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What is NYC AC § 27-2066?

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This section outlines the requirements for sanitary facilities in multiple dwellings, including the necessity for water closets, baths, and washbasins based on the building's age and type. It specifies access requirements for water closets in relation to bedrooms. Applies to owners of multiple dwellings and converted dwellings.

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§ 27-2066 Sanitary facilities in apartments.

AC § 27-2066

a. Multiple dwellings erected after nineteen hundred twenty-nine: (1) Every apartment in a multiple dwelling erected after April eighteenth, nineteen hundred twenty-nine shall contain a water closet and a bath.

(2)In every such dwelling exceeding two stories in height, a water closet shall be accessible to every bedroom without passing through any other bedroom, and such access shall be required in every dwelling of two stories or less in height erected after July first, nineteen hundred sixty-one.

(3)In a multiple dwelling erected after July fourteenth, nineteen hundred sixty-seven, every apartment shall contain a washbasin. b. Converted dwellings.

(1)Every apartment in a converted dwelling shall contain a water closet and a bath or shower; and every apartment in a dwelling converted after July first, nineteen hundred sixty-one shall also contain a washbasin.

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