Int. No. 200-1998

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Int. No. 200-1998




By Council Members McCaffrey, Duane, Fisher, Marshall, Wooten, Freed, Koslowitz and Reed; also Council Members Leffler, Michels and Robles.



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A Local Law to amend the New York City Charter, in relation to giving community boards the authority to make a written recommendation to the City Planning Commission under the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure, which recommendation contains an agreement on community amenities.

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Be it enacted by the Council as follows:


Section 1. Subdivision e of section 197-c of chapter 8 of the New York City Charter is hereby amended to read as follows:

e. Each affected community board shall, not later than sixty days after receipt of an application that has been certified pursuant to subdivision c of this section, (1) notify the public of the application in a manner specified by the city planning commission pursuant to subdivision i of this section, (2) either (a) conduct a public hearing thereon and prepare and submit a written recommendation directly to the city planning commission and to the affected borough president or (b) where authorized by this charter, submit a written waiver of the right to conduct a public hearing and to submit such written recommendations to the commission and the affected borough president. If a written recommendation is submitted, such written recommendation may contain an agreement on community amenities that has been negotiated among the community board, the applicant and/or an agency or department of the city of New York, pursuant to paragraph 17 of subdivision d of section 2800 of chapter 70 of this charter.

'2. Paragraph 17 of subdivision d of section 2800 of chapter 70 of the New York City Charter is hereby amended to read as follows:

(17) Exercise the initial review of applications and proposals of public agencies and private entities for the use, development or improvement of land located in the community district, including the conduct of a public hearing and the preparation and submission to the city planning commission of a written recommendation. Each community board may directly negotiate and conclude an agreement on community amenities with the applicant and/or an agency or department of the city of New York that addresses the direct impact of the project, which community amenities become a condition of the recommendation. A community amenity is defined as a specific improvement to be granted to the community by the applicant and/or by an agency or department of the city of New York, in the form of a physical improvement, which may be either on‑site or off‑site, and a service improvement, which may be either on‑site or off‑site.

'3. This local law shall take effect thirty days after its enactment into law.