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Article 1 - Introductory Provisions; Definitions
1 - Short Title. - Section 1. Short title. This chapter shall be known as...
2 - Legislative Finding. - § 2. Legislative finding. It is hereby declared that intensive...
3 - Application to Certain Municipalities. - § 3. Application to certain municipalities. 1. This chapter shall...
4 - Definitions. - § 4. Definitions. Words and terms used in this chapter...
Article 2 - Miscellaneous Application Provisions
8 - General Application to All Dwellings. - § 8. General application to all dwellings. Except as otherwise...
9 - Buildings Converted or Altered. - § 9. Buildings converted or altered. 1. On or after...
10 - Dwellings Damaged. - § 10. Dwellings damaged. If an old or other existing...
11 - Old Dwellings. - § 11. Old dwellings. Except as required in section nine...
12 - Uncompleted Dwellings. - § 12. Uncompleted dwellings. 1. The provisions of this chapter...
13 - Prohibited Uses: - § 13. Prohibited uses: The storage or keeping of any...
15 - Smoke Detecting Devices. - (b) In hotels, tourist houses, lodging houses, rooming houses, boarding...
Article 3 - Old Multiple Dwellings
Title 1 - Fire Protection
26 - Egress From Dwellings. - § 26. Egress from dwellings. In every such dwelling three...
27 - Fire-Escapes. - § 27. Fire-escapes. Wire, chain, cable, combustible, vertical ladder or...
28 - Stairs and Entrance Halls. - § 28. Stairs and entrance halls. In every such dwelling...
29 - Dumbwaiter Shafts. - § 29. Dumbwaiter shafts. In every such dwelling three stories...
30 - Cellar Ceilings. - § 30. Cellar ceilings. In every such dwelling three stories...
31 - Inside Cellar Stairs. - § 31. Inside cellar stairs. Every stair leading from a...
32 - Artificial Lighting. - § 32. Artificial lighting. The owner shall provide a light...
Title 2 - Sanitation
40 - Repairs and Cleanliness. - § 40. Repairs and cleanliness. All old multiple dwellings shall...
41 - Water Supply. - § 41. Water supply. Every such dwelling shall be provided...
42 - Water Closet and Bath Accommodations. - § 42. Water closet and bath accommodations. Every water closet...
43 - Plumbing and Drainage. - § 43. Plumbing and drainage. Every such dwelling shall be...
Article 4 - Hotels and Similar Dwellings
52 - Public Halls and Stairs. - § 52. Public halls and stairs. The walls and ceiling...
53 - Storage Compartments. - § 53. Storage compartments. There shall be one or more...
54 - Kitchens and Pantries. - § 54. Kitchens and pantries. All kitchens and pantries serving...
55 - Egress. - § 55. Egress. 1. In every transient dwelling to which...
56 - Exit and Directional Signs. - § 56. Exit and directional signs. Every means of egress...
56-A - Posting of Means of Egress in Hotels and Motels. - § 56-a. Posting of means of egress in hotels and...
57 - Vertical and Horizontal Openings. - § 57. Vertical and horizontal openings. In order to prevent...
58 - Cellar Ceiling. - § 58. Cellar ceiling. The ceiling of the cellar shall...
59 - Ventilation for Shafts. - § 59. Ventilation for shafts. 1. There shall be provided...
60 - Bulkheads and Scuttles. - § 60. Bulkheads and scuttles. 1. There shall be a...
61 - Fire Alarm System; Watchman. - § 61. Fire alarm system; watchman. 1. Except as provided...
62 - Miscellaneous Provisions. - § 62. Miscellaneous provisions. 1. An existing sprinkler installation, fire...
63 - Two Story Transient Dwellings. - § 63. Two story transient dwellings. 1. All nursing and...
64 - One Story Transient Dwellings. - § 64. One story transient dwellings. The only provisions of...
65 - Artificial Lighting. - § 65. Artificial lighting. The owner shall provide a light...
70 - Repairs and Cleanliness. - § 70. Repairs and cleanliness. Every transient dwelling shall be...
71 - Water Closet and Bath Accommodations. - § 71. Water closet and bath accommodations. Every water closet...
72 - Water Supply; Plumbing and Drainage. - § 72. Water supply; plumbing and drainage. Every such dwelling...
Article 5 - New Multiple Dwellings--General Provisions
Title 1 - Light and Air
101 - Height and Bulk. - § 101. Height and bulk. The height and bulk of...
102 - Yards and Courts. - § 102. Yards and courts. Yards and courts in connection...
103 - Lighting and Ventilation of Rooms. - § 103. Lighting and ventilation of rooms. 1. Except as...
104 - Size of Rooms. - § 104. Size of rooms. 1. Every living room, except...
105 - Cooking Spaces. - § 105. Cooking spaces. 1. Every space which is intended,...
106 - Rooms in Cellars. - § 106. Rooms in cellars. It shall be unlawful to...
107 - Entrance Doors. - § 107. Entrance doors. Every door giving access to an...
108 - Windows and Skylights for Public Halls and Stairs. - § 108. Windows and skylights for public halls and stairs....
109 - Artificial Lighting. - § 109. Artificial lighting. The owner shall provide a light...
Title 2 - Fire Protection and Safety
130 - Entrance Halls. - § 130. Entrance halls. Every entrance hall shall be at...
