173 – Heating.
§ 173. Heating. Every new dwelling shall be provided with heat in all living rooms sufficient to maintain the minimum temperatures required by local law, ordinances, rules or regulation, or by the local public health officer, provided, however, that such minimum temperature shall, notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of section three hundred twenty-nine of […]
174 – Repairs and Cleanliness.
§ 174. Repairs and cleanliness. The owner shall keep all and every part of a dwelling and the lot on which it is situated in good repair, clean and free from vermin, rodents, dirt, filth, garbage or other thing or matter dangerous to life or health; but the tenant shall also be liable if a […]
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.
136 – Motor Vehicle Storage.
§ 136. Motor vehicle storage. A space or a structure may be provided and maintained in any multiple dwelling or upon the premises thereof for the storage of passenger motor vehicles but only with a written permit therefor from the department and in accordance with every applicable local law, ordinance, resolution, code provision or regulation […]
137 – Business Uses.
§ 137. Business uses. When business is conducted in a non-fireproof multiple dwelling, the ceiling of the business space shall be covered with fire-resistive materials or be equipped with a sprinkler system.