Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-07-28
OFFICIAL.

DTOF1BIOnB AppTICADIe BuCh bLIdlngs,
shall have at least one frontage for its shtire
height OF at least one entire side of the Gtdit-
or1um and lObbies, passages ard stafrways, of
exit on that side, a street, court or open pas
sage fifteen feet or more wide, and at least
two'thirds of the entire width of exits and
entrances shall open onto such street, court OF
passage shall have the doors, halls, Corridors
1uooles, sealrways, passages and a1sles wider
ulrect, and so constructed and arranged as to
afford easy egress for the occupants under all
circumstances; shall have all doors open out
wards, anG of the fun width Of the passages
ON whlch they open shall have the passages
OF exit and Dtairways at least five feet wide and
Of an aggregate capacity in width of not less
than twenty inches for every one hundred (1O0)
persons that said building may at any time
from each division, gallery or compartment OF
such building, as well as to the exterior open-
ings' such buildings shall have corridors lob
pies, stairways, passages and aisles of equal or
increasing width, towards the exits and with
out any projection into them, within six feet
from the floor; shall have halls, corridors,
doors. stairw 4ys, seats and aisles so arrlnged
as to facilitate egress and these Jhall be OF such
character as the superintendent may approves;
heating or lighting and all lights protected to
the satisfaction of the Superintendent of
C G9iidirgs bngdiuc All sbs exits from any pub
use of every departing audience. No
temporary seats or other distractions shall be
allowed in any aisle, passage way of exit or
entrance or stairway of public building.
FIRE-PRoTECTIvE CONSTRUCTION.
SEC. 81. The overheads. the parts immed-
lately under the floors OF the auditorium, lob
bies, hall rooms galleries, stairways. landings
and corridors of pubic buildings shall be pro-
tected bv some incombustible material such as
wire lathing and plastering: and the stair car
r1sges and framing shall be plugged solid to
line of treads, rsiters and landing floors with
some fncombustible material.
CONSTRUCTION, sTAIRwAYs, LoBBIEs CoRRI~
DKRS, ETC.
SEC. 63. All partitions of public buildings
enclosing stairWays, lobbies and corridors. or
separating them from auditoriums or ante
rooms shall be of brick masonry; or of heavy
studdins brick noRged throughout other
wise made non-eombustbe. All stairs and
landings of public buildings shall have proper
hand rails on both sides firmly secured to walls
or to strong posts and balusters throughout
their entire length, as shall be approved by the
superintendent of Buildings. No window less
than seven inches wide at the narrowest end
or flights of less than three steps shall be intro
duced, and there shat. be full landing for at
least every fifteen steps,
LOCATION OF BOILERS, FURNACES, ENGINES, ETC.
SEC Ga: No boiler furnace, engine or heat
ing apparatus. excepting steam pipes and radi-
ators, shall be located under the auditorium,
nor any passage.or stairway of exit of pubic
building
SEWER CONNECTION.
SEC 65. Every building shal be separately
and independently connected with the public
sewer when such sewer is provided and IL
such sewer is not provided, with cesspool of
such material and capacity as shall be approved
by the superintendent of Buildings.
SEWERAGE AND PLUMBING.
/ SEC. 66. Drains and soil pipes through which
water or sewage is used or carried shall be of
iron when within a building. and 1or a dis ance
of not less than five (5) feet outside of the
foundation walls thereof; and the connection
for the rest OF the distance to the sewer cess
pool shall be of glazed drain pipe, laid with
tight cement joints These iron pipes shall be
| sound, free from holes and other defects, of a
uniform thickness CT not less than one-elghth
of an inch for diameter of four or less inches,
| or five thirty-seconds of an inch for Il diameter
OF five (5l or six (6) inches, with proI ortional
lion r0Afn
| They shall be securely ironed to walls, laid in
trenches to uniform grade, or suspended to floor
timbers by strong IRON hangers, as the superin-
| tendent of Buildings may direct If the super
| intendent of Buildings or Plumbing Inspector
| deems it necessary they shall be supplied with
| a suitable trap with accessible cleanouts,
placed either outside or inside the foundation
wall of buildings. They shall have proper fall
| towards the drain or sewer, and soil pipes shall
minished in size. to such height as may be di.
rected by said superintendent; but no soil pipe
shall 1 be Tea carried eSovs to less height than
in direction shall be m.de with
curved pipes, and connections with
horizontal p pes shall be made with branches.
