Assembly Bill A11124

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to identifying lands at risk from sea level rise or flooding as eligible sending districts

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  • 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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2017-A11124 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8493
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
General City Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §20-f, Gen City L; amd §261-a, Town L; amd §7-701, Vil L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A5505, S3712

2017-A11124 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to identifying lands at risk from sea level rise or flooding as eligible sending districts.

2017-A11124 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   11124
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 7, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Thiele) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments
 
 AN ACT to amend the general city law, the town law and the village  law,
   in relation to identifying lands at risk from sea level rise or flood-
   ing as eligible sending districts
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 2 of section  20-f  of
 the  general  city  law,  as added by chapter 40 of the laws of 1989, is
 amended to read as follows:
   In addition to existing powers and authorities to regulate by planning
 or zoning including authorization to provide for transfer of development
 rights pursuant to other enabling law, the legislative body of any  city
 is  hereby  empowered  to  provide  for  transfer  of development rights
 subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth and  such  other  condi-
 tions  as the city legislative body deems necessary and appropriate that
 are consistent with the purposes of this section, except that in  cities
 of over one million any transfer of development rights shall be provided
 in  the  zoning ordinance after adoption by the city planning commission
 and board of estimate. The purpose of providing for transfer of develop-
 ment rights shall be to protect  the  natural,  scenic  or  agricultural
 qualities of open lands, to enhance sites and areas of special character
 or  special  historical,  cultural,  aesthetic  or  economic interest or
 value, TO PROTECT LANDS AT RISK FROM SEA  LEVEL  RISE,  STORM  SURGE  OR
 FLOODING,  and to enable and encourage flexibility of design and careful
 management of land in recognition  of  land  as  a  basic  and  valuable
 natural resource. The conditions hereinabove referred to are as follows:
   §  2. Paragraph a of subdivision 2 of section 20-f of the general city
 law, as added by chapter 40 of the laws of 1989, is amended to  read  as
 follows:
   a.  That transfer of development rights, and the sending and receiving
 districts, shall be established in  accordance  with  a  well-considered
 plan  within the meaning of subdivision twenty-five of section twenty of
 this article.  The sending district from which transfer  of  development
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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