NYC Admin. Code § 27-438 Application.
§ 27-438 Application.
This section shall apply to the construction, alteration, and use of buildings or spaces as automotive service stations.
Automotive Service Stations
NYC Admin. Code tit. 27, ch. 1, subch. 7, art. 8
in effectNYC Admin. Code § 27-439 Classification.
§ 27-439 Classification.
Automotive service stations shall be classified in business occupancy group E.
NYC Admin. Code § 27-440 Gasoline and diesel oil motor vehicle fuel storage.
§ 27-440 Gasoline and diesel oil motor vehicle fuel storage.
All volatile flammable liquids and diesel oil motor vehicle fuel storage tanks shall be installed below ground and vented to the open air except for such aboveground installation as may be authorized by the rules of the fire commissioner. The installation and venting of storage tanks shall be in accordance with applications and plans approved by the commissioner and shall also meet the requirements of chapter four of this title and the rules of the fire commissioner. Except as otherwise provided for in chapter four of this title or the rules of the fire commissioner, underground tank installations shall comply with the following:
(a) The tops of the tanks shall be at least two feet below finished grade and at least two feet below the level of any cellar or basement floor within ten feet of the tanks.
(b) Tanks shall be supported on foundations complying with subchapter eleven of this chapter.
(c) Tanks shall be located so that the forces from any building foundation and support loads are not transmitted to the tanks. The distance from any part of a tank to the nearest wall of any basement, pit or cellar, or from any property line that may be built upon, shall not be less than three feet.
(d) Tanks shall be covered with a structurally supported reinforced concrete slab at least eight inches thick extending at least twelve inches beyond the horizontal outlines of the tanks and placed over a coverage of suitable clean backfill material.
(e) All concrete shall have a minimum compressive strength of twenty-five hundred pounds per square inch at twenty-eight days.
Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 1999/068.
NYC Admin. Code § 27-441 Location of pumps.
§ 27-441 Location of pumps.
No gasoline pumps or other mechanical equipment shall be installed so as to permit servicing of motor vehicles standing on a public street. Canopies and supports over pumps and service equipment shall be noncombustible, except that they may be of construction having a one hour fire resistance rating or of heavy timber construction meeting the requirements of section 27-623 of article seven of subchapter ten of this chapter when located more than twenty feet from interior lot lines and from any building or structure.
NYC Admin. Code § 27-442 Heating equipment.
§ 27-442 Heating equipment.
Heat generating equipment for automotive service stations shall be enclosed in accordance with the requirements of section 27-419 of article five of this subchapter.
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