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What is NYC AC § 27-420?

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This section mandates that rooms housing boilers, furnaces, or equipment with similar explosion hazards must be situated at least fifty feet away from places of assembly, unless separated by compliant construction. Applies to building owners with such equipment in proximity to assembly areas.

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§ 27-420 Location.

AC § 27-420

Rooms containing boilers or furnaces, or other equipment of similar or greater explosion hazard, shall not be located within fifty feet of any place of assembly, unless separated from such place of assembly by construction complying with the provisions of section 27-401 of article two of this subchapter.

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