Article 108 - PAVEMENT PLAN

Section 28-108.1

Section 28-108.1

  §28-108.1  General.  The commissioner shall not issue a permit for the
erection of a new building or for  alterations  that  will  require  the
issuance  of  a  new  or  amended  certificate  of  occupancy  without a
statement that no certificate of occupancy shall be  issued  unless  the
sidewalk  in  front  of  or  abutting  such  building, including but not
limited to the intersection quadrants for corner properties, shall  have
been  paved  or  repaired  by  the owner, at his or her own cost, in the
manner,  of  the  materials,  and  in  accordance  with   the   standard
specifications   prescribed   by   the   New  York  city  department  of
transportation  pursuant  to  sections  19-113   and   19-115   of   the
administrative code.
  Exceptions:
  1.  Application  for the erection of an accessory building appurtenant
to an existing one- or two-family dwelling.
  2. Where the commissioner determines that a sidewalk is not  required,
provided that such determination shall not affect the obligations of the
owner  under subdivision a of section 19-152 of the administrative code,
nor relieve the owner of any such obligations, nor  impair  or  diminish
the rights of the city or its agencies to enforce such obligations.
  3.  Where  the extent of the change in use or occupancy or the cost of
the alteration does not exceed a threshold established pursuant to  rule
of the commissioner.

Section 28-108.2

Section 28-108.2

  §28-108.2 Pavement plan required. Construction documents shall include
a  pavement  plan processed and approved under guidelines established by
the department. The pavement plan shall include documentation sufficient
to show compliance with the standards and specifications of the New York
city department of transportation pursuant to sections 19-113 and 19-115
of the administrative code.
  Exception: No pavement plans shall be  required  with  respect  to  an
alteration application for a building where the applicant certifies that
there  is a sidewalk in existence in front of or abutting such building,
including but not limited  to  the  intersection  quadrants  for  corner
properties,  complying  with  the  specifications  of  the New York city
department of transportation, and that the  nature  of  such  alteration
work will neither remove such existing sidewalk nor cause damage to such
existing  sidewalk  such that the damage could not be corrected as minor
repairs prior to issuance of the certificate of occupancy.

Section 28-108.3

Section 28-108.3

  §28-108.3  Improvement  of streets. The commissioner shall insure that
streets are suitably improved  in  accordance  with  the  standards  and
specifications  of  the  department  of  transportation  as  required by
subdivision two of section thirty-six of the general city law and  shall
otherwise carry out the provisions of such subdivision.