{"data":{"id":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-ebc-1504","jurisdiction":"us-nyc","citation":"N.Y.C. Admin. Code § EBC 1504","heading":"Section EBC 1504: Occupant Protection Plan","body":"1504.1 Where required.\n\nAlteration, construction, or partial demolition work performed in a building that will be occupied during the work, including newly constructed buildings that are partially occupied while work is ongoing, shall be conducted in accordance with an occupant protection plan.\n\nExceptions: An occupant protection plan is not required for the following types of work. This exception shall not alleviate the owner, contractor, or any other entity engaged in the work from their obligation to comply with applicable occupant protection laws and regulations.\n\n1. Work subject to a tenant protection plan in accordance with Section 1503.\n\n2. Work that does not require a permit.\n\n3. Work whose scope is limited to that authorized by a Limited Alteration Application.\n\n4. Work limited to the alteration of an existing elevator.\n\n5. Electrical work that does not require the submittal of plans to the department.\n\n1504.2 Preparing the plan.\n\nThe occupant protection plan shall be prepared by or on behalf of the general contractor performing the alteration, construction, or partial demolition work. Where the work will result in a change to building use or occupancy, a permanent change to egress, a temporary reduction to egress during work, or a disruption to fire alarm, standpipe, or sprinkler or similar fire suppression systems during work, such individual preparing the occupant protection plan shall be a registered design professional.\n\n1504.3 The plan.\n\nThe occupant protection plan shall provide the same level of detail and clarity, and include the same content and statements, as a tenant protection plan required under Section 1503.4. The term “tenant” in such sections shall, for the purpose of the occupant protection plan, mean “occupant,” and the terms “dwelling,” “dwelling unit,” or “unit” shall mean “occupied space.”\n\n1504.4 Available upon request.\n\nThe occupant protection plan shall be kept at the site by the general contractor performing the alteration, construction, or partial demolition work, and shall be made available to the department upon request.\n\n1504.5 Provision of copy of occupant protection plan to occupants upon request.\n\nThe owner of a building undergoing work for which an occupant protection plan is required shall, upon request from an occupant of such building, provide such occupant with a paper copy of the occupant protection plan.\n\n1504.6 Notice to occupants.\n\nUpon issuance of a permit for work requiring an occupant protection plan, the owner shall post a notice regarding such plan in a conspicuous manner in the building lobby, as well as within 10 feet of the elevator on each floor open to the public where such work is occurring, or in a building where there is no elevator, within 10 feet of or in the main stairwell on such floor. The notice shall be in a form created or approved by the department and shall include:\n\n1. A statement that occupants of the building may obtain a paper copy of such plan from the owner;\n\n2. The name and contact information of the site safety manager, site safety coordinator, or superintendent of construction required by Section 3301.3 of the New York City Building Code\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t, as applicable, or, if there is no site safety manager, site safety coordinator, or superintendent of construction, the name and contact information of the owner of the building or such owner’s designee, or, if the site is owned or leased by a government entity, the name and contact information of the project officer, building manager, or similar designated official; and\n\n3. A statement that occupants of the building may call 311 to make complaints about the work.\n\n1504.7 Phased occupant protection plans.\n\nThe occupant protection plan may be developed in phases to show the occupant protection plan layouts consistent with the anticipated work for such phase. The occupant protection plan maintained at the site must be a complete and self-contained document that fully accords with the ongoing work.","path":["New York City Administrative Code","Title 28","Chapter 12: The New York City Existing Building Code (effective July 17, 2027)"],"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":"ee5f627370cdb70d6adc64af25e1928a60cc231b6c1819323238e166793a0bac","source_id":"us-nyc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-ebc-1503","next":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-ebc-1505"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}