Title MDW, Multiple Dwelling

§ 36. Windows and skylights for public halls and stairs. 1. In every\nmultiple dwelling erected after April eighteenth, nineteen hundred\ntwenty-nine, one at least of the required windows provided to light each\npublic hall or part thereof shall be at least two feet six inches w…

§ 360. Cancellation of notice of pendency of action. If an action or\nproceeding to establish a lien upon such premises terminates otherwise\nthan in a judgment establishing such a lien, or if the judgment be fully\npaid, such notice of pendency of action or proceeding may be ca…

§ 365. Laws repealed. All statutes of the state and local laws,\nordinances and regulations of cities to which this chapter is or\nhereafter becomes applicable, so far as inconsistent with the provisions\nof this chapter, are hereby repealed; provided that nothing in this\nchapt…

§ 366. Saving clauses. 1. The repeal of any provisions of this\nchapter, or the repeal of any provisions of any statute of the state or\nlocal law, ordinance, resolution or regulation shall not affect or\nimpair any act done, offense committed or right accruing, accrued or\nacqu…

§ 367. Effect of invalidity in part. If any term, part, provision,\narticle, section, subdivision or paragraph of this chapter shall be held\nunconstitutional, or ineffective in whole or in part, then to the extent\nthat it is not unconstitutional or ineffective, this chapter an…

§ 37. Artificial hall lighting. 1. In every multiple dwelling the\nowner shall provide a light or lights, each of at least sixty watts\nincandescent or twenty watts cool white fluorescent or equivalent\nillumination, for every vestibule and entrance hall in every public\nhall, s…

§ 4. Definitions. Certain words and terms when used in this chapter,\nunless the context or subject matter requires otherwise, are defined as\nfollows:\n 1. Wherever the word or words "occupied," "is occupied," "used" or "is\nused" appear, such word or words shall be construed a…

§ 50. Entrance halls. Every entrance hall in every multiple dwelling\nerected after April eighteenth, nineteen hundred twenty-nine, shall be\nat least four feet in clear width from the entrance to the first stair,\nand beyond that shall be at least three feet eight inches in cle…

§ 50-a. Entrances: doors, locks and intercommunication systems. 1.\nEvery entrance from the street, passageway, court, yard, cellar, or\nsimilar entrance to a class A multiple dwelling erected or converted\nafter January first, nineteen hundred sixty-eight, except an entrance\nl…

§ 50-c. Rights of tenants to operate and maintain a lobby attendant\nservice. 1. Tenants of every class A multiple dwelling containing eight\nor more apartments shall be entitled to maintain and operate a lobby\nattendant service for such multiple dwelling at any time or times w…

§ 51. Shafts, elevators and dumbwaiters. 1. Every shaft constructed\nafter April eighteenth, nineteen hundred twenty-nine, in any multiple\ndwelling shall be enclosed on all sides with fireproof walls and shall\nhave fireproof doors and assemblies at all openings, with the doors…

§ 51-a. Peepholes. In every multiple dwelling the owner shall provide\nand maintain a peephole in the entrance door of each housing unit. Such\npeephole shall be located, as prescribed by the department, but shall be\nso located as to enable a person in such housing unit to view…

§ 51-b. Mirrors in connection with self-service elevators. In all\nmultiple dwellings in which there are one or more self-service passenger\nelevators, there shall, pursuant to such regulations as the department\nshall prescribe, be affixed and maintained in each such elevator a…

§ 51-c. Rights of tenants to install and maintain locks in certain\nentrance doors. Every tenant of a multiple dwelling, except a tenant of\na multiple dwelling under the supervision and control of a municipal\nhousing authority, occupied by him, except as a hotel or motel, or\n…

§ 52. Stairs. 1. In every multiple dwelling erected after April\neighteenth, nineteen hundred twenty-nine, every interior stair,\nfire-stair and fire-tower and every exterior stair in connection with\nany dwelling altered or erected after January first, nineteen hundred\nfifty-o…

§ 53. Fire-escapes. Every fire-escape erected after April eighteenth,\nnineteen hundred twenty-nine, shall be located, arranged, constructed\nand maintained in accordance with the following provisions:\n 1. Access to a fire-escape shall be from a living room or private hall\nin …

§ 54. Cellar entrance. There shall be a direct entrance to the cellar,\nor to the lowest story if there be no cellar, from the outside of every\nmultiple dwelling erected after April eighteenth, nineteen hundred\ntwenty-nine, except that in non-fireproof multiple dwellings erect…

§ 55. Wainscoting. 1. Whenever the surface of walls, partitions or\nceilings in any apartment or suite of rooms of any non-fireproof\nmultiple dwelling is covered, sheathed or wainscoted wholly or in part\nafter April eighteenth, nineteen hundred twenty-nine, such covering\nshal…

§ 56. Frame buildings and extensions. 1. Except as provided in section\none hundred ninety-three and subdivision seven of this section, no frame\nmultiple dwelling shall be erected and no frame dwelling not used as a\nmultiple dwelling on April eighteenth, nineteen hundred twent…

§ 57. Bells; mail receptacles. 1. Whenever bells are installed at the\nentrance to any multiple dwelling or at any door of an individual\napartment in a multiple dwelling, they shall be kept in good working\norder.\n 2. Whenever the owner of a multiple dwelling has not arranged …

§ 58. Incombustible materials. Except as may be specifically provided\notherwise in this chapter, all required incombustible materials,\nincluding fireproofed wood, shall be capable of withstanding\nsuccessfully standard fire tests as prescribed by the building code. In\nthe abs…

