The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-06
REGARDING BUILDINGS AND
YARDS.

pOluL.
REGARDING BUILDINGS AND
YARDS.
RAIN WATER.
l. Where the space between the
buildings is less than fifteen feet. the
water from the roofs of the buildings
on the sides OF such space shall be con-
Quoted in water tight leaders and made
to discharge into suitable drains lead
ing into street or alley cutters: and if
the building abuts on an alley or road
way of like width the same rule shall
apply.
AIR SPACE BETWEEN BUILDINGS.
2. There shall be a clear air space OF
ten feet between all buildings except
those fronting on a street. No build
ing except such as fronts on a street
shall be built within five feet of a
boundary line. The word buildings
In this paragraph shall be construed to
mean and include sheds, lean-tos,
privies, and all other structures.
LIGHT AND VENTILATION OF
DWELLINGS.
3. Each and every room intended or
used for human habitation shall be
provided with at least eight square feet
OF window area having unobstructed
access into the open air for each 100
square feet of floor space in said room,
and free access shall at all times be had
to the same by the occupants of the
room; and at least one-half of such
window space shall be movable and
available for ventilation.
AIR SPACE UNDER BUILDINGS.
4. Every building shall have on an
average at least twenty inches of clear
space for the circulation of air between
the floor timbers and the ground, and
shall have sufficient openings for ven
tilation in the outer walls to admit a
free circulation of air; but, in case this
air space cannot he secured without
reaching ground water level" then
there shall be no air space, but the floor
shall be of concrete or masonry.
YARDS, AREAS, COURTS, ETC.
5. Yards, areas, courts, alleyways
and other open spaces within or be-
tween buildings, where water is used
for washing of any kind, shall be prop
erly graded and cemented, or paved so
as to be water proof, and drained into
trapped drains properly connected with
sewer or cesspool, and no permanent
wooden floor or grating shall be main
tain-I over the same.
WATER TIGHT FLOORS.
6. All houses, structures, rooms or
parts thereof, in which water is used,
or intended to be used, in such quanti-
ty as to render the floor or floors there
OF constantly damp, shall have such
floor or floors, made absolutely water
proof, with proper drainage into
trapped leaders conveying the water
away into cesspool or sewer; and the
water prooflng Of all such floors shall
be done in a manner satisfactory to the
Board OF Health.
z. No building or structure shall be
u-ed as residence or place for human
habitation or abode which is situated
upon land where there is standing
water within eighteen inches of the sur
face Of the ground; nor SIN II any build
ing or structure be so used that Is
placed on land that has been made by
Il ing in with refuse or garbage, or
that is declared by ne Board Of Health
to be Of foul or corrupt material.
REGARDING PRIvY-vAULTs AND
CESSPOOLS.
8. No privy-vault, sink or cesspool
in Honolulu, shall hereafter be located
or constructed within fifty feet OF any
stream, lake, pond, well or spring OF
water, nor within two feet Of the line oi
any lot; nor shall It be made more
than eighteen or less than six feet deep
or placed in such a position that it is
not easily accessible for emptying and
cleaning.
8. When deemed necessary by the
Board OF Health, the sides and bottom
Of any privy-vault, sink or cesspool
shall be made either wholly or In par
water tight, so as to prevent any satu.
ration of the ground about the said
vault, sink or cesspool, and shall be
provided with suitable ventilating ar
rangement-
10. No structure or cover shall be
put upon or over any privy-vault, sink
or spool, until It has been inspected