New York installation guides.
New York’s DEC says new indoor wood stoves are regulated by EPA’s federal standard rather than by DEC; its Part 247 rules cover outdoor wood boilers. Permits and inspections are handled by the local code office.
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Albany
Albany County / Capital DistrictAlbany’s Residential Property Guide names ‘installation of a wood stove or gas insert’ as work that needs a building permit, and the city fee chart gives chimney liners their own line.
Read the guideBinghamton
Broome County / Southern TierBinghamton’s building code lists solid-fuel heating appliances, chimneys and flues as a separate element that must stay exposed until a city inspector has checked it.
Read the guideBuffalo
Erie County / Western New YorkBuffalo’s heating contractor license expressly covers installing solid-fuel stoves, prefabricated fireplaces and fireplace inserts.
Read the guideHarrison
Town/Village of Harrison, Westchester CountyHarrison’s Residential Short Form names chimney lining as its own line item and asks for the liner manufacturer’s specifications with a notarized owner affidavit.
Read the guideIthaca
Tompkins County / Finger LakesIn Ithaca’s eight local historic districts, adding a new chimney goes to the Ithaca Landmarks Preservation Commission at a public hearing under the city’s design guidelines.
Read the guideMiddletown
City of Middletown, Orange CountyThe City of Middletown has banned building or running outdoor woodburning furnaces since 2009, so an indoor stove is the wood-heat option inside city limits.
Read the guideNiagara Falls
Niagara County / Western New YorkNiagara Falls requires any contractor doing heating work in the city to register first as a mechanical contractor with the Department of Code Enforcement.
Read the guideNorth Tonawanda
Niagara County / Western New YorkNorth Tonawanda’s 1956 smoke ordinance still requires wood-fired heating in homes of fewer than five units to have efficient smoke-eliminating equipment.
Read the guidePort Chester
Village in the Town of Rye, Westchester CountyPort Chester classifies solid-fuel-burning appliances and flue liners as mechanical permits, filed by a licensed contractor with a copy of their Westchester County license.
Read the guidePoughkeepsie
City of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess CountyThe City of Poughkeepsie has its own Solid Fuel Burning Appliance permit sheet, which will not issue a permit without the stove’s installation manual, model, serial and UL numbers.
Read the guideRochester
Monroe County / Greater RochesterRochester’s City Code names the installation of a solid-fuel-burning heating appliance, chimney or flue as work that needs a building permit.
Read the guideRome
Oneida County / Mohawk ValleyRome’s Code Enforcement office lists installing any wood-burning appliance, and any chimney liner, as permit work, and doubles the fee if work starts first.
Read the guideSaratoga Springs
Saratoga CountySaratoga Springs’ city code names the installation of a solid-fuel-burning heating appliance, chimney or flue as work that needs a building permit, and its historic design guidelines ask that stove vents go on the less visible sides of a house.
Read the guideSchenectady
Schenectady County / Capital DistrictSchenectady’s city code names the installation of a solid-fuel-burning heating appliance, chimney or flue as work that needs a building permit, and lists it as a required inspection.
Read the guideSyracuse
Onondaga County / Central New YorkSyracuse’s city code still carries a smoke-control chapter that bars dense chimney smoke except for short periods while a fire is being built or cleaned out.
Read the guideTroy
Rensselaer County / Capital DistrictIn Troy’s local historic districts, a Certificate of Appropriateness is required before a building permit can be obtained, and interior work that changes the exterior still goes to review.
Read the guideUtica
Oneida County / Mohawk ValleyUtica’s building-permit ordinance requires a permit to install a solid fuel heating appliance, chimney or flue in any dwelling unit, whatever the job costs.
Read the guideWhite Plains
Westchester County / Lower Hudson ValleyWhite Plains requires signed and sealed drawings from a licensed design professional to reline a chimney, filed as a mechanical permit.
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