Int. No. 745-A
By Council Members Spigner and Ognibene (By request of the Mayor); also Council Member Abel

To amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the issuance of alteration and repair slips in lieu of permits for certain work on plumbing and fire suppression piping systems
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Section 27-175 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended to read as follows:
27-175 Alteration and repair slip. a. An application for a plumbing permit may be treated as an application for an alteration and repair slip where the total cost of the proposed work in the building, as certified by the permit applicant, does not exceed fourteen thousand dollars in any twelve month period and the proposed work consists of any of the following:
([a]1) The installation of new plumbing or gas piping,or the rerouting of existing plumbing or gas piping [, where the total cost of the work does not exceed seven thousand five hundred dollars in any twelve month period].
([b]2) The addition of [only one] not more than two plumbing[fixture] fixtures or fixture [connection] connections.
([c]3) The mounting of new plumbing fixtures on existing roughings, other than the mere replacement of existing fixtures constituting a minor alteration or ordinary repair under article five of this subchapter.
(4) The installation or replacement of backflow prevention devices.
b. Upon the approval of the application, an alteration and repair slip shall be issued in lieu of a plumbing permit, with the same force and effect as if a plumbing permit had been issued.
2. The first undesignated paragraph of section 27-182 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended to read as follows:
Except as provided in section 27-183 and section 27-184.1 applications for equipment work permits shall be accompanied by plans in the following cases and in accordance with the following requirements:
3. The administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 27-184.1 to read as follows:
27-184.1 Alteration and repair slip. a. An application for an equipment work permit for work on an existing combined standpipe or sprinkler system may be treated as an application for an alteration and repair slip where the total cost of the proposed work within the building, as certified by the permit applicant, does not exceed ten thousand dollars in any twelve month period and the proposed work consists of any of the following:
(1) Replacement of parts required for the operation of a combined standpipe or sprinkler system. In the event of emergency an application for an alteration and repair slip must be filed within twenty-four hours after the commencement of the repairs.
(2) Replacement of sprinkler heads, provided that orifice sizes, type and deflector position remain the same.
(3) Changes that do not alter the type of sprinkler system.
(4) Relocation of piping that does not affect the operation of the sprinkler system.
(5) Rearrangement of not more than twenty sprinkler heads in areas presently sprinklered in light hazard occupancy which will remain light hazard occupancy, provided that the addition of sprinkler heads in existing systems shall be limited to light hazard occupancy in rooms or spaces not exceeding eight hundred square feet requiring only one head with the maximum spacing allowed by the code, and provided that the number of new heads does not exceed a total of five.
(6) Relocation of combined fire standpipe auxiliary hose sources and cabinets within ten feet of their original location, provided that the existing covered area is not affected and provided that such relocation complies with subchapter seventeen and reference standard RS 17-1 .
b. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this section, an application for an equipment work permit for work on an existing combined standpipe or sprinkler system may not be treated as an application for an alteration and repair slip for any alteration of primary or auxiliary water supplies.
c. Upon the approval of the application an alteration and repair slip shall be issued in lieu of an equipment work permit, with the same force and effect as if an equipment work permit had been issued.
d. The submission of plans shall not be required for an alteration and repair slip.
4. This local law shall take effect immediately.