§ 300. Registry of owner. On or before July first, nineteen hundred fifty-four, every owner of a multiple dwelling shall file with the department a statement, in duplicate, on a form to be prepared by the department substantially as follows: Owner of record: ………………………………………………. Street No. or other identifying description: ……………………… Type of construction: ………………………………………….. […]
§ 301. Permits. 1. It shall be unlawful to commence the construction or alteration of a multiple dwelling or any part or section thereof, or of any building or structure on the same lot with such a dwelling, or the alteration or conversion of a building for use as a multiple dwelling, or the moving […]
§ 302. Certificate of occupancy. 1. No multiple dwelling shall be occupied in whole or in part until the issuance of a certificate by the department that said dwelling conforms in all respects to the requirements of this chapter, except that no such certificate shall be required for any multiple dwelling existing on July first, […]
§ 302-a. Unlawful occupation. 1. If any dwelling or structure be occupied in whole or in part for human habitation in violation of section three hundred two of this article, no rent shall be recovered by the owner of such premises for said period, and no action for possession of said premises for nonpayment of […]
§ 305. Nuisances. 1. The term nuisance shall be held to embrace whatever is dangerous to human life or detrimental to health and shall include but not be limited to: (a) a public nuisance as known at common law, statutory law and in equity jurisprudence, and (b) a dwelling that, in violation of this chapter […]
§ 305-a. Abatement of rent in the case of serious violations. 1. The provisions of this section shall apply to all cities of less than five hundred thousand population and to all towns and villages. 2. a. A “rent impairing” violation within the meaning of this section shall designate a condition in a multiple dwelling […]
§ 305-c. Right of tenant to offset payments for heat failure; certain cases. 1. Any tenant acting alone or together with other tenants of a multiple dwelling employing an oil fired heating device for which the owner is responsible and wherein there exists a lack of heat due to the owner’s failure to have oil […]
§ 306. Service of notices and orders. Every notice or order issued by the department relative to a premises shall be served at least thirty days before the time for compliance therewith. It shall be sufficient service of a departmental notice or order, if it is posted in a conspicuous place upon the premises affected […]
§ 307. Records and searches. All records of the department shall be public. Upon request the department shall be required to make a search and issue a certificate of any of its records, including violations, and shall have the power to charge and collect reasonable fees for searches or certificates.
