City of Yonkers, NY
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The Code
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Part VI: Fire and Buildings
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Chapter 59 Fire Code
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- Ch CA Charter Appendix
- The Code
- Part I: General Provisions
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Part II: Administration of City Government
- Ch 4 Departments, Boards and Commissions
- Ch 5 Officers and Employees
- Ch 6 Freedom of Information
- Ch 7 (Reserved)
- Ch 8 Continuity of Government
- Ch 9 Administration of Government
- Ch 10 Approval and Reimbursement Rate for Use of City Property
- Ch 11 Campaign Finance Reform Code
- Part III: Finance and Taxation
- Ch 12 Budgets, Capital and Current
- Ch 13 Contracting and Purchasing
- Ch 14 Service Charges for Handling of Funds
- Ch 15 Taxes
- Ch 16 Business Improvement Districts
- Part IV: Business Regulations, Licensing and Consumer Protection
- Ch 19 Enforcement Procedures
- Ch 20 Food Vendors, Hawking, Peddling, Transient Business and Home Solicitation
- Ch 21 Noncommercial Solicitation
- Ch 22 Billposting and Distribution
- Ch 23 Cabarets, Dance Halls and Sidewalk Cafes
- Ch 24 Theaters, Shows and Motion-Picture Film Storage
- Ch 25 Auctions, Auctioneers and Sales
- Ch 26 Pawnbrokers
- Ch 27 Amusements
- Ch 28 Bowling Alleys
- Ch 29 Locksmiths
- Ch 30 Laundromats and Currency-Operated Dry-Cleaning Establishments
- Ch 31 Consumer Protection Code
- Ch 32 Garages
- Ch 33 Newsracks
- Ch 34 Games of Chance
- Ch 35 Bingo
- Ch 36 Parking Lots
- Ch 37 Plastic-Straw-Free Yonkers
- Ch 38 Third-Party Food Delivery Services
- Ch 39 Hotel Licensing
- Part V: Land Use
- Ch 43 Zoning
- Ch 44 Land Use Boards
- Ch 45 Historic and Landmarks Preservation
- Ch 46 Realty Subdivisions
- Ch 47 Outdoor Signs
- Ch 48 Environmental Quality Review
- Ch 49 Greenway Compact Plan
- Ch 50 Green Buildings
- Ch 51 Energize New York Open C-Pace Financing Program
- Ch 52 Community Choice Aggregation (ENERGY) Program
- Part VI: Fire and Buildings
- Ch 55 Fire and Building Code
- Ch 56 Building and Electrical Code
- Ch 57 Plumbing and Drainage Code
- Ch 58 Housing and Building Maintenance Code
- Ch 59 Fire Code
- Ch 59 Art I General Provisions
- § 59-1 Short title.
- § 59-2 Intent.
- § 59-3 Applicability.
- § 59-4 Definitions.
- § 59-5 Fire Commissioner's representative.
- § 59-6 Inspections; right of entry.
- § 59-7 Investigation of fires.
- § 59-8 Fire records.
- § 59-9 Fire drills in educational and institutional occupancies.
- § 59-10 Liability for damages.
- § 59-11 Records.
- § 59-12 Fire Prevention Appeals Board.
- § 59-13 Administrative review; appeals.
- § 59-14 Variances.
- § 59-15 Removal of labels or markings.
- § 59-16 False statements.
- § 59-17 Applications for permits.
- § 59-18 Permits.
- § 59-19 Transferability of permits.
- § 59-20 Validity of permits and renewals.
- § 59-21 Provisions of zoning and building ordinances.
- § 59-22 Permit fees.
- § 59-23 Fire hydrants.
- § 59-24 Fire extinguishers.
- § 59-25 Burning before and during construction.
- § 59-26 Driveways for fire apparatus.
- § 59-27 General fire protection requirements.
- § 59-28 Christmas tree and live decoration storage.
- § 59-29 through § 59-39. (Reserved)
- Ch 59 Art II Enforcement
- § 59-40 Offenses; penalties.
- § 59-41 Order to eliminate dangerous or hazardous conditions.
- § 59-42 through § 59-43. (Reserved)
- Ch 59 Art III General Precautions Against Fire
- § 59-44 General standards.
- § 59-45 Bonfires and outdoor rubbish fires.
- § 59-46 Use of open flame or light.
- § 59-47 Trapdoors.
- § 59-48 Meter rooms.
- § 59-49 through § 59-53. (Reserved)
- Ch 59 Art IV Explosives
- § 59-54 Definitions.
