The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-07-29


! ladder leading to and above the roof.
,, lu;t'Gst ba cony shall be provided with a
, - Ladder reaching to the ground. There
SIT. be attached to such fire escape three
;-l wrought iron standpipe extending from
s io!ut Within lve 1-et Of the ground to q
/ nj t1rec feet above the roof or cornice
IA al each story above the first and on
d. roof there shall be attached two and
.e-half inch angle hose valve with male
Icse connection and a double or Siamese
~ female hose connection. at the base Of
tue pipe, with threads to conform to the
re ana pattern used by the fire depart
nent where the building is located. All
times In good, seryiceable and safe repair
ana an CONDITION and free from membranes
Section I636--1ss. No tenement. lodging
or boarding house shall hereafter be erected
or enla rged npon or moved onto any lot SO
as TO occupy more than ninety per cent
per cent. Of any other lot. provided that the
FDace occupied BY lire escapes shall not be
ueemed part Of the LOT occupied
apartment house. tenement, lodging or
boarding house hereafter erected or enlarged
upon or moved onto any lot which does not
extend from the street to an alley, there
shall be yard extending across the entire
width Of the lot at every point from tne
ground 20 the sky ui1obstructed, except tnat
may project DOT over four and one-haif feet
from the rear line OF the house ana the
depth of said yard measured from the ex.
line Of the lot shall be. as follows: The
depth of the yard behind such house here
after erected upon q corner cot sail not be
less than ten feet in every part provided
that where such lot Is less than one hun
dred feet In depth, the depth of the yard
shall not be less than ten per centum Of the
depth Of Auch lot. but shall never be less
than i've feet In every part. The depth of
the yard behind apartment, tenement, board
Ing or lodging houses built on other It'll than N
any part of such house to the center line
of the alley, If there Is an alley, or the rear
line Of the lot where there Is no "a Si tS
height OF such building above the GROUND
level, but In no case shall 1t be less than
(2). No apartment, tenement, lodging or
boarding house shall be erected upon or
moved onto the front Of any plated lot or
street, where there Is another building upon
the rear OF the same lot or parcel, or upon
the rear OF any such lot or parcel where
the same unless there be between such
buildings a clear, unobstructed space at
least fifteen feet In width, if either building
ty feet In Width Il either building be three
stories high, and at least twenty-five feet
In width, II either building be over three
Section 18ss-19o. No apartment, tene-
ment, lodging or boarding house hereafter
constructed shall have vent shafts. except
for the purpose OF lighting or ventiiatlng
Water-cioSet or bathroom compartments, or
passage ways.
Section l636-191: a.. No outer lot
line court measured from the lot line to the
all OF the building, shall be less than three
feet for buildings two stories or less IN
height. For buildings more than two stories
Ia height, the width of such court shall in
crease one foot for each additional story.
~. Where an outer court is situated be-
tween wings. or parts Of the same building
lot the width of said court measured from
wall to wall shall not be less than eight
feet in any part, provided the court f. does n5
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 en-
tire. width shall be increased one foot, and
the increase in width shall be cumulative.
(Sl. No inner lot line court shall be less
than six feet in width, nor less than sixty
square feet In area Of unobstructed space
for courts two stories or less In height no
inner court shall be less than ten feet in
width nor less than one hundred and hfty
square feet In area for courts two stories
or less In height; and for every additional
story every such inner court or inner lot
line court shall be Increased in size by at
least one linear foot In its length and one
linear foot in its width. ~ ....
"a. No court or vent shaft shall be COW
cred by a roof or skyught but shall be
open and ,liobstructed from the bottom
thereof te the sky No IRE escape or stair
way shall be constructed therein unless the
court be enlarged propertionateiy, and nave
direct exit outside OF the building:
go. At the bottom of every SHAFT or In
ner court there shall be sufficient access
to such shaft or court as TO enable it to be
properly cleaned out All such inner courts
from street or yard, the area of which In
take Ia square feet shall equal two one e
thousaudths of the number Of cubic feet
contained In said court.
(8)..-Nos building shall hereafter be al
tered or enlarged to encroach upon the
space reserved by law for light and air. on
lr,kA SxoN Hnfo raf mr. 5rY1d
apartment house, tenement house, lodging
house or boarding house is erected.
Section 16S6--ls2. In every apartment
hereafter erected, every room. except water
closet compartments and bathroom shall
have ut least one window opening directly
upon the street or upon yard or court:
The total window area in such room snail
be at least one-tenth of the superficial floor
window shall be not less than seven feet
above the floor and the upper half of it
shall be made so as to open the full width.
No building hereafter erected shall be con-
verified into. used or leased for q tenement,
lodging or boarding house, unless every such
room thereof used for such purpose shall
have a window opening directly upon
street, yard or court; nor shall any build
ing or part thereof constructed and used for a
different purpose, be relnodeled SO as TO CON
vert It into a tenement lodging or boarding
house., unless SO, renodeled as to comply
With the requirements of this section.
bos sel3 fenenent lodging or boa boarding house
hereafter erected, one at least Of the WIN
dowS provided to light each public hall or
part thereof. shall contain not less than ten
square feet of glass area. In every such
house three or more stories in height where
the stairs of public halls are not provided
with windows ON each floor opening directly
TO the outer air. there shall be IN the roof
directly over each ~stairwell ventllating
skylight with ridge or gable ve-.Iiat0rs nav
Ing minimum opening Of forty square
with fixed or movable lowers. The glazeo
roof of such skylight shall be not less than
twenty square feet in area.
Section. 1636-104. In every apartment
house. tenement, lodging or boarding house
there shall be adequate chimneys running
through every floor with an open IRE place
or CRATE, or place for stove properly con-
nected with one Of said ch4mneys for every
apartment, unless the apartment is heated
by furnace, hot water or steam and pro-
vision Is made for cooking by gas or cleo
tricity.
Section 1636-195. No room In the cellar
or basement Of any apartment tenement,
lodging or boarding house shall be con-
strncted. altered or occupied for living pur-
poses unless al! of the following conditions
are complied with Such rooms shall be at
least eight feet high In every part from the
door to the ceiling the ceiling of such room
sbeM &c at least four feet above the level
of the lot; such room shall have window
or windows opening upon the street. yard
er outer court and the total window area
snail be at least one-tenth the superficial
fioor area OF the room onehaif OF sash of
such window shall be made to open the full
width; the walls and floor of such room
shall be damp-proof and waterproof and
AT for human habltation as determined by
the departments charged with the enforce
ment of this act.
Section 1636-196 C). In every apart
mont house tenement, hereafter erected &C
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