N.Y. Multiple Residence Law § 63: Two story transient dwellings

§ 63. Two story transient dwellings. 1. All nursing and convalescent

homes, homes for the aged, and boarding and nursery schools, two stories

in height, shall conform with all of the provisions of article four.

2. Except as provided in subdivision one of this section, the only

provisions of article four which shall apply to two story transient

dwellings in existence on July first, nineteen hundred fifty-two, shall

be sections sixty, sixty-one, sixty-five, title two and the following:

a. Every such transient dwelling shall have at least two means of

egress. The first means of egress shall be by an interior stair closed

off at the top or bottom. The second means of egress shall be by an

additional interior stair closed off at the top or bottom or a fire

stair or fire escape. A second means of egress shall not be required in

a dwelling containing less than thirty sleeping rooms if the sill of the

second story window does not exceed fourteen feet in vertical height

above the ground or other safe landing place immediately below such

window sill.

b. Where it is impractical in such transient dwellings to provide a

second required means of egress, the department may order, in lieu

thereof, additional alterations to the first means of egress and to

shafts, stairs and other vertical openings to safeguard the occupants of

the dwelling, may require the public halls providing access to the first

means of egress to be equipped on both stories with an automatic

sprinkler system, and may also require automatic sprinkler heads in the

stair which serves as the only means of egress.

c. Where two means of egress are required by this section and one is

an ornamental stair, the provision for closing off the stair at top or

bottom shall not be applicable to the ornamental stair.