Assembly Bill A4426

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires the New York city department of sanitation to remove any snow or ice accumulation in front of any fire hydrants

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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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2019-A4426 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5373
Current Committee:
Assembly Cities
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Amd §15-205, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A9957, S6956
2015-2016: A4130, S1134
2017-2018: A7571, S4556
2021-2022: S5508
2023-2024: S5563

2019-A4426 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Amends the provision requiring owners, lessees or tenants to remove any obstructions in front of fire hydrants to require the New York city department of sanitation to remove any snow or ice accumulation in front of any such fire hydrants.

2019-A4426 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4426
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 4, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  DenDEKKER  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Cities
 
 AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
   relation  to requiring the department of sanitation to remove any snow
   or ice accumulation in front of fire hydrants

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  15-205 of the administrative code of the city of
 New York, as amended by local law number 149 of the city of New York for
 the year 2016, is amended to read as follows:
   § 15-205 Obstruction of fire hydrants. a. For  the  purposes  of  this
 section,  the  term  "fire hydrant street area" means, with respect to a
 fire hydrant, any space that is located:
   1. In a street; and
   2. Between the center of such street and a line that (i) is 20 feet in
 length, (ii) has such hydrant at its center point and (iii) runs  paral-
 lel to the curb nearest such hydrant.
   b.  1.  It  shall be unlawful in any manner to obstruct the use of any
 fire hydrant, or to throw or pile, or allow any snow  or  ice  or  other
 material  or  thing  to be thrown or piled (i) upon a fire hydrant, (ii)
 within two feet of a fire hydrant or (iii) within a fire hydrant  street
 area.  All material or things found obstructing any fire hydrant [may be
 forthwith] SHALL BE removed by the officers or employees of the  depart-
 ment,  at the risk, cost and expense, of the [owner, lessee or tenant of
 the premises fronting such hydrant] DEPARTMENT OF SANITATION.
   2. No newsstand may be located within ten feet from either side  of  a
 fire  hydrant, except that this prohibition shall not apply to any news-
 stand which was first licensed by the  department  of  consumer  affairs
 before  August  1,  1979, where the person who held the license for such
 newsstand on August 1, 1991 continues to be the licensee for such  news-
 stand;  provided,  however,  that  where  a  newsstand  which  was first
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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