- § 59-55 General requirements.
- § 59-56 Licenses.
- § 59-57 Bond.
- § 59-58 Transferability of licenses and permits.
- § 59-59 Posting of license.
- § 59-60 Certificate of fitness.
- § 59-61 Magazines.
- § 59-62 Transportation of explosives.
- § 59-63 Registered brands to be transported.
- § 59-64 Copies of delivery receipts required.
- § 59-65 Labeling of packages.
- § 59-66 Prevention of freezing and thawing.
- § 59-67 Removal of unsafe explosives.
- § 59-68 Safety precautions.
- § 59-69 Placing of frozen explosives in drill holes.
- § 59-70 Tamping drill holes.
- § 59-71 Limitations of disruptive force.
- § 59-72 Covering of rock to be blasted.
- § 59-73 Warning flags.
- § 59-74 Failure of charges to explode; procedure.
- § 59-75 Disposition of prohibited explosives.
- § 59-76 Liability.
- § 59-77 through § 59-89. (Reserved)
- Ch 59 Art V Ammunition
- § 59-90 Definitions.
- § 59-91 Manufacture prohibited.
- § 59-92 Power machinery prohibited.
- § 59-93 Permit for storage and sale.
- § 59-94 Application for permit.
- § 59-95 Permit fees.
- § 59-96 Storage and sale in designated locations prohibited.
- § 59-97 Storage of ammunition.
- § 59-98 Display and storage of ammunition restricted.
- § 59-99 Permit fee for use of blank cartridges.
- § 59-100 through § 59-104. (Reserved)
- Ch 59 Art VI Fireworks
- § 59-105 Manufacture, sale and storage prohibited.
- § 59-106 Use of fireworks; permit; fee.
- § 59-107 Disposal of unfired fireworks.
- § 59-108 Seizure of fireworks.
- § 59-109 through § 59-113. (Reserved)
- Ch 59 Art VII Matches
- § 59-114 Definitions.
- § 59-115 Manufacture prohibited.
- § 59-116 Permit required to transport, store or sell.
- § 59-117 Permit application for storage and sale.
- § 59-118 Storage and sale restricted.
- § 59-119 Storage and sale of limited quantities.
- § 59-120 Number of matches in box or container.
- § 59-121 Name of manufacturer to appear on box or container.
- § 59-122 Smoking prohibited.
- § 59-123 Permit fee for storage and sale.
- § 59-124 through § 59-128. (Reserved)
- Ch 59 Art VIII Application of Flammable Finishes
- § 59-129 Scope.
- § 59-130 Permit required.
- § 59-131 Smoking prohibited.
- § 59-132 Welding warning signs.
- § 59-133 through § 59-136. (Reserved)
- Ch 59 Art IX Flammable Liquids; Flammable and Combustible Mixtures
- § 59-137 Scope.
- § 59-138 Permit required; prohibitions.
- § 59-139 Hazardous heating and cooking appliances.
- § 59-140 Manufacturing establishments.
- § 59-141 Seizure of prohibited substances.
- § 59-142 Hazardous appliances prohibited.
- § 59-143 Permit required for manufacture, transportation, storage and sale at wholesale.
- § 59-144 Application for permit.
- § 59-145 Detailed plan of premises required.
- § 59-146 Fee for permit.
- § 59-147 Where manufacture of flammable mixtures prohibited.
- § 59-148 Storage system.
- § 59-149 Limitation on flammable content.
- § 59-150 Permit for retail sales.
- § 59-151 Fee for permit.
- § 59-152 Limitation on storage for retail sale.
- § 59-153 Permit required.
- § 59-154 When permit for manufacture of combustible mixtures not required.
- § 59-155 Application for permit for manufacture, storage and sale at wholesale.
- § 59-156 Fee for permit.
- § 59-157 Compliance required.
- § 59-158 Application for retail permit.
- § 59-159 When permit for storage and sale at retail not required.
- § 59-160 Limitation on storage for retail sale.
- § 59-161 Fee for permit for retail sales.
- § 59-162 through § 59-167. (Reserved)
- Ch 59 Art X Paints, Varnishes and Lacquers
- § 59-168 Permit required.
- § 59-169 Application.
- § 59-170 Fee for permit.
- § 59-171 Where storage of paints, varnishes or lacquers prohibited.
- § 59-172 Permit to state storage limitations.
- § 59-173 Storage system.
