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