N.Y.C. Admin. Code § L.L. 1995/073: L.L. 1995/073

Enactment date: 9/21/1995

Int. No. 611

By Council Member Leffler

A Local Law in relation to fire department street alarm boxes

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Pursuant to the provisions of Local Law 20 for the year 1995, as amended, the council hereby approves the pilot program for deactivation of fire department street alarm boxes, as set forth in the proposal of the fire department entitled "Planned Removal of Street Alarm Boxes & Notification Alternatives", dated June 21, 1995, as amended and modified by the document entitled "Modification to Planned Removal of Street Alarm Boxes & Notification Alternatives", dated August 17, 1995 and presented to the council pursuant to such local law.

§ 2. Upon completion of the pilot program, the fire department shall, as soon as practicable thereafter, submit to the mayor and the city council a report on such pilot program. Such report shall contain statistics on the pilot program, as set forth in the proposal of the fire department entitled "Planned Removal of Street Alarm Boxes & Notification Alternatives", dated June 21, 1995, as amended and modified by the document entitled "Modification to Planned Removal of Street Alarm Boxes & Notification Alternatives", dated August 17, 1995, and shall assess the results of such pilot program.

§ 3. a. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, if the city council does not act by means of appropriate legislative action within sixty days after the first stated meeting of the council following the receipt of the report provided for by section two of this local law, the fire department may thereafter deactivate and remove alarm boxes in the city of New York in a manner consistent with such report and the proposal of the fire department entitled "Planned Removal of Street Alarm Boxes & Notification Alternatives", dated June 21, 1995, as amended and modified by the document entitled "Modification to Planned Removal of Street Alarm Boxes & Notification Alternatives", dated August 17, 1995. Unless the city council so authorizes by appropriate legislative action, the fire department shall not deactivate and/or remove any alarm box, other than those alarm boxes deactivated pursuant to the pilot program authorized by section one of this local law, prior to (i) the submission of the report required by section two of this local law; and (ii) the conclusion of such sixty-day period, provided that alarm boxes deactivated pursuant to the pilot program authorized by section one of this local law may remain deactivated during such sixty-day period.

b. Consistent with the report required by section two of this local law and the proposal of the fire department entitled "Planned Removal of Street Alarm Boxes & Notification Alternatives", dated June 21, 1995, as amended and modified by the document entitled "Modification to Planned Removal of Street Alarm Boxes & Notification Alternatives", dated August 17, 1995, if the fire department determines that a public pay telephone or cellular telephone is necessary at a location, the alarm box at such location shall not be deactivated until such telephone is in service at such location.

§ 4. This local law shall take effect immediately.