New York Multiple Residence Law Title 1 - FIRE PROTECTION

• 201 - Requirements for Fireproof Construction.
  1. Every new multiple dwelling exceeding six stories or seventy-five feet in height shall be fireproof. 2. The foregoing requirements shall not be construed as...
• 202 - Egress From Dwellings.
  1. Nursing and convalescent homes, homes for the aged and boarding and nursery schools, two stories in height erected after July first, nineteen hundred fifty-seven,...
• 203 - Egress From Apartments.
  1. There shall be at least one means of egress from each apartment or suite on each and every story of such apartment or suite,...
• 204 - Bulkheads.
  Every stair and fire-stair required by this chapter to extend to the level of the roof shall extend to and through a fireproof bulkhead or...
• 205 - Separation and Ventilation of Stairs.
  1. All stairs and fire-stairs shall be completely separated from one another and from every elevator or other shaft by fireproof walls. They shall be...
• 206 - Cellar and Basement Stairs.
  All inside cellar or basement stairs shall be entirely enclosed with fireproof walls and be provided with fireproof doors and assemblies, with the doors self-closing,...
• 207 - Public Halls.
  1. Every public vestibule or other public hall shall comply either with the applicable provisions of section two hundred fifty-eight for non-fireproof dwellings, or with...

Last modified: February 3, 2019