A Model Housing LawSurvey Associates, 1914 - 343 pages |
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Page 29 - Words used in this code in the present tense include the future as well as the present ; words used in the masculine gender include the feminine and neuter; the singular number includes the plural, and the plural the singular; the word "person...
Page 206 - Such appliances shall be replaced by individual water-closets of durable nonabsorbent material, properly sewer-connected, and with individual traps, and properly connected flush tanks providing an ample flush of water to thoroughly cleanse the bowl.
Page 200 - ... unless such room is located on the top floor and is adequately lighted and ventilated by a skylight, opening directly to the outer air...
Page 99 - And if any tenement house is hereafter erected upon any lot upon which there is already another building, it shall comply with all of the provisions of this...
Page 47 - Section, the height of a tier structure shall be taken as the vertical distance from the curb level to the highest point of the roof beams, in the case of flat roofs, or to the mean height of the gable, in the case of roofs having a rise of more than 2% in 12.
Page 128 - Every dwelling hereafter erected shall have all walls below the ground level and also the cellar or lowest floor dampproof and water-proof. When necessary to make such walls and floors damp-proof and water-proof, the damp-proofing and water-proofing shall run through the walls and up the same as high as the ground level and shall be continued throughout the floor, and the said cellar or lowest floor shall be properly constructed so as to prevent dampness or water from entering.
Page 226 - No rent shall be recoverable by the owner or lessee of such premises for said period, and no action or special proceeding shall be maintained therefor, or for possession of said premises for non-payment of such rent.
Page 230 - ... building or structure or the lot upon which it is situated. The court or any judge thereof is hereby authorized to make any order specified in this section. In no case shall the...
Page 103 - 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 110 - No part of any room in any tenement house shall hereafter be enclosed or subdivided wholly or in part, by a curtain, portiere, fixed or movable partition, or other contrivance or device, unless such part of the room so enclosed or subdivided, shall contain a window as required by...