The owner of a tenant-occupied dwelling shall take all of the following actions:
(a) Deliver or cause to be delivered to each tenant and prospective tenant of such dwelling one time, along with the first lease or first lease renewal for such tenant or prospective tenant, a notice in a form approved by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development ("HPD") describing the procedures to be followed when a gas leak is suspected;
(b) Post a notice in a form approved by HPD in a common area of the dwelling, readily visible, informing the occupants of such dwelling of the procedures to be followed when a gas leak is suspected. This notice shall conform with the following requirements:
(1) the notice shall have letters not less than three-sixteenths of an inch in height;
(2) the lettering of the notice shall be of bold type and shall be properly spaced to provide good legibility and the background shall be of contrasting colors;
(3) the notice shall be durable and shall be substantially secured to the common area where posted;
(4) the notice shall be of metal, plastic, or decal; and
(5) lighting shall be sufficient to make the notice easily legible.
(c) The notices required by subdivisions (a) and (b) of this section shall instruct tenants to leave the building and call 911 immediately after leaving when they suspect a gas leak and then call the gas service provider that is providing gas to the dwelling. The owner of the dwelling shall identify who the gas service provider for the dwelling is and provide the name and current emergency phone number of the appropriate gas service provider on the notices required by subdivisions (a) and (b). A sample of an approved notice, the language of which may be used for compliance with subdivisions (a) and (b) of this section, is made part of these regulations in 28 RCNY § 12-12, and may also be found on HPD's website at www.nyc.gov/HPD.
(1) When the gas service provider for the dwelling is Con Edison, the notices required by subdivisions (a) and (b) of this section shall instruct tenants to call Con Edison at 1-800-752-6633, after first leaving the building and calling 911, unless 1-800-752-6633 is no longer the number used to report suspected gas leaks to Con Edison, in which case the current emergency phone number used by Con Edison shall be used instead.
(2) When the gas service provider for the dwelling is National Grid, the notices required by subdivisions (a) and (b) of this section shall instruct tenants to call National Grid at 1-718-643-4050, after first leaving the building and calling 911, unless 1-718-643-4050 is no longer the current number used to report suspected gas leaks in New York City to National Grid, in which case the current emergency phone number used by National Grid for New York City shall be used instead.
(d) For the notice required to be posted by subdivision (b) of this section, an owner may in lieu of such otherwise required notice, choose to post a single notice that incorporates and complies with 28 RCNY § 12-01(b) and (c), 28 RCNY § 12-06(b), and 28 RCNY § 12-11(b). A sample of such an approved notice is made part of these regulations in 28 RCNY § 12-12.1 and may also be found on HPD's website at www.nyc.gov/HPD.
(Added City Record 9/18/2017, eff. 10/18/2017)