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Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTSubtitle S - Division of Housing and Community RenewalChapter II - Fire Prevention And Safety: Multiple Residences
Part 1506 - Motor Vehicle Storage In New Multiple Dwellings Or Upon The Premises Thereof
Section 1506.2 - Height and area requirements

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 9 § 1506.2

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Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 50, December 11, 2024
Section 1506.2 - Height and area requirements
(a)Motor vehicle storage facilities in multiple dwellings.

Facilities for storage of motor vehicles in any multiple dwelling may be of unlimited height and area except that the total area of all stories including any extensions beyond the perimeter of the multiple dwelling shall not exceed that required for one vehicle for each apartment or suite of rooms with at least 200 square feet of floor area allowed for each vehicle.

(b)Motor vehicle storage facilities upon the same premises with a multiple dwelling.
(1) The height and area of motor vehicle storage facilities in a building upon the premises of a multiple dwelling shall meet the requirements set forth in Table 1.

TABLE 1

Height and Area Requirements of Motor Vehicle Storage Facilities in a Building Upon the Premises of a Multiple Dwelling

Maximum height1
Type of constructionMinimum fire resistance of floors in hoursin storiesin feetMaximum area per floor in square feet
Fireproof ....... 3UnlimitedUnlimited
Fireproof ....... 267520,000
Protected noncombustible ....... 11/256512,000
Protected noncombustible ....... 3/44509,500
Heavy timber (mill) ....... 3/44509,500
Ordinary ....... 3/42306,500
Unprotected noncombustible ....... -2306,500
Wood frame ....... 3/41205,000

1 Where a motor vehicle storage facility is equipped with an automatic sprinkler system the figures in the height columns may be increased by one story and 12 feet respectively.

(2) The permissible floor area of motor vehicle storage facilities with frontages of more than 25 per cent of the building perimeter on one or more streets, or other accessible legal open space at least 30 feet wide, may be increased two per cent for each one per cent of such frontage in excess, of 25 per cent.

Footnotes

1 Where a motor vehicle storage facility is equipped with an automatic sprinkler system the figures in the height columns may be increased by one story and 12 feet respectively.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 9 § 1506.2