211 – Height and Bulk.
§ 211. Height and bulk. 1. No tenement shall be increased in height so that its height shall exceed by more than one-half the width of the widest street upon which it stands. Except as otherwise provided in subdivision four of this section, no non-fireproof tenement shall be increased in height so that it shall […]
212 – Yards and Courts.
§ 212. Yards and courts. 1. No tenement shall be enlarged or its lot diminished in any way which would leave any yard or court less in any dimension than the minimum dimensions prescribed for yards or courts in section twenty-six. The restrictions of this subdivision shall not apply to tenements erected after April twelfth, […]
213 – Lighting and Ventilation of Rooms.
§ 213. Lighting and ventilation of rooms. 1. No tenement, its lot or any room, public hall or stairs therein shall be so altered as to have its light or ventilation diminished in any way not approved by the department. 2. In every tenement erected after April twelfth, nineteen hundred one, every stair hall, public […]
214 – Size of Rooms.
§ 214. Size of rooms. 1. In every tenement erected after April twelfth, nineteen hundred one, the sizes of living rooms shall meet the following requirements: a. In each apartment there shall be at least one living room containing at least one hundred twenty square feet of clear floor area, and every other living room […]
215 – Alcoves.
§ 215. Alcoves. No part of any room shall be enclosed or subdivided, wholly or in part, by a curtain, portiere, fixed or movable partition or other contrivance or device unless each such enclosure or subdivision shall contain a separate window conforming to the provisions of section thirty for rooms in multiple dwellings erected after […]
216 – Rooms in Basements and Cellars.
§ 216. Rooms in basements and cellars. No room in the basement or cellar of any tenement shall be occupied for living purposes unless there is a written permit therefor as provided in subdivision five of section three hundred and it either is part of an apartment which complies with the conditions of subdivision six […]
217 – Lighting and Ventilation of Public Halls and Stairs.
§ 217. Lighting and ventilation of public halls and stairs. 1. In every tenement erected after April twelfth, nineteen hundred one, which exceeds four stories in height or is occupied by three families or more on any story, every public hall shall have at least one window opening directly upon a street, yard or court. […]
218 – Alterations.
§ 218. Alterations. 1. Any non-fireproof tenement erected after May fifteenth, nineteen hundred two, having apartments extending from street to yard and having one or more outer courts on a side lot line four feet or more in width or inner courts which alone or together with adjoining courts are eight feet or more in […]