Multiple Dwelling Law § 140 · Article 5. Non-fireproof Multiple Dwellings
Application of article five
Text — Law content up to date as of August 28, 2026, as published by the New York State Senate (Open Legislation)
§ 140. Application of article five. The provisions of this article shall apply to non-fireproof multiple dwellings erected after April eighteenth, nineteen hundred twenty-nine, and to such dwellings only. They shall apply to all such non-fireproof dwellings unless their application is expressly limited to dwellings of a particular class. They shall apply in addition to, and not in substitution for, the provisions of article three. However the provisions of this article shall not apply to a multiple dwelling three stories or less in height to be occupied by not more than three families in all, with a maximum occupancy of two families on each floor in a two story building and one family on each floor in a three story building, provided however that all the provisions of article six are complied with, including section one hundred seventy-a of said article.
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