§ 10-03 Informational Meeting.
RCNY § 10-03
(a)Before filing a land use application or application for environmental review, an Applicant must contact the Department Borough Office in the borough where a proposed project is to be located in order to schedule an Informational Meeting with the Department.
(b)Within forty-five (45) days of an Applicant contacting a Borough Office to schedule an Informational Meeting, the Department must hold an Informational Meeting subject to the Applicant's availability. If the Applicant is not available within this period, the Department must hold the Informational Meeting as soon as practicable at a time at which both the Department and the Applicant are available.
(1)An Informational Meeting may be held in person, by telephone, or by other electronic means, including video teleconference, as the Department deems appropriate.
(2)An Applicant must submit to the Department before or at an Informational Meeting any materials identified by the Department before the meeting that are necessary to conduct the meeting. Such materials may include, but are not limited to, official zoning sectional maps, official tax maps, color aerial photos, land use maps, color site and area photographs, or site topographical surveys.
(3)An Applicant must participate in an Informational Meeting and present to the Department basic information about the proposed project and surrounding area. The Department may share with the Applicant information about zoning, the neighborhood, City policies potentially affecting the proposed project, and the relevant land use and environmental application review and public review processes.
(c)At or after an Informational Meeting, an Applicant proceeding with filing a land use application or application for environmental review must request from the Department a Project ID number, which will be used by the Department to track proposed projects during the Pre-Application Process.
(d)Within thirty (30) days of an Applicant's request for a Project ID number: (1) the Department must: (i) issue a Project ID number to the Applicant for the proposed project; or (ii) notify the Applicant that the Department requires additional information or an additional Informational Meeting in order to adequately understand the basic information about the proposed project and surrounding area. Where an additional Informational Meeting is required, the Department must hold such meeting within thirty (30) days of notifying the Applicant, subject to the Applicant's availability. If the Applicant is not available within this period, the Department must hold the Informational Meeting as soon as practicable at a time at which both the Department and the Applicant are available. Within thirty (30) days of receiving such additional information or holding an additional Informational Meeting, the Department must issue the Project ID number to the Applicant for the proposed project, or request additional information or Informational Meetings in accordance with the procedures set forth in this paragraph until such time that the Department has received sufficient information to adequately understand the basic information about the proposed project and surrounding area and issues a Project ID number.
(e)If the Department fails to hold a meeting pursuant to subdivision (b) of this section or fails to notify an Applicant pursuant to subdivision (d) of this section, the Applicant may proceed to submit a Pre-Application Statement without a Project ID number pursuant to the provisions set forth in 62 RCNY § 10-04.
