Standardized Guidelines by Building Type: Alterations Type I and Directive 14, Volume 2

Siegfried Wyner, B.S., M.S., C.E.

AuthorHouse, Apr 22, 2008 - Reference - 412 pages

The computer revolution over the past 10-15 years in our country has feed to the permanent dependence of all fields of human activity, on computer technology.

Based on my experience as a plan examines for all building documentations, I find that is necessary a reform and improvement of the plan examination and approval process, in all boroughs of this big city of N.Y.

Because the architects and engineers have the best knowledge of their documentations, I have realized that their help is the most necessary to the real improvement of the verification process.

We have to help them in this hypothesis, I considered necessary to create a DATA BASE of guidelines realized for different building types, which will be a computerized flexible tool for all review and approved process, which can be updated all the time in the future, by adding new guidelines to the existing ones, with the new and specific requirements regarding new zoning resolutions, new code articles, new memorandums and criteria’s issued by the city department for the best development of this great city.

This was the fundamental idea for the creation a DATA BASE of guidelines, which will help from the beginning of the process of creation of technical documentations, and after, in the long process of verification and approval, for the execution of buildings in the city.

Certainly this collection of guidelines proposed in my 2 volumes, does not include all of the possible building types, zoning and code resolutions, but in my opinion and based on my experience is the most important tool in this complex process of approval of new investments.

This tool can be used not only by designers of the documentations, but by the expediters, plan examiners, contractors, and finally by the owners of the investments.

These two books will be a unified procedure for all the factors which contribute to the realization of investments.

I consider to mention and other benefits realized by this written DATA BASE:

• A reduced work load in the department of building

• A uniform approach for all 5 boroughs in the verification and approval process

• A reduction of time for verification and approval

• An improvement in the quality of documentations presented for verification and approval

• The use of self certification will be increased by the confidence of designers for their documentations

• A remarkable reduction of people involved in this complex process

• A sensible reduction of the investment costs.

