City of Schenectady, NY
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2023-05-08
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 138 Building, Plumbing and Electrical Standards
- Charter and Related Legislation
- Ch C Charter and Related Legislation
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Accident Reports
- Ch 6 Affirmative Action
- Ch 8 Assessment Districts, Upper Union Street
- Ch 9 Assessment Districts, Special Downtown
- Ch 10 Assessment, Real Property
- Ch 13 Capital Budget Process
- Ch 14 City Bonds
- Ch 16 City History Center
- Ch 18 City Offices
- Ch 20 Claim Releases; City Insurance
- Ch 23 Clerk
- Ch 26 Conferences, Municipal
- Ch 28 Council, City
- Ch 29 Counsel, Corporation
- Ch 31 Court Clerk
- Ch 32 (Reserved)
- Ch 33 Development, Department of
- Ch 35 Economic Development Zone Administrative Board
- Ch 36 Elections
- Ch 39 Employee Organizations
- Ch 42 Engineering and Public Works, Department of
- Ch 45 (Reserved)
- Ch 48 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 51 Finance
- Ch 54 Flag, Seal, Flower and Song, Official
- Ch 57 Freedom of Information
- Ch 59 General Services, Department of
- Ch 60 Grievance Procedures
- Ch 62 Purchasing
- Ch 64 (Reserved)
- Ch 67 Housing Authority
- Ch 68 Housing Standards Review Board
- Ch 70 Industrial Development Agency
- Ch 72 Land Reutilization Corporation of the Capital Region
- Ch 73 Leasing of Restaurant Facilities: Sealed Bids
- Ch 76 Legal Notices
- Ch 82 (Reserved)
- Ch 86 Parks and Recreation Administration
- Ch 87 Personnel
- Ch 90 (Reserved)
- Ch 91 Planning Commission
- Ch 92 Police
- Ch 93 Civilian Police Review Board
- Ch 94 (Reserved)
- Ch 95 Recreation Advisory Commission
- Ch 96 Schenectady Heritage Area Advisory Council
- Ch 97 Schenectady - Nijkerk Council
- Ch 99 Solid Waste Department
- Ch 100 Traffic Violations Bureau
- Ch 102 Urban Homesteading
- Ch 103 Urban Renewal Agency
- Ch 106 Youth Advisory Board
- Ch 109 Consumer Protection, Office of
- Ch 111 Workers' Compensation
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 115 Adult Bookstores; Obscene Material
- Ch 117 Advertising
- Ch 121 Air Pollution
- Ch 124 Alarms
- Ch 126 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 128 Amusements
- Ch 131 Auctions and Auctioneers
- Ch 135 Bingo and Games of Chance
- Ch 137 Building Code Administration
- Ch 138 Building, Plumbing and Electrical Standards
- Ch 138 Art I Building and Plumbing
- § 138-1 Effect on liabilities.
- § 138-2 Penalties for offenses.
- Ch 138 Art II Building Construction Standards
- § 138-3 Scope.
- § 138-4 Existing buildings.
- Ch 138 Art III Building Inspector
- § 138-5 Position created.
- § 138-6 Qualifications; personnel.
- § 138-7 Duties and powers.
- § 138-8 Records and reports.
- § 138-9 Cooperation of other agencies.
- § 138-10 Definitions.
- Ch 138 Art IV Building Permits
- § 138-11 Permits required.
- § 138-11.1 Fence permits.
- § 138-12 Flood hazard control.
- § 138-13 Application procedures.
- § 138-14 Persons authorized to make permit applications.
- § 138-15 Plans and specifications.
- § 138-16 Demolition permits; bond.
- § 138-17 Moving permits.
- § 138-18 Amendments to applications or plans.
- § 138-19 Action on applications; issuance or denial of permit.
- § 138-20 Scope and duration of permit.
- § 138-21 Fees.
- § 138-22 Revocation.
- § 138-23 Stop orders.
- § 138-24 Right of entry.
- Ch 138 Art V Certificates of Occupancy
- § 138-25 Application procedure.
- § 138-26 Inspections prior to issuance.
- § 138-27 Issuance.
- § 138-28 Temporary certificates.
- § 138-29 Tests authorized.
- Ch 138 Art VI Unsafe Buildings and Structures
- § 138-30 Structurally unsafe buildings.
- § 138-31 Unsafe structures due to vacancy.
- Ch 138 Art VII Plumbers and Plumbing Standards
- § 138-32 Scope.
- § 138-33 Property affected.
- § 138-34 Plumbing Inspector: appointment, powers and duties.
- § 138-35 Inspector's records and reports.
- § 138-36 Cooperation by Building Inspector.
- § 138-37 Sewer and water connection: certificate prerequisite.
- Ch 138 Art VIII Permits and Inspections; Certificates and Tests
- § 138-38 Permits required.
- § 138-39 Private sewage disposal Systems.
- § 138-40 Homeowners.
- § 138-41 Persons entitled to receive permit.
- § 138-42 Plans and specifications; changes.
- § 138-43 Fees.
- § 138-44 Reinspection fee.
- § 138-45 Correction of faulty conditions.
- § 138-46 Right to inspect.
- § 138-47 Certificate of approval.
- § 138-48 Test of new equipment.
- § 138-49 Compliance with regulations.
