Section 27-778
§ 27-778 General requirements. No required ventilating system, no
voluntary air duct system containing smoke detection or fire protection
devices that are required by this subchapter, and no refrigeration
system shall be placed in operation, until it has been tested and
inspected in accordance with the requirements of this subchapter and
until an equipment use permit has been issued by the commissioner,
except as hereinafter provided.
Section 27-779
§ 27-779 Required ventilating systems. The following tests and
inspection requirements shall be complied with in order to obtain an
equipment use permit for a required ventilating system.
(a) Procedure. A required ventilating system shall be subject to the
requirements for controlled inspection as provided in article eight of
subchapter one of this chapter except that it shall not be required that
the architect or engineer be in the employ of the owner. Such
requirements shall include (1) a controlled inspection to verify that
the installation and operation of the completed system comply with the
requirements of this subchapter, comprising tests to ascertain that the
amount of air being supplied to and exhausted from each space conforms
with the requirements of this code, and tests that all required smoke
detection and fire protection devices are functioning properly; and (2)
a controlled inspection comprising tests to verify that required fire
dampers are installed and functioning properly as provided for in
subdivision (d) of section 27-343 of this code. When a required
ventilating system handles five thousand cfm or less, it shall be
subject to controlled inspection except that the person making the
inspection may be an architect, engineer or a person with at least five
years of experience installing ventilating systems. However, if such a
system exhausts any of the following:
(1) fumes, dusts, vapors or other noxious or injurious substances,
(2) substances that create a fire hazard,
then the person making the inspection shall be an architect or
engineer. It shall not be required that the architect or engineer be in
the employ of the owner. The test reports required under the provisions
of article eight of subchapter one of this chapter shall be filed in the
form prescribed by the commissioner. The form shall include the quantity
of air supplied or exhausted by each outlet.
(b) Fire extinguishing systems. No equipment use permit for a required
ventilating system containing a required fire extinguishing system shall
be issued until a signed statement has been obtained from a
representative of the fire commissioner who has witnessed the test of
the extinguishing system and its control devices, certifying the fire
commissioner's acceptance of such a system.
(c) Owner's statement. A statement shall be filed with the
commissioner by the owner or lessee of the building that the required
ventilating system will be kept in continuous operation at all times
during the occupancy of the building and, if any smoke or fire detection
devices or fire extinguishing systems have been installed, that he or
she will have such devices and the fan shut-offs actuated by them tested
and inspected by a competent person or agency at one year intervals or
less. The owner or lessee shall also state that he or she will promptly
make any necessary adjustments and repairs to keep the ventilating
system and its safety devices in proper operating condition. A record of
each inspection and test shall be maintained on the premises by the
owner or lessee, and records for at least the last two years shall be
made available for inspection by the commissioner and the fire
commissioner.
Section 27-780
§ 27-780 Voluntary ventilating systems or other voluntary air duct
systems. The following test and inspection requirements shall be
complied with in order to obtain an equipment use permit for a voluntary
ventilating system or other air duct system when smoke detectors or fire
protection devices are required.
(a) Procedure. A voluntary ventilating system or other voluntary air
duct system shall be subject to test and inspection to ascertain that
all smoke detection and fire protection devices are functioning
properly, and that the installation conforms with the requirements of
this subchapter.
(b) Fire extinguishing systems. No equipment use permit for a
voluntary ventilating system containing a required fire extinguishing
system shall be issued until a signed statement has been obtained from a
representative of the fire commissioner who has witnessed the test of
the extinguishing system and its control devices, certifying the fire
commissioner's acceptance of such system.
(c) Owner's statement. A statement shall be filed with the
commissioner by the owner or lessee of the building that he or she will
have such devices and the fan shut-offs actuated by them tested and
inspected by a competent person or agency at one year intervals or less.
The owner or lessee shall also state that he or she will promptly make
any necessary adjustments and repairs to keep these devices in
operation. A record of each inspection and test shall be maintained on
the premises by the owner or lessee, and the records for at least the
last two years of operation shall be made available for inspection by
the commissioner and the fire commissioner.
Section 27-781
§ 27-781 Refrigerating systems. The following test and inspection
requirements shall be complied with in order to obtain an equipment use
permit for a refrigerating system, except as hereinafter provided.
(a) Procedure. A refrigeration system shall be designated for test and
inspection under the requirements for controlled inspection as provided
in article eight of subchapter one of this chapter, except that it shall
not be required that the architect or engineer be in the employ of the
owner. Test information and all other information required by reference
standard RS 13-6 shall be posted, and the inspection shall be made of
the completed system to verify that the installation complies with the
requirements of this subchapter.
(b) Temporary permits. A temporary equipment use permit shall be
required for a nonoperating system in which a charge is maintained. See
subchapter one of this chapter for provisions governing temporary
permits.
(c) Exception. No equipment use permit or temporary equipment use
permit shall be required for any refrigerating system exempted under the
provisions of section 27-189 of article eighteen of subchapter one of
this chapter; for any system using a group A2, B1 or B2 refrigerant and
having a prime mover of one horsepower or less; or for any system using
water or air as a refrigerant.
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