Section 27-2028
§ 27-2028 Central heat or electric or gas heating system; when
required. Except as otherwise provided in this article, every multiple
dwelling and every tenant-occupied one or two-family dwelling shall be
provided with heat from a central heating system constructed in
accordance with the provisions of the building code and the regulations
of the department. A system of gas or electric heating provided for each
dwelling unit may, if approved by the department, be utilized in lieu of
a central heating system if:
(1) the system is lawfully in use on July fourteenth, nineteen hundred
sixty-seven; or
(2) the system is approved by the appropriate city agencies having
jurisdiction and is installed in a structure or building erected,
converted, substantially rehabilitated, or completely vacated, after
July fourteenth, nineteen hundred sixty-seven.
Section 27-2029
§ 27-2029 Minimum temperature to be maintained. a. During the period
from October first through May thirty-first, centrally-supplied heat, in
any dwelling in which such heat is required to be provided, shall be
furnished so as to maintain, in every portion of such dwelling used or
occupied for living purposes:
(1) between the hours of six a. m. and ten p. m., a temperature of at
least sixty-eight degrees Fahrenheit whenever the outside temperature
falls below fifty-five degrees; and
(2) between the hours of ten p. m. and six a. m., a temperature of at
least fifty-five degrees Fahrenheit whenever the outside temperature
falls below forty degrees.
b. During the period from October first through May thirty-first, all
central heating systems required under this article shall be maintained
free of any device which shall cause or which is capable of causing an
otherwise operable central heating system to become incapable of
providing the minimum requirements of heat or hot water as required by
this article for any period of time. This subdivision shall not apply to
any safety device required by law, or by a rule or regulation of any
city agency, to be used in conjunction with a central heating system.
Section 27-2031
§ 27-2031 Supply of hot water; when required. Except as otherwise
provided in this article, every bath, shower, washbasin and sink in any
dwelling unit in a multiple dwelling or tenant-occupied one-family or
two-family dwelling shall be supplied at all times between the hours of
six a. m. and midnight with hot water at a constant minimum temperature
of one hundred twenty degrees Fahrenheit from a central source of supply
constructed in accordance with the provisions of the building code and
the regulations of the department, provided however that baths and
showers equipped with balanced-pressure mixing valves, thermostatic
mixing valves or combination pressure balancing/thermostatic valves may
produce a discharge temperature less than one hundred twenty degrees
Fahrenheit but in no event less than one hundred ten degrees Fahrenheit.
Gas or electric water heaters may, if approved by the department, be
utilized in lieu of a central source of supply of hot water if such
heaters:
(1) are lawfully in use on July fourteenth, nineteen hundred
sixty-seven; or
(2) are approved by the appropriate city agencies having jurisdiction
and are installed in a structure or building erected, converted,
substantially rehabilitated, or completely vacated after July
fourteenth, nineteen hundred sixty-seven.
Section 27-2032
§ 27-2032 Gas-fueled or electric heaters. a. Gas-fueled or electric
space or water heaters, where permitted by this article as an
alternative to a central supply of heat or hot water, shall be governed
by the provisions of this section.
b. The capacity, number and location of such heaters shall be such as
to furnish the same standard of heat or hot water supply, as the case
may be, as is required to be furnished from a central heat or hot water
system.
c. Electric heaters shall be approved by Underwriters Laboratories,
Inc. and shall comply with applicable provisions of the building code
and the multiple dwelling law.
d. Gas-fueled heaters shall comply with article nine of this
subchapter and with applicable provisions of the building code and the
multiple dwelling law, but any such heater lawfully in existence on July
fourteenth, nineteen hundred sixty-seven which does not comply with
subdivision b of section 27-2034 of article nine of this subchapter
shall comply with such section by July fourteenth, nineteen hundred
seventy-eight. No person shall cause or permit to be occupied for
sleeping purposes any room containing such a non-complying heater. Any
heater installed in replacement of any such non-complying heater shall
comply with all provisions of article nine of this subchapter.
e. The owner shall not, unless otherwise agreed between owner and
tenant, be required to pay for the gas or electricity used by such
heaters.
f. Notwithstanding any provision of prior law, it shall be the duty of
the owner to keep each such heater in good repair and good operating
condition, regardless of the identity of the person originally owning or
installing the heater.
g. The owner shall instruct each successive tenant of an apartment in
which such heaters are installed as to safe and proper method of using
and operating such heaters.
h. The department may make and enforce regulations supplementary to
the provisions of this section and article nine of this subchapter to
secure an adequate supply of heat and hot water and to protect the
health and safety of tenants.
Section 27-2033
§ 27-2033 Access to boiler room. a. The owner of every multiple
dwelling shall have the area, where the building's heating system is
located, readily accessible to members of the department to make
inspection pursuant to this chapter. In the event such area is kept
under lock, a key shall be kept on the premises at all times with such
person as the owner shall designate; however, if there is a person
residing on the premises who performs janitorial services, such person
shall hold the key. The owner shall post a notice in a form approved by
the department naming such designated person and his or her location.
b. Multiple dwellings owned and operated by the New York city housing
authority shall be exempt from the requirements of this section.
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