Glen Cove, NY Building Safety: Fire Sprinkler Requirements (2026)

Section 111-12 of the Glen Cove City Code, added in 1990, targets a specific fire risk: prefabricated wood truss members with steel plate connectors used in floor-ceiling assemblies, a lightweight construction method known to fail faster in fire than solid framing. Subsection A requires anyone building or modifying a structure with this truss type to give formal written notice to the Building Department Administrator, the Glen Cove Fire Department Chief and the Chief of the Glen Cove Police Department, along with a set of building plans showing the location, number and composition of each truss and its hardware; the construction itself must still meet the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code.

4. The requirement attaches to the truss method itself rather than to occupancy type or building size, so it reaches new construction and modifications alike wherever this framing is chosen. Because the section sits in Chapter 111, Building Construction, rather than the separate Fire Prevention chapter, enforcement runs through the Building Department Administrator alongside ordinary permit review, and a truss installation without the required notice or sprinkler protection is treated as a Chapter 111 violation.