- § 59-174 through § 59-177. (Reserved)
- Ch 59 Art XI Petroleum, Shale Oil, Coal Tar and Their Liquid Products
- § 59-178 Permit required to manufacture, refine or distill.
- § 59-179 Application for permit.
- § 59-180 Plan to accompany application.
- § 59-181 Fee for permit for manufacture, refining and distilling petroleum.
- § 59-182 Permit required for transportation, storage, sale, delivery and use.
- § 59-183 Application for storage permit.
- § 59-184 Plan to accompany application for permit.
- § 59-185 Fee for storage and sale-at-wholesale permit.
- § 59-186 Limitation of wholesale storage capacity.
- § 59-187 Fee for permit for storage of oil other than volatile flammable oils.
- § 59-188 Limitation on storage of oil other than volatile flammable oil.
- § 59-189 Fee for permit for storage and sale at retail of lubrication oils, shale oils and the liquid products thereof.
- § 59-190 Fee for permit for storage and sale at retail of petroleum.
- § 59-191 Limitation on storage of petroleum for sale at retail.
- § 59-192 Sale by wholesale storage permittee.
- § 59-193 Underground tanks for oil.
- § 59-194 Care and supervision of storage plant.
- § 59-195 Areas for which no storage permit may be issued.
- § 59-196 Permissible amounts for storage in various receptacles.
- § 59-197 Permit required for purchase of more than five gallons.
- § 59-198 Permit required for storage and sale of five hundred sixty gallons or less of illuminating oils.
- § 59-199 Fee for retail sales permit.
- § 59-200 Sale of illuminating oils vaporizing at less than one hundred ten degrees Fahrenheit.
- § 59-201 Removal of kerosene containers.
- § 59-202 Fee for permit for lubricating oils and greases.
- § 59-203 Limitation of lubricating oils and greases in stock.
- § 59-204 Minimum requirement for permit.
- § 59-205 Approval for installation of storage tanks.
- § 59-206 Permit required for storage and sale at retail of twenty-nine thousand gallons or less.
- § 59-207 Fee for storage and retail sale permit.
- § 59-208 Storage and sale in designated locations prohibited.
- § 59-209 Storage in tank located beneath building.
- § 59-210 Location of storage tanks.
- § 59-211 Transportation of volatile flammable oil.
- § 59-212 Monthly report of vendors.
- § 59-213 Delivery while motor running prohibited.
- § 59-214 Special permit required for aboveground waterside storage.
- § 59-215 Delivery directly from tank.
- § 59-216 Special permit required for aboveground storage.
- § 59-217 Filling of tank vehicles.
- § 59-218 Test wells.
- § 59-219 through § 59-232. (Reserved)
- Ch 59 Art XII Cellulose-Nitrate Plastic (Pyroxylin)
- § 59-233 Permit required.
- § 59-234 Display of plastics.
- § 59-235 through § 59-237. (Reserved)
- Ch 59 Art XIII Dry Cleaning and Dry Dyeing
- § 59-238 Permit required.
- § 59-239 Prohibited solvents.
- § 59-240 through § 59-242. (Reserved)
- Ch 59 Art XIV Hazardous Chemicals
- § 59-243 Scope.
- § 59-244 Permit required.
- § 59-245 through § 59-247. (Reserved)
- Ch 59 Art XV Liquefied Petroleum Gases
- § 59-248 Permit required; plans for installation and use.
- § 59-249 through § 59-251. (Reserved)
- Ch 59 Art XVI Lumberyards, Mills and Woodworking Plants
- § 59-252 Lumberyards and mills.
- § 59-253 through § 59-255. (Reserved)
- Ch 59 Art XVII Operating Engineers
- § 59-256 License or certificate of fitness required.
- § 59-257 Exceptions.
- § 59-258 through § 59-260. (Reserved)
- Ch 59 Art XVIII Oil-Burning Equipment
- § 59-261 Permit required.
- § 59-262 through § 59-264. (Reserved)
- Ch 59 Art XIX Industrial Baking and Drying Ovens
- § 59-265 Scope.
- § 59-266 Permits and plans required.
- § 59-267 through § 59-268. (Reserved)
- Ch 59 Art XX Mechanical Refrigeration
- § 59-269 Permit required.
- § 59-270 Approval required.
- § 59-271 through § 59-272. (Reserved)
- Ch 59 Art XXI Tents and Booths
- § 59-273 Permit required.
- § 59-274 Tents and booths.
