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TENEMENT AND LODGING HOUSES |
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This part may be cited
as the "Tenement House Act", and its provisions shall apply to all cities, boroughs and
towns, except its provisions concerning water closets, which provisions shall apply to
all cities, boroughs and towns which have a water supply and a sewer system; and its
provisions shall apply, except as herein specially provided, only to buildings to be
erected, altered or converted to use as tenement houses.
(1949 Rev., S. 4055.)
History: Sec. 19-348 transferred to Sec. 19a-356 in 1983.
Cited. 13 CA 1, 8.
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No tenement house shall be erected upon the rear of a lot when there is a tenement house on
the front of such lot, nor upon the front of any such lot upon the rear of which there is
such a tenement house unless the distance between the two tenement houses is at least
thirty feet. No tenement house, not existing or actually under construction on July 1,
1929, shall be over four stories in height unless it is equipped with a passenger elevator.
(1949 Rev., S. 4067.)
History: Sec. 19-351 transferred to Sec. 19a-357 in 1983.
Cited. 13 CA 1, 8.
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In each tenement house,
all rooms, except water-closet compartments, bathrooms and kitchenettes, shall be of
the following minimum sizes: In each apartment there shall be at least one room containing not less than one hundred and twenty square feet of floor area, and each other
room shall contain at least seventy square feet of floor area. Each room shall be in at
least seventy-five per cent of its area not less than seven feet eight inches high from the
finished floor to the finished ceiling, except attic rooms, which shall be at least seven
feet four inches high in one-half of its area. A kitchenette with less than seventy square
feet of floor area need not be considered a separate room but shall comply with section
19-359.
(1949 Rev., S. 4069; 1967, P.A. 180, S. 2.)
History: 1967 act added provision re kitchenettes with less than seventy square feet of floor area and deleted provision
that alcove rooms be considered separate rooms; Sec. 19-362 transferred to Sec. 19a-358 in 1983.
See Sec. 29-267 re inapplicability of this section to construction or alteration of building pursuant to State Building Code.
Cited. 13 CA 1, 8.
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In each
tenement house erected or subdivided after June 30, 1941, there shall be a water closet
in each apartment of two or more rooms. In each tenement house erected after August
31, 1930, and prior to July 1, 1941, there shall be a water closet in each apartment of
three or more rooms and at least one water closet for each two apartments of less than
three rooms each. Each water closet shall be in a separate compartment or bathroom,
upon the same floor with the apartment which it accommodates. Each bathroom, toilet
room or other room containing one or more water closets or urinals, which is placed in
any building, shall be at all times provided with adequate lighting and shall be ventilated
in at least one of the following ways: (1) By a window opening directly upon a street
or other open public space or upon a court located on the same lot as the building, and
having, between stop beads, an area not less than ten per cent of the floor area nor less
than three square feet in any case and a width of not less than one foot; (2) by a window
of the size specified in subdivision (1) of this section, or a register, opening on a vent shaft
which extends to and through the roof or into a court conforming to the requirements of
this section for courts and which has a cross-sectional area of not less than one-fifth of
a square foot for each foot of height but not less than nine square feet and a width of
not less than sixteen inches in any case, and, unless open to the outer air at the top, a
net area of louvre openings in the skylight equal to the maximum required shaft area;
(3) by an individual vent flue or duct extending independently of any other flue or duct
to and above the roof and having a cross-sectional area of not less than one square foot
for two or fewer water closets or urinal fixtures and one-third of a square foot additional
for each additional water closet or urinal fixture; (4) by a skylight in the ceiling, having
a glazed surface of not less than three square feet and arranged so as to provide ventilating
openings of not less than three square feet to the outer air above the roof of the building
or into a court conforming to the requirements of this section for courts, for two or fewer
water closets or urinal fixtures and two square feet additional for each additional water
closet or urinal fixture; or (5) by some approved system of mechanical exhaust ventilation of sufficient capacity to provide not less than four changes of air per hour. Each
vent shaft in a tenement house erected after August 31, 1930, shall be constructed of
fire-proof material. Not more than two water closets or bathrooms shall open upon such
a shaft on one floor of a tenement house, and no two water closet or bathroom windows
opening upon such shaft on the same floor shall be opposite each other.
(1949 Rev., S. 4072; P.A. 01-195, S. 142, 181.)
History: Sec. 19-363 transferred to Sec. 19a-359 in 1983; P.A. 01-195 substituted alphabetic Subdiv. designators for
numeric Subsec. designators, effective July 11, 2001.
