Title MDW, Multiple Dwelling

§ 1. Short title. This chapter shall be known as the "multiple\ndwelling law."\n

§ 10. Time for compliance. All alterations required by this chapter\nupon dwellings erected before its adoption by or application to any\ncity, town or village, in whole or in part, shall, unless specifically\nprovided otherwise in this chapter, be made not later than five years…

§ 100. Application of article four. The provisions of this article\nshall apply to fireproof multiple dwellings erected after April\neighteenth, nineteen hundred twenty-nine, and to such dwellings only.\nThey shall apply to all such fireproof dwellings unless their\napplication …

§ 101. Requirements for fireproof construction. 1. Every such dwelling\nexceeding six stories or seventy-five feet in height shall be fireproof.\nNo multiple dwelling shall be altered so as to exceed either of such\nheights without being made fireproof.\n 2. In a fireproof multi…

§ 102. Stairs. 1. Except as otherwise specifically provided in\nsubdivisions three and four and in paragraphs b to j inclusive of\nsubdivision six, every multiple dwelling which exceeds two stories in\nheight shall have at least two fire-stairs. Such fire-stairs shall\nextend fr…

§ 103. Egress from apartments. 1. a. Except as provided in paragraph\nb of this subdivision, there shall be at least one means of egress from\neach apartment on each and every story of such apartment, and a second\nmeans of egress if the first means is not within fifty feet of e…

§ 104. Bulkheads. 1. Every stair, fire-stair and fire-tower required\nby this chapter to extend to the level of the roof or to any terrace\nformed by a setback shall extend to and through a fireproof bulkhead or\nother fireproof enclosure in such roof or terrace approved by the\…

§ 105. Separation and ventilation of stairs. 1. In a dwelling in which\none or more passenger elevators are maintained and operated opening upon\na public hall at every story, all stairs, fire-stairs and fire-towers\nshall be completely separated from one another and from every …

§ 106. Cellar and basement stairs. A cellar or basement stair may be\nlocated inside the dwelling, but shall not be located underneath a stair\nleading to the upper stories unless it is a basement stair leading\nupward from a basement which is the main entrance story of the dwel…

§ 107. Public halls. 1. Every public vestibule or other public hall\nshall comply either with the provisions of section one hundred\nforty-nine for non-fireproof multiple dwellings, so far as applicable,\nor with the provisions of subdivision two of this section, except that\nth…

§ 108. Partitions. All partitions shall rest directly upon the\nfireproof floor construction and never upon any wood flooring, and shall\nextend to the fireproof construction of the floor or roof above.\n

§ 11. Dwellings damaged or moved. 1. If a multiple dwelling be damaged\nby fire or other cause to the extent of two-thirds or more of its value\nat the time of such damage exclusive of the value of the foundation,\nsuch dwelling shall not be repaired or rebuilt except in conform…

§ 115. Interior water-closets and bathrooms. Interior water-closet\ncompartments and bathrooms contained in fireproof multiple dwellings\nshall comply with the applicable provisions of section seventy-six.\n

§ 116. Water-closets in certain class B multiple dwellings.\nWater-closets contained in certain class B multiple dwellings shall\ncomply with the applicable provisions of section seventy-six.\n

§ 117. Employees' water-closets. Water-closet compartments provided\nfor domestic servants of tenants in multiple dwellings shall comply with\nthe applicable provisions of section seventy-six.\n

§ 12. Prohibited uses. 1. It shall be unlawful to use any multiple\ndwelling or any part of the lot or premises thereof for the purpose of\nprostitution or assignation of any description.\n 2. It shall be unlawful to keep any horse, cow, calf, swine, rabbit,\nsheep, goat, chicke…

§ 120. Use of dwelling units in a class A multiple dwelling for other\nthan permanent residence purposes. 1. Notwithstanding any other\nprovision of law to the contrary, within a class A multiple dwelling to\nwhich this article is applicable the use of dwelling units as a hotel\…

