NYC Administrative Code

§ 17-113 — Repairs of buildings; removal of obstructions; regulation of public markets.

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What is NYC AC § 17-113?

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This section grants the department authority to order repairs of buildings and remove obstructions that may pose dangers to life or health. It also regulates public markets regarding cleanliness, ventilation, and drainage, and empowers the department to prevent the sale of improper articles. Applies to building owners and operators involved with public markets.

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§ 17-113 Repairs of buildings; removal of obstructions; regulation of public markets.

AC § 17-113

a. The powers of the department shall include the ordering and enforcing in the same manner as other orders are provided to be enforced, the repairs of buildings, houses and other structures; the regulation and control of all public markets in relation to the cleanliness, ventilation and drainage thereof and the prevention of sale or offering for sale of improper articles; the removal of any obstruction, matter or thing in or upon the public streets, sidewalks or places, which, in the opinion of the department, may lead to conditions dangerous to life or health; the prevention of accidents by which life or health may be endangered; and generally the abatement of all nuisances. b. The department shall possess full power with reference to the ventilation, drainage and cleanliness, of the stands or stalls in or around all markets.

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