assembly Bill A3514

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Clarifies the definition of floor area

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Feb 03, 2023 referred to housing

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A3514 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S353
Law Section:
Multiple Dwelling Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §26, Mult Dwell L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A5026, S3820
2021-2022: A2128, S2016

A3514 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

A3514 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3514
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 3, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL, SEAWRIGHT, STIRPE, CARROLL, COLTON,
   EPSTEIN,  TAYLOR,  SIMON,  BENEDETTO, GLICK, DINOWITZ, DICKENS, AUBRY,
   MAGNARELLI, WALLACE, WALKER, GALLAGHER, DAVILA, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, ZINER-
   MAN, BICHOTTE HERMELYN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK --  read
   once and referred to the Committee on Housing

 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.
                                                            LBD02368-01-3