senate Bill S3820A

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the definition of floor area

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Housing, Construction And Community Development Committee


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Assembly Actions - Lowercase
Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 08, 2020 referred to housing, construction and community development
May 07, 2019 print number 3820a
May 07, 2019 amend and recommit to housing, construction and community development
Feb 15, 2019 referred to housing, construction and community development

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S3820 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5026
Current Committee:
Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
Law Section:
Multiple Dwelling Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §26, Mult Dwell L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S2016, A2128
2023-2024: S353, A3514

S3820 - Summary

Relates to the definition of floor area and what is excluded in the measurement of floor area.

S3820 - Sponsor Memo

S3820 - Bill Text download pdf


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

                                  3820

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 15, 2019
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction  and
  Community Development

AN ACT to amend the multiple dwelling law, in relation to the definition
  of floor area

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

  Section 1. The opening paragraph and paragraph b of subdivision  2  of
section 26 of the multiple dwelling law, the opening paragraph and para-
graph b as amended by chapter 748 of the laws of 1961 and subparagraph 1
of  paragraph  b  as  amended  by  chapter  857 of the laws of 1985, are
amended to read as follows:
  For the purpose of this section certain words are defined herein  but,
EXCEPT  WHERE SPECIFIED, such definitions shall not be held to modify or
affect legal interpretations of such terms or words as used in any local
law, ordinance, rule or regulation and shall apply in  addition  to  and
not in substitution for the provisions of section four of this chapter.
  b.  "Floor  area": the sum of the gross horizontal areas of all of the
several floors of a dwelling or dwellings and accessory structures on  a
lot  measured  from  the  exterior  faces  of exterior walls or from the
center line of  party  walls,  except  THAT  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER
PROVISION  OF  LAW,  GENERAL, SPECIAL, OR LOCAL, ANY HABITABLE AREA WITH
FLOOR TO CEILING HEIGHT IN EXCESS OF TWELVE FEET SHALL BE COUNTED TWICE,
ANY HABITABLE AREA WITH FLOOR TO CEILING HEIGHT IN EXCESS OF TWENTY-FOUR
FEET SHALL BE COUNTED THREE TIMES, ANY  HABITABLE  AREA  WITH  FLOOR  TO
CEILING HEIGHT IN EXCESS OF THIRTY-SIX FEET SHALL BE COUNTED FOUR TIMES,
AND  ANY HABITABLE AREA WITH FLOOR TO CEILING HEIGHT IN EXCESS OF FORTY-
EIGHT FEET SHALL BE COUNTED FIVE TIMES. THE  FOLLOWING  AREAS  SHALL  BE
EXCLUDED FROM FLOOR AREA:
  (1) cellar space;
  (2) attic space providing head room of less than eight feet;

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

Co-Sponsors

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S3820A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5026
Current Committee:
Senate Housing, Construction And Community Development
Law Section:
Multiple Dwelling Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §26, Mult Dwell L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S2016, A2128
2023-2024: S353, A3514

S3820A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the definition of floor area and what is excluded in the measurement of floor area.

S3820A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S3820A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


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

                                 3820--A

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 15, 2019
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sens. JACKSON, BIAGGI, HOYLMAN, KRUEGER, SALAZAR, SERRANO
  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
  the Committee on Housing, Construction and  Community  Development  --
  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
  recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the multiple dwelling law, in relation to the definition
  of floor area

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

  Section  1.  The opening paragraph and paragraph b of subdivision 2 of
section 26 of the multiple dwelling law, the opening paragraph and para-
graph b as amended by chapter 748 of the laws of 1961 and subparagraph 1
of paragraph b as amended by chapter  857  of  the  laws  of  1985,  are
amended to read as follows:
  For  the purpose of this section certain words are defined herein but,
EXCEPT WHERE SPECIFIED, such definitions shall not be held to modify  or
affect legal interpretations of such terms or words as used in any local
law,  ordinance,  rule  or regulation and shall apply in addition to and
not in substitution for the provisions of section four of this chapter.
  b. "Floor area": the sum of the gross horizontal areas of all  of  the
several  floors of a dwelling or dwellings and accessory structures on a
lot measured from the exterior faces  of  exterior  walls  or  from  the
center  line  of  party walls, (I) except THAT NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER
PROVISION OF LAW, GENERAL, SPECIAL, OR LOCAL, ANY SUCH AREAS WITH  FLOOR
TO  STRUCTURAL  CEILING HEIGHT GREATER THAN TWELVE FEET AND LESS THAN OR
EQUAL TO TWENTY-FOUR FEET SHALL BE COUNTED TWICE, ANY  SUCH  AREAS  WITH
FLOOR  TO  STRUCTURAL  CEILING  HEIGHT GREATER THAN TWENTY-FOUR FEET AND
LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO THIRTY-SIX FEET SHALL BE COUNTED THREE TIMES,  ANY
SUCH  AREAS WITH FLOOR TO STRUCTURAL CEILING HEIGHT GREATER THAN THIRTY-
SIX FEET AND LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO FORTY-EIGHT  FEET  SHALL  BE  COUNTED
FOUR  TIMES,  AND  ANY  AREA  WITH FLOOR TO STRUCTURAL CEILING HEIGHT IN

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

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