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What is NYC AC § 26-505?

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This section defines a class A multiple dwelling to include a multiple family garden-type maisonette dwelling complex with six or more units that share common facilities. The statute specifies that these complexes must be operated under a single ownership as of May 6, 1969. Applies to owners of qualifying multiple family complexes.

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§ 26-505 Application to multiple family complex.

AC § 26-505

For purposes of this chapter a class A multiple dwelling shall be deemed to include a multiple family garden-type maisonette dwelling complex containing six or more dwelling units having common facilities such as sewer line, water main, and heating plant, and operated as a unit under a single ownership on May sixth, nineteen hundred sixty-nine, notwithstanding that certificates of occupancy were issued for portions thereof as one- or two-family dwellings.

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