Section 18-131. Posting of signs  


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  • a. The commissioner shall be required to
      post signs pursuant to sections 10-158 and 10-158.1 of  this  code,  for
      the  vessel  regulation  zone and the "no wake area" established by such
      sections.
        b. 1. The commissioner shall be  required  to  establish  a  telephone
      reporting  system  so  that  the public can notify the department of any
      accident or hazardous condition which may occur  or  exist  within  park
      property.  The commissioner shall have signs posted in all public parks,
      playgrounds, including jointly operated playgrounds, beaches  and  pools
      which  shall  contain the telephone number for reporting any accident or
      hazardous condition that occurs or exists within such public facility.
        2. The commissioner shall be required to maintain a record of  reports
      of  such  accidents  or  hazardous  conditions  by  borough  and service
      district which shall be provided to the council and mayor on  an  annual
      basis.   Such report shall include any action taken by the department in
      response to such reported accident or hazardous condition.
        3. Such notice  of  accident  which  the  commissioner  shall  receive
      according  to  the  provisions  of  this section shall not be sufficient
      notice as required under article four of the general municipal law.
        c. The commissioner shall post the following at all  comfort  stations
      at  all bathing beaches under the jurisdiction of the department, on its
      official website, and at such other places or times as the  commissioner
      shall deem appropriate or as required by law, rule or regulation:
        1.  The  dates  and  the  results  of  departmental inspections of the
      bathing beach at which such  information  is  posted.  Such  information
      shall  be  posted  within three days of the completion of the inspection
      cycle in which such inspection was made.
        2. The availability of information regarding bathing beaches from  the
      department of health and mental hygiene, which shall include, but not be
      limited to, the following:
        (i)  a statement of the availability of information posted pursuant to
      paragraph three of this subdivision on  the  department  of  health  and
      mental  hygiene's  official  website  and  provided  to  the 311 citizen
      service center;
        (ii) if a particular bathing beach is under advisory  or  closed,  the
      reason for such advisory or closure;
        (iii) an explanation of how to file a beach-related illness complaint;
        (iv)  any  other  information  the  commissioner  of health and mental
      hygiene  shall  deem  appropriate  or  as  required  by  law,  rule   or
      regulation.
        3.  The  commissioner  of  health  and  mental  hygiene shall make the
      information in subparagraphs ii through iv  of  paragraph  two  of  this
      subdivision  available  on  its  official website and to the 311 citizen
      service center. In addition,  the  commissioner  of  health  and  mental
      hygiene  shall  make  available  on  its official website and to the 311
      citizen service center the information  set  forth  in  subparagraphs  i
      through  vi  of  this  paragraph,  and  shall  make  the  information in
      subparagraphs  i,  ii  and  iv  of  this  paragraph   available   within
      twenty-four  hours of receiving the results of any test performed, or by
      the end of the business day following receipt of the results of any test
      performed, whichever is later.
        (i) the single day enterococci geometric mean for samples taken  at  a
      particular bathing beach by the department of health and mental hygiene;
        (ii)  the  enterococcus  bacteria  thirty  day geometric mean for such
      particular bathing beach;
        (iii) an explanation as to the enterococcus bacteria level that  could
      affect a closure at the particular bathing beach;
    
        (iv)  dates  and  results of any inspections or tests made pursuant to
      New York city health code article one hundred sixty-seven;
        (v)  an  explanation as to the weather and other conditions that could
      result in issuing an advisory or closing the particular bathing beach;
        (vi) any other information  the  commissioner  of  health  and  mental
      hygiene   shall  deem  appropriate  or  as  required  by  law,  rule  or
      regulation.
        4. The commissioner of  health  and  mental  hygiene  shall  make  the
      information  required  by  paragraphs two and three of this subdivision,
      and such other information deemed appropriate  by  the  commissioner  of
      health and mental hygiene, accessible on the official department website
      for  a  period of at least one year. In addition, on or before the first
      day of November of each year, the  commissioner  of  health  and  mental
      hygiene  shall forward a combined report of the dates and results of all
      inspections of all bathing beaches and the dates  and  reasons  for  any
      advisory  or  closure,  and such other information deemed appropriate by
      the commissioner of health and mental hygiene, for the Friday  preceding
      the  last  Monday  of  May  until  the  Friday after the first Monday of
      September of each year, to  the  mayor,  the  public  advocate  and  the
      speaker of the council.
        d.  The  commissioner shall post the dates and results of departmental
      inspections of property under the jurisdiction of the department on  its
      official  website  within seven days of the completion of the inspection
      cycle in  which  such  inspection  was  made,  except  that  information
      regarding  the  inspections  of  bathing  beaches shall be posted within
      three days of the completion of  the  inspection  cycle  in  which  such
      inspection  was  made, in accordance with paragraph one of subdivision c
      of this section. The results of each inspection shall be  accessible  on
      the  official  department  website for a period of at least one year. In
      addition, the commissioner shall  forward  a  combined  report  of  such
      inspection  results to the mayor, the public advocate and the speaker of
      the council for each fiscal year by the first day of August of the  next
      succeeding fiscal year.