New York Multiple Residence Law Title 1 - FIRE PROTECTION
- 251 - Height Limitation.
A dwelling not exceeding seventy-five feet or six stories in height may be non-fireproof construction.
- 252 - Sub-Curb Uses.
In all portions of such dwellings below the level of the highest curb all structural members, partitions, furrings and ceilings shall be constructed of incombustible
- 253 - Construction of First Floor.
The first floor above the lowest cellar, or, if there be no cellar, above the lowest story, shall be fireproof or, if the dwelling be...
- 254 - 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,...
- 255 - Egress From Apartments.
1. A dwelling three or more stories in height shall have at least two means of egress from every apartment or suite. Such means shall...
- 256 - Bulkheads and Scuttles.
1. Every required stair and fire-stair in a dwelling three stories or more in height shall have a bulkhead constructed as provided for fireproof dwellings...
- 257 - Public Stairs.
1. Every stair and fire-stair shall, except as otherwise provided in subdivisions three and four of this section and in section two hundred fifty-nine, be...
- 258 - Public Halls.
1. Every public hall shall be everywhere at least three feet in clear width. 2. Except as herein provided, every public hall shall be completely...
- 259 - Cellar and Basement Stairs.
A cellar or basement stair located inside the dwelling shall be entirely enclosed with fireproof walls and be provided, at all openings, with fireproof doors...
- 260 - One and Two-Story Frame Dwellings; Area Limitation.
A frame dwelling not exceeding two stories in height erected pursuant to plans filed after April first, nineteen hundred fifty-nine, and containing an area greater...
Last modified: February 3, 2019