The New York City Council - File #: Int 0644-2018

• File #: Int 0644-2018
• Version: A
• Name: Requiring carbon monoxide detectors in commercial spaces.
• Type: Introduction
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 3/7/2018
• In control: Committee on Housing and Buildings
• On agenda: 3/7/2018
• Final action: 12/1/2018
• Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York and the New York city building code, in relation to requiring carbon monoxide detectors in commercial spaces
• Sponsors: Mathieu Eugene, Ben Kallos, Helen K. Rosenthal, Costa G. Constantinides, Margaret S. Chin

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/3/2018	A	City Council	Returned Unsigned by Mayor
12/1/2018	A	Administration	City Charter Rule Adopted
10/31/2018	A	City Council	Sent to Mayor by Council
10/31/2018	A	City Council	Approved by Council	Pass
10/31/2018	*	Committee on Housing and Buildings	Hearing Held by Committee
10/31/2018	*	Committee on Housing and Buildings	Hearing Held by Committee
10/31/2018	*	Committee on Housing and Buildings	Amendment Proposed by Comm
10/31/2018	*	Committee on Housing and Buildings	Amendment Proposed by Comm
10/31/2018	*	Committee on Housing and Buildings	Amended by Committee
10/31/2018	*	Committee on Housing and Buildings	Amended by Committee
10/31/2018	A	Committee on Housing and Buildings	Approved by Committee	Pass
6/12/2018	*	Committee on Housing and Buildings	Hearing Held by Committee
6/12/2018	*	Committee on Housing and Buildings	Hearing Held by Committee
6/12/2018	*	Committee on Housing and Buildings	Laid Over by Committee
6/12/2018	*	Committee on Housing and Buildings	Laid Over by Committee
3/7/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
3/7/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
3/7/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council
3/7/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council

Int. No. 644-A

By Council Members Eugene, Kallos, Rosenthal, Constantinides and Chin

Title
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York and the New York city building code, in relation to requiring carbon monoxide detectors in commercial spaces
Body

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Article 315 of chapter 3 of title 28 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended to add a new section 28-315.11 to read as follows:
28-315.11 Buildings that are equipped with a fire alarm system and that contain Group A-1, A-2, A-3, Group B or Group M occupancies. By January 1, 2021, existing buildings equipped with a fire alarm system and that contain group A-1, A-2 or A-3, Group B or Group M occupancies shall comply with the retroactive requirements of section 908.7.3.1 of the New York city building code.

? 2. Section 908.7.3 of the New York city building code, as amended by local law number 10 for the year 2014, is amended to read as follows:
908.7.3 Buildings that are equipped with a fire alarm system and that contain Group A-1, A-2, A-3, [or certain] Group B or Group M occupancies. Listed carbon monoxide detectors shall be installed in buildings that are equipped with a fire alarm system and that contain Group A-1, A-2 or A-3, [occupancies or assembly spaces classified as] Group B or Group M occupancies [in accordance with Section 303.1, Exception 1]. Such carbon monoxide detectors installed pursuant to this section shall have built-in sounder bases, shall transmit a signal to a central supervising station and shall be permitted to initiate an audible and visual supervisory alarm at a constantly attended location. The department shall adopt rules and/or reference standards (i) governing the installation and location of carbon monoxide detectors, provided that such detectors shall be required within rooms containing carbon-monoxide producing equipment [.] and (ii) addressing the installation of s...