Town of Islip, NY
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2024-01-23
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The Code
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Chapter 19 Fire Prevention
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Article XXV Multiple-Unit Dwellings and Multiple-Residence Facilities
- The Code
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 1A Ordinances: Notice and Publication
- Ch 1B Alternate Members
- Ch 2 Appearance Tickets
- Ch 3 Assessor, Department of
- Ch 3A Aviation and Transportation Department
- Ch 3B (Reserved)
- Ch 3C Off-Airport Rental Car Businesses
- Ch 3D (Reserved)
- Ch 3E (Reserved)
- Ch 3F (Reserved)
- Ch 4 Bicycles
- Ch 4A Skateboards
- Ch 5 Bingo
- Ch 6 American Flag, Desecration of
- Ch 6A Property Maintenance
- Ch 7 Pesticides
- Ch 8 Cannabis
- Ch 9 Collateral Loan Brokers
- Ch 9A Cable Television Regulations
- Ch 10 Capital Budgeting System
- Ch 10A Environmental Control Department
- Ch 10B Comptroller, Department of
- Ch 11 Conservation of Energy
- Ch 12 Animals
- Ch 13 Nature Preserve Trust
- Ch 13A Environmental Council
- Ch 13B Environmental Quality Review
- Ch 14 Code of Ethics and Financial Disclosure Law
- Ch 15 Excavations and Topsoil Removal
- Ch 16 Excavations in Streets
- Ch 17 Fair Employment Practices
- Ch 17A Residency of Town Employees
- Ch 17B Retirement Incentive Program
- Ch 17C Nonunion Fringe Benefits
- Ch 18 Criminal Background Checks
- Ch 19 Fire Prevention
- Ch 19 Art XXV Multiple-Unit Dwellings and Multiple-Residence Facilities
- § 19-137 Definitions.
- § 19-138 Fire, smoke and carbon monoxide detection systems and alarms.
- § 19-139 Units under construction.
- § 19-140 Permit required.
- Ch 21 Solid Waste
- Ch 21A (Reserved)
- Ch 22 Games of Chance
- Ch 23 Government: Continuity
- Ch 23A Graffiti
- Ch 24 Defense of Officers, Employees and Appointed Officers
- Ch 25 Hospital Zones
- Ch 25A Housebarges
- Ch 26 Housing: Discriminatory Practices
- Ch 27 Civil Service, Department of
- Ch 28 Human Services, Department of
- Ch 28A Ice Cream Trucks
- Ch 29 Junkyards and Scrap Metal Processing Facilities
- Ch 30 Ladders on Bulkheads
- Ch 31 Licenses and Permits: Issuance
- Ch 32 Littering
- Ch 33 Drug Paraphernalia
- Ch 34 Memorial and Independence Days
- Ch 35 Noise
- Ch 35A Nudity on Public Beaches
- Ch 36 Parades, Assemblies and Carnivals
- Ch 36A Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs Department
- Ch 37 Parks, Swimming Pools, Marinas, Boats and Waterways
- Ch 38 Tobacco and Cannabis
- Ch 39 Peddlers
- Ch 39A Planning and Development, Department of
- Ch 40 Plumbers: Licensing
- Ch 40A Public Nuisances
- Ch 40B Public Safety Enforcement, Department of
- Ch 41 Public Works Department
- Ch 42 Racetracks
- Ch 42A Receiver of Taxes, Department of
- Ch 43 Sales of Personal Property
- Ch 43A Sewers
- Ch 44 Shellfish
- Ch 45 Shopping Carts: Unlawful Taking, Misuse and Abandonment
- Ch 46 Solicitors and Canvassers
- Ch 47 Stormwater Management and Erosion and Sediment Control
- Ch 47A Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 47B Subdivision Improvements
- Ch 47C Supervisor, Department of
- Ch 48 Taxation: Partial Exemption for Senior Citizens
- Ch 48A Taxation: Business Exemption
- Ch 48B Taxation: Homestead Base Proportion
- Ch 48C Taxation: Handicapped Improvement Exemption
- Ch 48D Taxation: Partial Exemption for Veterans
- Ch 48E Taxation: Business Investment Exemption
- Ch 48F Taxation: Home Improvement Exemption
- Ch 48G Taxation: Exemption for Persons With Disabilities
- Ch 48H Taxation: Exemption for Volunteer Fire Fighter and Ambulance Workers
- Ch 48I Taxation: Exemption for Cold War Veterans
- Ch 48J Taxation: Superstorm Sandy Assessment Relief
- Ch 49 Taxicabs
- Ch 49A Terms of Office
- Ch 50 Town Attorney, Department of
- Ch 50A Town Board, Office of
- Ch 50B Town Clerk, Department of
- Ch 51 Towing Businesses
- Ch 52 Traffic Safety Board
- Ch 52A (Reserved)
- Ch 53 Empire Zone
- Ch 54 Trailers and Trailer Camps
- Ch 55 Trapping
- Ch 56 Trawling and Eel Dredging
- Ch 57 Trees
- Ch 58 Trespassing
- Ch 59 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 60 Abandoned and Impounded Property
- Ch 60A Vehicles, Off-Road
- Ch 61 Vehicular Uses: Fire Island
