The Mayor of New York City, Eric Adams, has signed a legislative package that is reformed to the reform of the use and design of sidewalk sheds throughout the city. Known as intros. 393-A, 394-A, 391-A, 660-A and 661-A are the measures to address many years of problems with the scaffolding on the sidewalk, including excessive approval duration, poor lighting and equality of construction. These legislators give the Department of Building (DOB) an extended authority to enforce repairs, to improve public security and to remove dandruff as soon as the work is completed. This is a critical part of the city's “Get Sheds Down” initiative in July 2023.
Intro. 393-A reduces the standard duration of the permits of the sidewalk to three months and increases the DOB monitoring of the approval extension and at the same time introduces new penalties for delays in the required repairs. Intro. 394-A updates the requirements for the facade inspection for buildings over six floors and extends the inspection cycle from five years to up to 12 years. Intro. 391-A extends the design and aesthetic standards of sidewalk sheds, increases the minimum height to 12 feet and expands acceptable dandruff over Hunter Green by white, metallic gray or colors that correspond to the adjacent building. It also promotes alternatives such as the contamination network for certain properties.
Additional measures include intro. 660-A, which prescribes LED lighting with increased brightness under dandruff in order to improve the visibility and safety of pedestrians, and the intro. 661-A, which enables DOB to issue owners of larger buildings that do not meet certain milestones in their facade repair schedule. These new tools aim to shorten the time that remain the scales and minimize the disorders of the public street landscapes and companies.
“The adoption of these regulations for sidewalk sheds is a great victory for the city center of Brooklyn and all over New York City,” said Regina Myer, President of the partnership in downtown Brooklyn. “Too often, the sidewalk scales are a wealth in the neighborhood that influence public space, influence the ability of our retail and ultimately influence the quality of life. These guidelines will deal with these challenges, and we welcome the city council for its leadership and commitment to make our more public realming.”
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