215 – Interior Water-Closets and Bathrooms.
§ 215. Interior water-closets and bathrooms. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, water-closets, bath and shower rooms may be ventilated by windows or mechanically ventilated as prescribed in section one hundred seventy-one. 2. In transiently occupied dwellings there shall be on each story at least two water-closet compartments for the first twenty living […]
207 – Public Halls.
§ 207. Public halls. 1. Every public vestibule or other public hall shall comply either with the applicable provisions of section two hundred fifty-eight for non-fireproof dwellings, or with all of the following provisions: a. Every such public vestibule or hall shall be everywhere at least three feet eight inches in clear width and shall […]
201 – Requirements for Fireproof Construction.
§ 201. Requirements for fireproof construction. 1. Every new multiple dwelling exceeding six stories or seventy-five feet in height shall be fireproof. 2. The foregoing requirements shall not be construed as prohibiting: a. Elsewhere than within, or in the openings to, the public halls, stairs and shafts, the use of wood for sleepers, grounds, nailing […]
202 – Egress From Dwellings.
§ 202. Egress from dwellings. 1. Nursing and convalescent homes, homes for the aged and boarding and nursery schools, two stories in height erected after July first, nineteen hundred fifty-seven, child caring institutions, two stories in height erected after July first, nineteen hundred sixty-two, and all dwellings three or more stories in height shall have […]
203 – Egress From Apartments.
§ 203. Egress from apartments. 1. There shall be at least one means of egress from each apartment or suite on each and every story of such apartment or suite, and a second means of egress if the first means is not within forty feet of every living room in such apartment or suite on […]
204 – Bulkheads.
§ 204. Bulkheads. Every stair and fire-stair required by this chapter to extend to the level of the roof shall extend to and through a fireproof bulkhead or other fireproof enclosure in such roof. Such bulkhead or enclosure shall give unobstructed access at all times to such roof by means of a fireproof door and […]
205 – Separation and Ventilation of Stairs.
§ 205. Separation and ventilation of stairs. 1. All stairs and fire-stairs shall be completely separated from one another and from every elevator or other shaft by fireproof walls. They shall be constructed of fireproof material throughout and shall contain no wood or other inflammable material of any kind, except that handrails of hardwood may […]
206 – Cellar and Basement Stairs.
§ 206. Cellar and basement stairs. All inside cellar or basement stairs shall be entirely enclosed with fireproof walls and be provided with fireproof doors and assemblies, with the doors self-closing, at all openings.