Int. No. 79
By Council Members Restler, Brooks-Powers, Krishnan, Bottcher, Yeger, Schulman, Gutiérrez, Hudson, Nurse, Hanif, Louis, Marte, Sanchez, Cabán, Riley, Won, Williams, Rivera, Mealy, Abreu, Marmorato and Ariola (in conjunction with the Brooklyn Borough President)
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to installation of pedestrian lighting fixtures
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Subchapter 3 of chapter 1 of title 19 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 19-188.3 to read as follows:
§ 19-188.3 Pedestrian Lighting. a. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
Commercial corridor. The term “commercial corridor” means a block located within a commercial district or overlay, as established by the zoning resolution.
Pedestrian lighting fixture. The term “pedestrian lighting fixture” means a lighting fixture specifically designed to illuminate sidewalks for pedestrians.
Sufficient lighting. The term “sufficient lighting” means that the level of illumination is at least 1 footcandle (11 lux), measured at the level of the walking surface, along the entire length of sidewalk within the commercial corridor.
b. Each year, the commissioner shall install pedestrian lighting fixtures in no fewer than 500 commercial corridors until each commercial corridor has sufficient lighting. To the extent possible, no fewer than 450 of such commercial corridors shall be contiguous to at least 1 other commercial corridor that either (i) has been selected for installation of pedestrian lighting fixtures in the same year or (ii) already has sufficient lighting.
c. The commissioner may cease installing pedestrian lighting fixtures once every commercial corridor has sufficient lighting.
§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately.
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