Sec.
[D26-20.01] 27-2041 Peepholes
In every dwelling
the owner shall provide and maintain a peephole in the entrance door of each
dwelling unit. Such peephole shall be located; as prescribed by the department,
in such a place that the person in each dwelling unit may view from the inside
any person immediately outside the entrance door. However, such peephole need
not be installed in any tenant-occupied one- or two family home where it is
possible to see from the inside any person immediately outside the entrance
door. This section shall not apply to hotels, apartment hotels, college or school
dormitories or owner-occupied dwelling units in one- and two-family homes.
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Sec.
[D26-20.03] 27-2042 Mirrors in elevators
The owner of a
multiple dwelling in which there are one or more self-service elevators shall
affix and maintain in each such elevator a mirror which enables persons to view
its interior before entering the same. The mirror shall meet such requirements
as the department shall by regulation prescribe.
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Sec.
[D26-20.05] 27-2043 Locks in dwelling unit doors
a. The owner of
a dwelling shall provide a key lock in the entrance door to each dwelling unit
and at least one key. In a class A multiple dwelling such door shall be equipped
with a heavy-duty latch set and a heavy duty dead bolt operable by a key from
the outside and a thumb-turn from the inside.
b. Each dwelling
unit entrance door in a Class A multiple dwelling shall also be equipped with
a chain door guard so as to permit partial opening of the door.
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Sec.
[D26-20.07] 27-2044 Fire protection in certain
old law tenements
a. In every old
law tenement, which is, less than four stories in height:
(1) Every door
opening into any entrance hall or stair, or into any public hall connected
therewith, shall be self-closing; every glazed opening or glazed panel in
such a door shall be glazed with wire glass, and every transom opening upon
any public hall shall be glazed with wire glass firmly secured in a closed
position; and
(2) Every interior
sash, or opening other than a door, in the walls or partitions of any such
hall, and every window in any such hall not opening to the outer air, shall
be removed and the openings closed up and fire-retarded, and
(3) The ceiling
of the cellar, or if there is no cellar, of the basement or other lowest story,
shall be fire-retarded unless such ceiling already has been plastered or covered
in a manner satisfactory to the department with plasterboard or gypsum board
at least one-half inch in thickness.
b. In every old
law tenement which is four stories or more in height:
(1) On all stories
above the third story, every apartment door opening into any stair or into
any public hall connected therewith, unless such stair or public hall is protected
by an approved sprinkler system shall have a fire resistance rating of at
least one hour. Existing door frames in good condition may be retained. All
such doors shall comply with this requirement, not later than November second
nineteen hundred seventy-three.
(2) For all
stories below the fourth story, any application for an alteration permit for
alterations to be made in an apartment below the fourth story shall include
the provision that every door of such apartment opening into any entrance
hall, stair or into any public hall connected therewith, unless such entrance
hall, stair or public hall is protected by an approved sprinkler system, shall
have a fire resistance rating of at least one hour. Existing door frames in
good condition may be retained.
(3) Where apartment
doors having a fire resistance rating of at least one hour are required, every
transom opening upon any entrance hall, stair or public hall connected therewith
shall be sealed and fire-retarded. All other transoms opening upon any entrance
hall, stair or public hall connected therewith shall be glazed with wire glass
and permanently sealed in a closed position.
(4) All doors
opening into any entrance hall, stair or into any public hall connected therewith
shall be self-closing; every glazed opening or glazed panel in such a door
shall be glazed with wire glass.
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Sec.
[D26-20.08] 27-2045 Duties of owner and occupant
with respect to installation and maintenance of smoke detecting devices in class
A multiple dwelling.
a. It shall be
the duty of the owner of a class A multiple dwelling which is required to be
equipped with smoke detecting devices pursuant to article six of subchapter
seventeen of chapter one of this title to:
(1) provide
and install one or more approved and operational smoke detecting devices in
each dwelling unit. Such devices shall be installed in accordance with the
requirements of reference standard 17-12.
(2) post a notice
in a form approved by the commissioner in a common area of the building informing
the occupants of such building that the owner is required by law to install
one or more approved and operational smoke detecting devices in each dwelling
unit in the building and that each occupant is responsible for the maintenance
and repair of such devices and for replacing any or all such devices which
are stolen, removed, missing or rendered inoperable during the occupancy of
such dwelling unit.
(3) replace
any smoke detecting device, which has been stolen, removed, missing or rendered
inoperable during a prior occupancy of the dwelling unit and which has not
been replaced by the prior occupant prior to the commencement of a new occupancy
of a dwelling unit.
(4) replace
within thirty calendar days after the receipt of written notice any such device,
which becomes inoperable within one year of the installation of such device
due to a defect in the manufacture of such device and through no fault of
the occupant of the dwelling unit.
(5) keep such
records, as the commissioner shall prescribe relating to the installation
and maintenance of smoke detecting devices in the building and make such records
available to the commissioner upon request.
b. Notwithstanding
the provisions of subdivision a of Section 27-2005 of article one of this subchapter
and subdivision c Section 27-2006 of article one of this subchapter, it shall
be the sole duty of the occupant of each dwelling unit in a Class A multiple
dwelling in which a smoke detecting device has been provided and installed by
the owner pursuant to the provisions of article six of subchapter seventeen
of chapter one of this title to:
(1) keep and
maintain such device in good repair; and
(2) replace
any and all devices which are either stolen removed missing or rendered inoperable
during the occupancy of such dwelling unit.
c. Except as otherwise
provided in paragraphs (3) and (4) of subdivision a of this section an owner
of a class A multiple dwelling who has provided and installed a smoke detecting
device in a dwelling unit pursuant to this section shall not be required to
keep and maintain such device in good repair or to replace any such device,
which is stolen, removed missing or rendered inoperable during the occupancy
of such dwelling.
d. The occupant
of a dwelling unit in which a battery-operated smoke-detecting device is provided
and installed pursuant to this section shall reimburse the owner a maximum of
ten dollars for the cost of providing and installing each such device. The occupant
shall have one year from the date of installation to make such reimbursement.
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Sec.
[D26-20.09] 27-2046 Duties of owner with respect
to installation and maintenance of smoke detecting devices in class B multiple
dwellings.
It shall be the
duty of the owner of a class B multiple dwelling which is required to be equipped
with smoke detecting devices pursuant to article six of subchapter seventeen
of chapter one of this title to:
(1) provide
and install one or more approved and operational smoke detecting devices in
each dwelling unit or, in the alternative, provides and install a line-operated
zoned smoke detecting system with central annunciation and central office
tie-in for all public corridors and public spaces, pursuant to rules and regulations
promulgated by the commissioner of buildings.
(2) keep and
maintain smoke-detecting devices in good repair.
(3) replace
any smoke-detecting device which has been stolen, removed, missing or rendered
inoperable prior to the commencement of a new occupancy of a dwelling unit.
(4) keep such
records as the commissioner shall prescribe relating to the installation and
maintenance of smoke detecting devices in each dwelling unit and make such
records available to the commissioner upon request.
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