Buildings news update - October 21, 2020

Buildings news update

October 21, 2020

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REMINDER: Building Owners
Must Complete Required Periodic Inspection of Gas Piping Systems

As mandated by
Local Law 152 of 2016, owners of buildings located in Community Districts 1, 3, and 10 in all boroughs must submit to the
Department of Buildings a signed and sealed GPS2 :
Gas Piping System Periodic Inspection Certification through our
online portal by December 31, 2020 and within 60 days of the
inspection. Please note: one- and two-family homes in New York City are
exempt from this inspection reporting requirement.

What does this inspection certification cover?

Buildings containing a gas piping system, must have a licensed
master plumber, or a non-licensed master plumber under the
supervision of a licensed master plumber, perform an inspection of
exposed gas piping in non-tenant spaces and certify whether
conditions requiring correction were identified in the Gas Piping
System Periodic Inspection Report provided to the owner and
whether more time is needed to correct those conditions. For
buildings without a gas piping system, a registered design
professional must certify that the building contains no gas piping
system. Failure to file the Gas Piping System Periodic Inspection
Certification by the corresponding deadlines will result in a civil
penalty of $10,000.

Certification
deadlines are based on community districts. To identify your
community district in order to figure out your building's deadline, search by address at

communityprofiles.planning.nyc.gov.

For
more information on mandatory periodic gas piping systems
inspections and certification deadlines, please see our

Service Notice.

For
all of our Service Notices, please visit our

site.

Missed Any of Our
Recent Service Notices? Catch Up Here

We don't want you to
miss any important service updates or upcoming deadlines, so
here's a recap of recent
Service Notices:

Make the Correction

: Effective October 3, 2020, there is an increase in DOB civil penalties for buildings, other than
one- and two-family dwellings, that fail to file an acceptable
Certificate of Correction for an Immediately Hazardous Class
1 Summons (AEUHAZ). See the full
Service Notice.

Additional Penalty Payments Moved Online

: Beginning
November 2, 2020, Immediately Hazardous (AEUHAZ) and
Benchmarking
Violation civil penalty payments can no longer be mailed in
and must be submitted in
eFiling.
Payments received by mail after this date
will be returned to the sender with instructions to pay online.
Need more information on how to pay these civil penalties
online? Please read our
Service Notice.

Refresher Training Renewal Requirements Resume

: Rigging, scaffold, and
concrete safety refresher training cards and certificates that
expired during the time period covered by Executive Orders 120
and 149 must be renewed by November 9, 2020. For more
information, please see our full
Service Notice and visit our website to find more
information on
Department-approved course providers.

Certain Plan Reviews May Not Require Appointment

: As of October 15,
2020, disapproved Buildings Information System (BIS) jobs, resubmissions and Post Approval Amendments (PAAs) reviewed by
DOB plan examiners may not require an appointment. For
disapproved BIS jobs on or after this date, applicants will
receive a disposition in eFiling, and a message in both BIS and
eFiling indicating if an appointment is required. All PAAs for
plan examined jobs submitted after

October 15, 2020

will
have a first review without the need for an appointment. Jobs
disapproved or PAAs filed

prior

to this date, must
schedule an appointment. See the full
Service Notice.

Melanie E. La Rocca Commissioner

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