105.3.7 Reserved .

105.3.8 Hazardous industries.

Except as otherwise provided in this code, no person shall engage in a hazardous industry, trade, occupation, activity or operation requiring the manufacture, storage, handling, sale, use or transportation of hazardous materials or combustible materials without a permit, issued upon such conditions as the commissioner deems necessary in the interest of public safety.

105.3.9 Compliance with the requirements of the construction codes and Electrical Code.

The commissioner may require that the applicant for a permit or renewal thereof demonstrate, by submission of a certificate of occupancy or other authorization or approval issued by the Department of Buildings, that the building, structure or premises or portion thereof used for the manufacture, storage, handling or use of flammable or combustible liquids, combustible materials or hazardous materials, and all operations or facilities subject to this code, are designed, constructed and occupied in accordance with the certificate of occupancy, the construction codes and the Electrical Code.

105.3.9.1 Department of Buildings required approval.

No permit shall be issued when work requires the approval of the Commissioner of Buildings in connection with a material, operation or facility unless proof is submitted to the department that such work has been approved by the Commissioner of Buildings.

105.4 Design and installation documents.

Design and installation documents required to be submitted to the department pursuant to the provisions of this code, the rules or the construction codes, including but not limited to those set forth below, or as directed by the commissioner to demonstrate or document that a device, equipment, system, operation or facility regulated by this code is designed and installed in accordance with this code, shall be submitted in accordance with this section. Such submissions shall be reviewed by the department for compliance with the requirements of this code, the rules and other applicable laws, rules and regulations enforced by the department. The time limitations for approval of design and installation documents and for deeming such submissions abandoned shall be as set forth in FC 105.2.3 and 105.2.4.

   Aerosol products storage facilities:

      1.   General purpose warehouses (FC 2804 FC 5104).

      2.   Aerosol warehouses (FC 2804 FC 5104).

      3.   Liquid storage rooms (FC 2804 FC 5104).

      4.   Liquid warehouses (FC 2804 FC 5104).

      5.   Outdoor storage (FC 2805 FC 5105).

      6.   Retail display (FC 2806 FC 5106).

   Aircraft fueling systems (FC 2006).

   Ammonia diffusion systems for refrigerating systems using ammonia refrigerant (FC 606).

   Automated Parking Garage (FC 611).

   Auxiliary radio communication (ARC) systems, fire department in-building (FC 510).

   Cellulose nitrate film storage facilities (FC 306).

   Combustible fibers storage facilities:

      1.   Loose fiber storage (FC 3704).

      2.   Baled fiber storage (FC 3705).

   Combustible material storage (FC 315).

   Commercial cooking system fire extinguishing systems (FC 904).

   Corrosive materials systems and facilities:

      1.   Storage (FC 5404).

      2.   Handling and use (FC 5405).

   Cryogenic fluids systems and facilities:

      1.   Storage (FC 5503 and 5504).

      2.   Handling and use (FC 5503 and 5505).

      3.   Liquefied natural gas facilities (FC 5506).

   Distilleries (FC 4004 and 4005).

   Dry cleaning systems using Class II and III solvents (FC 2107).

   Emergency alarms (FC 908):

      1.   Flammable alcohol vapor (FC 4003).

      2.   Gaseous hydrogen (FC 5808).

      3.   Hazardous materials (FC 5004 and 5005).

      4.   Lighter-than-air motor fuels (FC 2308, 2309 and 2311).

      5.   Medical gases (FC 5306).

      6.   Flammable gases distribution piping operating above 15 psig (FC Table 908.1).

      7.   Ozone gas (FC 6005).

      8.   Refrigerants (FC 606).

      9.   Toxic/highly toxic materials (FC 6004).

   Energy storage systems, stationary (FC 608.6).

   Explosion control systems for certain hazardous materials and special uses (FC 911).

   Explosion (dust) protection systems for combustible metals, metal powders, metal dusts and sulfur (FC 2204).

   Explosives (FC 5604).

   Facilities in which a fumigant or insecticidal fogger are designed to be used in a stationary installation (FC 2603).

   Fire alarm systems and fire command centers (FC 907 and Sections 403, 907 and 911 of the Building Code).

   Fire apparatus access roads and security gates installed across such roads (FC 503).

   Fire extinguishing systems (sprinkler systems listed separately):

      1.   Aerosol (FC 904).

      2.   Carbon dioxide (FC 904).

      3.   Clean agent (FC 904).

      4.   Dry chemical (FC 904).

      5.   Foam (FC 904).

      6.   Halon (modification of lawfully existing installations) (FC 904).

      7.   Water mist (FC 904).

      8.   Wet chemical (FC 904).

   Fixed guideway transit and passenger rail systems (FC 321):

      1.   Emergency ventilation systems.

      2.   Emergency voice communication systems.

      3.   Means of egress.

      4.   Standpipe systems and other fire protection systems.

   Flammable and combustible liquid systems and facilities:

      1.   Piping, equipment, tanks, plants, terminals, fuel-dispensing facilities and similar facilities where flammable and combustible liquids are manufactured, stored, handled or used, including dispensing (FC 5704).

