Safe building maintenance: NYC DOB 28-301.1 / OATH summons 39174331H
Original inspector allegation — verbatim available export
FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BUILDING IN CODE COMPLIANT MANNER. NOTED: 1. INTERIOR HALLS AT 1ST & 2ND FLRS OBSERVED ACCUMULATED WITH MISC. ITEMS OBSTRUCTING CLEAR EXIT PASSAGE: SHEETROCK, BOXES, MATTRESS, SHOES, SHELVES
Source limit: Source reference: NYC OATH/DOB summons 39174331H; BIN 2024533; export issue date 01/16/2026. The earlier export status was ACTIVE; obtain current status from DOB or OATH. The CSV contains a respondent mailing address, which is not presumed to identify the inspected property. This is the entire description available in the supplied export, not a certified full summons, inspector notes or evidentiary exhibits. The description is at the export’s approximately 210-character field limit and may terminate mid-word or mid-sentence.
Get the complete, authentic notice: search summons 39174331H in OATH Summons Finder instructions (download actual summons) and download the actual summons; review DOB records in NYC DOB records search. Never substitute the editorial discussion below for the inspector’s words.
Charge classification: law controls; keywords do not
Recorded citation: 28-301.1; recorded infraction: 102. Primary legal issue: safe building maintenance. Interpretive issue: Owner maintenance obligation. AC 28-301.1 requires buildings, equipment, safeguards and means of egress to be kept safe and maintained. The physical condition, rather than whether a particular permit exists, is normally the central question.
What must be tested: The applicable underlying technical standard and the actual defective component determine a lawful repair. An assertion that the building is generally safe does not rebut a specific defect.
Possible exceptions and legal limitations: An exemption from cyclical façade reporting does not exempt a building from general safe-maintenance duties. Determine whether the special rule actually applies. Eligibility is not established merely because the excerpt uses a word such as “repair”, “permit”, “cellar”, or “occupied”. Refer to NYC DOB construction codes.
Subject-specific interpretation remains open
The abbreviated narrative and legal citation do not reliably identify one trade or physical component. First map every concrete object, location and action in the complete summons to photographs, approved plans and an inspection timeline; selecting a permit or asserting a statutory exemption now would be guesswork.
Inspector wording mapped to testable facts
Passage 1 — FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BUILDING IN CODE COMPLIANT MANNER.
The negative/deficiency wording is an inspector allegation about a missing, failed or unsafe condition. Determine precisely which component, obligation and time period the asserted absence covers. The supporting documents must establish or rebut the condition on the offense date, not merely its condition today.
Passage 2 — NOTED: 1.
Treat this passage as an asserted observation or reference. Check the named location, actor, object and time against contemporaneous photos and official filing records before drawing a regulatory conclusion.
Passage 3 — INTERIOR HALLS AT 1ST & 2ND FLRS OBSERVED ACCUMULATED WITH MISC.
Treat this passage as an asserted observation or reference. Check the named location, actor, object and time against contemporaneous photos and official filing records before drawing a regulatory conclusion.
Passage 4 — ITEMS OBSTRUCTING CLEAR EXIT PASSAGE: SHEETROCK, BOXES, MATTRESS, SHOES, SHELVES
Treat this passage as an asserted observation or reference. Check the named location, actor, object and time against contemporaneous photos and official filing records before drawing a regulatory conclusion.
Identifiers, locations, measurements and chronology to verify
No uniquely parseable earlier summons number, permit number, date, exposure or measurement is established by this excerpt. The full notice and building profile should supply the missing keys; do not invent them.
Case-specific correction decision tree
Branch A — defect remains: assess risk and protection immediately, then undertake an appropriate licensed/engineered repair. Branch B — already repaired: pair before/after photos with scope, inspection and test results that address the *specific* defect. Branch C — inspector misidentified the component: use an elevation/floor key and technical field report; do not rely on an unspecific clean-inspection assertion.
Editorial closure of the shortened allegation — NOT source text
Verbatim excerpt ends: “D ACCUMULATED WITH MISC. ITEMS OBSTRUCTING CLEAR EXIT PASSAGE: SHEETROCK, BOXES, MATTRESS, SHOES, SHELVES”. Non-source editorial completion (conditional reconstruction, not a quotation): “The allegation appears to concern safe building maintenance; whether additional observations, directions, dates, measurements or exceptions followed is unknown and must be checked in the original summons.”
No missing words, dates, measurements, liability conclusion or regulatory remedy have been invented. Even if the final syllable looks obvious, completing it as a purported inspector quotation would misstate an official record.
Response, certification and closing evidence
A hearing defense, correction of the underlying condition, a DOB AEU Certificate of Correction and payment of an imposed penalty are distinct questions. Retrieve the summons and confirm the OATH hearing or outcome and DOB violation status. Under current DOB guidance, Certificate of Correction review requests are made in DOB NOW: Safety → Violations & Notices of Deficiency; submitter/certifier signatures and evidence requirements are case-specific. Refer to Certificate of Correction instructions.
Source record limitations: The dataset does not authenticate who inspected the property, why inspection started, whether a defense succeeded, which contractor made repairs or whether AEU later accepted a correction. Do not turn this example into a claimed client success story or an invented inspection history.
Primary authority and fact-check links
- OATH Summons Finder instructions (download actual summons) — enter summons 39174331H and obtain the signed notice.
- NYC DOB construction codes — verify law wording and any exception.
- BIS / DOB NOW record limitations — older BIS violations may not be in DOB NOW.
- Certificate of Correction instructions — review current COC procedure, signatures and evidence.
Related library and official records
Official sources: Search DOB records · DOB summonses · Certificate of Correction FAQs · OATH hearing options · Construction codes
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