Section 280. Automatic fire extinguishing systems  


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  • Every factory building
      erected before October first, nineteen hundred thirteen, which  is  more
      than  one  story  in height and which has any occupancy specified by the
      board in its rules as of medium  or  high  hazard  below  its  uppermost
      floor,  shall  be  provided  by the owner thereof with an automatic fire
      extinguishing system.
        In every non-fireproof  factory  building  constructed  after  October
      first, nineteen hundred thirteen, which is more than one story in height
      and  which  has  any occupancy specified by the board in its rules as of
      high hazard  below  its  uppermost  floor,  the  story  containing  such
      occupancy  and  all  stories  above  it  shall  be provided by the owner
      thereof with an automatic fire extinguishing system.
        The automatic fire extinguishing  systems  required  by  this  section
      shall  be  approved  in the city of New York by the fire commissioner in
      such city and elsewhere in accordance with the rules of the  board.  The
      relative  hazard  of occupancies within said city shall be as determined
      by the board of standards and appeals thereof. The  provisions  of  this
      section  shall  be  enforced  in  the  city  of  New  York  by  the fire
      commissioner of said city and elsewhere by the commissioner.