131 - Shafts, Elevators and Dumbwaiters. - § 131. Shafts, elevators and dumbwaiters. Every shaft shall be...
132 - Stairs. - § 132. Stairs. Every interior and exterior stair and fire-stair...
133 - Fire-Escapes. - § 133. Fire-escapes. 1. Every fire-escape shall be located, arranged,...
134 - Cellar Entrance. - § 134. Cellar entrance. There shall be a direct entrance...
135 - Frame Buildings. - § 135. Frame buildings. It shall be unlawful to erect...
136 - Motor Vehicle Storage. - § 136. Motor vehicle storage. A space or a structure...
137 - Business Uses. - § 137. Business uses. When business is conducted in a...
138 - Parapets and Guard Railings. - § 138. Parapets and guard railings. Except as hereinafter provided...
139 - Boiler Rooms. - § 139. Boiler rooms. In every dwelling the boiler or...
Title 3 - Sanitation and Health
170 - Water Supply. - § 170. Water supply. The owner shall provide proper appliances...
171 - Water-Closet and Bath Accommodations. - § 171. Water-closet and bath accommodations. 1. Every dwelling arranged...
172 - Plumbing and Drainage. - § 172. Plumbing and drainage. All liquid or water-borne waste...
173 - Heating. - § 173. Heating. Every new dwelling shall be provided with...
174 - Repairs and Cleanliness. - § 174. Repairs and cleanliness. The owner shall keep all...
Article 6 - Fireproof New Multiple Dwellings
201 - Requirements for Fireproof Construction. - § 201. Requirements for fireproof construction. 1. Every new multiple...
202 - Egress From Dwellings. - § 202. Egress from dwellings. 1. Nursing and convalescent homes,...
203 - Egress From Apartments. - § 203. Egress from apartments. 1. There shall be at...
204 - Bulkheads. - § 204. Bulkheads. Every stair and fire-stair required by this...
205 - Separation and Ventilation of Stairs. - § 205. Separation and ventilation of stairs. 1. All stairs...
206 - Cellar and Basement Stairs. - § 206. Cellar and basement stairs. All inside cellar or...
207 - Public Halls. - § 207. Public halls. 1. Every public vestibule or other...
215 - Interior Water-Closets and Bathrooms. - § 215. Interior water-closets and bathrooms. 1. Except as otherwise...
Article 7 - Non-Fireproof New Multiple Dwellings
251 - Height Limitation. - § 251. Height limitation. A dwelling not exceeding seventy-five feet...
252 - Sub-Curb Uses. - § 252. Sub-curb uses. In all portions of such dwellings...
253 - Construction of First Floor. - § 253. Construction of first floor. The first floor above...
254 - Egress From Dwellings. - § 254. Egress from dwellings. 1. Nursing and convalescent homes,...
255 - Egress From Apartments. - § 255. Egress from apartments. 1. A dwelling three or...
256 - Bulkheads and Scuttles. - § 256. Bulkheads and scuttles. 1. Every required stair and...
257 - Public Stairs. - § 257. Public stairs. 1. Every stair and fire-stair shall,...
258 - Public Halls. - § 258. Public halls. 1. Every public hall shall be...
259 - Cellar and Basement Stairs. - § 259. Cellar and basement stairs. A cellar or basement...
260 - One and Two-Story Frame Dwellings; Area Limitation. - § 260. One and two-story frame dwellings; area limitation. A...
280 - Water-Closets and Bathrooms. - § 280. Water-closets and bathrooms. The requirements for water-closet compartments,...
Article 8 - Requirements and Remedies
300 - Registry of Owner. - § 300. Registry of owner. On or before July first,...
301 - Permits. - § 301. Permits. 1. It shall be unlawful to commence...
302 - Certificate of Occupancy. - § 302. Certificate of occupancy. 1. No multiple dwelling shall...
302-A - Unlawful Occupation. - § 302-a. Unlawful occupation. 1. If any dwelling or structure...
303 - Enforcement. - § 303. Enforcement. 1. The provisions of this chapter shall...
304 - Penalties for Violations. - § 304. Penalties for violations. 1. Any person, who having...
305 - Nuisances. - § 305. Nuisances. 1. The term nuisance shall be held...
305-A - Abatement of Rent in the Case of Serious Violations. - § 305-a. Abatement of rent in the case of serious...
305-C - Right of Tenant to Offset Payments for Heat Failure; Certain Cases. - (1) The name of the person or persons who requested...
306 - Service of Notices and Orders. - § 306. Service of notices and orders. Every notice or...
307 - Records and Searches. - § 307. Records and searches. All records of the department...
Article 9 - Review; Rules; Saving Clauses; Effective Date
325 - Review Boards. - (1) secondary means of egress from dwellings, (2) fire retarding...
326 - Rules and Regulations. - § 326. Rules and regulations. 1. The commission shall have...
327 - Saving Clauses. - § 327. Saving clauses. The provisions of this chapter shall...
328 - Effect of Invalidity in Part. - § 328. Effect of invalidity in part. If any term,...
329 - Laws Superseded. - § 329. Laws superseded. 1. The provisions of this chapter...
330 - Time of Taking Effect. - § 330. Time of taking effect. This chapter shall take...