Each of the owners of adjoining structures, commonly served by party-wall balconies serving as a required means of egress, shall maintain in good order and repair that portion of each such balcony which is on his property, and each such owner shall maintain egress normally unobstructed and unimpeded from each such balcony to and through his structure. Before a pending violation requiring the removal of such existing fire-escapes is superseded or cancelled, an inspection shall be made in accordance with the specific requirements as set forth in the preceding paragraph. Such fire-escapes shall be maintained in a safe condition of repair at all times and shall be subject to the applicable requirements of all laws and to these rules in relation to maintenance of existing fire-escapes. When wire, chain cable or vertical ladder fire-escapes are permitted to remain on multiple dwellings under the provisions of subdivision 9 of § 53, they shall be considered only as supplemental fire-escapes. Where an existing apartment in a tenement house erected prior to April twelfth, nineteen hundred and one, is located entirely on a court and has no rooms opening on the street or yard, fire-escapes hereafter provided for such apartments may be located in courts under the same conditions as prescribed for existing fire-escapes in this subdivision. No existing fire-escape shall be extended or have its location changed except with the written approval of the Department of Buildings. Except as provided in subdivision (bb) of this section, such access shall be through a living room or private hall in each apartment or suite of rooms at each story above the ground floor and shall not include the window of a stairhall, nor shall any such egress be obstructed by sinks or other kitchen fixtures, or in any other way.
Prompt and ready access shall be had to all fire-escapes. All fire-escapes not on the street shall have a safe and adequate means of egress from the yard or court to the street or the adjoining premises. All fire-escapes, except party-wall balconies, shall have proper drop-ladders in guides from the lowest balcony of sufficient length to reach a safe landing place beneath. Except party-wall balconies, all balconies shall be connected to each other by means of a stair or, when permitted, by double-rung ladders.
Except as provided in subdivision (bb) of this section every apartment above the ground floor in each multiple dwelling shall have direct access to a legal fire-escape without passing through a public hall. No fire-escape, however, shall be deemed sufficient unless all the following conditions are complied with: All fire-escapes, whether a required means of egress or not, shall be maintained in good order, repair and structurally safe.
#Fire escape ladder for balcony railing windows
If a party-balcony located in an outer court not more than fifteen feet (15'-0") in length measured from the outer end of such court to the innermost point thereof, and not less than five feet (5'-0") in width from wall to wall at any point between the fire-escape and the outer end of said court, and provided also that there are no doors or openings in the walls between the two buildings other than windows in fireproof air-shafts. If a party-wall balcony on the front or rear wall of the building and there are no doors or openings in the walls between the two buildings other than windows in fireproof air shafts. If located in an inner court whose least horizontal dimension is not less than fifteen feet (15'-0") measured from wall to wall. If located in an outer court at a point distant not more than thirty feet (30'-0") from the outer end of such court and provided such court is not less than five feet (5'-0") in width from wall to wall at any point between such fire-escape and the outer end of said court. If located on the front or rear wall of the building and properly connected with stairs with proper openings. Except as provided in subdivision (c) of this section, in any existing multiple dwelling any existing means of egress which was lawfully permitted prior to the time the Multiple Dwelling Law became effective may be continued as a legal means of egress as hereinafter enumerated.
(d) Acceptable existing means of egress on existing multiple dwellings.
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