Assembly Bill A5838

                             
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                                   5838
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 24, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. RAJKUMAR -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the executive law and the administrative code of the
   city of New York, in relation to directing local permitting  jurisdic-
   tions  to provide a catalog of pre-approved construction documents for
   various types of residential dwellings
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 381 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
   2-A.  THE  SECRETARY SHALL REQUIRE EACH LOCAL GOVERNMENT HAVING JURIS-
 DICTION TO ISSUE BUILDING PERMITS TO PROVIDE, AT NO  COST,  PRE-APPROVED
 CONSTRUCTION  DOCUMENTS  IN  THE  FORMAT  AND  QUANTITY FOR EACH TYPE OF
 DWELLING PERMITTED TO BE CONSTRUCTED  IN  SUCH  JURISDICTION,  INCLUDING
 SINGLE  FAMILY  DWELLINGS, TWO-TO-FOUR FAMILY DWELLINGS, MULTIPLE DWELL-
 INGS AND MIXED-USE STRUCTURES WHICH CONTAIN RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS.  EACH
 SUCH LOCAL GOVERNMENT WHICH ISSUES BUILDING PERMITS SHALL HAVE  ON  FILE
 AND PROVIDE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS FOR DWELLINGS OF EVERY SIZE, CATEGOR-
 IZED  BY NUMBER OF BEDROOMS AND NUMBER OF FLOORS, WHICH ARE PERMITTED TO
 BE CONSTRUCTED IN THE JURISDICTION OF THE  LOCAL  GOVERNMENT  AND  WHICH
 HAVE  BEEN  APPROVED  BY SUCH ISSUING AUTHORITY. SUCH CONSTRUCTION DOCU-
 MENTS SHALL BE SUFFICIENT FOR THE ISSUANCE OF A BUILDING PERMIT  WITHOUT
 FURTHER ALTERATION OF SUCH DOCUMENTS. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH LOCAL
 GOVERNMENT,   AT  ITS  DISCRETION,  IS  NOT  REQUIRED  TO  PROVIDE  SUCH
 CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS FOR LOTS,  PLOTS,  BLOCKS OR  SITES THAT  DO  NOT
 HAVE A DE MINIMIS ELEVATION GRADE OR ARE IN A FLOOD HAZARD AREA. NOTHING
 IN  THIS  SECTION SHALL IMPLY THAT MORE THAN ONE AUTHORITY HAVING JURIS-
 DICTION CANNOT PROVIDE THE SAME OR SIMILAR DOCUMENTS.
   § 2. The administrative code of the city of New  York  is  amended  by
 adding a new section 28-104.1.2 to read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   §  28-104.1.2  PRE-APPROVED  CONSTRUCTION  DOCUMENTS.   THE DEPARTMENT
 SHALL PROVIDE, AT NO COST, PRE-APPROVED CONSTRUCTION  DOCUMENTS  IN  THE
 FORMAT   AND  QUANTITY  FOR  EACH  TYPE  OF  DWELLING  PERMITTED  TO  BE
 CONSTRUCTED IN THE CITY, INCLUDING SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS,  TWO-TO-FOUR
 FAMILY  DWELLINGS,  MULTIPLE  DWELLINGS  AND  MIXED-USE STRUCTURES WHICH
 CONTAIN RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL  HAVE  ON  FILE  AND
 PROVIDE  CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS FOR DWELLINGS OF EVERY SIZE, CATEGORIZED
 BY NUMBER OF BEDROOMS AND NUMBER OF FLOORS, WHICH ARE  PERMITTED  TO  BE
 CONSTRUCTED IN THE CITY WHICH HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT. SUCH
 CONSTRUCTION  DOCUMENTS SHALL BE SUFFICIENT FOR THE ISSUANCE OF A BUILD-
 ING PERMIT WITHOUT FURTHER ALTERATION OF SUCH  DOCUMENTS.  FOR  MULTIPLE
 DWELLINGS   IN   EXCESS   OF  ONE  FLOOR,  THE  DEPARTMENT  MAY  PROVIDE
 CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS CONTAINING THE SAME DESIGN FOR EACH FLOOR AND THE
 MAXIMUM NUMBER OF FLOORS FOR THE  HEIGHT  IT  IS  ZONED  FOR.  PROVIDED,
 HOWEVER,  THAT  THE  DEPARTMENT,  AT  ITS DISCRETION, IS NOT REQUIRED TO
 PROVIDE SUCH DOCUMENTS FOR ANY LOT THAT  DOES  NOT  HAVE  A  DE  MINIMIS
 ELEVATION GRADE OR IS IN A FLOOD HAZARD AREA.
   §  3. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
 law.  Effective immediately, 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.