New York A 1627: Ensures zoning lot mergers do not create any new non-compliance with applicable, pre-existing zoning regulations

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A01627 Summary:

BILL NOA01627 

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SAME ASSAME AS S06769

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SPONSORRosenthal

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §16, Mult Dwell L

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Ensures zoning lot mergers do not create any new non-compliance with applicable, pre-existing zoning regulations for multiple dwellings in a city having a population of five million or more.

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BILL NOA01627 

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01/10/2025referred to housing

01/07/2026referred to housing

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1627

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 10, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Housing

 AN ACT to amend the multiple dwelling law, in relation to ensuring
 zoning lot mergers do not create any new non-compliance with applica-
 ble, pre-existing zoning regulations

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

 1 Section 1. The multiple dwelling law is amended by adding a new
 2 section 16 to read as follows:
 3 § 16. Zoning lot mergers; non-compliance with applicable pre-existing
 4 zoning regulations. 1. For the purposes of this section:
 5 (a) "Tax lot" shall mean a parcel of land identified with a unique
 6 borough, block and lot number for property tax.
 7 (b) "Zoning lot development agreement" shall mean a contract to trans-
 8 fer floor area from one parcel of land to another and permits a develop-
 9 er to utilize the adjoining property's floor area to construct a build-
 10 ing that is larger than would be permitted on the parcel being
 11 developed.
 12 2. The requirements of this section shall apply to multiple dwellings
 13 in a city having a population of five million or more.
 14 3. No lot resulting from a merger with any other lot for tax, adminis-
 15 trative, zoning, or development purposes shall create any new non-com-
 16 pliance with the applicable, pre-existing zoning regulations.
 17 4. Transfer of floor area from one tax lot to another shall only take
 18 place subject to the following conditions:
 19 (a) The transfer shall not come from more than two adjacent tax lots
 20 which result in more than a twenty percent increase in floor area for
 21 the receiving lot prior to any lot merger and shall not result in a lot
 22 with any new non-compliance with existing zoning regulations;
 23 (b) The lot or lots transferring floor area shall not have been
 24 subject to a previous merger for tax, administrative, or development

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04097-01-5

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 1 reasons, nor shall such lot or lots have themselves previously have been
 2 recipients of transferred floor area; and
 3 (c) The receiving tax lot shall not also be the recipient of a floor
 4 area bonus for the provision of affordable inclusionary housing or
 5 providing mandatory inclusionary housing pursuant to the zoning resol-
 6 ution for the city of New York.
 7 5. The department shall maintain a publicly accessible database and
 8 map of tax lots that indicate a floor area transfer has occurred or lots
 9 have been merged and include an online version of the relevant zoning
 10 lot development agreement.
 11 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 12 have become a law.

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