Housing Laws: A Summary of the More Important Provisions in City and State Codes1914 - 127 pages |
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Page 14 - A tenement house is any house or building, or portion thereof, which is rented, leased, let or hired out to be occupied, or is occupied as the home or residence of three families or more, living independently of each other, and doing their cooking upon the premises ; or by more than two families upon any floor so living and cooking, but having a common right in the halls, stairways, yards, waterclosets or privies, or some of them.
Page 125 - Every person who shall violate or assist in the violation of any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for ten days for each and every day that such violation shall continue or by a fine of not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars...
Page 14 - tenement house ' is any house or building, or portion thereof, which is rented, leased, let or hired out, to be occupied or is occupied as the home or residence of three families or more living independently of each other, and doing their cooking upon the premises...
Page 118 - If any building hereafter constructed as or altered into a dwelling be occupied in whole or in part for human habitation in violation of the last section, during such unlawful occupation no rent shall be recoverable by the owner or lessee of such premises for said period, and no action or special proceedings shall be maintained therefor...
Page 39 - No tenement house, nor any part thereof, nor of the lot upon which it is situated, shall be used as a place of storage, keeping or handling of any article dangerous or detrimental to life or health, nor for the storage, keeping or handling of feed, hay, straw, excelsior, cotton, paper stock, feathers or rags.
Page 91 - In every tenement house hereafter erected every room, except water-closet compartments and bathrooms, shall have at least one window opening directly upon the street, 'or upon a yard or court...
Page 13 - A tenement house within the meaning of this act shall be taken to mean and include every house, building, or portion thereof, which is rented, leased, let or hired out to be occupied or is occupied as the home or residence of...
Page 39 - No multiple dwelling nor any part thereof, nor of the lot upon which it is situated, shall be used as a place of storage, keeping or handling of feed, hay, straw, cotton, paper stock, feathers or rags.
Page 66 - In all dwellings hereafter erected every inner court extending through more than two stories shall be provided with a horizontal air intake at the bottom. Such intake shall always communicate directly with the street or front yard or with the rear yard, and shall consist of a passageway not less than three feet wide and seven feet high, which shall be left open, or be provided with an open gate at each end.
Page 125 - ... be wilful, and in every case of ten dollars for each day after the first that such violation shall continue, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court...