The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-09-03


snail be with wire glass or hreproof ma
terial or both
Exits from roof gardens shall be by
stars at least four in number. not less
,han four feet six inches wide, and dis
| unct and separate from roof TO ground
but they may communicate with the
stairs leading from the auditorium of the
| theatre
No person shall be allowed 10 stand in
! or occupy any aisle OF any theatre or pub
| lie assembly hall
The person or persons whose duty IL Is
10 issue licenses for performance OF any
! Kind In any building shall not isAle the
same until the inspector shall have GER
| timed In writing that said building has,
been erected altered. or completed or thei
rules and regulations Of this act govern-f
ing the same have been or are being car
| rled out, in full accordance with the
| building laws. This provision and the A
| HeNt preceding paragraph shall also apply
| 10 any such building already erected
| Inc gas mains supplying any theatre
| building shall have connections for the
| auditorium and the stage Independent OF ,
each other and provision shall be made
so that the gas can be shut off from the
| outside Of the building
Assembly halls and theatres lighted nv
/ electric light only shall have at least
! three separate and distinct circuits; (a)
! Tor the stage 90 and (c) for the audi
torium. corridors. and exits The circuits
| iNA'iiSh 10 II Id ana lC) shall be
! arranged that half OF the lights i'm each
| division OF the auditorium, and half Of
! ulose IN each corridor and exit shall be
! on OBJ and the other half on (c) circuit
When the current is supplied by public
! Hghting company these circuits shall be
! taken separately from the street mains
! Under all circumstances complete metallic
| circuits must be employed. Gas and
/ water pipes shall never form a part Of
| any circuit
All red lights over or designating exits
! and fire-escapes shall be independent of
the lights in other parts Of the building.
/ ana so arranged that they cannot be
! turned on from the stage platform
| TENEMENT. APARTMENT AND
| LODGING HOUSES
sec y Every building hereafter erected
! OF altered to be used as a tenement.
! apartment. or lodging house shall have
! IN every room except water-coset COM
partments, bathrooms. or storerooms ar
| least one window opening TO the external
air In every such tenement apartment
or lodging house the total window area
III each room, except water-closet COM
pdrumcntS, bathrooms or storerooms shall
De AT least one-tenth Of the floor area of
the room. and the top of at least one
WINDOW shall be not less than seven feet
SIX inches above the floor. and the rpper
half or it snail be made so as TO open the
run width. No such window shall be less
thah twelve feet in area between the stop
| beads. nor less than three feet from an
adjoining lot line, or nearer than ten Eeet
from any other building on the same
premises IN every such tenement. apart
mert, or lodging house the total window
area in a water-closet compartment or
| bathroom shall be not less than three
square feet i'm area for each and no such
! window shall be less than one foot in
width between stop beads
In every tenement or apartment house
fs.1
for such all rooms. except vater-cIoset
compartments, bathrooms or storerooms
! shall be Of the following minimum sizes:
In each tenement Of a tenement house
there shall be at least one room contain
ing not less than one hundred and twenty
square feet Of floor area and each other
room not less than seventy square feet
or moor area. and in each apartment Of
an apartment house there shall be NOT
less than four rooms with an aggregate
area of not less than four hundred eighty
square feet. Each room shall be in every
part not less than eight and one-half feet
IN the clear: Provided. that an attic room
need be but eight feet high in only one
half its area. Alcove rooms must con-
form to all the requirements Of other
rooms.
Every tenement apartment or lodging
house shall have proper means Of escape-
in case Of fire. The roof of every such
house shall be kept in good repair. and no
water therefrom shall be suffered to drip
to cause dampnoSs in walls wards or
area. Stairs shall have proper balusters
or ratings and be kept in good repair
Every tenement or apartment house
shall have adequate chmneys running
through every floor, with an open fire.
place or CRATE. or place for a stove
properly connected with one of the chin
neys for every family and set of apart
ments.
In every tenement or apartment house
hereafter erected. or any building altered
for such there shall be a separate water
closet In n separate compartment within
each tenement or, apartment; provided
that where there are tenements or apart
ments consisting Of but one or two rooms.
there shall be at least one water-closet
for every three rooms.
All water-closet compartments in every
tenement apartment or lodging house
hereafter erected. or any building altered
for such shall have a window opening to
the external air or into a vent shaft All
water-closet compartments. halls and
stairways in tenement and lodging houses
shall he provided with proper means of
lighting the same at night
The board Of health of said city NAV
make such other regula tions for the
safety. privacy or ventilation OF tenement
or lodging houses they may deem
necessary 10 protect the health and con-
dition Of occupants. or the public health.
No tenement, apartment or lodging
house hereafter erected shall occupy more
than nnety-five per cent. OF n corner lot,
or more than eighty per cent OF an in
side lot. provided, that the space occupied
by outside fire escapes or uninclosed
stairs projecting not more than four feet
shall not be deemed a part OF the lot
occupied.
For the purposes OF this section the
measurements shall he taken at the
ground level. except that where any such
building has a the first
that story is or is intended to be occupied
for business purposes only the measure
ments as to percentage OF lot occupied
may be taken at the level OF the second
story floor beams.
No tenement. apartment or lodging
house shall hereafter be enlarged or its
lot diminished. that a greater per
centage OF the lot shall be occunied bv
buildings or structures than provided for
in this section.