N.Y.C. Admin. Code § L.L. 2005/029: L.L. 2005/029

Enactment date: 4/4/2005

Int. No. 462-A

By Council Members Gioia, Avella, Barron, Boyland, Clarke, Comrie, Fidler, Gennaro, Gerson, Gonzalez, Koppell, Liu, Martinez, McMahon, Nelson, Quinn, Recchia Jr., Reed, Rivera, Sanders Jr., Weprin, Foster, Lanza and Gallagher

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to posting beach inspection results, and to repeal section 18-131 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as enacted by local law number 14 for the year 1991.

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Declaration of legislative findings and intent. As a way to increase public awareness of beach and park cleanliness and to ensure greater transparency and accountability in government, the Council finds that the Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) ought to publish inspection data for parks and beaches on its official website. Bathing beach cleanliness data will be made available by posting results of water quality sampling obtained by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene on its official website and having information posted at all bathing beaches operated by the City of New York. This information will inform the public of bathing beach water quality data, including acceptable bathing levels. In addition, the beach posting provisions require that DPR post the date and results of the last inspection of the beach and ancillary areas.

This law also requires DPR to post on its official website the date and results of all inspections of all DPR properties, including, but not limited to parks and beaches, and to provide the public with an easy-to-use mechanism to search for the ratings of their local park property. In addition, this law will correct a technical error in the Administrative Code of the City of New York, in that two sections are numbered § 18-131. To correct this, both sections have been combined under the title "Posting of signs."

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[Consolidated provisions are not included in this Appendix A]

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§ 4. This local law shall take effect immediately upon its enactment.