Title MRE, Multiple Residence

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

§ 10. Dwellings damaged. If an old or other existing multiple dwelling\nbe damaged by fire or other cause to the extent of two-thirds or more of\nits value at the time of such damage exclusive of the value of the\nfoundation, such dwelling shall not be repaired or rebuilt except…

§ 100. Application of article five. All the provisions of this article\nshall apply to every multiple dwelling of permanent or transient\noccupancy erected on or after July first, nineteen hundred fifty-two,\nand shall apply in addition to and not in substitution for the\nprovis…

§ 101. Height and bulk. The height and bulk of any new multiple\ndwelling shall be in accordance with the provisions of any applicable\nlocal law, ordinance, resolution, code provision or regulation.\n

§ 102. Yards and courts. Yards and courts in connection with any such\nmultiple dwelling shall be in accordance with the provisions of any\napplicable local law, ordinance, resolution, code provision or\nregulation.\n

§ 103. Lighting and ventilation of rooms. 1. Except as in this section\nand in sections one hundred five, one hundred seventy-one and articles\nthree and four otherwise expressly provided, every living room shall\nhave at least one window opening directly upon a street, yard or …

§ 104. Size of rooms. 1. Every living room, except kitchens, shall\ncontain at least eighty square feet of floor space and shall be not less\nthan eight feet in its least horizontal dimension. However, in every\npermanently occupied dwelling, one living room in each apartment or…

§ 105. Cooking spaces. 1. Every space which is intended, arranged or\ndesigned for cooking or warming of food shall be either a kitchen or\nkitchenette.\n 2. A kitchen or kitchenette shall be unlawful unless it is\nconstructed, arranged and maintained in compliance with the foll…

§ 106. Rooms in cellars. It shall be unlawful to occupy all or any\npart of a cellar for sleeping purposes, but all or part of such cellar\nmay be used for storage or other general utility purposes accessory to\nthe occupancy, use or management of the dwelling.\n

§ 107. Entrance doors. Every door giving access to an entrance hall\nfrom outside the dwelling shall contain at least five square feet of\nglazed surface. Every such door shall open outwardly. The width of every\nsuch door shall be at least forty-four inches. However, when doubl…

§ 108. Windows and skylights for public halls and stairs. 1. Where a\nwindow or windows are required to light a public hall or part thereof,\nat least one of such windows shall be not less than two feet six inches\nwide and five feet high. Every required window in such a hall sh…

§ 109. Artificial lighting. The owner shall provide a light or lights\nin every public hall, stair and fire-stair on every floor so that every\nsuch space shall be lighted adequately.\n

§ 11. Old dwellings. Except as required in section nine and articles\nthree and four, nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require\nany change in the construction, use, or occupancy of any old or other\nexisting multiple dwelling occupied as such on July first, nineteen…

§ 12. Uncompleted dwellings. 1. The provisions of this chapter\nrelating to new multiple dwellings shall not apply to any multiple\ndwelling for which plans were on file with the department or a permit to\ncommence building was issued by the department before July first,\nninete…

§ 13. Prohibited uses: The storage or keeping of any combustible\ngaseous material within any multiple dwelling shall be unlawful unless a\nwritten permit therefor is issued by the department and any and all\nlocal laws or regulations applicable thereto are complied with. The\np…

§ 130. Entrance halls. Every entrance hall shall be at least three\nfeet eight inches in clear width from the entrance to the first stair.\nIf such an entrance hall is the only entrance to more than one required\nstairs, the width of such hall shall be increased in every part, f…

§ 131. Shafts, elevators and dumbwaiters. Every shaft shall be\nenclosed on all sides with fireproof walls and shall have fireproof\ndoors and assemblies at all openings, with the doors self-closing. Not\nmore than three elevators or dumbwaiters shall ever be placed in the\nsame…

§ 132. Stairs. Every interior and exterior stair and fire-stair shall\nbe provided with proper balustrades and handrails. Every such stair and\nfire-stair three feet eight inches or more in width shall be provided\nwith a handrail on each side. Each tread, exclusive of nosing, s…

§ 133. Fire-escapes. 1. Every fire-escape shall be located, arranged,\nconstructed and maintained in accordance with the following provisions:\n a. Each fire-escape shall be accessible to one or more exterior doors\nor windows opening from the room, apartment or suite, and such …

§ 134. Cellar entrance. There shall be a direct entrance to the\ncellar, or to the lowest story if there be no cellar, from the outside\nof every multiple dwelling, except that any stair leading to such cellar\nor lowest story may be located inside the dwelling provided it is\ne…

§ 135. Frame buildings. It shall be unlawful to erect a frame multiple\ndwelling exceeding two stories in height.\n

§ 136. Motor vehicle storage. A space or a structure may be provided\nand maintained in any multiple dwelling or upon the premises thereof for\nthe storage of passenger motor vehicles but only with a written permit\ntherefor from the department and in accordance with every appli…

§ 137. Business uses. When business is conducted in a non-fireproof\nmultiple dwelling, the ceiling of the business space shall be covered\nwith fire-resistive materials or be equipped with a sprinkler system.\n

§ 138. Parapets and guard railings. Except as hereinafter provided\nevery open area of a roof, terrace, areaway, outside stair, retaining\nwall or porch shall be protected by a parapet wall, a guard railing, or\nboth, extending three feet six inches or more in height above the l…

§ 139. Boiler rooms. In every dwelling the boiler or furnace of a\ncentral heating plant shall be enclosed in a fireproof room or space and\nall openings therefrom to other portions of the dwelling shall be\nequipped with fireproof doors and assemblies with the doors\nself-closi…

