Section 27-228.5
§ 27-228.5 General requirements. (a) Owners of all existing buildings
which are required to comply with the provisions of subdivision (a) of
section 27-353.1 (elevator vestibules), section 27-381 and subdivision
(b) of section 27-382 (exit lighting), subdivision (b) of section 27-384
(exit signs), section 27-396.3 (signs in sleeping rooms), section
27-777.2 (ventilation in J-1 buildings), subdivision (b) of section
27-929 (sprinklers, fire alarm systems, fire command and communication
systems), paragraph two of subdivision (c) of section 27-989 (elevators
in readiness), section 27-996.1 (locks on hoistway doors) and section
27-996.2 (firemen's service) shall file with the department a report on
or before April first, nineteen hundred eighty-seven certifying to the
installation of the required fire protection systems in accordance with
approved plans and appropriate permits prior to such date. Owners of all
existing buildings not already subject to the requirements of article
nine of subchapter six of this chapter as of January eighth, nineteen
hundred seventy-three shall file with the department a report on or
before October first, nineteen hundred eighty-five certifying to the
installation of stair and elevator signs meeting the requirements of
article nine of subchapter six of this chapter prior to such date.
Owners of all existing buildings that are required to comply with the
provisions of subdivision (c) of section 27-384 (power source of exit
signs) shall file with the department, on or before July 1, 2007, a
report of an architect or engineer certifying that all required exit
and/or directional signs are connected to an emergency power source or
to storage battery equipment in compliance with such subdivision except
that no such report shall be required to be filed if an owner of a
building submits an affidavit to the department, within ninety days
after the effective date of this sentence, certifying that all required
exit and/or directional signs are connected to an emergency power source
or to storage battery equipment as required by such subdivision. Such
reports shall be on such forms and in such manner as prescribed by the
commissioner. Failure to file such report by such dates shall be a
violation of this section, which shall be punishable pursuant to section
26-125 of title twenty-six of the administrative code.
(b)(1) Owners of all buildings one hundred feet or more in height
required to comply with the provisions of subdivision (a) of section
27-929.1 (sprinklers) shall file with the department on or before July
1, 2019 a final report prepared by an architect or engineer certifying
to the installation of the required sprinklers in accordance with such
provisions and, pending the filing of such final report, such owner
shall be required to file the following interim reports as described
below. Failure to file such final report and/or, where required, such
interim reports by the dates indicated or within any extended period of
time granted by the commissioner pursuant to paragraph (2) of this
subdivision shall be a violation of this section, which shall be
punishable pursuant to section 26-125 of the code. Such reports shall be
on such forms and in such manner as prescribed by the commissioner and
shall be filed as follows:
Unless a final report is filed The one year report shall contain an
on or prior to such date, a affidavit by the owner of the
one year report shall be filed building acknowledging that
no later than July 1, 2005. sprinklers are required to be
installed in such building on or
before July 1, 2019 in
compliance with subdivision (a) indicating his or her intention to
section 27-929.1 of this code acomply with such requirement.
Unless a final report is filed Such seven year report shall contain
on or prior to July 1, 2011, a a certification by an architect or
seven year report shall be engineer of the percentage of the
filed no earlier than January building in which sprinklers have
1, 2011 and no later than July been installed as of the date of such
1, 2011. report and an implementation plan
prepared by such architect or
engineer detailing when and how the
remaining portions of the building
will be made fully compliant.
Unless a final report is filed Such fourteen year report shall
on or prior to July 1, 2018, a contain a certification by an
fourteen year report shall be architect or engineer of the
filed no earlier than January percentage of the building in which
1, 2018 and no later than July sprinklers have been installed as of
1, 2018. the date of such report and an
implementation plan, prepared by such
architect or engineer detailing when
and how the remaining portions of the
building will be made fully
compliant.
Except as otherwise provided Such final report shall contain a
in paragraph (2) of this certification by an architect or
subdivision, a final report engineer that the building is fully
shall be filed no later than compliant.
July 1, 2019.
(2) Where the owner of a building is unable to comply with the
requirements of subdivision (a) of section 27-929.1 on or before July 1,
2019 because of undue hardship, and where such owner timely filed all
interim reports as required in paragraph (1) of this subdivision and has
obtained approval of all required applications, plans and permits
relating to the required work, such owner may submit to the department
an application for additional time to comply with such requirements.
Such application shall be submitted to the department on or before July
1, 2018, along with supporting documents indicating the basis for such
claim of undue hardship. The commissioner shall appoint a committee
consisting of employees of the department and the fire department and a
representative of the real estate industry to review such application.
Such committee shall issue findings and recommendations relating to the
application. After reviewing such findings and recommendations, if the
commissioner finds that the owner has made a good faith effort to
complete the required work and has substantiated his or her claim of
undue hardship, the commissioner may grant an extension of time in which
to complete the work and submit the final report.
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