Int. No. 1115
By Council Member Maloney
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to monitoring and reporting noise levels around seaplane bases
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Subchapter 2 of chapter 2 of title 24 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 24-217.3 to read as follows:
§ 24-217.3 Seaplane noise. a. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
City building. The term “city building" means a building or structure that is owned or leased by the city.
Seaplane base. The term “seaplane base” means an area of water that is used for the landing or takeoff of airplanes, and any appurtenant areas of land or water designed or used for fueling, defueling, maintenance, repair, storage, boarding, or deplaning of seaplanes.
b. The commissioner shall install a sound level meter on the roof of any city building within 600 feet of any seaplane base in the city.
c. The commissioner shall install, free of charge, a sound level meter on the roof of any privately-owned building within 600 feet of any seaplane base in the city where the owner of the building has requested such installation.
d. No later than 1 year after the effective date of the local law that added this section, and every month thereafter, the commissioner shall post on the department’s website a report of the decibel levels detected by each sound level meter installed pursuant to this section. The report shall include a separate row for each unique meter reading, reported at intervals of no greater than 5 seconds for each sound level meter, and such row shall include the following information set forth in separate columns:
1. The date and time at which the meter reading occurred;
2. A unique identification code corresponding to the sound level meter;
3. The altitude above sea level of the sound level meter when the meter reading occurred, as determined by global positioning systems technology;
4. The highest decibel level detected during the meter reading; and
5. Any other sound measurement recorded by the sound level meter during the meter reading.
e. If the commissioner determines that there are no active seaplane bases operating within the city, the commissioner may uninstall the meters required by this section and discontinue posting the report required by this section, so long as the commissioner provides written notice to the mayor and the speaker of the council, at least 180 days before uninstalling any such meters, of the commissioner’s intention to uninstall such meters and discontinue such reporting.
§ 2. This local law takes effect 90 days after it becomes law.
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October 2, 2026 12:00 PM