59 – Ventilation for Shafts.
§ 59. Ventilation for shafts. 1. There shall be provided in the roof directly over each stair, fire-stair, dumbwaiter, elevator or similar shaft which extends to or within one story of a roof, a ventilating metal skylight of the cross-sectional area of such shaft. Such skylight need not, however, exceed twenty square feet in area. […]
72 – Water Supply; Plumbing and Drainage.
§ 72. Water supply; plumbing and drainage. Every such dwelling shall comply with the provisions of sections forty-one and forty-three.
60 – Bulkheads and Scuttles.
§ 60. Bulkheads and scuttles. 1. There shall be a fire-resistive bulkhead in the roof over, or connecting directly by means of a public hall with the highest portion of every stair extending to the highest story below the main roof. Stairs leading to such bulkheads shall be fire-retarded as required for other public stairs […]
61 – Fire Alarm System; Watchman.
§ 61. Fire alarm system; watchman. 1. Except as provided in subdivision three, in every transient dwelling containing thirty or more sleeping rooms for transient occupancy, there shall be an interior fire alarm system. 2. Except as provided in subdivision three, in every fireproof transient dwelling containing fifty or more sleeping rooms for transient occupants, […]
62 – Miscellaneous Provisions.
§ 62. Miscellaneous provisions. 1. An existing sprinkler installation, fire alarm, watchman’s clock or fire-detecting system which has been approved or accepted by the department having jurisdiction and installed before July first, nineteen hundred fifty-two, in conformity with rules and regulations adopted by the commission, shall, after inspection by the said department, be deemed to […]
63 – Two Story Transient Dwellings.
§ 63. Two story transient dwellings. 1. All nursing and convalescent homes, homes for the aged, and boarding and nursery schools, two stories in height, shall conform with all of the provisions of article four. 2. Except as provided in subdivision one of this section, the only provisions of article four which shall apply to […]
64 – One Story Transient Dwellings.
§ 64. One story transient dwellings. The only provisions of article four which shall apply to one story transient dwellings in existence on July first, nineteen hundred fifty-two, shall be sections sixty, sixty-one, sixty-five and title two.
65 – Artificial Lighting.
§ 65. Artificial lighting. The owner shall provide a light or lights in every public hall, stair and fire-stair on every floor so that every such space shall be lighted adequately.
55 – Egress.
§ 55. Egress. 1. In every transient dwelling to which this article is applicable there shall be from each story at least two independent means of egress accessible to each room, apartment or suite, except as otherwise provided in section sixty-three with respect to two story transient dwellings. 2. The first means of egress shall […]
56 – Exit and Directional Signs.
§ 56. Exit and directional signs. Every means of egress shall be indicated by a sign reading “EXIT” in red letters at least eight inches high on a white background, or vice versa, illuminated at all times during the day and night by a red light of at least twenty-five watts or equivalent illumination. Such […]