N.Y.C. Admin. Code § FC 406: Section FC 406: Apartment Buildings

406.1 General.

Apartment buildings and other Group R-2 buildings and occupancies shall comply with the emergency preparedness requirements set forth in FC 401, 416 and this section.

406.2 Emergency preparedness in apartment buildings.

Apartment buildings and other Group R-2 buildings and occupancies shall comply with the following emergency preparedness requirements:

406.2.1 Fire emergency preparedness guide and notices (Level 3).

Fire and emergency preparedness guide and notices in accordance with FC 401.6 and the rules shall be prepared, and periodically reviewed and amended, for a Group R-2 building or occupancy.

406.2.2 Non-sequential or non-standard floor numbering.

The department shall promulgate rules establishing requirements for the electronic submission of floor numbering lists to the department by owners of Group R-2 buildings or occupancies that are 125 feet (38 100 mm) or more in height, and such other occupancies as the department may designate by rule. Such rules shall provide that each owner of a building with non-sequential or non-standard floor numbering, as defined by rule, shall submit to the department a floor numbering list indicating the floor numbers assigned to each floor, and submit an amended floor numbering list within 2 business days of a change in any floor numbering designation.

406.2.3 Hurricane evacuation notices.

The owner of any Group R-2 building or occupancy within a hurricane evacuation zone, as designated by the commissioner of the office of emergency management, shall cause a hurricane evacuation notice to be posted within the building or occupancy. Such notice shall serve to inform building occupants of the current hurricane evacuation zone designation for that building and the methodology for determining their closest hurricane evacuation centers, through 311 or the online Hurricane Evacuation Zone finder. Such notice shall be in such form as prescribed by the commissioner by rule and shall be posted within a common area of the building and such other locations as set forth in the rules.

(L.L. 2019/103, 6/8/2019, eff. 10/6/2019)

406.2.4 Fire and emergency preparedness plan (Level 2) and fire and emergency preparedness staff.

A fire and emergency preparedness plan in accordance with FC 401.5 shall be prepared for Group R-2 high-rise megastructure buildings and occupancies, in addition to compliance with the requirements of FC 401.6. There shall be present during regular business hours one or more members of the FEP staff required pursuant to FC 401.5.5 who hold a certificate of fitness for emergency announcements and other fire safety duties.

406.3 Responsibility of cooperative or condominium apartment owners.

In Group R-2 buildings and occupancies with a cooperative or condominium form of ownership and management, the board of directors, condominium association or other party generally responsible for maintenance of common areas shall be responsible for the preparation and distribution of the fire and emergency preparedness guide, the posting and maintenance of fire and emergency preparedness notices in common areas, and the preparation and distribution to individual dwelling unit owners or proprietary lessees of fire and non-fire emergency notices for dwelling unit doors, including instructions and the means for affixing the notice. The owners or proprietary lessees of the individual units in such residential buildings or parts thereof shall be responsible for the posting and maintenance of the fire and non-fire emergency notice on their respective dwelling unit doors. Such owners and proprietary lessees shall allow representatives of the building's management access to their individual dwelling units, upon reasonable notice, for purposes of confirming such owners and proprietary lessees' compliance with this section.