A.
Fuel gas piping systems shall be installed and maintained
so as to remain gastight, safe and operative under conditions of use.
B.
Fuel gas piping systems shall provide a supply of
gas sufficient to meet the maximum expected demand of the installed
gas-burning appliance connected thereto.Gas piping systems shall have
at least one accessible means for shutting off all gas supplies, and
such means shall be maintained in good operating condition and shall
be so marked.
C.
An easily accessible shutoff valve or cock shall be
provided in the piping in close proximity to and ahead of every outlet
for a gas appliance.
D.
All gas-burning appliances shall be installed in accordance
with the standards of the American Gas Association, the National Fire
Protection Association and the Long Island Power Authority. In cases
of conflict, Long Island Power Authority standards shall apply.
[Amended 3-9-2009 by L.L. No. 7-2009]
[Amended 5-28-1979 by L.L. No. 5-1979]
All premises shall be provided with heating
equipment capable of maintaining an indoor temperature in habitable
spaces, kitchenettes, bathrooms and toilet rooms at 70° F. at
a distance of three feet or more from exterior walls and at a level
of five feet above the floor in all habitable spaces, kitchenettes,
bathrooms and toilet rooms, when the outside temperature falls below
55° F. Such heat shall be maintained at all times when said outside
temperature falls below 55° F. Hot water shall be furnished at
a temperature range of 130° to 140° F. from 6:00 a.m. to midnight.
In every building containing more than one dwelling unit, there shall
be provided and maintained at all times a separate thermostatic control
regulating the supply of heat to each and every dwelling unit in said
premises.
Fuel-burning water heaters shall not be located
in sleeping rooms, bathrooms or toilet rooms.
Fuel-burning equipment shall be permanently
fastened and connected in place. Fuel supply connections to such equipment
shall be made with pipe or tubing of solid metal.
Where heat-producing equipment is installed
on or adjacent to combustible materials, the location, insulation,
clearance and control of the equipment shall be such that the temperature
on the surface of the combustible materials will not exceed a safe
temperature.
Direct-fired heat-producing equipment and the
enclosure in which it is located shall be provided with a supply of
air adequate both for complete combustion at the rated gross output
of the equipment and for the ventilation of the enclosure to prevent
the accumulation of heat. Rooms containing fuel-burning equipment
shall have such air supply provided by means of one or more openings
to the exterior, or by means of fixed openings to interior spaces
which open to the exterior.
Portable and/or liquid fuel-burning space heaters
are prohibited in all premises.
A.
Equipment for burning solid or liquid fuel shall be
connected to suitable chimneys or flues and shall not be connected
to gas vents. Unvented heaters burning liquid fuel are prohibited.
B.
Gas-fired equipment shall be connected to a suitable
chimney, flue or gas vent when the discharge of products of combustion
into the space where the equipment is installed would be a hazard.
A.
Equipment capable of developing hazardous pressures
or temperatures shall be provided with means to relieve safely such
pressures and temperatures.
B.
Controls for the safe operation of automatically operated
heat-producing equipment shall be provided to function as follows:
(1)
When failure or interruption of flame or ignition
occurs, the fuel supply shall be cut off.
(2)
When a predetermined temperature or pressure is exceeded,
the input of additional heat shall be prevented or reduced to a safe
rate.
(3)
When the water level in a steam boiler drops below
a predetermined level, the fuel supply shall be cut off.
(4)
When the failure or interruption of a pilot light
or main burner of liquefied petroleum gas equipment occurs, the fuel
supply to each pilot light and main burner shall be cut off.
Fuel-burning equipment for garages servicing
multiple dwellings shall be located in heater rooms, and equipment
burning gas or liquid fuel shall not be located in the vehicle storage
space.
A.
Chimneys, flues, gas vents and their supports shall
be installed and maintained so as to be structurally safe, durable,
smoketight, noncombustible and capable of withstanding the action
of flue gases without softening, cracking, corroding or spalling.
B.
Such facilities shall effectively convey the products
of combustion to the outer air.
C.
Masonry chimneys, except approved prefabricated chimneys,
shall have noncombustible foundations.
D.
Flue linings shall be capable of withstanding the
action of flue gas without softening, cracking, corroding or spalling
at the temperature to which they will be subjected.
E.
Openings for smoke pipe or gas vent connections shall
be provided with means for easy connection without restriction of
the flue.
F.
No flue shall have smoke pipe or gas vent connections
in more than one story of a building.
G.
Fuel-burning equipment and fireplaces located in different
tenancies shall not be connected to the same flue.
H.
Chimneys, flues and gas vents shall be installed and
maintained so that under conditions of use the temperature of any
combustible material adjacent thereto, insulated therefrom or in contact
therewith does not exceed a safe temperature.
A.
Fuel oil shall be received, stored and conveyed by
means of fixed liquid-tight equipment.
B.
Fuel oil storage tanks shall be provided with a means
for venting.
C.
Automatically operated boilers and furnaces using
fuel oil shall be provided with remote control to stop the flow of
oil during a fire or other emergency.
D.
Filling, emptying and venting of tanks shall be by
means of fixed piping. Pipes to underground tanks shall be pitched
toward tanks. Terminals of fill and vent pipes shall be located outside
buildings at a safe distance from building openings.
[Added 5-28-1979 by L.L. No. 6-1979]
At all times, all rental and dwelling units
to which this chapter applies shall be equipped with storm windows
or thermal-pane-type windows on each and every window and storm doors
on each and every door of said premises. Said storm doors and windows
or thermal-pane-type windows shall at all times be installed, manufactured
and maintained according to generally accepted standards.
