Common use of Building Classifications Clause in Contracts

Building Classifications. (a) Class A buildings are buildings where the assessed value of the land and building, based upon the 1935 assessment, divided by the number of rooms in the building, gives an assessed value of over $4,000 a room; (b) Class B buildings are buildings where the assessed value of the land and building, based upon the 1935 assessment, divided by the number of rooms in the building, gives an assessed value of over $2,000 a room, and not over $4,000 a room; (c) Class C buildings are buildings where the assessed value of the land and building, based upon the 1935 assessment, divided by the number of rooms in the building, gives an assessed value of $2,000 or less a room. (d) All non-publicly financed buildings now or in the future owned cooperatively or in condominium shall be classified Class A and wages shall be paid accordingly. 2. In classifying buildings completed and opened for occupancy after the levying of the 1935 assessment, the first year of assessment shall control. Where a building is newly erected or remodeled and opened for occupancy after April 21, 1976, and where its proper classification as finally determined indicated that the employees had been paid wages lower than required under said classification, employees shall be paid retroactively all amounts they would have received under the proper classification. 3. In calculating the number of rooms, a room shall be considered to be a rentable room enclosed by four (4) walls, with a door and with a window facing a street, court, areaway or airshaft. 4. Bathrooms shall not be counted as rooms except in apartments of three rooms or less, where bathrooms shall be counted as halfrooms, but this provision shall not cause a revision of existing classifications. 5. Rooms occupied by the superintendent and servants, if above cellar or basement level, shall be included in the total number of rooms. 6. Where stores are on the ground floor, the number of rooms on that floor shall be considered to be the same number, less three, as on a typical floor. 7. When eighty (80) percent of a building’s area and total number of units are changed to commercial and/or professional occupancy, it shall be considered a commercial building no longer covered under this agreement but shall be covered under the applicable Commercial Building Agreement.

Building Classifications. (a) Class A buildings are buildings where the assessed value of the land and building, based upon the 1935 assessment, divided by the number of rooms in the building, gives an assessed value of over $4,000 a room; (b) Class B buildings are buildings where the assessed value of the land and building, based upon the 1935 assessment, divided by the number of rooms in the building, gives an assessed value of over $2,000 a room, and not over $4,000 a room; (c) Class C buildings are buildings where the assessed value of the land and building, based upon the 1935 assessment, divided by the number of rooms in the building, gives an assessed value of $2,000 or less a room. (d) All non-publicly financed buildings now or in the future owned cooperatively or in condominium shall be classified Class A and wages shall be paid accordingly. 2. In classifying buildings completed and opened for occupancy after the levying of the 1935 assessment, the first year of assessment shall control. Where a building is newly erected or remodeled and opened for occupancy after April 21, 1976, and where its proper classification as finally determined indicated that the employees had been paid wages lower than required under said classification, employees shall be paid retroactively all amounts they would have received under the proper classification. 3. In calculating the number of rooms, a room shall be considered to be a rentable room enclosed by four (4) walls, with a door and with a window facing a street, court, areaway or airshaft. 4. Bathrooms shall not be counted as rooms except in apartments of three (3) rooms or less, where bathrooms shall be counted as halfrooms, but this provision shall not cause a revision of existing classifications. 5. Rooms occupied by the superintendent and servantsresidents’ domestic employees, if above cellar or basement level, shall be included in the total number of rooms. 6. Where stores are on the ground floor, the number of rooms on that floor shall be considered to be the same number, less three, as on a typical floor. 7. When eighty (80) percent of a building’s area and total number of units are changed to commercial and/or professional occupancy, it shall be considered a commercial building no longer covered under this agreement Agreement but shall be covered under the applicable Commercial Building Agreement.