§ 121. Prohibiting advertising that promotes the use of dwelling units\nin a class A multiple dwelling for other than permanent residence\npurposes. 1. It shall be unlawful to advertise occupancy or use of\ndwelling units in a class A multiple dwelling for occupancy that would\n…

§ 13. Application of chapter to existing dwellings. Any building\nerected and occupied on or before April eighteenth, nineteen hundred\ntwenty-nine, or thereafter, as a tenement, which is not recorded as such\nin the department, shall be required to comply with all the provision…

§ 14. Application of chapter to uncompleted dwellings. 1. The\nprovisions of this chapter relating to multiple dwellings erected after\nApril eighteenth, nineteen hundred twenty-nine, shall not apply to any\nmultiple dwelling for which plans were on file with the department or a…

§ 140. Application of article five. The provisions of this article\nshall apply to non-fireproof multiple dwellings erected after April\neighteenth, nineteen hundred twenty-nine, and to such dwellings only.\nThey shall apply to all such non-fireproof dwellings unless their\nappl…

§ 141. Height. Any such dwelling which is seventy-five feet or less in\nheight above the curb level and has six stories or less may be of\nnon-fireproof construction.\n

§ 142. Sub-curb uses. 1. When such a dwelling is more than eighty feet\nin height measured from the lowest point of the yard or of any curb on\nwhich any part of the dwelling faces, whichever is lower, and any room\nin such dwelling below the level of the highest curb which any …

§ 143. Construction of first floor. 1. The first floor above the\nlowest cellar, or, if there be no cellar, above the lowest story, shall\nbe fireproof or, if the dwelling be three stories or less in height,\nfire-retarded. Said first floor shall be unpierced except for a stair\…

§ 144. Egress from dwellings. 1. A dwelling three or more stories in\nheight shall have at least two means of egress extending to the roof\nfrom an entrance story, street, court or yard. The entrances to such\nmeans of egress at every story shall be at least fifteen feet distant…

§ 145. Fire-escapes. Every fire-escape shall be located, arranged,\nconstructed and maintained as provided in section fifty-three.\n

§ 146. Egress from apartments. 1. There shall be at least two means of\negress from every apartment or suite. Such means shall be remote from\neach other. Except where it opens into a stair as permitted in\nsubdivision three, one means shall be to a public hall connecting with a…

§ 147. Bulkheads and scuttles. 1. Except as otherwise provided in\nsubdivision two of this section, every required stair, fire-stair and\nfire-tower in dwellings three stories or more in height shall have a\nbulkhead constructed as provided for fireproof dwellings in section one…

§ 148. Public stairs. 1. Every stair, fire-stair and fire-tower shall,\nexcept as otherwise provided in subdivisions three and four of this\nsection and section one hundred forty-nine, be constructed as provided\nfor fire-stairs in sections one hundred two and one hundred five f…

§ 149. Public halls. 1. Every public hall shall be everywhere at least\nthree feet in clear width.\n 2. Every public hall shall be completely enclosed with fireproof\nfloor, ceiling and walls, and, in dwellings erected under plans filed in\nthe department after September first, …

§ 15. Multiple dwelling emergency information. 1. In the case of an\nemergency affecting a multiple dwelling, the owner or agent of such\nmultiple dwelling shall provide emergency service personnel, upon the\nrequest of such emergency service personnel, including but not limited…

§ 150. Cellar and basement stairs. 1. Except as otherwise provided in\nthis section, there shall be no inside stair communicating between the\nlowest cellar or the lowest story, if there be no cellar, and the floor\nnext above, but any stair communicating between such floors sha…

§ 151. Spaces under stairs. 1. It shall be unlawful to have a closet\nof any kind under any public stair.\n 2. The space beneath every stair from the foot of the stair to a point\nwhere the soffit is four feet or more above the floor shall be entirely\nenclosed with unpierced fi…

