The DOB has finally standardized and clarified the rules for a 3-piece bath in a cellar. It’s explicitly permitted under certain limitations:

http://www.nyc.gov/html/dob/downloads/bldgs_bulletins/bb_2011-010.pdf

Jim Hill, RA, LEED AP
Urban Pioneering Architecture


Comments

  1. maybe i am dense, but what does this get us? a shower in an open cellar? and why only one and two family dwellings? multiple dwellings have open cellars too.