New York Multiple Residence Law Title 1 - FIRE PROTECTION
- 52 - Public Halls and Stairs.
The walls and ceiling of every entrance hall, stair hall or other public hall, every hall or passage not within an apartment or suite of...
- 53 - Storage Compartments.
There shall be one or more completely enclosed compartments for the storage of mattresses, furniture, paints, floor wax, linens, brooms, mops and other such inflammable...
- 54 - Kitchens and Pantries.
All kitchens and pantries serving restaurants or dining rooms in a non-fireproof transient dwelling shall be equipped with an automatic sprinkler system or a fire-detecting...
- 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...
- 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...
- 56-a - Posting of Means of Egress in Hotels and Motels.
On each floor of every hotel or motel having two or more stories where the rooms or suites are connected by an interior hallway there...
- 57 - Vertical and Horizontal Openings.
In order to prevent the vertical and horizontal spread of fire, smoke and gases, it shall, in addition to other applicable provisions of this article,...
- 58 - Cellar Ceiling.
The ceiling of the cellar shall be fire-retarded or be equipped with a sprinkler system, or the entire cellar shall be equipped with a fire-detecting...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
Last modified: February 3, 2019