§ 15. 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…

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

§ 170. Water supply. The owner shall provide proper appliances to\nreceive and distribute in such dwelling an adequate supply of water\nobtained from the public water supply system or from a source approved\nby the public health officer having jurisdiction at all times when the\…

§ 171. Water-closet and bath accommodations. 1. Every dwelling\narranged for permanent occupancy shall contain a water-closet in every\napartment.\n 2. The floor of every compartment, bathroom or general toilet room\nshall be made waterproof and such waterproofing shall extend s…

§ 172. Plumbing and drainage. All liquid or water-borne waste from\nplumbing fixtures shall be conveyed by a house drain and house sewer to\na street sewer or to a combined street storm water main and sewer,\nunless no such sewers are available. Where neither kind of sewer is\na…

§ 173. Heating. Every new dwelling shall be provided with heat in all\nliving rooms sufficient to maintain the minimum temperatures required by\nlocal law, ordinances, rules or regulation, or by the local public\nhealth officer, provided, however, that such minimum temperature s…

§ 174. Repairs and cleanliness. The owner shall keep all and every\npart of a dwelling and the lot on which it is situated in good repair,\nclean and free from vermin, rodents, dirt, filth, garbage or other thing\nor matter dangerous to life or health; but the tenant shall also …

§ 2. Legislative finding. It is hereby declared that intensive\noccupation of multiple dwellings having three or more families,\ninadequate provision for light and air, insufficient protection against\nand defective provisions for escape from fire, as well as the amount of\nimpr…

§ 200. Application of article six. The provisions of this article\nshall apply only to fireproof new multiple dwellings of permanent or\ntransient occupancy, and shall apply in addition to and not in\nsubstitution for the provisions of articles two and five, and in the\ncase of …

§ 201. Requirements for fireproof construction. 1. Every new multiple\ndwelling exceeding six stories or seventy-five feet in height shall be\nfireproof.\n 2. The foregoing requirements shall not be construed as prohibiting:\n a. Elsewhere than within, or in the openings to, the…

§ 202. Egress from dwellings. 1. Nursing and convalescent homes, homes\nfor the aged and boarding and nursery schools, two stories in height\nerected after July first, nineteen hundred fifty-seven, child caring\ninstitutions, two stories in height erected after July first, ninet…

§ 203. Egress from apartments. 1. There shall be at least one means of\negress from each apartment or suite on each and every story of such\napartment or suite, and a second means of egress if the first means is\nnot within forty feet of every living room in such apartment or su…

§ 204. Bulkheads. Every stair and fire-stair required by this chapter\nto extend to the level of the roof shall extend to and through a\nfireproof bulkhead or other fireproof enclosure in such roof. Such\nbulkhead or enclosure shall give unobstructed access at all times to\nsuch…

§ 205. Separation and ventilation of stairs. 1. All stairs and\nfire-stairs shall be completely separated from one another and from\nevery elevator or other shaft by fireproof walls. They shall be\nconstructed of fireproof material throughout and shall contain no wood\nor other …

§ 206. Cellar and basement stairs. All inside cellar or basement\nstairs shall be entirely enclosed with fireproof walls and be provided\nwith fireproof doors and assemblies, with the doors self-closing, at all\nopenings.\n

§ 207. Public halls. 1. Every public vestibule or other public hall\nshall comply either with the applicable provisions of section two\nhundred fifty-eight for non-fireproof dwellings, or with all of the\nfollowing provisions:\n a. Every such public vestibule or hall shall be ev…

§ 215. Interior water-closets and bathrooms. 1. Except as otherwise\nprovided in this section, water-closets, bath and shower rooms may be\nventilated by windows or mechanically ventilated as prescribed in\nsection one hundred seventy-one.\n 2. In transiently occupied dwellings …

§ 25. Application of article three. The provisions of this article\nshall apply to all multiple dwellings existing on July first, nineteen\nhundred fifty-two, and shall also apply to dwellings converted to\nmultiple dwelling occupancy on or after July first, nineteen hundred\nfi…

§ 250. Application of article seven. The provisions of this article\nshall apply only to non-fireproof new dwellings of permanent or\ntransient occupancy, and shall apply in addition to and not in\nsubstitution for the provisions of articles two and five, and in the\ncase of tra…

§ 251. Height limitation. A dwelling not exceeding seventy-five feet\nor six stories in height may be non-fireproof construction.\n

§ 252. Sub-curb uses. In all portions of such dwellings below the\nlevel of the highest curb all structural members, partitions, furrings\nand ceilings shall be constructed of incombustible materials.\n

§ 253. Construction of first floor. The first floor above the lowest\ncellar, or, if there be no cellar, above the lowest story, shall be\nfireproof or, if the dwelling be three stories or less in height,\nfire-retarded.\n

§ 254. Egress from dwellings. 1. Nursing and convalescent homes, homes\nfor the aged and boarding and nursery schools, two stories in height\nerected after July first, nineteen hundred fifty-seven, child caring\ninstitutions, two stories in height, erected after July first, nine…

§ 255. Egress from apartments. 1. A dwelling three or more stories in\nheight shall have at least two means of egress from every apartment or\nsuite. Such means shall be remote from each other. Except where it opens\ninto a stair as permitted in subdivision three, one means shal…

§ 256. Bulkheads and scuttles. 1. Every required stair and fire-stair\nin a dwelling three stories or more in height shall have a bulkhead\nconstructed as provided for fireproof dwellings in section two hundred\nfour.\n 2. A dwelling which is two stories or less in height shall …