NYC Administrative Code

§ 27-2028 — Central heat or electric or gas heating system; when required.

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What is NYC AC § 27-2028?

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This section mandates that multiple dwellings and tenant-occupied one or two-family dwellings must have a central heating system that complies with building code and departmental regulations. Alternative gas or electric heating systems may be permitted under certain conditions. Applies to building owners of multiple and tenant-occupied dwellings.

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§ 27-2028 Central heat or electric or gas heating system; when required.

AC § 27-2028

Except as otherwise provided in this article, every multiple dwelling and every tenant-occupied one or two-family dwelling shall be provided with heat from a central heating system constructed in accordance with the provisions of the building code and the regulations of the department. A system of gas or electric heating provided for each dwelling unit may, if approved by the department, be utilized in lieu of a central heating system if: (1) the system is lawfully in use on July fourteenth, nineteen hundred sixty-seven; or (2) the system is approved by the appropriate city agencies having jurisdiction and is installed in a structure or building erected, converted, substantially rehabilitated, or completely vacated, after July fourteenth, nineteen hundred sixty-seven.

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