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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: […]

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 […]

300 – Registry of Owner.

§ 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.

§ 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.

§ 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.

§ 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.

§ 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 […]

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.