{"data":{"id":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-ebc-a401","jurisdiction":"us-nyc","citation":"N.Y.C. Admin. Code § EBC A401","heading":"Section EBC A401: Scope","body":"A401.1 Applicability.\n\nThe prescriptive provisions of this chapter may be applied without performing numerical calculations. The provisions of this appendix are limited to the following conditions:\n\n1. Buildings of 4 stories or less.\n\n2. The existing or proposed soft story occurs at only the lowest building level.\n\n3. The building is less than 40.5 feet (12 344 mm) tall from the ground level to the top of the parapet.\n\n4. The building has a rectangular or approximately rectangular plan width by length footprint that varies within 20 feet by 60 feet (6,096 mm x 18 288 mm) to 25 feet by 85 feet (7,620 mm x 25 908 mm).\n\n5. The soft story occurs on the shorter side of the rectangle.\n\n6. The wall containing the soft story is solid masonry 12 inch (304.8 mm) thick.\n\n7. The typical floor of the building is wood framed construction.\n\nA401.2 General.\n\nProvide prescriptive strengthening of the soft story per Section A402, or alternatively strengthen the soft story with the aid of a registered design professional following methods described in Chapter 7 of the New York City Existing Building Code.","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":"6d8c20bad42b800661b1de2b9b4a23ee55f16482bc5038cb01e0f8ee1a8a28e6","source_id":"us-nyc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-ebc-a301","next":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-ebc-a402"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}