L.L. 2021/126

Enactment date: 11/7/2021

Int. No. 2261-A

By Council Members Cornegy, Levine, Gennaro and Louis (by request of the Mayor)

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, the New York city plumbing code, the New York city building code, the New York city mechanical code and the New York city fuel gas code in relation to bringing such codes and related provisions of law up to date with the 2015 editions of the international building, mechanical, fuel gas and plumbing codes, with differences that reflect the unique character of the city, clarifying and updating administration and enforcement of such codes and the 1968 code and repealing chapters 2 and 35, appendices K and M, section N102 of appendix N, appendices P and Q, and section R103.3 figures 1A and 1B of appendix R of the New York city building code, chapter 15 and appendix A of the New York city mechanical code and chapter 8 of the New York city fuel gas code in relation thereto

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Legislative intent. This local law implements sections 28-601.1, 28-701.1, 28-801.1 and 28-901.1 of the administrative code, which require regular updates of the New York city plumbing code, the New York city building code, the New York city mechanical code and the New York city fuel gas code to reflect changes in the International Plumbing, Building, Mechanical and Fuel Gas Codes. These amendments will bring the New York city codes up to date with the 2015 editions of the International Plumbing, Building, Mechanical and Fuel Gas Codes published by the International Code Council, with differences to accommodate the unique nature of construction in the City. The local law is divided into parts A through E. Part A contains amendments to chapters 1 through 5 of title 28 of the administrative code in separately numbered sections within part A. Chapters 1 through 5 contain general provisions governing administration and enforcement of all such codes and the 1968 code. Parts B, C, D and E contain amendments to chapters 6 through 9 of title 28 of the administrative code and to the codes within such chapters – chapter 6, containing the New York city plumbing code (part B); chapter 7, containing the New York city building code, (part C); chapter 8, containing the New York city mechanical code, (part D); and chapter 9, containing the New York city fuel gas code, (part E). Each part amends the relevant chapters and appendices of the relevant code in separately numbered sections within the part.

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[Consolidated provisions are not included in this Appendix A]

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Section 3. Section 4 of local law number 14 for the year 2020 is amended to read as follows:

§ 4. This local law shall take effect on the same date as the effective date of a local law amending the administrative code of the city of New York [in relation to bringing the New York city building code up to date with the 2014 edition of the International Building Code published by the International Code Council] the New York city plumbing code, the New York city building code, the New York city mechanical code and the New York city fuel gas code in relation to bringing such codes and related provisions of law up to date with the 2015 editions of the international building, mechanical, fuel gas and plumbing codes, except that this local law shall not apply to plumbing work related to applications for construction document approval filed prior to such effective date.

Section 4. Notwithstanding any other law or rule, tables, figures or equations in PDF or other electronic format to be added to the New York city construction codes or amended pursuant to this local law need not be underlined to denote new matter being added. The absence of underlining to denote new matter being added shall not affect the validity of new tables, figures or equations in PDF or other electronic format to be added to the New York city construction codes or amended pursuant to this local law.

Section 5. This local law takes effect 12 months after it is enacted into law and shall apply to work related to applications for construction document approval filed on and after such effective date, except that:

   (i)   section 28-401.11 and articles 421, 422 and 425 of chapter 4 of title 28 of the administrative code of the city of New York as amended by section 4 of part A of this local law and articles 303, 304 and 323 of chapter 3 of title 28 of the administrative code of the city of New York as amended by section 3 of part A of this local law shall take effect on January 1, 2022;

   (ii)   the amendments to section 28-110.1 of the administrative code of the city of New York made by section 1 of part A of this local law and the amendments to chapter 33 of the New York city building code made by sections 32 through 50 of part C of this local law shall apply to:

      1.   all work on major buildings as defined in section BC 202 of chapter 2 of the New York city building code, as added by section 3 of part C of this local law, for which a site safety plan is approved by the department of buildings on or after such effective date;

      2.   all temporary construction equipment permits and all crane and derrick permits, as required by article 105 of chapter 1 of Title 28 of the Administrative Code, as amended by section 1 of part A of this local law, where the application for approval for such permit is filed with the department of buildings on or after such effective date; and

   (iii)   the commissioner of buildings may promulgate rules or take other actions for the implementation of this local law prior to such effective date.