Assembly Bill A1854

                             
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                                   1854
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 14, 2025
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  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  required information concerning sidewalk sheds and scaf-
   folds
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  3301.9.2.1  of section 3301 of the New York city
 building code, as amended by section 32 of part C of  local  law  number
 126  of  the  city  of New York for the year 2021, is amended to read as
 follows:
   3301.9.2.1 Sidewalk shed parapet information panel  content.  Sidewalk
 shed  parapet information panels shall contain the following information
 and be arranged in accordance with Figure 3301.9.2.1:
   1. The street address of the site;
   2. Name (which may incorporate a logo) of the  contractor  responsible
 for the site or where there is no contractor, the name (which may incor-
 porate a logo) of the owner of the site; [and]
   3. THE ISSUANCE DATE OF THE SIDEWALK SHED PERMIT;
   4.  THE EXPIRATION DATE OF THE SIDEWALK SHED PERMIT AND THE EXPIRATION
 DATE OF ANY PERMIT RENEWALS; AND
   5. The statement "For more information, visit www.nyc.gov/buildings."
   § 2. Section 3314 of the New York city building code,  as  amended  by
 section  44  of  part C of local law number 126 for the city of New York
 for the year 2021, is amended by adding  three  new  sections  3314.2.1,
 3314.2.1.1 and 3314.2.1.2 to read as follows:
   3314.2.1 SCAFFOLD SIGN CONTENT. WHERE SCAFFOLDING IS INSTALLED, A SIGN
 READILY VISIBLE FROM THE STREET SHALL BE POSTED THAT RUNS ALONG THE LONG
 AXIS  OF  THE  SCAFFOLDING.  SUCH  SCAFFOLDING  SIGN  SHALL  BE IN PLACE
 THROUGHOUT THE DURATION THAT THE SCAFFOLD  REMAINS  AT  THE  SITE.  SUCH
 SCAFFOLD SIGN SHALL INCLUDE:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   1. THE STREET ADDRESS OF THE SCAFFOLD SITE;
   2.  NAME  (WHICH MAY INCORPORATE A LOGO) OF THE CONTRACTOR RESPONSIBLE
 FOR THE SCAFFOLDING OR WHERE THERE IS NO CONTRACTOR, THE NAME (WHICH MAY
 INCORPORATE A LOGO) OF THE OWNER OF THE SITE;
   3. THE ISSUANCE DATE OF THE SCAFFOLD PERMIT;
   4. THE EXPIRATION DATE OF THE SCAFFOLD PERMIT AND THE EXPIRATION  DATE
 OF ANY PERMIT RENEWALS; AND
   5. THE STATEMENT "FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT WWW.NYC.GOV/BUILDINGS."
   3314.2.1.1 SCAFFOLD SIGN MATERIAL. SCAFFOLD SIGNS SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED
 OUT  OF  A  DURABLE AND WEATHERPROOF MATERIAL SUCH AS VINYL, PLASTIC, OR
 ALUMINUM, AND SUCH MATERIAL SHALL BE FLAME RETARDANT IN ACCORDANCE  WITH
 NFPA 701 OR LISTED UNDER UL 214.
   3314.2.1.2 UPDATING CONTENT. WHEN CONTENT REQUIRED BY SECTION 3314.2.1
 CHANGES, THE SCAFFOLD SIGN SHALL BE UPDATED.
   §  3.  The  New  York city department of buildings shall update figure
 3301.9.2.1 of section 3301 of the New York city building code to reflect
 the changes made by section one of this act.
   § 4. The New York city department of  buildings  shall  establish  the
 layout  and content of the signage required pursuant to section 3314.2.1
 of section 3314 of the New York city building code, as added by  section
 two of this act.
   §  5. This act shall take effect January 1, 2026. Effective immediate-
 ly, the addition, amendment and/or repeal  of  any  rule  or  regulation
 necessary  for  the implementation of this act on its effective date are
 authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.