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Title 1: Department of Buildings
Chapter 1: Material and Equipment Application Procedures [Repealed]
Chapter 2: Boiler Inspections [Repealed]
Chapter 3: Vacant and Unguarded Buildings
Chapter 4: Certificates of Occupancy, Live Loads and Occupancy Loads
Chapter 5: Concrete
Chapter 6: Cranes [Repealed]
Chapter 7: Installation and Maintenance of Vent Damper Devices in Existing Boilers and Furnaces [Repealed]
Chapter 8: Demolition [Repealed]
Chapter 9: Rigging Operations [Repealed]
Chapter 10: Drums for Derrick Load and Boom Hoists
Chapter 11: Elevators, Escalators, Personnel Hoists and Moving Walks
Chapter 12: Emergency Power Systems [Repealed]
Chapter 13: Adjudications [Repealed]
Chapter 14: Fees [Repealed]
Chapter 15: Fire Protection
Chapter 16: Inspection of Existing Structures During Construction Operations
Chapter 17: Testing Laboratories and Testing Services
Chapter 18: Resistance to Progressive Collapse Under Extreme Local Loads
Chapter 19: Master Plumbers and Licensed Fire Suppression Piping Contractors
Chapter 20: Piping Systems
Chapter 21: Plans
Chapter 22: Pressure Tanks
Chapter 23: Noncommercial Greenhouses
Chapter 24: Refuse Chutes and Refuse Rooms
Chapter 25: Climber and Tower Crane Riggers [Repealed]
Chapter 26: Safety of Public and Property During Construction Operations. [Repealed]
Chapter 27: Signs
Chapter 28: Smoke Detecting Devices and Systems and Carbon Monoxide Detecting Devices and Systems [Repealed]
Chapter 29: Sprinkler Systems
Chapter 30: Storage of Certain Waste Materials
Chapter 31: Suspension, Revocation Or Limitation of Registration [Repealed]
Chapter 32: Walls [Repealed]
Chapter 33: Exemptions from Civil Penalties [Repealed]
Chapter 34: Electrical Code Rules
Chapter 35: Electrical Inspection
Chapter 36: Electrical Contractors
Chapter 37: Reference Standards [Repealed]
Chapter 38: Ventilation
Chapter 39: Cooling Towers and Evaporative Condensers
Chapter 40: Installation and Maintenance of Gas-Fueled Water and Space Heaters in All Portions of Dwellings Used or Occupied for Living Purposes
Chapter 41: Venting of Gas Water Heaters and Other Gas Appliances In Multiple Dwellings
Chapter 42: Entrance Doors, Locks and Intercommunication Systems
Chapter 43: Installation of Security Items in Multiple Dwellings
Chapter 44: Exemptions from Filing Requirements [Repealed]
Chapter 45: Building Permit Application Procedures
Chapter 46: Authorized Representatives
Chapter 47: Licensed Oil-Burning Equipment Installers
Chapter 48: Construction Superintendents [Repealed]
Chapter 49: Outdoor Signs
Chapter 50: Distributed Energy Resource Standards
Chapter 51: Dormitories
Chapter 52: Notification to the Department of Commencement of Work Pursuant to an Earthwork Permit
Chapter 100: [Administration; Enforcement; Maintenance of Buildings; Licensing; Miscellaneous Provisions]
Chapter 300: Use and Occupancy Classification
Chapter 400: Special Detailed Requirements Based on Use and Occupancy [Repealed]
Chapter 900: Fire Protection Systems
Chapter 1000: Means of Egress
Chapter 1100: Accessibility
Chapter 3000: Elevators and Conveying Systems
Chapter 3300: Safeguards During Construction and Demolition
Chapter 3500: Referenced Standards
Chapter 3600: Appendices
Chapter 4000: Electrical Code
Chapter 5000: New York City Energy Conservation Code
Chapter 6000: Fuel Gas Code
Chapter 7000: Mechanical Code
Chapter 8000: New York City Plumbing Code
Chapter 9000: Zoning
Title 2: Board of Standards and Appeals
Title 3: Fire Department
Title 6: Department of Consumer and Worker Protection
Title 9: Procurement Policy Board Rules
Title 12: Franchise and Concession Review Committee
Title 15: Department of Environmental Protection
Title 16: Department of Sanitation
Title 17: Business Integrity Commission
Title 19: Department of Finance
Title 20: Tax Appeals Tribunal
Title 21: Tax Commission
Title 22: Banking Commission
Title 24: Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Title 25: Department of Mental Health and Retardation [Repealed]
Title 28: Housing Preservation and Development
Title 29: Loft Board
Title 30: Rent Guidelines Board
Title 31: Mayor's Office of Homelessness and Single Room Occupancy
