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A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to updating the standards for gas-fueled unvented room heaters from the 1983 version of ANSI-Z21.11.2 to the 2000 version and authorizing the use of such heaters.
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Int. No. 241
By Council Members Avella, Comrie, Gerson, Koppell and Stewart
Title
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to updating the standards for gas-fueled unvented room heaters from the 1983 version of ANSI-Z21.11.2 to the 2000 version and authorizing the use of such heaters.
Body
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Reference standard 15-2 of the appendix to chapter one of title twenty seven of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended to read:
RS 15-2 Gas: Cooking, Drying, Heating, Refrigeration, Water Heaters.
ANSI-Z21.11.2 Gas Fired Room Heaters, Volume II, Unvented Room
Heaters[, and Addenda Z21.11.21-1984 1983] 2000
?2. Subdivision a of section 27-2032 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended to read as follows:
a. Gas-fueled or electric space or water heaters, where permitted by this article as an alternative or supplement to a central supply of heat or hot water, shall be governed by the provisions of this section.
?3. Subdivisions b, c, g and h of section 27-2034 of the administrative code of the city of New York are amended to read as follows:
b. No person shall install or maintain in any dwelling unit a gas fuel-fired space or water heater unless the heater obtains combustion air directly from the outside of the building or is in compliance with the standards for unvented room heaters listed in reference standard RS 15-2 of the building code.
c. No person shall install or maintain a gas-fueled water heater in a room occupied for sleeping purposes, or cause or permit to be occupied for sleeping purposes any room in which a gas-fueled heater is installed unless such heater is in compliance with the standards for unvented room heaters listed in reference standard RS 15-2 of the building code.
g. Each heater, except those in compliance with the standards for unvented room heaters listed in reference standard RS 15-2 of the building code, shall be rigidly connected to the gas piping supplying gas in the premises.
h. Each heater, except those in compliance with the standards for unvented room heaters listed in reference standard RS 15-2 of the building code, shall be connected to a flue or outlet pipe conforming to the provisions of the building code.
?4. This local law shall take effect immediately.