Int. No. 436-A

By Council Members Sanchez, Farías, Cabán, Louis, Salaam, Marte, Restler, Powers, Gutiérrez, Hudson and Nurse (by request of the Mayor)

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the electrical code and local law 55 for the year 2024, in relation to electric vehicle supply equipment in open parking lots and parking garages, and repealing chapter 3 of title 27 of the administrative code of the city of New York in relation thereto

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Chapter 3 of title 27 of the administrative code of the city of New York is REPEALED.

§ 2. Section 28-101.1 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 126 for the year 2021, is amended to read as follows:

§ 28-101.1 Title. The provisions of this chapter shall apply to the administration of the codes set forth in this title and the 1968 building code. This title shall be known and may be cited as the “New York city construction codes” and includes:

The New York city plumbing code.

The New York city building code.

The New York city mechanical code.

The New York city fuel gas code.

The New York city energy conservation code.

The New York city electrical code.

§ 3. Exception 1 of section 28-101.4.3 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 126 for the year 2021, is amended to read as follows:

1.                     Fuel gas, plumbing, electrical, and mechanical work. The installation of and work on all appliances, equipment, and systems regulated by the New York city fuel gas code, the New York city plumbing code, the New York city electrical code, and the New York city mechanical code shall be governed by applicable provisions of those codes relating to new and existing installations.

§ 4. Section 28-101.5 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding new definitions of “LOW VOLTAGE ELECTRICAL WORK” and “MINOR ELECTRICAL WORK” in alphabetical order to read as follows:

LOW VOLTAGE ELECTRICAL WORK. The installation, alteration, maintenance, or repair of electrical wiring that is designed to operate at less than 50 volts for signaling, communication, alarm, and data transmission circuits.

MINOR ELECTRICAL WORK. Electrical work that is limited in scope, falling into 1 of the following categories:

1.                     Replacement of defective circuit breakers or switches rated 30 amperes or less, excluding main service disconnects;

2.                     Replacement of parts in electrical panels where voltage does not exceed 150 volts to ground;

3.                     Replacement of minor elevator parts as defined by rule;

4.                     Replacement of defective controls rated at 30 amperes or less;

5.                     Repair of defective fixtures;

6.                     Replacement of fixtures in existing outlets, provided the number of such fixtures does not exceed 5 and does not increase existing wattage;

7.                     Replacement, repair, disconnection, or reconnection of motors not to exceed 1 horsepower, and associated devices;

8.                     Repairs to low pressure heating plants with a capacity of less than 15 pounds per square inch, except as may otherwise be required by rule of the commissioner;

9.                     Installation of any 10 or fewer units not requiring the installation of an additional branch circuit;

10.                     Installation of motors of fractional horsepower; and

11.                     Installation of transformers rated at 1000 volt amperes or less.

§ 5. Section 28-103.17 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 126 for the year 2021, is amended to read as follows:

§ 28-103.17 Certain outside work, employment, and financial interests of department employees prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any officer or employee of the department to be engaged in conducting or carrying on business as an architect, engineer, carpenter, plumber, iron worker, mason or builder, electrician, or any other profession or business concerned with the construction, alteration, sale, rental, development, or equipment of buildings. It shall also be unlawful for such employees to be engaged in the manufacture or sale of automatic sprinklers, fire extinguishing apparatus, fire protection devices, fire prevention devices, devices relating to the means or adequacy of exit from buildings, or articles entering into the construction or alteration of buildings, or to act as agent for any person engaged in the manufacture or sale of such articles, or own stock in any corporation engaged in the manufacture or sale of such articles.

§ 6. Section 28-104.6 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 126 for the year 2021, is amended to read as follows:

§ 28-104.6 Applicant. The applicant for approval of construction documents shall be the registered design professional who prepared or supervised the preparation of the construction documents on behalf of the owner.

Exception: The applicant may be other than a registered design professional for:

1.                     Limited oil-burning appliance alterations, limited plumbing alterations, limited sprinkler alterations, and limited standpipe alterations (limited alteration application), where the applicant is licensed to perform such work pursuant to this code;

2.                     Demolition applications other than those specified in section 3306.5 of the New York city building code, where the applicant is the demolition contractor performing such demolition. In such cases, the commissioner may require structural plans designed by a registered design professional to address any critical structural, sequencing, or site safety items;

3.                     Elevator applications;

4.                     Applications for work falling within the practice of landscape architecture as defined by the New York state education law, including but not limited to landscaping and vegetation plans,