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Assembly Bill A9562

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Directs the board of standards and appeals in the city of New York to mail a copy of each application for a variance to property owners within 1 mile

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2011-A9562 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6669
Current Committee:
Assembly Cities
Law Section:
New York City Charter
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง668, NYC Chart
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A5241, S3610
2015-2016: S2911
2017-2018: S3536
2019-2020: S3864
2021-2022: S5568
2023-2024: S4298
2025-2026: S5873

2011-A9562 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the board of standards and appeals in the city of New York to mail a copy of each application for a variance to property owners within 1 mile of the affected property.

2011-A9562 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  9562

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 16, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Cities

AN  ACT to amend the New York city charter, in relation to requiring the
  board of standards and appeals to forward a copy of  each  application
  to vary the zoning resolution or for a special permit to each owner of
  real  property  within  one mile of the land to which such application
  applies

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

  Section  1.  Paragraph 1 of subdivision a, and subdivisions b and c of
section 668 of the New York city charter, paragraph 1 of  subdivision  a
and  subdivision b as amended by local law number 102 of the city of New
York for the year 1977, and subdivision c as amended by a  vote  of  the
people  of the city of New York at the general election held in November
1989, are amended to read as follows:
  1. Each proposal or application shall be filed with the board of stan-
dards and appeals, which shall forward a copy within five  days  to  the
community  board for each community district in which the land involved,
or any part thereof, is  located,  and  to  the  borough  board  if  the
proposal  or  application involves land located in two or more districts
in a borough; AND SHALL DELIVER A COPY THEREOF,  BY  FIRST  CLASS  MAIL,
WITHIN  FIVE DAYS TO EACH OWNER OF REAL PROPERTY LOCATED WITHIN ONE MILE
OF THE LAND INVOLVED.
  b. The recommendation of a community board or borough  board  pursuant
to subdivision a of this section shall be filed with the board of stand-
ards  and  appeals and [a copy] COPIES sent to the city planning commis-
sion TO EACH OWNER OF REAL PROPERTY LOCATED WITHIN ONE MILE OF THE  LAND
INVOLVED.    The  board  of standards and appeals shall conduct a public
hearing and act on the proposed application.   A decision of  the  board
shall  indicate  whether each of the specific requirements of the zoning
resolution for the granting of variances has been met and shall  include
findings of fact with regard to each such requirement.
  c.  Copies  of  a  decision  of the board of standards and appeals and
copies of any recommendation of the affected community board or  borough

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

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