§ 254. Egress from dwellings.
1.Nursing and convalescent homes, homes\nfor the aged and boarding and nursery schools, two stories in height\nerected after July first, nineteen hundred fifty-seven, child caring\ninstitutions, two stories in height, erected after July first, nineteen\nhundred sixty-two and all dwellings three or more stories in height\nshall have at least two means of egress and, except as otherwise\nprovided in the case of a pitched or sloped roof, shall extend to the\nroof from an entrance story, street, court or yard. The entrances to\nsuch means of egress at every story shall be at least fifteen feet\ndistant from each other unless they are on opposite sides of a public\nhall. One means of egress shall be a stair constructed as provided in\nsection two hundred fifty-s
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§ 254. Egress from dwellings. 1. Nursing and convalescent homes, homes\nfor the aged and boarding and nursery schools, two stories in height\nerected after July first, nineteen hundred fifty-seven, child caring\ninstitutions, two stories in height, erected after July first, nineteen\nhundred sixty-two and all dwellings three or more stories in height\nshall have at least two means of egress and, except as otherwise\nprovided in the case of a pitched or sloped roof, shall extend to the\nroof from an entrance story, street, court or yard. The entrances to\nsuch means of egress at every story shall be at least fifteen feet\ndistant from each other unless they are on opposite sides of a public\nhall. One means of egress shall be a stair constructed as provided in\nsection two hundred fifty-seven. The other means of egress shall be\neither another such stair or a fire-stair or a fire-escape constructed\nas provided in section one hundred thirty-three.\n 2. If the number of living rooms on any story, or in any section of\nany story, above the entrance story exceeds twenty, there shall be an\nadditional stair or a fire-stair extending from the entrance story to\nthe roof for each twenty rooms or fraction thereof on such story or\nsection thereof in excess of twenty, except that no additional stair\nshall be required for such excess on any story or section thereof if the\nnumber of living rooms thereon does not exceed thirty and if in addition\none stair serving such story or section and every entrance hall or other\npublic hall connected therewith is everywhere four feet six inches or\nmore in clear width.\n 3. There shall be accessible from every apartment two means of egress\nfrom the dwelling, one of which shall be an enclosed stair complying\nwith the provisions of section two hundred fifty-seven within fifty feet\nfrom a means of egress from such apartment.\n 4. Nursing and convalescent homes, homes for the aged, and boarding\nand nursery schools, one story in height, erected after July first,\nnineteen hundred fifty-seven, and child caring institutions, one story\nin height, erected after July first, nineteen hundred sixty-two, shall\nhave at least two means of egress from the dwelling accessible to every\napartment providing free and unobstructed egress by a door opening to\nthe outer air.\n