§ 75. Water supply. 1. In every multiple dwelling erected after April
eighteenth, nineteen hundred twenty-nine, where space is provided for
cooking there shall be in every apartment a proper sink with running
water and with a two-inch waste and trap.

2. The owner of every multiple dwelling shall provide proper
appliances to receive and distribute an adequate supply of water, to and
in every apartment or suite of rooms at all times of the year, during
all hours. Failure in the general supply of water from the street
service main shall not be construed as a failure on the part of the
owner, if suitable appliances to receive and distribute such water have
been provided in the dwelling.

3. For dwellings three or more stories in height erected on or after
April eighteenth, nineteen hundred twenty-nine, and for all dwellings
erected after January first, nineteen hundred fifty-one, such supply
shall include both hot and cold water at all times of the year, during
all hours, except that hot water service shall not be required by this
section in a dwelling erected before April eighteenth, nineteen hundred
twenty-nine, if the owner establishes to the satisfaction of the
department that such service was not furnished or required before such
date.

4. No multiple dwelling shall be erected unless it is connected with a
street service water main.

5. No required sink shall be placed within any water-closet
compartment or within any bathroom containing a water-closet.