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Plumbing fixture and drainage configuration: NYC DOB BC 3301.1.3 (2014 CODE) / OATH summons 39558899N

Original enforcement allegation, not a proven case outcome. The quotation below is from an inspector-written description in a public-record dataset. Extracts may end mid-sentence. The inspection origin, complete supporting evidence, legal finding, and disposition have not been independently verified. Interpretive explanations below are explicitly analytical possibilities.
Law citation: BC 3301.1.3 (2014 CODE)OATH infraction: 1F1Summons: 39558899N

Original inspector allegation — verbatim available export

AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION OF A 13-STORY NEW BUILDING AT ROOF, I OBSERVED A WORKER PERFORMING ELEVATE WORK STANDING ON A CLOSED A-FRAME LADDER LEANING AGAINST THE WALL IN BATHROOM AREA, CONTRARY TO BC 3301.1.3 I

Source limit: Source reference: NYC OATH/DOB summons 39558899N; BIN 2131358; export issue date 09/08/2026. 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 39558899N 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: BC 3301.1.3 (2014 CODE); recorded infraction: 1F1. Primary legal issue: construction site safety and protection. Interpretive issue: Building Code provision, edition-specific. The cited Building Code provision is a technical construction/safety rule. The abbreviated dataset label does not supply the full legal elements.

What must be tested: Retrieve the actual section in the applicable code edition, scope of work and any cross-referenced administrative/technical requirements before selecting an approach.

Possible exceptions and legal limitations: Exceptions and thresholds are section-specific; no permit or repair exemption is presumed merely from this reference. Eligibility is not established merely because the excerpt uses a word such as “repair”, “permit”, “cellar”, or “occupied”. Refer to NYC DOB construction codes.

Specific conditions mentioned in this inspector wording

1. Plumbing fixture and drainage configuration

Investigative test: Map each named fixture/connection to the approved layout and check who installed it and whether the work requires plumbing filing or licensed trade.

Evidence matched to this issue: Fixture schedule, riser drawings, photos, licensed-plumber report, permit history and test/inspection or abandonment proof.

Boundary / potential counterexample: A sink or drain alone does not prove creation of a lawful dwelling unit or justify a particular permit type.

2. Roof and weather protection

Investigative test: Identify roof surface, drainage path, penetration and whether the alleged defect affects structure, exits, occupied rooms or adjacent properties.

Evidence matched to this issue: Roof plan, dated interior/exterior photos, contractor moisture/roofing findings, approved details and after-repair test where appropriate.

Boundary / potential counterexample: Not every patch requires an identical permit; ordinary-repair exemption and technical requirements must be tested against scope.

Inspector wording mapped to testable facts

Passage 1 — AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION OF A 13-STORY NEW BUILDING AT ROOF, I OBSERVED A WORKER PERFORMING ELEVATE WORK STANDING ON A CLOSE…

This recorded passage identifies a question about plumbing fixture and drainage configuration, not a proven final determination. Map each named fixture/connection to the approved layout and check who installed it and whether the work requires plumbing filing or licensed trade. A sink or drain alone does not prove creation of a lawful dwelling unit or justify a particular permit type.

Identifiers, locations, measurements and chronology to verify

Identified floor: ROOF
Tie inspection photographs to the stated level, approved floor plan, egress route, and actual room use.

Case-specific correction decision tree

Branch A — physical or documentary defect persists: evaluate risk and the controlling technical text, then select correction. Branch B — it was already compliant on the cited date: marshal contemporaneous approved records and site evidence. Branch C — scope, code edition or identification is wrong: prepare a fact-by-fact comparison to the actual summons and cited regulation before advancing a defense or revised filing.

First targeted evidence collection: Fixture schedule, riser drawings, photos, licensed-plumber report, permit history and test/inspection or abandonment proof. This is an investigative request, not a claim that the work or evidence already exists.

Editorial closure of the shortened allegation — NOT source text

Verbatim excerpt ends: “ STANDING ON A CLOSED A-FRAME LADDER LEANING AGAINST THE WALL IN BATHROOM AREA, CONTRARY TO BC 3301.1.3 I”. Non-source editorial completion (conditional reconstruction, not a quotation): “The allegation appears to concern plumbing fixture and drainage configuration; 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.

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