Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-08-08

every additional ten feet or fraction there
OF in the height of the building Where
alley at least ten feet in width there
shall be a yard extending across the en-
tire width of the lot; where such building
or buildings are less than four stories ID
height such yard to be not less than five
feet in depth N every part and 20 increase
In depth one foot for every additional ten
feet or fraction thereof in the height Of
the building. Where the alley is less than
ten feet wide the depth OF the yard shall
be increased propOrtionately.
~ No tenement, lodging or boardlng
house or building used MS a habitation shall
be erected upon or moved onto the front
of any lot where there is another building
upon the rear of the same lot or upon the
rear Of any lot where there Is another
building upon the front of the same lot
unless there he between them clear, I'M
DISTRACTED space q least ten feet N width
If such buildings are not more than one
story high above the level of the ground :;
If either of such buildings be two stories
high the distance shall rot be less than
fifteen feet If either be three stories high
the distance shall be- twenty feet; and If
over three stories high the distance shall be
twenty five feet.
Section 1G36-162 III No tenement or
lodging house hereafter constructed shall
hare inner courts or lot line courts, except
for the purpose of lighting or ventilat-
ing water-closets or bathroom compart-
ments.
(2l Where one side of a court is situat-
ed on the lot line the width of such court
measured from the lot line to the wall of
the building shall be not less than four
feet, where the court extends from the
street to the yard bat where the court is
open either to the street or yard alone
the least width of such court shall be six
feet for buildings four stories or less in
height; for buildings over four Stories
the width of such court shall Increase one
foot for each additional story.
(3) Where an outer court is situated
between wings or parts of the same build
ing or between different buildings on the
same lot the width of said court measured
from wall to wall shall be not less than
eight feet In any part, provided the court
does not exceed thirty six feet in length,
In all buildings four stories or less In
height; for each additional story in height
such court shall increase one foot in width !;
and for each additional ten feet of increase
or fraction thereof in the length of such
court, the entire width shall be increased
one foot, and the increase in width shall
be cumulative.
az Any interior court, lot line or vent
shaft used OF intended to be used as the
means of ventilating lighting a bath
room or water-closet compartment shall
have an area of not less than twenty-five
and one-half square feet and q least width
of three feet for every building not more
than two stories high, and for all build
tngs more than two stories high an area
OF twenty-five square feet, and a least
width of three feet and four inches.
10 No court or vent shaft shall be COW
cred by a roof or sky light but shall be
open and unobstructed from the bottom of
such shaft to the sky.
Section 1636-163. ~ In every tenement,
lodging or boarding house hereafter erected
every room except water-closet compart-
ment and bathroom shall have at least one
window opening directly upon the street
or upon a yard or court of the dimensions
specified in section 1636-161 o. and ~
and section 1636-162, (2) and 80, and the
total window area in every such room shall
be at least One-tenth of the superficial area
r. FFn nv1a Ef1A Ion Of ~
such window shall be not less than seven
feet six inches above the floor and the
upper half of it shall be made SO as to
open the full width.
~ No building heretofore erected shall
be converted into, used or leased for a ten
ement, lodging or boarding house unless
every habitabie room shall have window
opening to the outside air as hereinafter
specified for buildings hereafter erected
provided that every habitable room of a
less area than one hundred square feet, if
1t does not communicate directly with the
external air and is without an open fire
place, shall be provided with special means
of ventilation by q separate air shaft ex-
tending to the roof of the building with a
sectional area of at least one square inch
for every ten cubic feet of space contained
in such room, and shall be lighted by a
sash window. containing not less than if
teen square feet Of glazed surface, opening
into an adjoining room In the same apart
ment which latter room opens directly
onto a street, yard or alley, and has a win
dow or windows the glazed surface of
which equals one twelfth of the floor area
OF the room.
Section 1G3G-164. ~ In every tene-
ment, lodging or boarding house hereafter
erected one at least of the windows pro-
ViGed to light each public hall or part
thereof shall contain not less than ten
square feet of glass area. In every such
house there shall be in the roof directly
over each stair-well q ventilating skylight
provided with ridge or gable ventilators
having q minimum opening of forty square
inches. or such skylght shall be provided
with fixed or movable lOuvres the glazed
roof OF such skylight shall be not less than
twenty square feet in area. In tenement,
lodging or boarding houses hereafter erected
where the stairs public halls are not
provided with windows OH each floor open
iEg directly to the outer air, the skyiight
shall be provided with such ridge or gable
ventilatOrs ana also with fixed or movable
lOuvreS or movable SaShes.
~ In every tenement, lodging or board
ing house heretofore erected which has not
In the roof directly over the stair-Wel1
veutilating skyligbt as in this section pro-
viLed for such buildings hereafter erected,
every public hall shall have at least one
WINDOW on each floor opening to the street
O. Il yard or court and such windows shall
have not less than six square feet of glazed
surface ana the upper half shall be made
t. open readily but this provision shall
not apply to the entrance hall, provided
that the entrance door contains not less
than five square feet of glazed surface.
81 In every tenement, lodging or board
ing house a proper light shall be kept burn
ing by the owner in the public Railways
near the stairs, upon the entrance floor
Rnd upon the second floor of said house
from sunset to sunrise every night through
out the year, and upon all other floors of
said house until ten o'clock in the even
In. unless otherwise directed by the de-
partments charged with the enforcement
OF this act.
Section 1636-165. IN every tenement
house there shall be adequate chimneys
running through every floor with an open
fire place or CRATE or place for q stove
properly connected with one of said chin
neys for every apartment, unless the apart
ment IS heated by furnace, hot water or
steam, and provision is made for cooking
by gas electricity.
Section 163G-IG6. In every tenement,
lodging or boarding house hereafter erected
all rooms except Water-clOset compartments
and bathrooms shall be Of the following
minimum sizes: In each apartment there
shall be at least one room containing not
less than one hundred and twenty square
feet of floor area, and each other room shall
contain at least seventy-ive square feet
area. Each room shall be in every part
not less than nine feet high from the
finished floor to the finished ceiling. pro
viigd that attic rooms shall be nine feet
hiSn in at least One-haf of the area of
each. No building heretofore erected shall
be converted into, used OF leased for
tenement. lodging or boarding house unless
every hdbitable room shall be not less than
eight feet high from the door to the ceiling
provided that attic rooms iii such buildings
Shall De eight feet high in at least one
half Of the area Of each.
Section 163G-16i. III In every tene-
ment, lodging or boarding house hereafter
erected no room in the cellar or basement
shall be construct j, altered or occupied for
living purposes unless all of the following
conditions are complied with: Such rooms
shall he at least nine feet h.gh in every
part from the floor to the ceiling; the
ceiling of such room shall be at least four
such room shall have a window or win
do0s opening upon the street, yard or outer
court and the total window area shall be