N.Y.C. Admin. Code § L.L. 2013/010: L.L. 2013/010

Enactment date: 2/25/2013

Int. No. 75-A

By Council Members Gennaro, Brewer, Chin, Fidler, James, Koppell, Lander, Mark-Viverito, Nelson, Williams, Van Bramer, Levin, Garodnick, Crowley, Vallone, Gonzalez, Weprin, Vann, Lappin, Koslowitz, Rodriguez, Rivera, Greenfield, Vacca, Jackson, Dromm, Arroyo, Barron, Eugene, Koo, Palma, Ulrich and Halloran.

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring city plantings to be stormwater tolerant so as to facilitate stormwater retention and filtration.

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Legislative findings and intent. The Council finds that the PlaNYC Sustainable Stormwater Management Plan of 2008 recommends the use of green infrastructure as a desirable means to control and detain stormwater. Such control and detention is important because combined sewer overflows (CSOs) discharge over 27 billion gallons of sewage and polluted rainwater into the New York harbor every year. The Council also finds that initiatives undertaken by the City of New York, including the Green Infrastructure Plan, contemplate planting thousands of trees and many thousands of plants annually. Therefore the Council finds that it is in the best interests of the City to use stormwater-tolerant plantings to maximize the capacity for stormwater retention and infiltration.

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[Consolidated provisions are not included in this Appendix A]

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§ 3. This local law shall take effect immediately.