§ 152. Fire-stopping. 1. In every wall where wooden furring is used\nevery course of masonry from the under side to the top of any floor\nbeams shall project a distance of at least two inches beyond each face\nof the wall that is not on the outside of the dwelling; and whenever\…

§ 160. Water-closets. Water-closet compartments in class B\nnon-fireproof multiple dwellings shall comply with the applicable\nprovisions of section seventy-six.\n

§ 161. Application of article five-A. The provisions of this article\nshall apply to garden-type maisonette dwelling projects erected under\nplans filed with the department on or after April eighteenth, nineteen\nhundred fifty-four. They shall apply to all such dwellings unless …

§ 162. Single ownership. The owner of any site or plot upon which a\ngarden-type maisonette dwelling project is proposed to be erected shall\nexecute and file in the office of the recording officer in the county\nwhere deeds of conveyances are recorded an instrument in writing w…

§ 163. Construction and arrangement. Garden-type maisonette dwelling\nprojects may be erected on condition that they comply with the following\nprovisions:\n 1. The dwelling units in such projects, together, or in their\naggregate, do not exceed in superficial area thirty-five p…

§ 170. Application of article six and other provisions to converted\ndwellings. The provisions of this article shall apply to converted\ndwellings and to such dwellings only. They shall apply to all converted\ndwellings unless their application is expressly limited to dwellings …

§ 170-a. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a\ndwelling, other than a frame dwelling, three stories or less in height\nerected after April eighteenth, nineteen hundred twenty-nine as a one or\ntwo-family dwelling may be converted to a multiple dwelling to be\no…

§ 171. Alterations. 1. A building, other than a frame building,\noriginally occupied as a one-family or two-family dwelling may be\naltered to a converted dwelling if its bulk and volume has not been\nincreased since April eighteenth, nineteen hundred twenty-nine, and if\nit is …

§ 172. Yards and courts. 1. Except as provided in subdivision two,\nthere shall be a yard thirteen feet or more in depth across the entire\nlot in the rear of every converted dwelling, or an outer court three\nfeet or more in width which alone or with any open space at the rear …

§ 173. Windows in rooms. 1. Except as provided in subdivision four of\nsection one hundred seventy-seven every living room shall have one or\nmore windows opening directly upon a street or upon a yard or court with\ndimensions conforming to those specified in section one hundred…

§ 174. Size of rooms. Every living room shall contain five hundred\nfifty cubic feet or more of air, shall be at least six feet wide at its\nnarrowest part and shall have a minimum height of seven feet if such\nroom is in the basement, of seven feet at all points more than six f…

§ 175. Alcoves. 1. Every alcove, except a cooking space or foyer,\nshall be deemed a living room and shall open into an immediately\nadjoining living room which opens directly on a yard or street and in\nbuildings not over two stories in height, such living room may open\ndirect…

§ 176. Cooking spaces. If space exists or is provided for cooking,\nsuch space shall comply with the provisions of section thirty-three.\n

§ 177. Rooms in basements and cellars. 1. No room in any cellar shall\nbe occupied for living purposes, except as provided in subdivision six\nof section thirty-four or in subdivision three of this section.\n 2. A room occupied for living purposes in a basement shall comply with…

§ 178. Lighting and ventilation of stairs. Where the stair and public\nhalls are not provided on each story with windows opening to a street,\nyard or court, a skylight equipped with ridge ventilators having an\nopening of forty square inches or more shall be provided in the roo…

§ 179. Privacy. In every apartment of three or more rooms in every\nclass A converted dwelling there shall be access to every living room\nwithout passing through any bedroom, and to at least one water-closet\ncompartment within the apartment from every bedroom without passing\n…

§ 185. Cellar ceilings. 1. Except as provided in paragraph g of\nsubdivision three of section one hundred seventy-one, the ceiling of the\ncellar, or of the lowest story if there be no cellar, shall be\nfire-retarded unless such dwelling is three stories or less in height\nand t…