On May 6th, 2015, the New York City Council and Mayor De Blasio passed a large amendment regarding solid fuel pollution control in the New York City Air Pollution Control Code. Restauranteurs, food service consultants, and building engineers should be aware of the new articles in reference to “cook stoves” (wood fired and coal fired commercial cooking appliances) and char broilers.
The NYC Air Pollution Control Code now officially defines “cook stoves” as:
[(19) Department] “Cook stove” means any wood fired or anthracite coal fired appliance used primarily for cooking food for onsite consumption at a food service establishment, as such term is defined in section 81.03 of the New York city health code.
§ 28. Subchapter 6 of chapter 1 of title 24 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 24-149.5 to read as follows:
§24-149.5 Cook stoves.
(a) Definitions.
As used in this section:
“New” means installed on or after the effective date of the local law that added this section.