Cited. 13 CA 1, 8.
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In each apartment of three or more rooms in a tenement house, access to each living room and bedroom
and to at least one water-closet compartment shall be had without passing through any
bedroom.
(1949 Rev., S. 4073.)
History: Sec. 19-364 transferred to Sec. 19a-360 in 1983.
Cited. 13 CA 1, 8.
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In tenement
houses, no room in the cellar or in the basement shall be constructed, altered, converted
or occupied for living purposes, unless all of the following conditions are complied
with: (1) Such room shall be at least seven feet six inches high, in each part, from the
floor to the ceiling; (2) the ceiling of such room shall be at least four feet and six inches
above the surface of the street or ground outside of or adjoining the same; (3) all walls
surrounding such room shall be damp-proof; (4) the floor of such room shall be damp-
proof and waterproof.
(1949 Rev., S. 4074; P.A. 88-70.)
History: Sec. 19-365 transferred to Sec. 19a-361 in 1983; P.A. 88-70 amended Subdiv. (1), reducing the minimum
ceiling height from eight feet six inches to seven feet six inches.
Cited. 13 CA 1, 8.
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Sec. 19a-362. (Formerly Sec. 19-371). No recovery of rent during unlawful
occupation. Exception. (a) If any building constructed as, or altered into, a tenement
house is occupied in whole or in part for human habitation in violation of the provisions
of the state building code, effective at the time of such construction or alteration, during
such unlawful occupation no rent shall be recoverable by the owner or lessee of such
premises for such period and no action or special proceedings shall be maintained
therefor. Nothing in this part shall be construed to abrogate or impair the powers of a local
department of health, the fire department or the courts or any other lawful authority
to enforce any provision of any city charter or building ordinance or regulation not
inconsistent with this part or to prevent or punish for violations thereof. Each inspector of buildings, fire marshal or other person authorized to issue building permits shall enforce the
provisions of this part and report all violations thereof to the proper prosecuting officer.
When no other officer is authorized to issue building permits, the director of health of
each town shall be charged with the duties assigned by this part to building inspectors. Any owner or lessee of any
building which was not used as a tenement house prior to April 24, 1913, who allows
such building to be occupied or used as a tenement house without making such building
conform in all respects with the requirements of this part, and any owner or lessee of
land, and any builder or architect who authorizes, makes or approves any construction
or alteration of any building or any reduction in court or yard spaces, in violation of the
provisions of this part, shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than
five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both and, if any violation
of any of said provisions remains uncorrected, the violator shall be subject to a renewal
of the foregoing penalty every thirty days until the violation is corrected.
(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to buildings owned by a housing
authority organized under the provisions of chapter 128, which have been constructed
or altered pursuant to contracts with the federal government or the state providing for
annual contributions or other financial assistance.
(1949 Rev., S. 4080; 1969, P.A. 443, S. 14; 1971, P.A. 413, S. 2.)
History: 1969 act referred to violations of state building code rather than of Sec. 19-370; 1971 act added Subsec. (b);
Sec. 19-371 transferred to Sec. 19a-362 in 1983.
Annotations to former section 19-371:
Disability to recover rent not confined to the person who was owner at time of completion but applied to subsequent
purchaser. 121 C. 458. Constitutional aspects considered. Id., 459 et seq. Cited. 136 C. 276; 149 C. 740. Statute does not
authorize action by tenant for recovery of rent voluntarily paid during period of violation. 150 C. 702.
Statute in barring landlord from collecting rent in effect relieved tenants of obligation to pay; landlord had no cause of
action to collect rent or for eviction, nor to rent premises to others in absence of certificate. 4 Conn. Cir. Ct. 360.
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(1949 Rev., S. 4081.)
History: Sec. 19-372 transferred to Sec. 19a-363 in 1983.
Annotations to former section 19-372:
Cited. 111 C. 450.
Cited. 4 Conn. Cir. Ct. 243.
Annotations to present section:
Cited. 13 CA 1, 8.
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(1949 Rev., S. 4082.)
History: Sec. 19-373 transferred to Sec. 19a-364 in 1983.
Cited. 13 CA 1, 8.
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(1949 Rev., S. 4083; P.A. 79-346.)
History: P.A. 79-346 allowed imprisonment for violation or imposition of fine and imprisonment; Sec. 19-374 transferred to Sec. 19a-365 in 1983.
Annotation to former section 19-374:
Cited. 4 Conn. Cir. Ct. 359.
