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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 […]

109 – Artificial Lighting.

§ 109. Artificial lighting. The owner shall provide a light or lights in every public hall, stair and fire-stair on every floor so that every such space shall be lighted adequately.

130 – Entrance Halls.

§ 130. Entrance halls. Every entrance hall shall be at least three feet eight inches in clear width from the entrance to the first stair. If such an entrance hall is the only entrance to more than one required stairs, the width of such hall shall be increased in every part, for each such additional […]

101 – Height and Bulk.

§ 101. Height and bulk. The height and bulk of any new multiple dwelling shall be in accordance with the provisions of any applicable local law, ordinance, resolution, code provision or regulation.

102 – Yards and Courts.

§ 102. Yards and courts. Yards and courts in connection with any such multiple dwelling shall be in accordance with the provisions of any applicable local law, ordinance, resolution, code provision or regulation.

103 – Lighting and Ventilation of Rooms.

§ 103. Lighting and ventilation of rooms. 1. Except as in this section and in sections one hundred five, one hundred seventy-one and articles three and four otherwise expressly provided, every living room shall have at least one window opening directly upon a street, yard or court upon the same lot as that occupied by […]

104 – Size of Rooms.

§ 104. Size of rooms. 1. Every living room, except kitchens, shall contain at least eighty square feet of floor space and shall be not less than eight feet in its least horizontal dimension. However, in every permanently occupied dwelling, one living room in each apartment or suite shall have at least one hundred thirty-two […]