§ 59. Bakeries and fat boiling. 1. It shall be unlawful to construct\nor maintain a bakery or a place of business where fat is boiled in any\nnon-fireproof multiple dwelling or upon the lot on which such dwelling\nis situated, unless the ceiling, side walls and all exposed iron …

§ 60. Motor vehicle storage. A space may be provided and maintained in\nany multiple dwelling or upon the premises thereof, or a structure may\nbe erected and maintained at the rear or side thereof, for the storage\nof passenger motor vehicles but only with a written permit ther…

§ 61. Business uses. 1. Except as may be otherwise provided by any\nlocal law, ordinance, rule or regulation, business may be conducted in\nany multiple dwelling including:\n a. Baking and fat-boiling as provided in section fifty-nine,\n b. Storage of passenger motor vehicles as…

§ 62. Parapets, guard railings and wires. 1. Every open area of a\nroof, terrace, areaway, outside stair, stair landing, retaining wall or\nporch and every stair window of a multiple dwelling erected after April\neighteenth, nineteen hundred twenty-nine, shall be protected in a …

§ 63. Sub-curb uses. 1. When any living room is below the level of the\nhighest curb in front of any multiple dwelling erected after April\neighteenth, nineteen hundred twenty-nine, in accordance with the\nprovisions of paragraph f of subdivision one of section thirty-four, all\…

§ 64. Lighting; gas meters; gas and oil appliances. 1. Every multiple\ndwelling after July first, nineteen hundred fifty-five, shall be\nadequately equipped throughout all stories and cellars for lighting by\ngas or electricity, with proper fixtures at every light outlet,\ninclu…

§ 65. Boiler rooms. 1. Except as hereafter provided, in every multiple\ndwelling erected after April eighteenth, nineteen hundred twenty-nine,\nwhich is four stories or more in height the boiler shall be enclosed in\na room or space constructed with fireproof walls extending fro…

§ 66. Lodging houses. 1. It shall be unlawful to occupy any lodging\nhouse unless such dwelling conforms to the provisions of the specific\nsections enumerated in section twenty-five to the extent required\ntherein, including the provisions of this section, and to all other\napp…

§ 67. Hotels and certain other class A and class B dwellings. 1. It\nshall be unlawful to occupy any class A or class B multiple dwelling,\nincluding a hotel, unless it conforms to the provisions of the specific\nsections enumerated in section twenty-five to the extent required\…

§ 68. Smoke detecting devices. 1. This section shall apply to all\nmultiple dwellings, whenever constructed, provided however, that for the\npurposes of this section the term "multiple dwelling" shall also include\nany dwelling accommodation used as a temporary or permanent resi…

§ 75. Water supply. 1. In every multiple dwelling erected after April\neighteenth, nineteen hundred twenty-nine, where space is provided for\ncooking there shall be in every apartment a proper sink with running\nwater and with a two-inch waste and trap.\n 2. The owner of every m…

§ 76. Water-closet and bath accommodations. 1. General requirements.\nThis section shall apply to all dwellings whenever erected or converted\nexcept as herein provided.\n a. No water-closet shall be installed, kept or maintained in any yard,\ncourt or other open space, and ever…

§ 77. Plumbing and drainage. 1. In every multiple dwelling all liquid\nor water-borne waste from plumbing fixtures shall be conveyed by a house\ndrain and house sewer to a street sewer or to a combined street\nstorm-water main and sewer, unless no such sewers are available. It\n…

§ 78. Repairs. 1. Every multiple dwelling, including its roof or\nroofs, and every part thereof and the lot upon which it is situated,\nshall be kept in good repair. The owner shall be responsible for\ncompliance with the provisions of this section; but the tenant also\nshall be…

§ 79. Heating. 1. Every multiple dwelling exceeding two stories in\nheight and erected after April eighteenth, nineteen hundred twenty-nine,\nand every garden-type maisonette dwelling project erected after April\neighteenth, nineteen hundred fifty-four, shall be provided with he…

§ 8. General application of chapter to dwellings. All the requirements\nof this chapter shall apply to all kinds and classes of multiple\ndwellings, except where there are specific provisions, requirements or\nexceptions for one or more kinds or classes. A specific provision for…

§ 80. Cleanliness. 1. The owner shall keep all and every part of a\nmultiple dwelling, the lot on which it is situated, and the roofs,\nyards, courts, passages, areas or alleys appurtenant thereto, clean and\nfree from vermin, dirt, filth, garbage or other thing or matter\ndange…

§ 81. Receptacles for waste matter. 1. The owner of every multiple\ndwelling shall provide proper and suitable conveniences or receptacles\nfor ashes, rubbish, garbage, refuse and other waste matter and shall\narrange for the removal of such waste matter daily.\n 2. No person sh…

§ 82. Privacy. In every apartment of three or more rooms in every\nclass A multiple dwelling erected after April eighteenth, nineteen\nhundred twenty-nine, there shall be access to every living room and\nbedroom without passing through any bedroom.\n

§ 83. Janitor or housekeeper. Whenever there are thirteen or more\nfamilies occupying any multiple dwelling and the owner does not reside\ntherein, there shall be a janitor, housekeeper or some other person\nresponsible on behalf of the owner who shall reside in said dwelling, o…

§ 84. Construction standards for the control of noise. On or before\nJanuary first, nineteen hundred sixty-nine, the department shall\nformulate, adopt, promulgate and thereafter from time to time amend\nstandards of sound retardation for the walls, partitions and floors and\nce…

§ 9. Buildings converted or altered. 1. On or after December\nfifteenth, nineteen hundred sixty-one, no multiple dwelling shall be\nenlarged or its lot diminished so that the yard or other unoccupied\nareas shall be less in size or area than the minimum dimensions\nprescribed in…