Int 0056-2014
Requiring photoelectric smoke detectors in residential buildings.
IntroductionFiledCommittee on Housing and Buildingsintroduced 2014-02-26
Filed — closed without being enacted.
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Agenda: 2014-02-26Passed: 2017-12-31
Committee on Housing and Buildings — Department of Housing Preservation and Development, Department of Buildings and rent regulation.
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Sponsors (39)
Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2014-02-26 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2014-02-26 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2015-11-12 · Committee on Housing and Buildings
ActionAmendment Proposed by Comm
2015-11-12 · Committee on Housing and Buildings
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2015-11-12 · Committee on Housing and Buildings
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2017-12-31 · City Council
Heard at (2)
Committee on Housing and Buildings · 2015-11-12 · 10:00 AM · Committee Room - City Hall
City Council · 2014-02-26 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Attachments (5)
- Int. No. 56 - 2/26/14
- Committee Report 11/12/15
- Hearing Testimony 11/12/15
- Hearing Transcript 11/12/15
- Proposed Int. No. 56-A - 7/25/17
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Section 28-312.4 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 112 for the year 2013, is amended to read as follows:
� 28-312.4 Periodic replacement of smoke alarms. Smoke alarms required pursuant to section 907.2 of the New York City building code or sections 27-978, 27-979, 27-980 and 27-981 of the 1968 building code shall be replaced when the time elapsed since the installation of such alarm exceeds the manufacturer's suggested useful life of the alarm.
Exception: A smoke alarm installed [prior to the effective date of this section] before April 1, 2014, and whose end of useful life is not known shall be replaced with an alarm that complies with section 28-312.5 [within 7 years after the effective date of this section] by no later than April 1, 2021.
� 2. Article 312 of title 28 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 112 for the year 2013, is amended by adding a new section 28-312.6 to read as follows:
� 28-312.6 Photoelectric smoke detectors and smoke alarms in group R occupancies. On or after April 1, 2016, there shall be at least one solely photoelectric type smoke detector installed within each dwelling unit in R-1 occupancies and at least one solely photoelectric type smoke alarm installed within each dwelling unit in group R-2 and R-3 occupancies.
� 3. Article 315 of title 28 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 28-315.2.4 to read as follows:
� 28-315.2.4 Photoelectric smoke detectors and smoke alarms in group R occupancies. The installation of photoelectric type smoke detectors in group R-1 occupancies and photoelectric type smoke alarms in group R-2 and R-3 occupancies in accordance with section 28-312.6 of this chapter shall be completed by April 1, 2016.
� 4. This local law takes effect immediately.
EAA/JW
Int. 865/2012
LS #204
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