(a) Purpose. The Green Infrastructure Grant Program ("Program") is intended to provide funding for the design and construction of green roof retrofits to manage stormwater runoff in New York City.
(b) Applicability. The Program provides funding for the design and construction of green roof retrofits on real property located within the five (5) boroughs of New York City and, except as set forth in 15 RCNY § 48-04(b), real property that is privately owned.
(Added City Record 5/11/2017, eff. 6/10/2017; amended City Record 12/9/2019, eff. 1/8/2020)
"Applicant" means the person or entity completing, preparing and/or submitting the Program application, in some cases on behalf of the potential Grantee.
"City" means the City of New York.
"Conditional acceptance" or "conditionally accepted" refers to a Grant application that has been reviewed by the Department and accepted subject to satisfaction of additional specific requirements, and for which there has not yet been a binding commitment to award a Grant because there remain pre-conditions to be satisfied by the Applicant and/or the prospective Grantee.
"Department" means the Department of Environmental Protection, the City agency responsible for administering the Green Infrastructure Grant Program.
"Funding Agreement" means the primary contract between the City and the Grantee with respect to the Program funding.
"Grant" means a grant of funds awarded by the Department to a Grantee under the Program, which becomes effective and binding when the Funding Agreement has been fully executed and registered with the City Comptroller.
"Grantee" means the owner of the real property on which the Project will be built, including all parties having an ownership interest in the property.
"Green Roof" means a vegetated system installed on an above grade roof which is designed and constructed by the Grantee to manage stormwater runoff in accordance with the Program Guide.
"Private property" means real property not owned by the City and located within the limits of the five (5) boroughs of the City of New York.
"Program" means the Department's Green Infrastructure Grant Program that facilitates the installation of green roof retrofits on private property.
"Program Guide" means the step-by-step instruction manual for prospective Grantees that describes the Project development process to be followed from conditional acceptance of the application until execution of the Funding Agreement, and how the Department will provide the funding to the Grantee for the construction of the Project. The Program Guide will be incorporated by reference into the Funding Agreement.
"Project" means the Green Roof(s) to be installed on the Grantee's property with funding provided by a Grant awarded by the Department.
"Retrofit" means the implementation of a Project by constructing a Green Roof on an existing building.
(Added City Record 5/11/2017, eff. 6/10/2017; amended City Record 12/9/2019, eff. 1/8/2020)
To be eligible for a Grant, Applicants must be in compliance with the following:
(a) They are not in default on any prior grant agreement or other City contract;
(b) They do not owe any taxes; and
(c) There is no evidence of lack of business integrity, as determined by the Department after a review of information maintained in PASSPort or other public databases; provided that the Department will not conclude that there is a lack of business integrity without first providing the Applicant with an opportunity to update or correct the information drawn from such databases.
(Added City Record 5/11/2017, eff. 6/10/2017; amended City Record 12/9/2019, eff. 1/8/2020)
(a) Grants may be awarded for Projects that will be constructed on private property, except as set forth in paragraph (b) of this section.
(b) Grant applications involving Projects on property that is either (i) owned in whole or in part by the City and occupied by the potential Grantee on a long-term basis (e.g., pursuant to a ground lease or other land use agreement) or (ii) owned by another governmental entity or public authority, will be considered by the Department on a case-by-case basis. In evaluating applications involving property leased from the City, as described in (i), the Department will consider such factors as the length of the occupancy agreement and whether or not the lease or agreement is renewable.
(Added City Record 5/11/2017, eff. 6/10/2017; amended City Record 12/9/2019, eff. 1/8/2020)
(a) The building for which the proposed Project will be implemented must be fully constructed and in a condition to accept the Retrofit at the time of application.
(b) The proposed Project must manage stormwater runoff from the surrounding impervious tributary drainage area and be designed in accordance with the Program Guide.
(c) Projects must be determined to be feasible by a structural analysis that has been performed by a professional structural engineer licensed by the State of New York and that concludes that the loading capacity of the roof is sufficient to support the proposed Project.
(Added City Record 5/11/2017, eff. 6/10/2017; amended City Record 12/9/2019, eff. 1/8/2020)
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