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281 – Fireproof Receptacles.

§ 281. Fireproof receptacles. Every factory shall be provided with properly covered fireproof receptacles, the number, style and location of which shall be approved in the city of New York by the fire commissioner and elsewhere by the commissioner. There shall be deposited in such receptacles waste materials, cuttings and rubbish of an inflammable nature. […]

282 – Gas Jets and Other Lights.

§ 282. Gas jets and other lights. All gas jets and other lights in factories shall be properly enclosed by globes or wire cages or shall be otherwise properly protected in a manner approved in the city of New York by the fire commissioner of such city and elsewhere by the commissioner.

283 – Smoking.

§ 283. Smoking. 1. No person shall smoke in a factory. A notice of such prohibition stating the penalty for violation thereof shall be kept posted in every entrance hall, elevator, stairhall and room of a factory in English, and in such other languages as the fire commissioner of the city of New York in […]

280 – Automatic Fire Extinguishing Systems.

§ 280. Automatic fire extinguishing systems. Every factory building erected before October first, nineteen hundred thirteen, which is more than one story in height and which has any occupancy specified by the board in its rules as of medium or high hazard below its uppermost floor, shall be provided by the owner thereof with an […]

272 – Additional Requirements for All Buildings.

§ 272. Additional requirements for all buildings. No factory shall be conducted in any building unless such building shall be so constructed, equipped and maintained in all respects as to afford adequate protection against fire to all persons employed therein, nor unless in addition to the provisions of sections two hundred and seventy and two […]

274 – Fire-Escapes Erected Before October First, Nineteen Hundred and Thirteen.

§ 274. Fire-escapes erected before October first, nineteen hundred and thirteen. All outside fire-escapes erected before October first, nineteen hundred and thirteen, and serving as required exits under the provisions of section two hundred and seventy-one shall conform to the following requirements: 1. There shall be balconies on each floor of the building connected with […]

275 – Special Laws and Local Ordinances.

§ 275. Special laws and local ordinances. The requirements of sections two hundred and seventy to two hundred and seventy-four, inclusive, are not in substitution for the requirements of any general or special law or local ordinance relating to the construction, equipment or maintenance of buildings, but the provisions of such general and special laws […]

276 – Inspection of Buildings and Approval of Plans.

§ 276. Inspection of buildings and approval of plans. 1. Inspection of buildings. The officer of any city, village or town having power to inspect buildings therein to determine their conformity to the requirements of law or ordinance governing their construction shall, whenever requested by the commissioner, inspect any factory building therein and certify to […]