Tenement House Law 249

2. In all tenement houses, public hallways serving
as means of egress for not more than three apartments
on one floor shall be 44 inches wide in the clear; and
for every additional apartment so served on such floor
the width shall be increased 8 inches.
3. For doorways serving such hallways, see Section
44, paragraph 3.
Section 285. Public Hallways, Construction of.
1. All stair hallways and hallways connecting with
elevator shafts in tenement houses, shall be enclosed and
constructed as specified in Section 115; such partitions
in non-fireproof tenements shall be constructed as re-
quired in Section 116. There shall be no wood or other
inflammable material of any kind in such hallways. The
floors of all such hallways shall be of fireproof con-
struction. No wooden flooring or sleepers shall be per-
mitted.
2. There shall be no transom or sash opening of
any kind from such stair hallway to any other part of
the house.
Section 286. Stairways.
1. In every tenement house all stairways shall ex-
tend from the entrance floor to the roof, and the stairs
shall be at least 44 inches wide in the clear. Each
apartment in every story shall have direct access to such
stairways.
2. Each stairway shall have an exit to the street at
the street level, or to a court or yard which connects
directly with the street.
3. In non-fireproof tenement houses no closet of
any kind shall be constructed under any stairway lead-
ing from the entrance story to the upper stories, but
such space shall be left entirely open and free from in-
cumbrance.
Construction of stairs, Sec. 289.
Construction of stairway and elevator shafts, Sec.
300.
