Tenement Houses Hereafter Erected

Par. 1. - No yard shall be required behind a tenement house hereafter erected upon a lot which abuts at the rear upon a railroad right of way, a cemetery or a public park.

Par. 2. - No yard shall be required behind a tenement house hereafter erected upon a lot entirely surrounded by streets or by streets, alleys or open passageways, not less than fifteen feet in width, or by such streets, alleys, and passageways and a railroad right of way, a cemetery or a public park.

Par. 3. - No yard shall be required behind a tenement house hereafter erected upon a lot less than one hundred and fifty feet deep and running through from street to street or from a street to an alley or open passageway no less than fifteen feet in width, or upon a corner lot adjoin ing a lot less than one hundred and fifty feet deep and run ning through from street to street, or from a street to such an alley or open passageway.

Par. 4. - No yard shall be required behind a tenemen house hereafter erected upon a corner lot adjoining a lo more than one hundred and fifty feet deep and running through from street to street or from a street to an alley on: open passageway not less than fifteen feet in width; but if there be no yard, an outer court upon such corner lot shall extend from the street along the line of such adjoin ing lot to a point in line with the middle line of the block the width of said court to be not less than the width o court prescribed in the ensuing paragraph.

Par. 5. - No yard shall be required behind a tenemen house hereafter erected upon a corner lot adjoining two or more lots any one of which bounds upon a single street or alley, or open passageway, not less than fifteen feet in width; but if there be no yard an outer court upon such corner lot shall extend from the street, or from such alley or open passageway along a lot line either to the extreme rear of an adjoining lot or to the extreme rear of said corner lot; provided, that the width of said court measured from the lot line to the opposite wall of the building, for tenement houses fifty feet or less in height, shall be not less than six feet in every part, and for every additional ten feet of height of the tenement house shall be increased one foot throughout the whole length of said court.