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N.Y. Multiple Dwelling Law § 11: Dwellings damaged or moved

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  1. Multiple Dwelling Law
  2. Article 2. Miscellaneous Application Provisions

§ 11. Dwellings damaged or moved. 1. If a multiple dwelling be damaged

by fire or other cause to the extent of two-thirds or more of its value

at the time of such damage exclusive of the value of the foundation,

such dwelling shall not be repaired or rebuilt except in conformity with

the provisions of this chapter relative to dwellings erected after April

eighteenth, nineteen hundred twenty-nine.

2. If any non-fireproof stair in any multiple dwelling be damaged by

fire or other cause to such extent that such stair or the first flight

thereof above the entrance story is required to be rebuilt, such stair

to the extent that it is required to be rebuilt shall be fire-retarded

throughout.

3. If any dwelling be moved from one lot to another, such dwelling

shall thereupon be made to conform to all the provisions of this chapter

relative to light, ventilation, fire protection and egress of a dwelling

erected after April eighteenth, nineteen hundred twenty-nine, but no

frame building of any kind whatsoever shall be moved so as to be placed

upon the same lot with any multiple dwelling, nor shall any multiple

dwelling be moved so as to be placed upon the same lot with any frame

building.

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