{"data":{"id":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-24-149.1","jurisdiction":"us-nyc","citation":"N.Y.C. Admin. Code § 24-149.1","heading":"§ 24-149.1 Outdoor wood boilers.","body":"(a) No person shall burn any fuel in an outdoor wood boiler except clean wood, provided that newspaper or other non-glossy, non-colored paper may be used as starter fuel.\n\n(b) No person shall operate an outdoor wood boiler so as to cause an emission that (1) activates a smoke detector on an adjoining property; (2) impairs visibility on a public street or highway; or (3) causes a visible plume that comes into contact with a building on an adjacent property.\n\n(c) No person shall operate an outdoor wood boiler with a thermal output rating of two hundred fifty thousand Btu/h or less, unless such outdoor wood boiler:\n\n(1) Is in compliance with all applicable certification standards set forth in section 247.8 of title six of the New York codes, rules and regulations;\n\n(2) Is located at least one hundred feet from the nearest property boundary line; and\n\n(3) Is equipped with a permanent stack extending at least eighteen feet above ground level.\n\n(d) No person shall operate an outdoor wood boiler with a thermal output rating in excess of two hundred fifty thousand Btu/h.","path":["New York City Administrative Code","Title 24","Chapter 1: Air Pollution Control"],"source_url":"https://files.amlegal.com/pdffiles/NewYorkCity/Admin/XML.zip","current_through":"Local Law 2026/135 (enacted August 31, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T02:48:57Z","sha256":"065d8e305272e02fad61a6abafda5f3f823007834a1faeed43ba8881edb19c8e","source_id":"us-nyc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-24-149","next":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-24-149.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}