Section 280. Water-closets and bathrooms


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  • The requirements for water-closet
      compartments, bath and shower rooms shall be the  same  as  provided  in
      section  two  hundred  fifteen for fireproof dwellings, except that each
      required water-closet compartment, bath or shower room in  an  apartment
      shall  be ventilated by a window opening to the outer air as provided in
      section one hundred seventy-one.   Water-closet compartments,  bath  and
      shower  rooms  which  are  supplementary  to  those  required  under the
      provisions of sections one hundred seventy-one and two  hundred  fifteen
      may  be  mechanically  or  gravity ventilated as provided in section one
      hundred seventy-one.