Legislation Details

File #: Int 0917-2026    Version: * Name: Sanitation and cleanliness requirements for roadway and sidewalk cafes.
Type: Introduction Status: Committee
Committee: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
On agenda: 5/20/2026
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to sanitation and cleanliness requirements for roadway and sidewalk cafes
Sponsors: Justin E. Sanchez, Farah N. Louis, Frank Morano
Council Member Sponsors: 3
Summary: This bill would require roadway and sidewalk cafe operators to ensure that their outdoor setups are clear of trash, debris, graffiti, vermin, food scraps and unsanitary conditions. Operators who violate this provision would be subject to civil penalties ranging from $300 for the first offense to $600 for the second and subsequent offenses.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 917, 2. Int. No. 917, 3. Memorandum in Support

Int. No. 917

 

By Council Members J. Sanchez, Louis and Morano

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to sanitation and cleanliness requirements for roadway and sidewalk cafes

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. The table of maximum civil penalties in section 19-150 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new row in numerical order to read as follows:

Section of the Administrative Code

Maximum Civil Penalty (dollars)

19-160(b)(3)

300 (first violation); 600 (second and subsequent violations at the same place of business.

§ 2. Subdivision b of section 19-160 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new paragraph 3 to read as follows:

3. A sidewalk and roadway cafe shall maintain clean setups that are clear of trash, debris, graffiti, vermin, food scraps, and unsanitary conditions. The area of the roadway extending one and one-half feet distance beyond any roadway cafe on all sides of such cafe shall be kept clean.

§ 3. This local law takes effect 120 days after it becomes law.

 

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