Int 1459-2019
Standards for natural ventilation.
IntroductionFiledCommittee on Housing and Buildingsintroduced 2019-02-28
Filed — closed without being enacted.
Official record · Legistar
Agenda: 2019-02-28Passed: 2021-12-31
Summary
This bill would strengthen requirements around natural ventilation in buildings by prohibiting mechanical ventilation from interfering with natural ventilation sources, including but not limited to directly discharging exhaust into a natural ventilation source.
Committee on Housing and Buildings — Department of Housing Preservation and Development, Department of Buildings and rent regulation.
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Sponsors (4)
Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2019-02-28 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2019-02-28 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2020-12-02 · Committee on Housing and Buildings
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2020-12-02 · Committee on Housing and Buildings
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2020-12-02 · Committee on Fire and Emergency Management
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2020-12-02 · Committee on Fire and Emergency Management
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2021-12-31 · City Council
Heard at (3)
Committee on Fire and Emergency Management · 2020-12-02 · 1:00 PM · - REMOTE HEARING (VIRTUAL ROOM 2) -
Committee on Housing and Buildings · 2020-12-02 · 1:00 PM · REMOTE HEARING (VIRTUAL ROOM 2)
City Council · 2019-02-28 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Attachments (8)
- Summary of Int. No. 1459
- Int. No. 1459
- February 28, 2019 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files
- Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 2-28-19
- Minutes of the Stated Meeting - February 28, 2019
- Committee Report 12/2/20
- Hearing Testimony 12/2/20
- Hearing Transcript 12/2/20
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Section 27-749 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new paragraph b to read as follows:
� 27-749 Natural ventilation sources. a. Natural ventilation, when required, shall be provided by windows, skylights, monitors, doors, louvers, jalousies, or other similar ventilating openings. Such ventilating openings shall open to the sky or a public street, space, alley, park, highway, or right of way, or upon a yard, court, plaza, or space above a setback, where such yard, court, plaza, or space above a setback is located on the same lot and is of the dimensions required by the applicable provisions of the zoning resolution.
b. At no time shall air exhausted from a mechanical ventilation system be permitted to interfere with a natural ventilation source, including but not limited to discharging exhausted air into a natural ventilation source.
� 2. This local law takes effect 120 days after it becomes law, except that the commissioner of environmental protection may take such measures as are necessary for its implementation, including the promulgation of rules, before such effective date.
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