L.L. 2009/052

Enactment date: 8/13/2009

Int. No. 871-A

By Council Members Yassky, Brewer, Comrie, Gonzalez, James, Koppell, Palma, Mendez, Gerson, Felder, White Jr., Vallone Jr., Foster, Mark-Viverito, Garodnick, Weprin, Seabrook, Gennaro, Nelson, Fidler, Gioia, DeBlasio, Reyna, Gentile, Jackson, Barron, Crowley, Sanders Jr., Sears, Mitchell, Vacca, Arroyo, Ferreras, Ulrich, Liu and the Public Advocate (Ms. Gotbaum)

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to bicycle access to office buildings.

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

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[Consolidated provisions are not included in this Appendix A]

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§ 2.   a.   There shall be a temporary bicycle commuting task force to examine establishing partnerships with private entities to develop sheltered bicycle parking in public and/or private spaces. The task force shall be comprised of the commissioner of transportation or his or her designee, the commissioner of buildings or his or her designee, the commissioner of parks and recreation or his or her designee, the director of city planning or his or her designee and three representatives to be appointed by the speaker of the council. Upon the appointment of all of its members, the task force shall elect a chair from its membership at the first meeting of such task force. Members of the task force shall serve without compensation and shall meet when deemed necessary by the chair or upon the request of three members of the task force. The task force shall issue a report to the mayor and speaker by December 31, 2010. Such report shall include, but not be limited to, recommendations on establishing partnerships with private entities to develop sheltered bicycle storage in public and/or private spaces. Such report shall be posted on the city's website within seven days from its submission to the speaker and mayor. The task force shall cease to exist three months after the issuance of its report.

   b.   At any time after the publication of the report required by subdivision a of this section, any group of geographically-related buildings that are subject to the provisions of section one of this local law may submit to the department of transportation a pilot project plan for a public/private partnership to provide sheltered bicycle storage in the vicinity of such buildings, which parking would be located within three blocks or seven hundred fifty feet, whichever is less, from each building in the group. Such plan shall be consistent with the goals and recommendations of the bicycle commuting task force. If the commissioner of transportation, in consultation with other relevant city agencies, determines that such pilot project plan is in the best interest of the city and the community and that the proposed sheltered bicycle storage can accommodate the bicycles of riders seeking access to such buildings, such commissioner may authorize the implementation of such pilot project. Upon such authorization, the commissioner of transportation shall recommend to the commissioner of buildings to suspend the applicability of section one of this local law to such buildings during the time that such pilot project is operational. If at any time during the operation of such pilot project the commissioner of transportation determines that such project no longer furthers the objectives of this local law, such commissioner may terminate such project, upon sixty days' notice to the buildings which are participating in such project, and the provisions of section one of this local law on bicycle access shall thereafter apply. Determinations made by the commissioner of transportation pursuant to this subdivision shall be final.

§ 3. This local law shall take effect one hundred twenty days after its enactment, except that the commissioner of buildings and/or the commissioner of transportation shall take all actions necessary, including the promulgation of rules, to implement this local law on or before the date upon which it shall take effect.