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Indoor Automated Parking Garage Systems

All indoor automated parking garage systems are evaluated by OTCR on a site-specific basis. The submittal requirements are listed below.

Submittal Requirements

  • Submit the OTCR2 Application Form with the $600.00 processing fee made payable to the NYC Department of Buildings
    • Required Documents:
      • General information:
        • Address
        • DOB Job#
      • Project Narrative:
        • Filing Information – project type (NB or Alteration); installation floors (i.e., cellar, 5th thru 8th floors, stairway, etc.)
        • Building Information – building Owner and operator; main building description (construction type, occupancy classification), parking floor description (construction type, occupancy classification); fire protection info (suppression, alarm, smoke detection, mechanical ventilation); CO detection; floodplain installation
        • Automated Parking System Information: System type (e.g. pallet, rack and rail, stacker…); attendant/non-attendant; capacity of parking garage; process for parking and retrieval; safety measures for protecting and separating the public from the active parking system (gates, sensors, etc.)
      • Proposed Plans:
        • Site plan
        • Parking plan (include layout on all floors)
        • Building section detailing parking floors.  Details for stacker systems must include racking arrangement
        • Fire protection plan
      • Evaluation Plan
        • Evaluation of manufacturing and installation features
        • Contact OTCR for additional details of the Evaluation Plan
      • Borough Commissioner Compliance Letter
        • RDP must submit a signed and sealed letter addressing compliance with all appliacable sections of BC 406.2 and 406.3.
      • Manufacturer’s literature
      • Manufacturer’s published maintenance plan
      • List of equipment and material used in the automated parking garage system (i.e., electronic processing system, structural frame materials, elevator/lift, retrieval/parking system, etc.)
      • Structural calculations signed and sealed by a NYS P.E.
      • Copy of FDNY Letter of No Objection
    • Submit OTCR2 Application Form and required documents to:

NYC Department of Buildings
Office of Technical Certification and Research
280 Broadway, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10007

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