Effective March 15, 2024, the DOB is requiring the installation of gas detector. According to the published ruling on this law, building owners will have until May 1, 2025, to install detectors inside each dwelling unit on their properties.
This applies to:
- Private dwellings.
- Class A multiple dwellings (one-family units).
- Class B multiple dwellings (two-family units).
The plug-in, hard-wired or battery-powered alarms must be installed between 3 and 10 feet from any gas-powered appliance — think, stoves and dryers — in multiple dwellings, one- and two-family homes that are rented out, and Class B dwellings, such as hotels. If a stove and dryer are close enough together, one detector would do the job. Dryers in basement laundry rooms don’t need one. the device supposed to cost less than $20 apiece.
