Section 27-2072. Fire protection

a. In a multiple dwelling, the owner shall
  fire-retard in every kitchen and kitchenette  all  combustible  material
  immediately  underneath  or  within  one  foot of any apparatus used for
  cooking or warming food; or shall cover such combustible  material  with
  asbestos  of  at  least  three-sixteenths  of  an  inch in thickness and
  twenty-six gauge metal, or with fire resistive  material  of  equivalent
  rating,  except  where such cooking or warming apparatus is installed in
  accordance with requirements established by the department in conformity
  with generally accepted safety standards. There shall be  at  least  two
  feet  of  clear  space  above  the  exposed  cooking surface of any such
  apparatus.
    b. In a multiple dwelling, the  owner  shall,  in  every  kitchenette,
  either  fire-retard  the  ceilings  and  walls,  exclusive  of doors, or
  install one or more sprinkler heads to fuse at a temperature not  higher
  than  two  hundred  and  twelve  degrees Fahrenheit. Such heads shall be
  connected to the water supply through a pipe of at least  one-half  inch
  in  diameter.    Any  kitchenette  which was accepted or approved by the
  department on or before  July  first,  nineteen  hundred  fifty-two  and
  maintained  in  accordance  with  such  acceptance  or approval shall be
  deemed to be in compliance with this subdivision.