NYC Administrative Code

§ 27-2061 — Lighting and ventilation of living rooms in old law tenements.

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This section mandates that every living room in an old law tenement must have a window meeting specific criteria for light and ventilation. It also establishes requirements for dining spaces. The Department of Buildings enforces these regulations. Applies to owners of old law tenements needing to ensure compliance with window and ventilation standards.

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§ 27-2061 Lighting and ventilation of living rooms in old law tenements.

AC § 27-2061

a. Required windows. Every living room in an old law tenement shall either have a window opening: (1) On a street; or (2) On a yard at least four feet in depth; or (3) On a court or shaft at least twenty square feet in area open to the sky without a roof or skylight; or (4) Above the roof of an adjoining building; or it shall meet the requirements of the multiple dwelling law. In the event that a window opens above the roof of an adjoining building and the light and air from the adjoining lot is thereafter diminished in any way, the department may determine that such a room is a noncomplying room and require compliance with the requirements of the multiple dwelling law. For a room located on the top story, a ventilating skylight opening to the outer air may be substituted for a window. At least one-half of every required window shall open. b. Dining space. A dining space shall have at least one window which: (1) Opens on a street, yard or legal court, and (2) Has an area not less than one-eighth the floor area of such dining space.

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