§ 28-109.1 Fire protection plan required for covered buildings.

New building and alteration applications for covered buildings as set forth in section 28-109.2 shall include a fire protection plan prepared by or under the supervision of a registered design professional who shall professionally certify such plan. Such plan shall be submitted for review and approval by the fire department for compliance with this code prior to issuance of a certificate of occupancy, a temporary certificate of occupancy or a letter of completion, as applicable. The fire protection plan shall be submitted in accordance with the rules and regulations of the fire department.

   Exception: No fire protection plan shall be required for an alteration that meets all three of the following requirements:

      1.   The alteration does not involve a change of use or occupancy;

      2.   The alteration does not exceed $1,000,000; and

      3.   The alteration does not create an inconsistency with a previously approved fire protection plan.

(Am. L.L. 2018/195, 12/1/2018, eff. 5/30/2019; Am. L.L. 2021/126, 11/7/2021, eff. 11/7/2022)

Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 2018/195 and L.L. 2021/126.

§ 28-109.2 Covered buildings.

Covered buildings include:

   1.   High-rise buildings as described in section 403 of the New York city building code.

   2.   Occupancy groups B, E, F, H, M or S occupying two or more stories with over 20,000 gross square feet (1858 m 2 ) of floor area per floor, or occupying two or more stories in a building with a total floor area exceeding 50,000 gross square feet (4645 m 2 ).

   3.   Any building containing an assembly occupancy having an occupant load of 300 or more persons.

   4.   Occupancy group I or R-1 occupying two or more stories and containing sleeping accommodations for 30 or more persons.

   5.   Occupancy group R-2 occupancies containing 30 or more dwelling units in a building where over 10,000 gross square feet (929 m 2 ) of floor area is occupied by occupancy group A, E, M or I.

   6.   Covered mall buildings and open mall buildings designed pursuant to section 402 of the New York city building code.

(Am. L.L. 2021/126, 11/7/2021, eff. 11/7/2022)

Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 2021/126.

§ 28-109.3 Scope.

The plan shall include the following information, where applicable:

   1.   A description of the building including: address; block and lot numbers; number of stories; height in feet; occupancy group; construction classification; occupancy load and department of buildings application number;

   2.   All floors, exits, doors, corridors, and partitions serving as fire barriers, fire partitions, fire walls; locations and ratings of required enclosures and fire areas; stairs with pressurization; roof access; exit discharges; and locations of any required frontage space; and

   3.   In narrative form, a description of safety systems and features, including:

      3.1.   Communications systems.

      3.2.   Alarm systems.

      3.3.   Smoke and carbon monoxide detection equipment.

      3.4.   Location of fire command station.

      3.5.   Elevator recall.

      3.6.   Emergency lighting and power.

      3.7.   Standpipes.

      3.8.   Sprinklers.

      3.9.   Emergency and standby power systems.

      3.10.   Mechanical ventilation and air conditioning.

      3.11.   Smoke control systems and equipment.

      3.12.   Furnishings types and materials.

      3.13.   Places of assembly.

      3.14.   Fire department access.

      3.15.   Photoluminescent pathway markings.

      3.16.   Other safety related systems, required and voluntary, to be installed.

Article 110: Site Safety Plan

§ 28-110.1 Site safety plan.

Where a site safety plan is required by chapter 33 of the New York city building code, such plan shall include the following, as applicable:

   1.   Site conditions and surrounding property, utilities and infrastructure;

   2.   Streets, sidewalks, pedestrian protection, fences, gates and pedestrian and traffic control;

   3.   Adjoining property protection, including but not limited to roof protection, yard protection and window protection;

   4.   Unenclosed perimeter protection, including but not limited to netting systems, cocoon systems and engineered enclosure systems;

   5.   Excavations, including but not limited to location of excavations, guardrails, protection of sides of excavations or underpinning, and ladders, ramps and other means of egress from the excavation;

   6.   Fire protection, including but not limited to location of hydrants, fire extinguishers, standpipes and fire department hose connections;

   7.   Temporary construction installations and equipment, including but not limited to scaffolds, runback structures, material hoists, personnel hoists, hoisting machines, cranes, derricks, mast climbers, excavators, earth movers, drill rigs, concrete pumpers, chutes, contractor sheds or offices and portable sanitation;

   8.   Means of egress from the jobsite, both permanent and temporary;

   9.   Location of security guard and watchperson stations;

   10.   Means of securing controlled access zones;

   11.   Debris and material storage areas/loading zones;

   12.   Material handling plan for crane operations if crane operations come into conflict with hoist operations;

   13.   In occupied buildings, means and methods employed to protect all tenants from the adverse effect of construction operations;

   14.   For work related to the alteration, maintenance, or repair of a façade, means and methods of getting material and debris to and from the work area. Means to separate debris and materials from occupants of the building must be indicated;

   15.   For work related to the alteration, maintenance, or repair of a façade, means and methods, including ladders, used by workers to access scaffolds, sidewalk sheds and the work area;

   16.   Features requiring special sequencing in order to maintain safe conditions, with a written description of those sequences;

   17.   A note indicating that prior to performing any work on the project all workers must successfully complete the training required by section 3321 of the New York city building code; and

   18.   A note indicating that all workers employed on the construction site must receive a site-specific orientation program as required by section 3301.11 of the New York city building code.

(Am. L.L. 2021/126, 11/7/2021, eff. 11/7/2022)

Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 2021/126.

§ 28-110.2 Phased site safety plans.

Multiple layouts of the site safety features enumerated in section 28-110.1 may be submitted at any time during construction operations to show phased site safety designs consistent with the phase of anticipated work.