§ 214. Size of rooms. 1. In every tenement erected after April
twelfth, nineteen hundred one, the sizes of living rooms shall meet the
following requirements:

a. In each apartment there shall be at least one living room
containing at least one hundred twenty square feet of clear floor area,
and every other living room except a kitchen shall contain at least
seventy square feet of clear floor area.

b. Every living room which contains less than eighty square feet of
clear floor area or which is located in the cellar or basement shall be
at least nine feet high, and every other living room at least eight feet
high; these measurements to be taken from finished floor to finished
ceiling.

c. Every living room shall have a least horizontal dimension of at
least six feet and, if the tenement was erected after April eighteenth,
nineteen hundred twelve, of at least seven feet; except that the minimum
horizontal dimension of any kitchen and of a maid's or servant's
sleeping room in a fire-proof tenement in which one or more passenger
elevators are operated, shall be six feet.

2. In any tenement, apartments containing three or more rooms may have
dining bays, which shall not exceed fifty-five square feet in floor
surface area and shall not be deemed separate rooms or subject to the
requirements for separate rooms or alcoves. Every such dining bay shall
be equipped with such appropriate permanent fittings as may be required
by the department and shall also be provided with at least one window
opening directly upon a street or upon a yard or court which was lawful
on April eighteenth, nineteen hundred twenty-nine. The area of such
window shall be one-eighth at least of the floor surface area of such
dining bay. No dining bay shall be permitted in any apartment containing
less than three rooms.