Is There An Update To Give Apartments Roof Access

The landlord has provided no actual reason for this other than that they say so.

Is there an update to give apartments roof access.

If you look in their craigslist ads there s no hiding the fact that they want you to get excited about having a private roof. No not unless it was designed for residential use and approved by the buildings department for residents to use. Unless the egress plan includes some kind of roof access. If so i think that s the tack i d take.

Seek out the hvac. Roof access posted by ace on may 11 2001 at 13 43 39. The roof access is generally for the firefighters. Stairs terminating at the level of a setback shall.

After years of roof access the landlord has dismanteled the deck on the roof and put an alarm on the door so that we no longer have access to our roof which we have always used for small garden projects and to enjoy the skylines. It s way more pleasant to lie on the grass in a park or go to a sandy beach. Many blds do not allow roof access because the roof gets damaged then leaks occur. If there is a roof deck for assembly use there needs to be open stairs and elevators or you risk doj for ada.

The roof is surrounded by gates and the floor is finished and management encourages us to use the space. There is no definitive answer to this question as some city codes require attics in all buildings to include commercial and apartments while there is no requirements in other cities. It is expensive to repair install new a new roof. In reality tar beaches really suck.

You need to send people down for emergency egress. I installed an alarm on our roof to deter break ins from the outside in not the other way around. We had the superintendent give us access to the roof to show the inspector that the problem had been fixed and that there was no new water damage 5. In buildings four or more stories or more than 40 feet 12 192 mm in height above grade one stairway shall extend to the roof surface through a stairway bulkhead complying with section 1509 2 unless the roof has a slope steeper than 20 degrees 0 35 rad access to setback roof areas may be through a door or window opening to the roof.

Was the roof access advertised as part of your apartment or written in your lease. The hvac unit may not necessarily be located in each individual condo which is all the more reason to have it inspected by a licensed hvac inspector says ryan willis. If it s only alarmed and not locked you might be able to turn it off and on from the inside. All building have access to the roof because that might be the best way to evacuate a building in the event of a fire.