amended by  adding  a
new subdivision 12 to read as follows:
  12.  GRANTING  A  VARIANCE. IN A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF MORE THAN
ONE MILLION AS A CONDITION TO THE GRANT  OF  A  VARIANCE,  EXCEPTION  OR
PERMIT  TO  ALLOW  NEW  RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION IN A DISTRICT ZONED FOR
MANUFACTURING, IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THE FINDINGS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE
LAWS, CODES AND REGULATIONS, THE BOARD OF  STANDARDS  AND  APPEALS  MUST
FIND  THAT  THE  PREMISES  COULD  NOT  YIELD  A REASONABLE RETURN FROM A
NON-RESIDENTIAL, NONCONFORMING USE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05733-01-9

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