§ 34. Rooms in basements and cellars. 1. In any multiple dwelling\nerected after April eighteenth, nineteen hundred twenty-nine, every room\nin a cellar or basement shall have a permit as provided in subdivision\nfive of section three hundred and, except as provided in subdivision six\nof this section, shall comply with the following conditions:\n a. Such rooms shall be everywhere at least eight feet high from the\nfloor to the ceiling, except that in a basement room as many as four\nbeams twelve inches or less in width and extending six inches or less\nbelow the ceiling may be disregarded.\n b. Except as otherwise provided in paragraph f, the ceiling of every\nsuch room in the front part of the dwelling, or in an apartment or suite\nextending to the front part, shall be at every point of such room at\nleast four feet six inches above the curb level directly in front of\nsuch point on the street in front of the dwelling; and the ceiling of\nevery other such room, unless the yard of the dwelling is sixty feet or\nmore in depth or extends to a street along its entire width, shall be at\nevery point of such room at least two feet above the curb level directly\nin front of such point on the street in front of the dwelling. Every\nyard or court upon which any such cellar or basement room or apartment\nopens shall, conform to the requirements of subdivision eight of section\ntwenty-six. Every such room, except as otherwise provided in paragraphs\ne and f, shall be an integral part of an apartment or suite containing\nat least one room with a window opening directly upon a street or yard.\nExcept as provided in paragrahs e and f, and if the yard of such a\ndwelling is less than sixty feet in depth there shall be not more than\none apartment or suite in any cellar therein and any such apartment or\nsuite shall contain not more than five rooms, shall be supplied with\nwater closet and bath accommodations, and shall not open upon any court\nless than five feet in width. Every part of such an apartment or suite\nshall either be within twenty-five feet of the inner surface of the\nfront or rear wall of the dwelling or have a window opening upon a court\nof at least the dimensions prescribed in section tweny-six, but never\nless than ten feet wide.\n c. Every such cellar or basement room shall have access to a\nwater-closet constructed and arranged as prescribed in section\nseventy-six.\n d. Every such room shall have a window or windows complying with the\nrequirements of section thirty. The aggregate area of windows in each\nsuch room, except as provided in paragraph f, shall be at least\none-eighth of the horizontal area of the room. Each such window shall be\nconstructed so that the upper half of its area can be opened, and shall\nopen upon a street, court or yard. The underside of the top stop-bead of\neach such window shall be within twelve inches of the ceiling. One\nwindow in each such room shall have an area of at least twelve square\nfeet.\n e. In addition to a janitor's apartment three rooms or less may also\nbe provided in the cellar of such a dwelling exclusively for the use of\npersons regularly and continuously employed in the maintenance of such\ndwelling. Every such room shall be completely separated from any other\nroom or private hall and shall comply with all the provisions respecting\na janitor's apartment except those relating to water-closet and bath,\nbut there shall be at least one water-closet and bath accessible from\neach such room without passing through a janitor's apartment. No other\nrooms in such a cellar shall be occupied for living or sleeping\npurposes, except as permitted in paragraphs b and f. Whenever a\njanitor's apartment in the cellar of such a dwelling, or a room therein,\nis expressly excepted from a requirement in any provision of this\nchapter, such exception shall apply also to any cellar room lawfully\noccupied as in this paragraph provided.\n f. (1) When the lot of such a dwelling abut
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