New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle S - Division of Housing and Community Renewal › Chapter II - Fire Prevention And Safety: Multiple Residences › Part 1506 - Motor Vehicle Storage In New Multiple Dwellings Or Upon The Premises Thereof › Section 1506.1 - General requirements

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) Motor
				  vehicle storage facilities provided pursuant to section 136 of chapter 61-B of
				  the Consolidated Laws (Multiple Residence Law) of the State of New York, shall
				  conform to the regulations as set forth herein, entitled Part 1506, Motor
				  Vehicle Storage in New Multiple Dwellings or Upon the Premises
				  Thereof.
(b) Motor vehicle storage
				  facilities in a multiple dwelling or in a structure upon the premises thereof
				  shall be separated from the multiple dwelling by distance, or by fire-resistive
				  materials and construction, to retard the spread of fire from within such
				  facilities, and shall be equipped so as not to be a hazard to the safety and
				  health of occupants of the multiple dwelling.
(c) Such motor vehicle storage facilities
				  shall be arranged and constructed so that flammable vapors cannot spread to
				  fixed sources of ignition; so that toxic gases and flammable vapors originating
				  within such facilities cannot spread to the multiple dwelling; so that air for
				  heating, ventilation and such uses cannot be circulated from such facilities to
				  the multiple dwelling. The floors of such facilities shall be of materials that
				  will not absorb flammable liquids nor be ignitable, and each floor shall slope
				  to a floor drain equipped with an oil separator. Such oil separator shall be
				  properly maintained.
(d) Motor
				  vehicle storage facilities in or attached to a multiple dwelling shall be
				  separated from such dwelling by construction having a fire resistance rating
				  commensurate with the fire hazard involved. Such construction shall be
				  continuous and unpierced by openings; except that openings shall be permitted
				  therein when equipped with self-closing opening protectives having a fire
				  resistance rating commensurate with the fire resistance rating of the
				  separating construction, and when constructed in accordance with the
				  requirements of this Part.
(e) Roof
				  storage. When motor vehicle storage facilities are provided on a roof, such
				  roof shall be designed and constructed to support the resulting load; if such
				  roof be the roof of a multiple dwelling, such dwelling shall be of fireproof
				  construction.
(f) Roof storage
				  parapet wall. Roofs used for the storage of motor vehicles shall be provided
				  with a noncombustible parapet wall at least 24 inches high. Such wall shall be
				  designed to resist a lateral horizontal force of 300 pounds per linear foot,
				  applied 21 inches above the level of the roof. If a substantial eight-inch high
				  curb is provided at least four feet from the parapet wall, such wall need only
				  be designed to resist a lateral horizontal force of 150 pounds per linear foot.
				  When the parapet wall is less than 42 inches high, a railing capable of
				  resisting a lateral horizontal force of 100 pounds per linear foot applied at
				  the top rail shall be attached thereto. Such railing shall have a height of at
				  least 42 inches above the roof level and any opening therein shall not exceed
				  eight inches in at least one dimension.
(g) Parking decks and open sides. Where a
				  side of a motor vehicle storage facility is not enclosed, such side shall be
				  protected with a noncombustible wall at each floor level at least 24 inches in
				  height. Such wall shall be designed to resist a lateral horizontal force of 300
				  pounds per linear foot, applied 21 inches above the floor level. When an
				  eight-inch curb is provided at least four feet from the wall, such wall need
				  only be designed to resist a lateral force of 150 pounds per linear foot. When
				  the height of such wall above the floor level is less than 42 inches, a railing
				  capable of resisting a lateral horizontal force of 100 pounds per linear foot
				  applied at the top rail shall be attached thereto. Such railing shall have a
				  height of at least 42 inches above the floor level and any opening therein
				  shall not exceed eight inches in width and four feet in length.
(h) Open storage. Motor vehicles stored in
				  the open upon the premises of a multiple dwelling shall not be stored within
				  five feet of a combustible wall or wall opening of that multiple dwelling,
				  except when such wall is protected to a height of at least eight feet on the
				  side nearest such storage by a noncombustible facing of at least three-quarter
				  hour fire protection, and such openings are equipped with opening protectives
				  having a fire resistance rating of at least three-quarter hour.