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 […]
256 – Bulkheads and Scuttles.
§ 256. Bulkheads and scuttles. 1. Every required stair and fire-stair in a dwelling three stories or more in height shall have a bulkhead constructed as provided for fireproof dwellings in section two hundred four. 2. A dwelling which is two stories or less in height shall be provided at each required stair or fire-stair […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
251 – Height Limitation.
§ 251. Height limitation. A dwelling not exceeding seventy-five feet or six stories in height may be non-fireproof construction.
171 – Water-Closet and Bath Accommodations.
§ 171. Water-closet and bath accommodations. 1. Every dwelling arranged for permanent occupancy shall contain a water-closet in every apartment. 2. The floor of every compartment, bathroom or general toilet room shall be made waterproof and such waterproofing shall extend six inches or more above the floor so that the floor can be washed or […]
172 – Plumbing and Drainage.
§ 172. Plumbing and drainage. All liquid or water-borne waste from plumbing fixtures shall be conveyed by a house drain and house sewer to a street sewer or to a combined street storm water main and sewer, unless no such sewers are available. Where neither kind of sewer is available, provision shall be made for […]