171 – Water-Closet and Bath Accommodations.
§ 171. Water-closet and bath accommodations. 1. Every dwelling arranged for permanent occupancy shall contain a water-closet in every apartment. 2. The floor of every compartment, bathroom or general toilet room shall be made waterproof and such waterproofing shall extend six inches or more above the floor so that the floor can be washed or […]
172 – Plumbing and Drainage.
§ 172. Plumbing and drainage. All liquid or water-borne waste from plumbing fixtures shall be conveyed by a house drain and house sewer to a street sewer or to a combined street storm water main and sewer, unless no such sewers are available. Where neither kind of sewer is available, provision shall be made for […]
173 – Heating.
§ 173. Heating. Every new dwelling shall be provided with heat in all living rooms sufficient to maintain the minimum temperatures required by local law, ordinances, rules or regulation, or by the local public health officer, provided, however, that such minimum temperature shall, notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of section three hundred twenty-nine of […]
174 – Repairs and Cleanliness.
§ 174. Repairs and cleanliness. The owner shall keep all and every part of a dwelling and the lot on which it is situated in good repair, clean and free from vermin, rodents, dirt, filth, garbage or other thing or matter dangerous to life or health; but the tenant shall also be liable if a […]
137 – Business Uses.
§ 137. Business uses. When business is conducted in a non-fireproof multiple dwelling, the ceiling of the business space shall be covered with fire-resistive materials or be equipped with a sprinkler system.
138 – Parapets and Guard Railings.
§ 138. Parapets and guard railings. Except as hereinafter provided every open area of a roof, terrace, areaway, outside stair, retaining wall or porch shall be protected by a parapet wall, a guard railing, or both, extending three feet six inches or more in height above the level of such area or, in the case […]
139 – Boiler Rooms.
§ 139. Boiler rooms. In every dwelling the boiler or furnace of a central heating plant shall be enclosed in a fireproof room or space and all openings therefrom to other portions of the dwelling shall be equipped with fireproof doors and assemblies with the doors self-closing, except that in any dwelling three stories or […]
170 – Water Supply.
§ 170. Water supply. The owner shall provide proper appliances to receive and distribute in such dwelling an adequate supply of water obtained from the public water supply system or from a source approved by the public health officer having jurisdiction at all times when the building is occupied and during all hours and hot […]
131 – Shafts, Elevators and Dumbwaiters.
§ 131. Shafts, elevators and dumbwaiters. Every shaft shall be enclosed on all sides with fireproof walls and shall have fireproof doors and assemblies at all openings, with the doors self-closing. Not more than three elevators or dumbwaiters shall ever be placed in the same shaft. All dumbwaiter doors shall be fastened by an interior […]
132 – Stairs.
§ 132. Stairs. Every interior and exterior stair and fire-stair shall be provided with proper balustrades and handrails. Every such stair and fire-stair three feet eight inches or more in width shall be provided with a handrail on each side. Each tread, exclusive of nosing, shall be not less than nine and one-half inches wide; […]