LOCAL LAW
BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT COLLINS-BELLAMY, MAJORITY LEADER RUBBO, MAJORITY WHIP ROBINSON, MINORITY LEADER BREEN, COUNCILMEMBERS, PINEDA -ISAAC, DIAZ AND MERANTE:
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A LOCAL LAW AMENDING SECTION 56-98, TITLED "SCAFFOLDING REQUIRED; PERMIT; FEE," OF ARTICLE X OF CHAPTER 56 PART VI OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF YONKERS.
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BE IT ENACTED, by the City Council of the City of Yonkers, as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 56 of the Code of the City of Yonkers, entitled, "building and Electrical Code" is hereby amended in part, by amending Section 56-98 entitled, "Scaffolding required; permit; fee" to read as follows:
Chapter 56: Building and Electrical Code
Article X: Moved Buildings; Minor Structures
Section 56-98: Scaffolding required; permit; fee
A. Whenever construction, alteration, repair or demolition occurs in the City of Yonkers, scaffolding shall be utilized when required by the New York Uniform Code and 12 NYCRR 23, or when otherwise directed by the Commissioner.
B. Prior to erecting any scaffolding, a permit shall be obtained from the Department. The Department shall issue permits for all scaffolding. When scaffolding is to be erected over public streets, ways or sidewalks and a permit for such scaffolding is authorized elsewhere in the Yonkers City Code, approval from all other departments is required prior to issuance of a permit by the Department.
C. Any permit issued by the Department under the provisions of this section shall expire, by limitation, and all scaffolding erected thereunder shall be removed, within one year six months from the time of issuance. An expiring permit may, upon written request, be renewed for one successive periods of 180 days to one year 90 days or 180 days, at the discretion of the Commissioner, provided that:
(1) The permit has not been revoked, suspended or expired at the time the application for renewal is made.
(2) All relevant information in the application is up to date.
(3) The building permit application for the associated work is in compliance with the New York Uniform Code and this Code.
(4) The renewal fee is paid.
(5) A building permit has been obtained for work on the premises associated with the scaffolding permit.
(6) Construction activity is underway, for which purpose the scaffolding is required.
D. If the scaffolding must remain for safety purposes, and, yet, no construction activity is underway, a fine of $500 per week shall be imposed on the property at the discretion of the Commissioner.
D. E. The prescribed fee for each permit for scaffolding issued pursuant to this section shall be $250 plus $1.50 per linear foot times the height of the scaffolding in stories or modular scaffolding sections. The renewal fees shall be the same fee as the original fee for the first six-month extension and shall increase cumulatively by $1.00 $.75 per linear foot times the height of the scaffolding in stories or modular scaffolding sections for each additional six-month extension.
Section 2. This Local Law shall take effect upon filing with the Secretary of State, and subject to the requirements of Section C4-6.C of Article IV of the Charter of the City of Yonkers, entitled Adoption of Legislation, and the City Clerk is directed to cause the publication of this ordinance in accordance with requirements stated in said section.