The Detroit times., 1911-02-23

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SONS or windows shall have metal
frames and wire glass and MADE
Soc. 90 FIRE ESCAPES. For
be provided as called FOR in this
Ordinance tSee Article xNIilJ.
Sec. 81. STAIRwAYS. Every
tenement shall have at least one
Cd stairway extending from the
TO roof through a buikhead and
door having lock requiring no KEY
on inside. Such stairways shall
also have a ventilating skyhght
or with movable windows at the
top. such skylight or WINDOWS
shall be glazed with plain glass
not wired.
Every tenement over two CD
stories and a Basement In height,
shall have at least two CD stair
ticabie. and every apartment In
the building shall have access 70
both stairsways through doorways.
In every Tenement building over
three CD stories and basement IN
a hallway, entirely enclosed with
masonry walls and IL the buildings
be more than Ave CD stories and
basement In height. the moor ana
ceiling or each story or this STAIR
required for ftreproof buildings.
Every Tenement containing more
than one hundred C0o) Living ana
Sleeping Rooms above the nrst
story. shall have In addition TO the
two CD stairways already.requirea
every additional one hundred llOOl
rooms or fractional part thereon
more than the first one hundred.
The width and number and con-
struction OF stairways In Iene-
ments shall conform TO REQUIRE
ments set forth in Article XXI
(Stairways) In this Ordinance.
No one stairway shall be built to
serve as access 10 more than sixty
600 rooms.
The inside stairway to the base
ment or cellar In every Tenement
building, more than two CD stories
and a basement In height, shall De
enclosed in the basement or cellar
by Brick Walls and having stand
ard seif-closing IRE doors. IL this
stairway be under the first story
stairs, II shall have a ceiling made
entirely OF incombustfble mater
ials, separate and distinct In. It's
construction from the hrst story
stairs.
In all cases outside stairways to
Easements or cellars I'm Tenements:
except In Frame Buildings, shall
be made entirely OF incombustiDie
materials. and IL they are shell,
be made OF Uncomfortable materials:
No closet shall be constructed
underneath the first story stairway
OF Tenement, unless 1t is nre-
proof building; but the space un-
stairway. unless occupied by base
ment or cellar stairway, shall be
left entirely open. No stairway In
any Tenement shall be less than
three CD feet wide In the
clear.
Every stairway In a Tenement
shall have a hand rail substantially
supported about two CD feet six
(G) inches above the floor. and
every open side In floor or stairs
shall be protected by a substantial
railing or balustrade.
Every stairway In Tenement
shall have a wall between the two
CD flights Of stairs, where IL
returns upon itself. not less than
nine 90 inches In width.
The risers OF all steps of stair
ways OF Tenements. shall be not
more than seven and one-haif
Gh) inches high. and the treads
shall not be less than ten Uol in
Sec. %. WINDOWS. Every Pub
lie Hall and every Stair Hall OF
Tenement over two CD stories and
a basement In height, shall be
by windows or glazed doors. open
Court, Yard or Park. No one "a
OF these windows or glazed doors
above the basement shall have a
less glass area than fifteen (1b)
In Tenements not more than two
(2) stories and a basement IN
height. Public Railways shall have
outside windows or glazed doors or
adjoining apartments.
Any part OF a Public Hall, cut OF,
from the Main Public Hall OF
Tenement by a door or doors, shall
be lighted and ventilated In the
same manner as the Main Public
Hall.
All rooms In a Tenement, except
Bath Rooms Toilet Rooms and
Pantries. shall be lighted and ven-
tilated by windows with movable
Street. Alley, Yard, Open Court or
a Park The total area of such
windows shall be at least equal TO
one-tenth u-10) or the floor area
Of the room out or which these
windows open and at least one az
window In every such room shall
have not less than twelve (12)
square feet OF glass area and the
top of one G) window In each
room; shall not be less than seven
floor level.
Every Bath Room, Toilet Room,
Separate Water Closet Compart-
ment and Pantry. shall be lighted
and ventilated by at least one Cd
window opening directly to a Street
Alley, Yard. Open Court, Park or
Shaft, and each window shall have
not les than six CD square feet OF
glass area. Any such window may
be skylight arranged to open and
Lat
All windows in Tenements shall
be made so that at least one-half
CID OF the opening, shall be NOV
able and available for the passage
Oh s e's sS sKYLIaHTs. The top
story of every public hall In a
Tenement shall be lighted and VEN
tiiated by a skyltght located. over
the stairway. Every such sky
light shall have a ventilator with
square inches. and not less than
twenty (2O) square feet OF glass
Sec. "a ROOMS. Every Apart
ment in which cooking Is done.
shall have at p Least p two sse n rooms %n;
let Rooms Every room, except
Bath Rooms and Toilet Rooms,
shall have an exit TO Public
Hallway without passing through
Every Apartment shall have at
least one "a Living Room with a
-ftUUr urea of not Tess IMAM one hun
dred and forty (40) square feet
and there shall be mo Living Room
or Sleeping Room with a floor area
less than eighty (s0) square feet.
No Living Room or Sleeping
Room. shall AFFORD less than four
hundred (400) cubic feet OF air TO
eachs occupant over twelve G2)
years OF age nor less than two
hundred (20O) feet for each child
less than twelve 12) years OF age.
No room I'm a Tenement shall
exceed in depth. from the nearest
window, the distance OF two and
one-half (2h) times the height OF
the window head from the floor
level.