- § 59-275 through § 59-276. (Reserved)
- Ch 59 Art XXII Welding and Cutting; Calcium Carbide and Acetylene
- § 59-277 Permit required for gas welding or cutting.
- § 59-278 Calcium carbide and acetylene manufacture prohibited.
- § 59-279 Calcium carbide storage permit.
- § 59-280 through § 59-281. (Reserved)
- Ch 59 Art XXIII Dangerous or Unsafe Buildings or Structures
- § 59-282 Recovery of bodies from wrecked buildings.
- § 59-283 Vacating buildings; closing streets and sidewalks.
- § 59-284 through § 59-285. (Reserved)
- Ch 59 Art XXIV Firesafety Requirements
- § 59-286 Maintenance of equipment.
- § 59-287 Vacating unprotected buildings.
- § 59-288 Vacant buildings.
- § 59-289 Buildings under demolition.
- § 59-290 Business requirements.
- § 59-291 Requirements for institutional occupancies.
- § 59-292 Requirements for residential occupancies.
- § 59-293 Requirements for mercantile and industrial buildings.
- § 59-294 Requirements for industrial buildings.
- § 59-295 Places of assembly.
- § 59-296 Group homes and day-care centers.
- § 59-297 through § 59-300. (Reserved)
- Ch 59 Art XXV Fumigants and Thermal Insecticidal Fogging Liquids
- § 59-301 Scope.
- § 59-302 Definitions.
- § 59-303 Permit required.
- § 59-304 Breathing apparatus.
- § 59-305 Safety personnel.
- § 59-306 Thermal insecticidal fogging liquids.
- § 59-307 through § 59-309. (Reserved)
- Ch 59 Art XXVI Emergency Planning and Preparedness for Shelters
- § 59-310 Scope.
- § 59-311 Emergency preparedness plans.
- § 59-312 Maintenance on premises.
- § 59-313 Periodic review and revision.
- § 59-314 Applicability to existing buildings and occupancies.
- § 59-315 Existing emergency preparedness staffing.
- § 59-316 Emergency preparedness recordkeeping.
- § 59-317 Cooperation.
- § 59-318 Fire and emergency preparedness staff.
- Ch 60 Steam Engineers
- Ch 61 Exterior Hoisting
- Part VII: Nuisances, Public Welfare and Criminal
- Ch 65 Animals and Dogs
- Ch 66 Noise
- Ch 67 Refrigerators, Abandoned and Discarded
- Ch 68 Smoking
- Ch 69 Weeds and Vacant Property
- Ch 70 Curfew for Minors
- Ch 71 Dangerous Substances
- Ch 72 Graffiti
- Ch 73 Exposure of Females
- Ch 74 Firearms and Weapons
- Ch 75 Police
- Ch 76 Insects and Rodents
- Ch 77 Industrial Hygiene
- Ch 78 Emergency Reporting
- Ch 79 Insurance
- Ch 80 Shade Trees
- Ch 81 Imaging Privacy
- Ch 82 Bamboo
- Ch 83 Carnivals, Circuses and Fairs
- Ch 84 Video Camera Systems
- Ch 85 Forfeiture of Vehicles in Connection With Criminal Acts
- Ch 86 Aggressive Panhandling
- Ch 87 Intentional Balloon Release Ban
- Part VIII: Garbage, Landfills and Public Utilities
- Ch 91 Garbage and Refuse
- Ch 92 Recycling
- Ch 93 Littering
- Ch 94 Landfill Projects
- Ch 95 Water Supply
- Ch 96 Sewerage, Sewers and Liquid Waste
- Part IX: Public Property and Streets
- Ch 100 Parks and Public Places
- Ch 101 Conveyance of City Property
- Ch 102 Franchises
- Ch 103 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 104 Street Paving
- Ch 105 Right-Of-Way Management
- Ch 108 Snow Emergency
- Part X: Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 109 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 110 Taxicabs
- Ch 111 Tow Trucks and Immobilization Devices
- Ch 112 School Bus and Driver Licensing
- Part XI: Miscellaneous
- Ch 119 House Numbering
- Ch 120 Memorial Day Observance
- Ch 121 Reserve Fund for Cooperatives and Condominiums
- Ch 122 Wharves, Docks and Bulkheads
- Ch 123 Commissioners of Deeds
- Ch 124 Marriage Certificates
- Ch 125 Display of Prisoner of War and Missing in Action Flag
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
- Parallel Table
- Ch PT Parallel Table
- Table of Datelines
- Ch TOD Table of Datelines
[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Yonkers
at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