Contents

• Add community facility area to existing residence: 1
• Add office to second floor: 2
• Addition of two story structure for dining and offices bridges to connect existing building extend vertical: 3
• Add inground swimming pool: 4
• Amend Certificate of Occupancy to commercial parking for maximum of 150: 6
• Add glass enclosed porch at the rear of the house legalize inground swimming pool: 8
• Add parking spaces and curb cuts: 9
• Application filed to obtain C O on smaller zoning lots: 10
• Certificate of Occupancy for two family residential house: 11
• Certificate of Occupancy for existing 4 family dwelling multiple dwelling class A: 12
• Change C O from gasoline service station lubritory and auto laundry to service station automobile sales and office: 13
• Changing from 6 doctors offices to medical offices at cellar level: 14
• Convert factory offices to commercial kitchen and auto repair: 17
• Commercial district governed by residential district Horizontal Commercial Extension: 19
• C O change parking hours: 21
• Convert home occupation to residence dwelling: 22
• Commercial horizontal and vertical enlargement: 23
• Combine two existing stores into one eating and drinking establishment also install new HVAC unit on roof: 25
• Combine two existing buildings into oneadd offices on the 2nd floor: 26
• Convert garage to bedroom and accessory storages Legalize wood deck and screen porch at rear of dwelling: 27
• Convert second floor apartment to offices and dressing room: 28
• Convert garage to auto repair shop: 29
• Convert store and multiple dwelling to restaurant: 30
• Convert second floor apartment to dining room for restaurant: 31
• Convert three car garages to one car garages and storage add retail sales for open lot area: 33
• Convert existing one family dwelling and doctors office to doctors office and retail space New first floor addition and second floor addition: 34
• Convert existing apartment to community residence: 36
• Conversion from empty lot to open parking lot U G 8C: 37
• Convert existing basement to dentist office: 39
• Convert medical offices to residential apartments: 40
• Convert residential U G 2recreation space to community facility medical U G 4 Addition Of 7th Floor Residential Apartments: 41
• Convert first floor to community facility church: 42
• Convert two stores to restaurant by removing partial party wall: 43
• Convert multiple dwelling to medical offices: 44
• Convert attic to two family dwelling: 45
• Convert one family dwelling to two family dwellings new one story vertical enlargement second floor new open wood deck: 47
• Convert from one family to two family horizontal extension: 48
• Convert from one to two family horizontal and vertical enlargement: 50
• Convert from two to three family dwellings by converting the cellar: 52
• 83: 54
• Convert from three to four family dwellings: 57
• Convert from six to thirteen family dwellings: 61
• Convert from three to two family dwellings: 66
• Convert from five to four family dwellings: 67
• Convert store on first floor to church: 71
• Convert automobile sales showroom U G 16 and automobiles U G 9 to beverage wholesale establishment U G 16D beverage retail establishment U G ...: 72
• Convert garage to storage and accessory useslegalize bathroom and open parking space: 73
• Convert one family residence to nursery school: 74
• Convert one family dwelling to day care center 1st floor and playground on the roof: 75
• Convert store U G 6 to day care center U G 3: 77
• Convert first floor restaurant to day care center Kindergarten preschool children age group 2 to 6 U G 3: 78
• Convert one family residence 1st floor to school: 79
• Convert cellar to offices: 80
• Convert cellar to medical offices: 83
• Convert cellarbasement to community facility Mosque Synagogue Church: 85
• Convert one family dwelling to community facility Mosque Synagogue Church horizontal extension: 87
• Convert storage area to medical offices in cellar: 89
• Convert a factory to a storage yard: 92
• Convert residential building to medical office U G 4 in the cellar store U G: 93
• Convert a store to a residence case A: 96
• Convert from stores to residential apartments case B: 97
• Convert cellar to meeting hall convert first floor from funeral parlor to meeting hall: 98
• Convert basement to chiropractic office U G 4: 99
• Convert garage to libraryden: 101
• Convert multiple dwelling U G 2 and the indoor and outdoor recreation space to community facility U G 4 addition to seventh floor of residential ap...: 102
• Convert garage and manufacture to commercial laundry with no limitation on type of operation: 103
• Convert automobile rental establishment to automobile sales: 104
• Convert from one car garage to two car garages horizontal extension 3 Story 2: 105
• Convert basement to two studio apartments: 106
• Convert manufacturingwarehousing to auto repair: 110
• Convert manufacturing storage sales to contractors yards: 111
• Legalization of convertion of existing one car garage into family room at first floor legalization of kitchen extension at first floor proposed addition ...: 112
• Convert from warehouse and offices to physical cultural establishment Extension: 113
• Convert tool die or patternmaking establishment U G 16 to church U G 4: 115
• Convert the cellar from interior decorating establishment U G 6 to store U G 14: 116
• Convert use on first second and third floors from machine shop U G 17B and storage to offices: 118
• Convert second floor office to apartments multiple dwellings 1st floor factory: 120
• Convert from motor vehicle repair shop U G 16 to laundromat U G 6 Convert: 126
• Conversion of non residential buildings: 133
• Exterior horizontal extension for church in residential district: 139
• and parts storage U G 16: 145
• vertical enlargement to create new second floor: 151
• offices: 157
• Horizontal commercial extension second story addition: 162
• Loft conversion article 7B: 168
• Legalize three bedrooms in attic extend rear porch: 174
• One story horizontal enlargement: 183
• Proposed zoning lot reapportionment changing metes and bounds: 190
• Directive 14: 197
• Introduction: 201
• Accessory offstreet Parking: 209
• Addition of rear Screened Porch and Deck: 210
• Automotive Repair Shops: 211
• Awning Marquee Flagpole: 212
• Amend an existing C O for the addition of a sidewalk Cafe: 213
• Ansul System case A: 214
• Air Conditioning or refrigeration System in the rear yard: 215
• Application for the Hood in conjunction with Ansul System case B: 216
• Attached Garage in Cellar: 217
• Automobile Rental Establishment automotive sales: 218
• Water Tanks old Code: 219
• Bridge between Buildings: 220
• Boilers: 221
• Bank: 222
• Bakery: 223
• Boiler Room Enclosure: 224
• Combining two apartments: 226
• Cooking equipment or Kitchen equipment list: 227
• Checklist: 229
• Carport: 230
• Concrete Pavement: 231
• Commercial Extensions Commercial District governed by Residence District: 232
• Class 1 Constructions: 234
• Canopy: 235
• Commercial Curb Cuts Old Code: 236
• Commercial Curb Cuts New Code: 237
• Curb Cuts: 238
• Changing the fuel dispensing area including the removal of the existing gasoline pump island at a gas station in Commercial District governed by Res...: 240
• Changing from Laundromat to Dry Cleaners U G G No 30 Commercial Space: 242
• Day Care Center No 32 Day Care Center on the 1st Floor and Playground on the roof 241 242: 243

Bibliographic information

• Title: Standardized Guidelines by Building Type: Alterations Type I and Directive 14, Volume 2
• Author: Siegfried Wyner, B.S., M.S., C.E.
• Publisher: AuthorHouse, 2008
• ISBN: 1452080607, 9781452080604
• Length: 412 pages
• Subjects: Reference / General