309-A – Multiple Dwelling; Apartment Prohibitions for Certain Employees.
§ 309-a. Multiple dwelling; apartment prohibitions for certain employees. 1. No janitor, superintendent, manager, custodian, or the like, of a multiple dwelling shall be permitted to reside in an apartment unit in the multiple dwelling in which he is employed if the rental of such apartment unit to a tenant is prohibited by any general, […]
310 – Board of Appeals.
§ 310. Board of appeals. 1. As used in this section “board” shall mean the agency of a city constituted as a board and authorized by law both to grant variances of the zoning resolution and to make rules supplemental to laws regulating construction, maintenance, use and area of buildings; provided, however, that where, in […]
304 – Penalties for Violations.
§ 304. Penalties for violations. 1. Except as otherwise in this section specifically provided, every person who shall violate or assist in the violation of any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable, for a first offense, by a fine of not exceeding five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for a […]
305 – Violation of Local Laws and Regulations.
§ 305. Violation of local laws and regulations. Any owner, architect, builder, contractor, sub-contractor, construction superintendent or their agents who shall, in the construction or alteration of any building or structure intended to be occupied as a multiple dwelling, knowingly violate any of the provisions of local laws, ordinances, rules or regulations shall be guilty […]
306 – Judicial Procedure and Orders.
§ 306. Judicial procedure and orders. 1. In case any multiple dwelling or structure or any part thereof or the lot on which it is situated is constructed, altered, converted or maintained in violation of any provision of this chapter or of any order or notice of the department, or in case a nuisance exists […]
307 – Liens.
§ 307. Liens. Every fine imposed by judgment under section three hundred four upon an owner shall be a lien upon the premises in relation to which the fine is imposed from the time of the filing of a certified copy of said judgment in the office of the clerk of the county in which […]
308 – Notice of Pendency of Action.
§ 308. Notice of pendency of action. 1. In any action or proceeding instituted by the department the plaintiff or petitioner may file in the county clerk’s office of the county where the premises affected by such action or proceeding are situated, a notice of the pendency of such action or proceeding. Such notice may […]
309 – Repairs, Vacation and Demolition of Buildings.
§ 309. Repairs, vacation and demolition of buildings. 1. a. The term “nuisance” shall be held to embrace public nuisance as known at common law or in equity jurisprudence. Whatever is dangerous to human life or detrimental to health, and whatever dwelling is overcrowded with occupants or is not provided with adequate ingress and egress […]
302-A – Abatement of Rent in the Case of Serious Violations.
§ 302-a. Abatement of rent in the case of serious violations. 1. The provisions of this section shall apply to all cities with a population of four hundred thousand or more. 2. a. A “rent impairing” violation within the meaning of this section shall designate a condition in a multiple dwelling which, in the opinion […]
302-B – Removal of Violations by Mortgagees.
§ 302-b. Removal of violations by mortgagees. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, where a receiver has been appointed in foreclosure proceedings instituted by a mortgagee with respect to any multiple dwelling, such mortgagee may advance to such receiver funds necessary for the operation of such multiple dwelling and for the making of repairs […]