§ 9. Buildings converted or altered.
1.On or after July first,\nnineteen hundred fifty-two, no multiple dwelling shall be enlarged or\nits lot diminished so that the yard or other unoccupied areas shall be\ndiminished in size or area below the minimum requirements of this\nchapter.\n 2. A building not a dwelling, if converted on or after July first,\nnineteen hundred fifty-two, to a multiple dwelling, shall thereupon\nbecome subject to all the provisions of this chapter applicable to new\nmultiple dwellings of like class and kind. "Class" shall mean the use of\na multiple dwelling for either permanent or transient occupancy or both.\n"Kind" shall mean the type of construction of a building, either\nfireproof or non-fireproof.\n 3. No dwelling shall be altered or converted so as to be
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§ 9. Buildings converted or altered. 1. On or after July first,\nnineteen hundred fifty-two, no multiple dwelling shall be enlarged or\nits lot diminished so that the yard or other unoccupied areas shall be\ndiminished in size or area below the minimum requirements of this\nchapter.\n 2. A building not a dwelling, if converted on or after July first,\nnineteen hundred fifty-two, to a multiple dwelling, shall thereupon\nbecome subject to all the provisions of this chapter applicable to new\nmultiple dwellings of like class and kind. "Class" shall mean the use of\na multiple dwelling for either permanent or transient occupancy or both.\n"Kind" shall mean the type of construction of a building, either\nfireproof or non-fireproof.\n 3. No dwelling shall be altered or converted so as to be in violation\nof any provision of this chapter relating to dwellings of like class and\nkind, and, except as provided in subdivision four, a dwelling, altered\nor converted to be occupied primarily for permanent-residence use, shall\ncomply with article three; and a dwelling converted or altered to be\noccupied primarily for transient use shall comply with article four.\n 4. If any multiple dwelling three or more stories in height is altered\nafter July first, nineteen hundred fifty-three so as to increase its\nheight or bulk for living purposes or so as to increase the number of\nliving rooms by more than twenty per centum, such dwelling shall be made\nto conform to the requirements of this chapter with respect to new\ndwellings of like class and kind erected after such date.\n 5. It shall be unlawful to convert a frame dwelling to a multiple\nresidence, except that a frame dwelling not more than two stories and\nattic in height and erected before July first, nineteen hundred\nfifty-two, as a one-family or two-family residence may be converted to a\nmultiple dwelling for permanent occupancy by complying with article\nthree; and if such residence is converted to be occupied, as a rule, for\ntransient use, it shall comply with article four.\n