- Ch 138 Art IX Examining Board of Plumbers
- § 138-50 Definitions.
- § 138-51 Board established.
- § 138-52 Terms of office; vacancies.
- § 138-53 Clerk.
- § 138-54 Compensation.
- § 138-55 Powers and duties.
- § 138-56 Examination of plumbers; conducting business without certificate.
- Ch 138 Art X Plumbing Contractors
- § 138-57 Corporations conducting plumbing business.
- § 138-58 Metal plates or signs required.
- § 138-59 Registration of plumbers.
- § 138-60 Existing certificates, registration and metal plates continued.
- Ch 138 Art XI Plumbing Material and Specifications
- § 138-61 Fixtures and drains below street grade.
- § 138-62 Sewer piping outside buildings.
- § 138-63 Water piping outside buildings.
- Ch 138 Art XII Electrical Standards
- § 138-64 Scope.
- § 138-65 Definitions.
- § 138-66 Administration and enforcement officer.
- § 138-67 Electrical Inspector.
- § 138-68 General duties of Electrical Inspector.
- § 138-69 Revocation of permits.
- Ch 138 Art XIII Electrical Licensing Board
- § 138-70 Creation.
- § 138-71 Terms of members.
- § 138-72 Termination of service on Board.
- § 138-73 Officers.
- § 138-74 Quorum and voting.
- § 138-75 Compensation.
- § 138-76 Frequency of Board meetings.
- § 138-77 Duties of Board.
- § 138-78 Records.
- Ch 138 Art XIV Electrical Contractors
- § 138-79 Licensing requirements.
- Ch 138 Art XV Electricians
- § 138-80 Authority to perform electrical work.
- § 138-81 Homeowners.
- § 138-82 License fees.
- § 138-83 Permit required.
- § 138-84 Fee schedule for permits and inspections.
- § 138-85 License expiration and renewal.
- § 138-86 Nontransferability.
- § 138-87 Suspensions or revocations.
- § 138-88 Exemptions.
- Ch 138 Art XVI Fire Limits
- § 138-89 Short title.
- § 138-90 Purpose.
- § 138-91 Limits established.
- § 138-92 through § 138-93. (Reserved)
- Ch 138 Art XVII (Reserved)
- § 138-94 through § 138-97. (Reserved)
- Ch 138 Art XVIII (Reserved)
- § 138-98 (Reserved)
- Ch 140 Buildings and Lots, Numbering of
- Ch 141 Community Choice Aggregation Program
- Ch 142 Dances and Dance Halls
- Ch 144 Dogs and Other Animals
- Ch 146 Energy Advisory Board
- Ch 147 Environmental Quality Review: Supplement
- Ch 148 Stormwater Management
- Ch 149 Energize NY Benefit Financing Programs
- Ch 151 Excavations
- Ch 152 Explosives
- Ch 155 Fire Insurance Claims
- Ch 156 Fire Prevention and Protection
- Ch 157 Flood Hazard Control
- Ch 158 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 158A Freelance Workers
- Ch 159 Garage Sales
- Ch 161 Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse
- Ch 163 Gasoline and Motor Fuel: Sign Display
- Ch 164 Group Homes
- Ch 165 Golf Course, Municipal
- Ch 167 Housing Standards
- Ch 170 Iceboxes and Refrigerators, Abandoned
- Ch 177 Massage Parlors
- Ch 179 Merchants, Transient
- Ch 182 Noise
- Ch 183 Nuisances
- Ch 186 Parks and Recreation
- Ch 189 Pawnbrokers
- Ch 192 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 194 Peddlers and Vendors
- Ch 201 Poles and Wires
- Ch 203 Precious Metals Dealers
- Ch 204 Public Assembly Areas
- Ch 206 Property, Private
- Ch 208 Rat and Pest Control
- Ch 210 Rental Property
- Ch 214 Sales, Special
- Ch 215 Sale of Real Property
- Ch 216 Scrap Processors and Junk Peddlers
- Ch 217 Secondhand Dealers
- Ch 219 (Reserved)
- Ch 220 Sewers
- Ch 223 (Reserved)
- Ch 224 Soliciting, Door-To-Door
- Ch 228 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 230 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 232 Swimming Pools, Residential
- Ch 234 Taxation
- Ch 236 Taxicabs
- Ch 240 Trailer Camps
- Ch 243 Trees and Shrubs
- Ch 247 Vehicles, Abandoned and Unused
- Ch 248 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 251 Vendors, Ice Cream Truck
- Ch 255 Water
- Ch 256 Watershed
- Ch 257 Wireless Telecommunications Facilities
- Ch 258 Weeds and Offensive Accumulation
- Ch 260 Weights and Measures; Trade Practices
- Ch 264 Zoning
- Ch 265 School Bus Violation Monitoring
- Appendix
- Ch A270 Cable Television Franchise
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Council of the City
of Schenectady 2-9-1970 by Ord. No. 15274.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Department of Development -- See Ch. 33.
Building code administration -- See Ch. 137.
Environmental quality review -- See Ch. 147.
Fire prevention and protection -- See Ch. 156.
Flood damage prevention -- See Ch. 158.
Housing standards -- See Ch. 167.
Streets and sidewalks -- See Ch. 228.
Subdivision of land -- See Ch. 167.
Zoning -- See Ch. 264.
