§ 66. Lodging houses. 1. It shall be unlawful to occupy any lodging\nhouse unless such dwelling conforms to the provisions of the specific\nsections enumerated in section twenty-five to the extent required\ntherein, including the provisions of this section, and to all other\napplicable provisions of this chapter.\n 2. a. No wood or other combustible facing shall be permitted on the\nwalls, partitions or ceilings of entrance halls or other public halls or\nstairs, except a flat baseboard ten inches or less in height. The stair\nstring, handrails, soffits, fascias, railings, balustrades and newel\nposts shall be constructed of hard incombustible material and shall be\nof such sizes and secured in such manner as approved by the department.\n b. The walls and ceilings of all entrance halls, stair halls and other\npublic halls and stairs shall be fire-retarded on the hall or stair side\nwith half-inch plaster board covered with twenty-six gauge metal or\nother materials approved by the department.\n c. Except partitions forming existing cubicles, flat baseboards not\nmore than ten inches high and door and window assemblies not otherwise\nrequired to be fire-retarded, all wood partitions and all combustible\ncoverings on walls or partitions throughout the portion of the dwelling\nused for lodging-house purposes shall be protected with incombustible\nmaterial approved by the department.\n d. The cellar ceiling and the ceiling of every story shall be\nfire-retarded. The department may accept an existing ceiling if it is in\ngood condition and plastered, or covered with metal or with half-inch\nplaster board covered with metal, or other materials approved by the\ndepartment, except that the ceiling over and the floor beneath any\nfurnace, stove, boiler or hot-water heater shall be fire-retarded and\nsuch fire-retarding shall extend for a distance of at least four feet\nbeyond the sides and rear and eight feet in front of such furnace, stove\nor heater. Metal breechings and flues connected to such devices shall be\nmade secure and be protected in conformity with regulations adopted by\nthe department.\n e. Every window not opening to the outer air in an entrance, stair or\nother public hall shall be removed, and the opening closed and\nfire-retarded, except that interior windows or similar openings in\npartitions forming the enclosure of entrance, stair or other public\nhalls may be retained if they are used in the operation and maintenance\nof the lodging house and are protected by automatic fire windows.\n f. There shall be one or more completely enclosed compartments remote\nfrom any stairway for the storage of mattresses, linens, brooms, mops\nand other paraphernalia incidental to the occupancy and maintenance of\nthe lodging house, and such paraphernalia shall be stored in no other\nportion of such dwelling. The partitions forming each such compartment\nshall be fire-retarded and shall be provided with a fireproof door and\ndoor assembly with the door self-closing. Each such compartment shall be\nventilated in accordance with regulations adopted by the department. Any\nspace which is used for the storage of mattresses, in addition to\nconforming to the other provisions of this section, shall be provided\nwith a window ten square feet or more in area, and such window shall\nopen upon a street or yard.\n g. There shall be provided on each lodging-house story one or more\ncontainers of metal or other hard incombustible material, with\nself-closing lids, in which all scrap and refuse of a combustible nature\nshall be placed until its disposal.\n h. Insecticides and other fluids containing inflammable, volatile or\ncombustible material shall be stored in a completely enclosed\nfire-retarded room or compartment, ventilated in accordance with\nregulations adopted by the department, and only under authority of a\npermit from the fire department.\n 3. a. In non-fireproof lodging houses there shall be in all\ndormitories, entrance a
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