Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1899-12-30
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street or alley cutters.
Air Space Between l}uildlngs.-lf a
building to be used for esidence. ten
ement or lodging house Is on the front
of any lot where there are one or more
buildings on the rear of the same lot,
there shall be clear space of at least
fifteen feet between eacn Of said build
| ings IL these buildings are not more
than two stories high, and, IL higher,
! five feet wider space for each addition
al story, and no wooden building, ex'
cept that fronting upon street OF pub
| lie way of at least twelve feet wide,
shall be built or maintained within
three feet of the bounadiv line of the
lot upon which said buildings are
erected. o
Light and Ventilation il, Rooms. -Iu
every inhabited room there shall, be az
least eight square feet of window area,
having unobstructed access into the
open air for each 100 square feet Of
floor space, and free access shall he
had to the same by the occupants of
the room. portion of each window
being movable for ventilation.
Air Under Buildings. --Every build
ing, except privies having wooden
floors, shall have at least eight inches
of clear space for the circulation Of
air between the floor timbers and the
ground, and shall have sufficient ven
tilating openings in outer walls to
admit a free circulation OF air.
Yards, Etc.-Yards, areas, courts or
other open spaces in or between build.
ings where water Is used for washing
of any kind, shall be properly graded
cemented, tagged or paved, being
made waterproof and drained into
trapped drains properly connected with
sewer, cesspools or street cutters.
Water Tight Floors.-All rooms for
any purpose In which water Is used in
such quantities as to render the floors
damp, shall have such floors made alb
solutely water proof, and to have prop.
err drainage into trapped leaders, con-
veying the water away to cesspool or
sewer; the water proofling of all floors
to be done in a manner satisfactory
to the Board of Health or Building In
spector.
Privies.-Within thirty days after
the public sewer system Is put into p.
Grafton the use of privies shall be err
tirely discontinued within the limits OF
such sewer system, and all privies
shall be removed exceut as permits
are granted to convert the same into
use for receiving approved water
closets. Pending the completion of the
public sewers no privy shall be built
or maintained without at least three
feet of clear space on all sides.
No privy shall be quilt or maintain
ed so as to entirely cover the cess
pool or vault under the same, but the
cesspool or vault shall project out on
one side to allow for inspection and re-
moval of contents. The contents of
any privy, vault or cesspool shall not
be allowed to rise within eighteen
inches of the top of the same or to such
a height as to flow out onto the sur
face of the ground.
No cesspool shall be built or main-
tanned wholly, or in Part, under any
building Except privies,) unless the
same be made absolutely water-tight
by masonry, walls and dome, and hav-
ing small iron manhoie and cover at
top; also to have a 4-inch cast iron
vent pipe with caulked lead joints, en-
tending up through or at the outside
of the building, and with top of pipe
above the roof Of the highest building
within a distance of twenty feet of
the same, all these vent pipes to run
as direct as possible.
No cesspool or privy vault shall lie
built or maintained in any location ex-
cept the same shall have substantial
curb which shall retain the earth on
the outside and the contents of the
cesspool of vault on the inside. and
shall have substantial water-tight
cover with small, movable lid in same
for examination and removal OF con-
tents.
All cesspools or priyy vaults, other
than those wholly or In part under
buildings and which have cast iron
vent pipes, shall have approved vent
shafts, extending not less than twelve
feet into the open air. and, II within
twenty feet of any inhabited building,
the top of such vent shaft shall be as
specified for the cast iron vent pipes
Every privy shall have proper seats,
with hinged lids to the openings In
the same.
All connections to cesspools shall he
made with cast iron, lead or vitrified
sewer pipe. All urinals shall be con-
nected to cesspools. vaults or sewer by
trapped waste pipes.
All cesspools shall be properly
cleaned out at once, and thereafter at
least once every three months, and
thoroughly disinfected once each week
with any standard disinfectant adopt
ed by the Board of Health, and such
disinfectant shall be used in the man
per directed.
All waste, soil, sewer or drain pipes
must be OF cast iron, lead or vitrifed
clay pipe. II of iron, the joints must
be of caulked molten lead; II Of vitri-
fed clay, to have neat cement joints;
open drains may be Of water tight ma
sorry.
All cesspools must have all liquid
matter removed before they are aban-
doned; also remove all wooden curb
ing to a depth Of at least four feet be-
low the surface Of the ground.
When the public sewer system Is put
in use every privy vault and cesspool
within the limits Of ouch sewer system
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