Glen Cove, NY Building Safety: Scaffold & Sidewalk Shed (2026)

Section 111-17 of the Glen Cove City Code, titled Protection of work, requires that all construction work be properly safeguarded while in progress. Subsection A specifically requires guardrails to be supplied on scaffolds more than 20 feet above the ground, in addition to requiring the Building Department Administrator's discretionary fencing, barriers around elevators or hoists, floor decking laid as work progresses, and protection of any floor openings. Subsection B adds a related street-level safety measure: when part of a building under construction, alteration or demolition rises more than 40 feet and sits within 10 feet of a street line, the contractor must build a pedestrian shed over the sidewalk at least six feet wide and six and a half feet high in the clear, and that shed must be kept lit all night.

Other subsections of § 111-17 address related site hazards during construction, including a ban on projections beyond the lot line except for narrow, regulated exceptions, a requirement to prevent damage to adjoining property from excessive terracing (with sheet piling or retaining walls where excavation requires it), a cap on construction loads at the levels set by the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code, a ban on storing materials or equipment in public streets except as the permit allows, and a requirement that demolition proceed story by story with debris lowered to the ground rather than dropped through floors.

Because § 111-17 sits inside Article II of Chapter 111 alongside the building permit and inspection requirements, a scaffold or shed violation discovered during a staged inspection under § 111-16 can hold up further work until corrected.