NYC Administrative Code

§ 27-120 — Alterations to multiple dwelling and conversions to multiple dwellings.

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This section allows building owners to make alterations to multiple dwellings or convert buildings into multiple dwellings, provided that all requirements of the code or applicable laws prior to December 6, 1968, are followed and general safety and public welfare are maintained. Applies to building owners undertaking alterations or conversions.

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§ 27-120 Alterations to multiple dwelling and conversions to multiple dwellings.

AC § 27-120

At the option of the owner, regardless of the cost of the alteration or conversion, an alteration may be made to a multiple dwelling or a building may be converted to a multiple dwelling in accordance with all requirements of this code or in accordance with all applicable laws in existence prior to December sixth, nineteen hundred sixty-eight, provided the general safety and public welfare are not thereby endangered.

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