As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
DEPARTMENT
The Suffolk County Department of Fire Rescue and Emergency
Services.
OWNER
The person(s) and/or corporation(s) that holds a possessory
interest in a parcel of real property on which a private residential
community is built, the person(s) or corporation(s) hired for the
purpose of providing day-to-day management of a private residential
community, or the person(s) responsible for ensuring that the annual
fire hydrant testing is performed under New York State Fire Code § 508.5.3
for that specific property.
PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY
A residential community containing apartments, condominiums,
townhouses, cooperative housing, and one- or two-family homes that
utilize a private community water system, as defined in Suffolk County
Sanitary Code § 760-601, and which is required to annually
inspect and test fire hydrants pursuant to § 508.5.3 of
the New York State Fire Code.
The Department shall promulgate such rules and regulations as
it deems necessary for the implementation and enforcement of any provisions
of this article. Such rules shall govern the conduct of adjudicatory
proceedings relating to the assessment of civil penalties herein authorized
and such other penalties authorized under this article. Such rules
shall further provide for due process procedural mechanisms and any
other mechanisms deemed necessary by the Department.
This article shall apply to all fire hydrant operability tests
required pursuant to New York State Fire Code § 508.5.3
for the calendar year 2009 and all such tests for each subsequent
year.
This article shall take effect on the 90th day immediately subsequent
to its filing in the Office of the Secretary of State.