- Ch 62 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 63 (Reserved)
- Ch 64 Water Districts: Rules and Regulations
- Ch 65 (Reserved)
- Ch 66 Water Quality
- Ch 67 Wetlands and Watercourses
- Ch 68 Zoning
- Ch 69 Administrative Adjudication, Bureau of
- Appendix
- Ch A78 Zoning Appendix
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
- Traffic Code
- Part I: The Traffic Law
- Ch TC1 General Provisions
- Ch TC2 Traffic Regulations
- Ch TC3 Parking Regulations
- Ch TC4 Off-Street Parking Areas
- Ch TC5 Commercial Vehicles; Weight Limits
- Ch TC6 Removal and Storage of Vehicles
- Ch TC7 Parking Violations Bureau
- Ch TC8 Metered Parking
- Part II: The Schedules
- Sch A Traffic Control Signals
- Sch B (Reserved)
- Sch C Prohibited Turns
- Sch D U-Turns
- Sch E One-Way Streets
- Sch F Parking Area Exits and Entrances
- Sch G Stop and Yield Intersections
- Sch H Speed Limits on Certain Streets
- Sch I School Speed Limits
- Sch J Parking, Stopping and Standing Restrictions
- Sch K Parking for Shopping Centers, Apartment Complexes, Hospitals, Fire Districts and Industrial Parks
- Sch L Town Parking Lots
- Sch M Truck Exclusions
- Traffic Code Disposition List
- Ch TCDL Traffic Code Disposition List
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Any building that contains a property that is used for business,
retail, professional or other income-generating activities on the
first floor, and contains less than three units on the floor(s) above
used as individual dwelling units.
[Added 12-13-2022 by L.L. No. 8-2022]
Any building, structure or portion thereof which contains
three or more individual dwelling unites of occupiable space, rooms
or suites. This shall include but not be limited to hotels, motels,
apartment houses, rooming houses, boardinghouses, garden apartments,
nursing homes, convalescent homes, adult homes and residential board
and care facilities. This shall not apply to accessory apartments
nor to condominiums nor cooperatives wherein the living units are
individually owned nor to hospitals.
[Amended 12-13-2022 by L.L. No. 8-2022]
Any building or structure which contains three or more individual
dwelling units or spaces with a common roof or otherwise physically
connected, and shall include structures commonly known as "townhouses,"
"garden apartments," "cooperatives," and "condominiums."
[Amended 12-13-2022 by L.L. No. 8-2022]
[Amended 12-13-2022 by L.L. No. 8-2022]
Every multiple-unit dwelling, multiple-residence facility, and
mixed-use commercial residence building shall be equipped with approved
fire, smoke and carbon monoxide detection equipment as required by
the Fire Code and Property Maintenance Code of New York State. All
detection, notification and other equipment and devices shall be located
and installed in accordance with the standardized procedures as approved
by the Chief Fire Marshal or his designee.
[Amended 12-13-2022 by L.L. No. 8-2022]
During the course of construction of any multiple-unit dwelling,
multiple-residence facility, or mixed-use commercial residence building,
upon installation of water mains on the construction site, fire hydrants
shall be immediately connected and maintained in an operative condition.
Access to all hydrants by fire-fighting apparatus shall be provided.
A.
A permit for the construction of any multiple-unit dwelling shall be required as specified in § 19-10H herein.
B.
No person, group, business, corporation or other entity shall own
or operate any multiple-residence facility or mixed-use commercial
residence building unless a rental permit has been issued by the Division
of Fire Prevention. All new and existing multiple-residence facilities
and mixed-use commercial residence buildings must obtain a permit
to operate.
[Amended 12-13-2022 by L.L. No. 8-2022]
C.
All multiple-residence facilities and mixed-use commercial residence
buildings shall be in compliance with the appropriate standards of
the Fire Code and Property Maintenance Code of New York State.
[Amended 12-13-2022 by L.L. No. 8-2022]
D.
Any unit
within a multiple-unit dwelling that is not owner occupied and is
rented or leased shall obtain a rental permit from the Division of
Fire Prevention.
[Added 12-13-2022 by L.L. No. 8-2022]
