N.Y. Multiple Dwelling Law § 59: Bakeries and fat boiling

§ 59. Bakeries and fat boiling. 1. It shall be unlawful to construct

or maintain a bakery or a place of business where fat is boiled in any

non-fireproof multiple dwelling or upon the lot on which such dwelling

is situated, unless the ceiling, side walls and all exposed iron or

wooden beams, girders and columns within the said bakery or business

place where fat is boiled, are covered with fireproof materials.

2. There shall be no door, window, dumbwaiter shaft or other opening

between such a bakery or business place where fat is boiled and any

other part of the dwelling, except that:

a. There may be access to the public parts of the dwelling from any

bakery maintained therein if the product of such bakery is consumed

exclusively within such dwelling.

b. In a fireproof hotel where a retail bakery is maintained therein,

there may be access to the public parts of the hotel, provided the door

openings leading thereto from such bakery and the door assemblies are

fireproof with the doors self-closing, and provided the public parts of

such bakery premises are protected by one or more sprinkler heads.

c. In bakeries in which no fat is boiled and on the premises of which

there is no apparatus for fat boiling, a dumbwaiter communicating

between the place where the baking is done and a bakery store above may

be maintained if entirely enclosed in a brick shaft with walls eight

inches or more in thickness, without any openings whatever except one

door opening into the bakeshop and one into the bakery store. Every such

opening shall be provided with a fireproof door and assembly so arranged

that when one door is open, the other is entirely closed.

3. Every part of a bakery, its plumbing, and the yards and open spaces

adjoining shall be kept in good repair, in sanitary condition and free

from rodents and vermin.