Title 34: Department of Transportation
Title 35: Taxi and Limousine Commission
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Title 47: Commission on Human Rights
Title 48: Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings (OATH)
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Title 50: Community Assistance Unit
Title 51: City Clerk
Title 52: Campaign Finance Board*
Title 53: Conflicts of Interest Board
Title 55: Department of Citywide Administrative Services
Title 56: Department of Parks and Recreation
Title 57: Art Commission
Title 58: Department of Cultural Affairs
Title 60: Civil Service Commission
Title 61: Office of Collective Bargaining
Title 62: City Planning
Title 63: Landmarks Preservation Commission
Title 66: Department of Small Business Services
Title 67: Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications
Title 68: Human Resources Administration
Title 69: Department of Aging
Title 70: In Rem Foreclosure Release Board
Title 71: Voter Assistance Commission
Title 72: Office of Emergency Management
Title 73: Civic Engagement Commission
Title 74: Community Hiring
Chapter 52: Notification to the Department of Commencement of Work Pursuant to an Earthwork Permit
§ 52-01 Notification to the Department of Commencement of Work Pursuant to an Earthwork Permit.
   (a)   Notification to the Department. Pursuant to § 27-195 of the Administrative Code and subject to the exceptions set forth in subdivision (e) herein, no earthwork within the property line shall commence unless the permit holder notifies the Department as here prescribed at least twenty-four (24) but no more than forty-eight (48) hours prior to the commencement of such work. The notification shall state the date that such earthwork is to commence. Should the notification date fall on a weekend or an official holiday, the permit holder shall notify the Department on the last business day before the commencement date.
   (b)   Cancellation. In the event that the earthwork does not begin on the date provided in the notification to the Department, the permit holder shall notify the Department of its cancellation not more than twenty-four (24) hours prior to but no later than the date for which the earthwork was scheduled. Should the cancellation date fall on a weekend or an official holiday, the permit holder shall notify the Department on the next business day after the intended commencement date. The permit holder shall notify the Department of the new intended commencement date pursuant to the provisions of subdivision (a), above.
   (c)   Method of notification and cancellation. Such notification and cancellation shall be made by telephone or electronically.
   (d)   Stop work order. The Commissioner may issue a stop work order if there is a failure to provide notice as required in this section and if the work is found to violate any of the provisions of the Building Code, the Zoning Resolution or other applicable law, rule or regulation. Upon issuance of such stop work order, the work shall be stopped for a minimum of three (3) business days to enable the Department to take any other appropriate action to ensure that the earthwork is being performed in a safe manner. The earthwork shall not recommence until the stop work order has been lifted.
   (e)   Exceptions. The provisions of this section shall not apply to:
      (1)   Hand excavation work that extends five (5) feet or less below the grade existing at the time of earthwork commencement and is two (2) feet or more from an existing foundation. This exception shall not apply to any hand excavation work performed anywhere in existing or demolished basements or cellars that adjoin existing foundations.
      (2)   Test pits for geotechnical observation that do not exceed ten (10) feet in length, width or diameter and that are excavated under the supervision of a licensed professional.
      (3)   Work on cemetery grounds for burials.
      (4)   Emergency work performed by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) or other agency as directed by the Commissioner or work on unsafe buildings performed by HPD or other agency pursuant to a precept.