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What is NYC FC § 609.5.1.2?

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This section mandates that commercial cooking exhaust ducts be equipped with clean-out openings as specified in the Mechanical Code to facilitate cleaning and maintenance. The Department may require additional access panels if access is deemed inadequate. Applies to owners of commercial cooking facilities.

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609.5.1.2 Exhaust ducts.

FC § 609.5.1.2

Commercial cooking exhaust ducts shall be provided with clean out openings in accordance with Mechanical Code, to allow for cleaning and other maintenance. The department may require installation of additional access panels when the department determines, based on a report from a commercial cooking exhaust system cleaning company or other good cause, that there is inadequate access to conduct a proper cleaning of the system. The department shall give the owner notice and an opportunity to be heard prior to ordering compliance with any such determination; evaluate objections asserted on the basis on engineering considerations and impracticability; and address proposed alternatives.

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