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Indoor Automated Parking Garage Systems

All indoor automated parking garage systems are evaluated by OTCR on a site-specific basis. The evaluation process and submittal requirements are listed below.

Project Timeline and OTCR Evaluation Process

Submit construction documents with Borough office

Submit OTCR2 application form and required documents

Obtain OTCR Conditional Acceptance Letter - FDNY Letter of No Objection is require for OTCR Conditional Acceptance Letter

Approval of construction documents – this includes approved zoning analysis and FDNY approved fire protection plan

Work permit issued

Install, inspect and certify per OTCR Conditional Acceptance Letter and FDNY Letter of No Objection

Obtain OTCR Final Acceptance Letter

Project sign-off

Submittal Requirements

Submit the OTCR2 Application Form with the $600.00 processing fee made payable to the NYC Department of Buildings

Required Documents:

General information:

Address

DOB Job#

Project Narrative:

Filing Information – project type (NB or Alteration); installation floors (i.e., cellar, 5th thru 8th floors, stairway, etc.)

Building Information – building Owner and operator; main building description (construction type, occupancy classification), parking floor description (construction type, occupancy classification); fire protection info (suppression, alarm, smoke detection, mechanical ventilation); CO detection; floodplain installation

Automated Parking System Information: System type (e.g. pallet, rack and rail, stacker…); attendant/non-attendant; capacity of parking garage; process for parking and retrieval; safety measures for protecting and separating the public from the active parking system (gates, sensors, etc.)

Proposed Plans:

Site plan

Parking plan (include layout on all floors)

Building section detailing parking floors. Details for stacker systems must include racking arrangement

Fire protection plan

Evaluation Plan

Evaluation of manufacturing and installation features

Contact OTCR for additional details of the Evaluation Plan

Borough Commissioner Compliance Letter

RDP must submit a signed and sealed letter addressing compliance with all appliacable sections of BC 406.2 and 406.3.

Manufacturer’s literature

Manufacturer’s published maintenance plan

List of equipment and material used in the automated parking garage system (i.e., electronic processing system, structural frame materials, elevator/lift, retrieval/parking system, etc.)

Structural calculations signed and sealed by a NYS P.E.

Copy of FDNY Letter of No Objection

Submit OTCR2 Application Form and required documents to:

NYC Department of Buildings
Office of Technical Certification and Research
280 Broadway, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10007

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