280 – Water-Closets and Bathrooms.
§ 280. Water-closets and bathrooms. The requirements for water-closet compartments, bath and shower rooms shall be the same as provided in section two hundred fifteen for fireproof dwellings, except that each required water-closet compartment, bath or shower room in an apartment shall be ventilated by a window opening to the outer air as provided in […]
259 – Cellar and Basement Stairs.
§ 259. Cellar and basement stairs. A cellar or basement stair located inside the dwelling shall be entirely enclosed with fireproof walls and be provided, at all openings, with fireproof doors and assemblies, with the doors self-closing, except that in any dwelling three stories or less in height, such stair may be enclosed with walls […]
260 – One and Two-Story Frame Dwellings; Area Limitation.
§ 260. One and two-story frame dwellings; area limitation. A frame dwelling not exceeding two stories in height erected pursuant to plans filed after April first, nineteen hundred fifty-nine, and containing an area greater than three thousand square feet must, in addition to any other applicable provisions of this article, comply with the following provisions: […]
257 – Public Stairs.
§ 257. Public stairs. 1. Every stair and fire-stair shall, except as otherwise provided in subdivisions three and four of this section and in section two hundred fifty-nine, be constructed as provided for fire-stairs in sections two hundred two and two hundred five for fireproof dwellings. 2. Every stair and fire-stair shall be at least […]
258 – Public Halls.
§ 258. Public halls. 1. Every public hall shall be everywhere at least three feet in clear width. 2. Except as herein provided, every public hall shall be completely enclosed with fireproof floor, ceiling and walls, and separated from every stair by fireproof partitions or walls, and all doors and their assemblies opening therefrom shall […]
251 – Height Limitation.
§ 251. Height limitation. A dwelling not exceeding seventy-five feet or six stories in height may be non-fireproof construction.
252 – Sub-Curb Uses.
§ 252. Sub-curb uses. In all portions of such dwellings below the level of the highest curb all structural members, partitions, furrings and ceilings shall be constructed of incombustible materials.
253 – Construction of First Floor.
§ 253. Construction of first floor. The first floor above the lowest cellar, or, if there be no cellar, above the lowest story, shall be fireproof or, if the dwelling be three stories or less in height, fire-retarded.
254 – Egress From Dwellings.
§ 254. 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 […]
255 – Egress From Apartments.
§ 255. Egress from apartments. 1. A dwelling three or more stories in height shall have at least two means of egress from every apartment or suite. Such means shall be remote from each other. Except where it opens into a stair as permitted in subdivision three, one means shall be to a public hall […]