N.Y. Multiple Residence Law § 62: Miscellaneous provisions

§ 62. Miscellaneous provisions. 1. An existing sprinkler installation,

fire alarm, watchman's clock or fire-detecting system which has been

approved or accepted by the department having jurisdiction and installed

before July first, nineteen hundred fifty-two, in conformity with rules

and regulations adopted by the commission, shall, after inspection by

the said department, be deemed to be in compliance with the requirements

of this chapter.

2. Where a sprinkler system is required by this article, such system

shall be constructed to fuse at a temperature not higher than one

hundred sixty-five degrees Fahrenheit, spaced so as to protect the area

which is required to be sprinklered.

3. In furnace, boiler, laundry rooms and other parts of the dwelling

where high temperature usually prevails, sprinkler heads may fuse at a

higher temperature. Where such rooms are located at least thirty feet

distant from such dwelling, no sprinklers shall be required.

4. Except as otherwise provided in sections fifty-two and fifty-five,

an approved fire-detecting system shall be accepted as meeting any

requirement for a sprinkler system under this article.