L.L. 2014/051

Enactment date: 9/30/2014

Int. No. 472-A

By Council Members Williams, Koo, Richards, Arroyo, Barron and Kallos (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, the New York city fuel gas code and local law number 71 for the year 2011, in relation to technical corrections and clarification of provisions of the New York city construction codes and, in relation thereto, repealing section 1107.5.6 of the New York city building code and section 7 of local law number 71 for the year 2011 and repealing and replacing section 301.6 of the New York city plumbing code, item 4 of section 314.2.3 of the New York city plumbing code, section 907.2.2 of the New York city building code, item 3 of section 1109.2 of the New York city building code, section 1609.7.3 of the New York city building code, section 1613.5.3 of the New York city building code, sections 1613.5.4 and 1613.5.5 of the New York city building code, table 1704.3 of the New York city building code, table 401.5 of the New York city mechanical code, Section 304.4.1 of the New York city fuel gas code and section 504.3.20 of the New York city fuel gas code.

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

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[Consolidated provisions are not included in this Appendix A]

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§ 32. Section 7 of local law number 71 for the year 2011 is REPEALED.

§ 33. Section 8 of local law number 71 for the year 2011 is amended to read as follows:

§ 8. This local law shall take effect on January 1, 2015, except that sections 5 and 6 of this local law shall take effect on the same date that section 1 of subpart 19 of part C of local law number 141 for the year 2013 takes effect, and except that the commissioner of transportation and the commissioner of buildings shall take such actions as are necessary for its implementation, including the promulgation of rules, prior to [such effective date] January 1, 2015.

§ 34. 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.

§ 35. This local law shall take effect on December 31, 2014, except that this local law shall not apply to construction work related to applications for construction document approval filed prior to such effective date, and except that the commissioner of buildings shall take such measures as are necessary for its implementation, including the promulgation of rules, prior to such effective date.