Section 27-2040. Lights near entrance ways and in yards and courts of multiple dwellings


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  • a. The owner of a multiple  dwelling  shall  install  and  maintain  one  or  more  lights at or near the outside of the front
      entrance way of the building which shall in the  aggregate  provide  not
      less  than one hundred watts incandescent illumination or its equivalent
      for a building with a frontage up to twenty-two feet,  and  two  hundred
      watts  incandescent illumination or its equivalent for a building with a
      frontage in excess of  twenty-two  feet.  In  the  case  of  a  multiple
      dwelling with a frontage in excess of twenty-two feet and front entrance
      doors  with  a  combined  width  in excess of five feet, the owner shall
      install at least two lights, one on each side of the entrance way,  with
      an   aggregate   illumination   of   three  hundred  watts  incandescent
      illumination or its equivalent. If the minimum level of illumination  is
      maintained,  the  owner  may  determine  details of location, design and
      installation of lighting fixtures, subject, however, to  regulations  of
      the department with respect to the maximum height above or distance from
      the  entrance  way of such fixtures, and the electrical and other safety
      of their installation. The lights required by this subdivision shall  be
      kept burning from sunset on each day to sunrise on the day following.
        b.  The  owner  of  a  multiple dwelling shall install and maintain in
      every yard and court one or more lights of at least one hundred watts of
      incandescent illumination or its equivalent, in such  locations  as  the
      department  may prescribe. The lights required by this subdivision shall
      be kept burning from sunset on each day to sunrise on the day following.