Volume 6 | Issue 8: New Law To Go Into Effect Requiring Periodic Inspections Of NYC Parking Structures - January 1, 2021

Owners of parking garages will be required to have a New York State Licensed Professional Engineer perform an assessment of the parking structure every six years and file a corresponding report with DOB expounding on the results of this inspection.

Per the NYC Building Code, this pertains to buildings or portions of a building, used for parking or storing motor vehicles, including space inside or under a building as well as all open parking garages and enclosed parking structures.

Notable exceptions to this law include auto repair shops, showrooms and service stations, garages with occupancy of less than three cars, unenclosed and unattached outdoor parking lots and one- and two- family houses containing a parking garage.

Filing Cycles will be broken down into two year sub-cycles with the first filing window beginning on January 1, 2022 and ending on December 31, 2023. Owners with parking garages in Manhattan Community Districts 1 through 7 are mandated to conduct an inspection and file a report during this time period.

The filing deadlines for other Community Districts/Boroughs, filing fees and civil penalties for non-compliance will be laid out at a future date by DOB.

An annual observation of the parking garage shall be required in addition to the aforementioned formal six year reporting. These annual observations may be performed by garage or building maintenance personnel, and the procedure in the form of a checklist needs to be developed by the inspecting PE. Record of the inspections must be made available upon request of the DOB.