Sewer, soil pipe or waste pipe ventiators shali
not be constructed of brick sheet, metal or
esrthen-ware, and chimney hues shall not be
| be made with molten lead, and thoroughly
| caulked and made tight Connections of lead
pipes with iron pipes shall be made with brass
| ferrules, properly soldered and caulked to the
iron.
PLUMBING.
SEC. 81. Every sink bssin bath tub, water
closet, slop hopper, and each set of trays, and
every fixture having waste pipe shall be fur
dished with trap which shall be placed as near
| Traps shall be protected from espionage or air
pressure by special air-pipes of size not less
| than the waste pipe; but air pipes for water
| closet traps shall be of not less than two inch
bore Air pipes shall be run as direct as posi-
BILE, and shall be of not less than two iuch bore
where they pass through the roof. Two or
l Aof- hn nfn1
with soil pipe; but in every case OF connection
with soil pipe, such connection shall be above
the upper fixture of the building.
| PLUMBING; TANKS, CIsTERNs, REFRIGERAToRs,
| ETC.
| SEC. 6S. Drip or over flow pipes from safes
| under water-clOsets and 9th er fixtures, or from
| tanks or cisterns, shall be runto some place in
open sight, and in no case shall any such pipe
| be connected directly with a drain, waste pipe
| or soil pipe, Waste-pipes from refrigerators or
stored, shall not be connected with a drain
| soilplpe or other waate-pipe, unless such
waste-pipes are provided with traps, suitably
ventilated and in every case there shall be an
open tray between the trap and the refrigerator.
PLUMBING, wArER-cLosETs. INSPECTION.
SEC SO. Every ater-closet or line of water
closets, on the same floor, shall be supplied
tRsnone @ RfRsh Rfnch Sns in diametes S1 ess 6ss
this requirement shall not apply % water
closets substituted for vaults, where the same
| are located outside the building proper and
water-closets may be SO arranged as to receive
| their supply directly from the main with such
fixtures as shall be approved by the Superin-
tendent of Buildings. and by the Water Board
and Board of Health. Pipes and other fixtures
| shall not be covered or ,ncealed from view
until after the work has been examined by tine
Superintendent OF Buildings, ana he shall be
notified by the plumber when the work is suf-
| iciently advanced Tor Inspection. Plumbing
work shall not be used unless the same has
| been first tt sted by said Superintendent with
| the peppermint ether or water test, and by him
| found satisfactory.
| STEAM NOT CONNECTED WITH SEWER.
| Sec. 20. No steam exhaust shall be con-
| neced with any soil or waste pipe or drain
which connected with the public sewer.
| GREAsE-TRAPs FOR SINKS IN HOTELS, ETC.
| Sec. II. A gre se-trap shall be constructed
| to receive the waste of every sink of each hotel
| restaurant or other public cooking establish
| ment
AIR. WATER, STEAM AND OTHER FURNACES
| REGULATED.
SEC. ~. Hot air, hot water, steam or other
| furnaces, whether brick or metal shall be kept
at least ten (10) inches. and the smoke fues at
| least twenty (20) inches off from any unpro-
| tected woodwork. All furnaces shall be placed
upon foundations of brick or stone, with proper
| hearths of incom mbustible material, at least
| twenty-four (24) inches wide in front of ash
| pit. All hot air conductors that are placed
| be made double one with another, with at least
| one half inch space between the two. All hot
| air registers shall be Sci in incombustible ma
| terial forming borders of not less than two (2)
| inches in width, which borders shall be firmly
| set in plaster of paris. Openings in floors for
| registers shall be lined with bright tin to re-
| ceive the register boxes. the lining being kept
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