No multiple dwelling shall be constructed which
shall have or be designed to have an exterior fire escape. All means
of ingress and egress above the ground floor shall be by way of interior
ramps or stairways. Balconies shall not be used as fire escapes or
as means of ingress and egress.
No multiple dwelling shall be constructed, altered or used, any part of which is designed or used for any of the purposes specified in §
212-23.
No multiple dwelling shall have or be designed
to have:
A. An exterior clothesline or clothespole or other device
for drying or airing clothes, laundry, bedding or draperies.
B. Any side or rear wall or facade of a design or appearance
or color substantially differing from that of the front wall or facade.
C. An exposed water tank or an exposed shed or structure
for the housing of elevators or other machinery. All of such construction
or equipment, if permitted elsewhere in this chapter, shall be concealed
from view by latticework or a wall or other means.
At least two sides of each dwelling unit shall
be exterior walls. No dwelling plan shall be over two rooms deep.
Each apartment must have at least two exterior exposures.
No multiple dwelling shall be constructed, altered
or used:
A. Unless the exterior design and appearance thereof
shall be in harmony with the multiple dwellings, if any, previously
constructed or authorized to be constructed upon the lot or lots adjacent
thereto or across the street therefrom.
B. Unless adequate provision is made, upon the same lot and in the same building zone, for parking as required by §§
212-27 through
212-34.
C. Unless the plans and specifications thereof shall have been examined and approved as to type, structure, design, safety and exterior appearance and unless the plans and provisions for the parking, storage or garaging of the occupants' automobiles shall have been examined and approved as to adequacy, safety and freedom from fire hazard and unless the plans and specifications, generally, shall have been examined and approved as to compliance with the provisions of this chapter and of Chapter
70. Building Construction and Fire Prevention, and standard practice, by an architect or engineer appointed for the purpose by the Board of Trustees.