Lighting of

Par. 1. - Except as otherwise provided in section y-six, in every tenement house hereafter erected haring a superficial area of more than seventeen hundred and fifty square feet, every public hall shall have at least one window opening directly upon a street, a public alley or open passageway not less than ten feet in width, a railroad right of way, a cemetery or a public park, or upon a yard or court or a vent court as provided in section sixty. Either such window shall be at the end of said hall, with the plane of the window substantially at right angles to the axis of the hall, or there shall be at least one window opening as above prescribed in every twenty feet in length or fraction thereof of the hall; but this provision for one window in every twenty feet of hallway shall not apply to that part of the entrance hall between the entrance and the first flight of stairs, provided that the entrance door contains not less than five square feet of glazed surface. At least one of the windows provided to light each public hall shall be at least two feet six inches wide and five feet high, measured between the stop beads.

Separate Hall

Par. 2. - Any part of a hall which is shut off from any other part of said hall by a door or doors shall be deemed a separate hall within the meaning of this section.

[1921, c. 289, sect. 15.]