No Gas Piping Test Needed for Electric Stove

DOB issued a violation notice to landlord for failing to have a new or altered plumbing system tested. The inspector said that a gas line from the building basement was hooked up to a gas-fired electric stove in an apartment. The ALJ found that landlord admitted this and fined landlord $500. Landlord appealed, claiming that it never admitted there was a gas-fired stove. Landlord showed that the oven was electric-fired and never had any gas connections. So there was no new or altered gas piping and no testing was required. ECB ruled for landlord and revoked the fine.

176 West 87th Street Owner's Corp.: ECB App. No. 39482 (6/26/08) [1-pg. doc.]