      2.   Group M occupancy wholesale and retail sales uses (FC 5704).

      3.   Liquid storage rooms (FC 5704).

      4.   Liquid storage warehouses (FC 5704).

      5.   Outdoor storage (FC 5704).

      6.   Bulk plants and terminals (FC 5706).

   Flammable gas systems and facilities:

      1.   Storage (FC 5804).

      2.   Handling and use (FC 5805).

      3.   CNG storage in portable containers (FC 5811).

      4.   Methane gas recovery from landfills (FC 5809).

      5.   Compressing of a flammable gas, including piped natural gas, to a pressure exceeding 6 psig (41.4 kPa) (FC Chapter 58).

      6.   Hydrogen fuel gas rooms (FC 5808).

   Flammable solid systems and facilities:

      1.   Storage (FC 5904).

      2.   Handling and use (FC 5905).

   Flammable/combustible spraying, dipping or powder-coating systems and facilities:

      1.   Spray booths (spray finishing) (FC 2404).

      2.   Spray rooms (spray finishing) (FC 2404).

      3.   Dip tanks (FC 2405).

      4.   Spray booths (powder coating) (FC 2406).

      5.   Spray rooms (powder coating) (FC 2406).

      6.   Limited spraying space (FC 2404).

   Flaring systems for refrigerating systems using flammable or toxic or highly toxic refrigerants (FC 606).

   Hazardous materials systems and facilities (FC 5003, 5004 and 5005) (applicable to compressed gases, corrosive materials, cryogenic fluids, explosives, flammable and combustible liquids, flammable gases, flammable solids, highly toxic and toxic materials, LPG, organic peroxides, oxidizers, pyrophoric materials, unstable (reactive) materials and water-reactive solids and liquids):

      1.   Tanks (FC 5003).

      2.   Piping, tubing, valves and fittings (FC 5003).

      3.   Highly toxic and toxic compressed gas rooms (FC 5003).

   Highly toxic and toxic materials systems and facilities:

      1.   Storage, handling and use of highly toxic and toxic solids and liquids (FC 6003).

      2.   Storage, handling and use of highly toxic and toxic compressed gases (FC 6004).

      3.   Ozone gas generators (FC 6005).

   High-piled combustible storage areas (FC 3201).

   Industrial furnaces (FC 3001).

   LPG (FC 6101).

   Marina fire protection systems (FC 3605).

   Medical gases:

      1.   Storage and piping systems (FC 5306).

   Motor fuel dispensing facilities and repair garages (FC 2301):

      1.   Fleet motor fuel-dispensing facilities.

      2.   Full-service motor fuel-dispensing facilities.

      3.   Self-service motor fuel-dispensing facilities.

      4.   Repair garages for vehicles fueled by lighter-than-air motor fuels.

   Natural gas distribution piping systems designed for or operated at 15 psig (103 kPa gauge) or greater (Fuel Gas Code).

   Nonflammable compressed gases systems and facilities (FC 5303).

   Organic coating manufacturing process facilities (FC 2905).

   Organic peroxides storage and facilities:

      1.   Storage (FC 6204).

      2.   Handling and use (FC 6205).

   Oxidizer systems and facilities:

      1.   Storage (FC 6304).

      2.   Handling and use (FC 6305).

   Oxygen-fuel gas systems (FC 3501 and 3509).

   Private fire hydrant systems (FC 507).

   Pyrophoric materials systems and facilities:

      1.   Storage (FC 6404).

      2.   Handling and use (FC 6405).

      3.   Storage, handling and use of silane gas (FC 6404 and 6405).

   Pyroxylin plastics systems and facilities (FC 6504).

   Roof access (altered roofs) (FC 504.4 and 504.5)

   Semiconductor fabrication facilities:

      1.   Facilities (FC 2703).

      2.   Fabrication areas (FC 2703).

      3.   Hazardous production material (HPM) rooms (FC 2703).

   Sprinkler systems where the design requirements are specified in this code (FC 2309, 3206, 3207, 3208, 3209, 3210, 5104, 5106 and 5704).

   Treatment systems for refrigerating systems using toxic or highly toxic refrigerants (FC 606).

   Unstable (reactive) materials systems and facilities:

      1.   Storage (FC 6604).

      2.   Handling and use (FC 6605).

   Vehicle tunnels and bridges (FC 322):

      1.   Emergency ventilation systems.

      2.   Emergency voice communication systems.

      3.   Means of egress.

      4.   Standpipe systems and other fire protection systems.

   Water-reactive solids and liquids systems and facilities:

      1.   Storage (FC 6704).

      2.   Handling and use (FC 6705).

   Yard hydrant systems (FC 507.2.3 and 5706.4.10.5).

105.4.1 Submissions.

Design and installation documents shall be submitted in such number and in such form and detail as may be prescribed by the commissioner. The design and installation documents shall be prepared by a registered design professional. The commissioner may require that such submissions be made in an approved electronic format or medium or online application.

   Exception: Design and installation documents for pre-engineered fire extinguishing systems for commercial cooking systems may be prepared by a licensed master fire suppression piping contractor.

(Am. L.L. 2018/195, 12/1/2018, eff. 5/30/2019)

Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 2018/195.

105.4.2 Information on design and installation documents.

Design and installation documents shall be drawn to scale. Design and installation documents shall indicate the location, nature and extent of the work proposed and demonstrate compliance with the requirements of this code, the rules and other applicable laws, rules and regulations.