New York A 6528: Relates to floor area ratio requirements for buildings on farms

Bill Text

Bill Search and Legislative Information | New York State Assembly 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

 Skip to main content 

 New York State Assembly

 Speaker Carl E. Heastie

 --> 
 --> 

 --> 

• 
 Assembly Members 

• 
 Legislative Info 

• 
 Public Hearings 

• 
 Speaker's Press 

• 
 Assembly Reports 

• 
 Committees & More 

• Bill Search Home
• Laws
• Legislative Calendar
• Public Hearing Schedule
• Assembly Calendars
• Assembly Committee Agenda 

 Javascript must be enabled to properly view this page. 

 Bill No.: 

• Summary 
• Actions 
• Committee&nbspVotes 
• Floor&nbspVotes 
• Memo 
• Text 
• LFIN 
• Chamber&nbspVideo/Transcript 
A06528 Summary:

BILL NOA06528 

&nbsp

SAME ASNo Same As

&nbsp

SPONSORBrown K

&nbsp

COSPNSRMcDonough

&nbsp

MLTSPNSR

&nbsp

Amd §264, Town L; amd §7-710, Vil L

&nbsp

Requires floor area ratio requirements for buildings on farms to be no more restrictive than state requirements for zoning purposes.

Go to top A06528 Actions:

BILL NOA06528 

&nbsp

03/05/2025referred to local governments

01/07/2026referred to local governments

Go to topA06528 Committee&nbspVotes:

Go to topA06528 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA06528 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6528

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 5, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. K. BROWN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Local Governments

 AN ACT to amend the town law and the village law, in relation to floor
 area ratio requirements for buildings on farms

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 264 of the town law is amended by adding a new
 2 subdivision 5 to read as follows:
 3 5. Floor area ratio requirements; farmland. (a) No zoning ordinance
 4 shall restrict the floor area ratio of a dwelling located on an active
 5 farm which is more restrictive than the floor area ratio requirements
 6 established under any chapter of law.
 7 (b) Any zoning ordinance in violation of this section shall be deemed
 8 repealed and unenforceable.
 9 § 2. Section 7-710 of the village law is amended by adding a new
 10 subdivision 6 to read as follows:
 11 6. (a) No zoning local law shall restrict the floor area ratio of a
 12 dwelling located on an active farm which is more restrictive than the
 13 floor area ratio requirements established under any chapter of law.
 14 (b) Any zoning local law in violation of this section shall be deemed
 15 repealed and unenforceable.
 16 § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding
 17 the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the
 18 addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
 19 for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized
 20 to be made and completed on or before such effective date.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10228-01-5

Go to top 

• 

 Sitemap 

 Request Information 

 Directions and Maps