New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 19 - DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Chapter XXXII - Division of Code Enforcement and Administration
Part 1204 - Uniform Code: Administration And Enforcement By State Agencies
Section 1204.3 - Definitions
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 2024
(a) Code. The New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code.
(b) Code compliance certificate. A written document issued by a construction-permitting agency indicating that the agency has discovered no material deviations from applicable code provisions in a building or structure or in work performed, and authorizing the use or occupancy of a particular building, structure, or equipment.
(c) Construction emergency. Damage to or a malfunction in buildings or property of the State of New York caused by an unanticipated, sudden and unexpected occurrence which involves a pressing necessity for immediate repair, reconstruction or maintenance in order to permit the safe continuation of a necessary public use or function, or to protect the property of the State of New York, or the life, health or safety of any person.
(d) Construction permit. A written document issued by a construction-permitting agency authorizing construction to proceed on a particular project after a determination by the agency that the project as proposed will comply with applicable provisions of the Uniform Code.
(e) Construction-permitting agency. The Department of Environmental Conservation, the Department of State, the Office of General Services, the Office of Mental Health, the Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, the Facilities Development Corporation, the Urban Development Corporation, the State University of New York, the State University Construction Fund, the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York, the New York Power Authority, the New York State Thruway Authority and any other State agency so designated by the Secretary.
(f) Custody. The effective control of a building or structure.
(g) Secretary. The Secretary of State.
(h) State agency.
(i) Statewide wireless network. An integrated statewide communications system intended to link State and local first responders to each other and to allow State and local first responders to communicate reliably during emergency situations, as contemplated by section 402(1)(a) of the State Technology Law. The term statewide wireless network shall include such communications system as originally developed and constructed and as thereafter extended, improved, upgraded, or otherwise modified from time to time.
(j) Statewide wireless network facility. Any tower, antenna, or equipment which is used or intended to be used in the operation of the statewide wireless network, and any building or structure which is constructed specifically for the purpose of supporting or containing any such tower, antenna, or equipment.
(k) Statewide wireless network supporting building. A building or structure which is not a statewide wireless network facility (i.e., which was not constructed specifically for the purpose of supporting or containing a tower, antenna, or equipment which is used or intended to be used in the operation of the statewide wireless network), but which has a statewide wireless network facility constructed or installed thereon or therein. For example, if a tower, antenna, and equipment used or intended to be used in the operation of the statewide wireless network, and a building or structure which will contain such equipment or support such tower, are constructed on the top of an existing office building, then:
(l) Temporary approval for occupancy. A written document permitting a building or a portion thereof to be occupied for a temporary period notwithstanding the fact that construction of the building may not be complete or that violations of the code remain unresolved.