File #: Int 1746-2019    Version: * Name: Operation of gas-fired low-pressure boilers.
Type: Introduction Status: Filed (End of Session)
Committee: Committee on Housing and Buildings
On agenda: 10/17/2019
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the operation of gas-fired low-pressure boilers
Sponsors: Mark Levine, Justin L. Brannan, Karen Koslowitz, Diana I. Ayala, Daniel Dromm , Ben Kallos, Francisco P. Moya, Stephen T. Levin, Helen K. Rosenthal, Adrienne E. Adams, Fernando Cabrera , Carlina Rivera , Antonio Reynoso, Farah N. Louis
Council Member Sponsors: 14
Summary: This bill would require any gas-fired low-pressure boiler that is not fully automatic to be operated by, or under the supervision of, a person who holds a certificate of fitness issued by the Fire Commissioner.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 1746, 2. Int. No. 1746, 3. October 17, 2019 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files, 4. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 10-17-19, 5. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - October 17, 2019, 6. Committee Report 12/2/20, 7. Hearing Testimony 12/2/20, 8. Hearing Transcript 12/2/20

Int. No. 1746

 

By Council Members Levine, Brannan, Koslowitz, Ayala, Dromm, Kallos, Moya, Levin, Rosenthal, Adams, Cabrera, Rivera, Reynoso and Louis

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the operation of gas-fired low-pressure boilers

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 27-797 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended to read as follows:

(a) Every oil burning installation that is not fully automatic or requires preheating and every gas-fired low-pressure boiler that is not fully automatic shall be operated by, or under, the direct supervision of a person holding a certificate of fitness issued by the fire commissioner. Such person shall be in the building at all times while the burners are in operation, and shall be present in the boiler room during the starting of the operation of a boiler.

§ 2. This local law takes effect 60 days after it becomes law.

 

 

 

 

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