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SECTION 106

Cellar and basement stairs

Multiple Dwelling (MDW) CHAPTER 61-A, ARTICLE 4, TITLE 1

§ 106. Cellar and basement stairs. A cellar or basement stair may be
located inside the dwelling, but shall not be located underneath a stair
leading to the upper stories unless it is a basement stair leading
upward from a basement which is the main entrance story of the dwelling,
or unless it is a stair leading downward from the entrance story which
is separated by a fireproof arch from the stair leading upward from the
entrance story. Except as otherwise provided in subdivision five of
section fifty-two, all inside cellar or basement stairs shall be
entirely enclosed with fireproof walls and be provided with fireproof
doors and assemblies, with the doors self-closing, at all openings.