The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-02-20


perfectly dry. special damp proof
No Tenement Cellar shall be oc-
cupied for living purposes. All
Tenement Easements and cellars
shall have all outside walls made
d ga and all floors eoncrstt;,
tenement Easements and cellars
tilated.
See 20. ARTIFICIAL LIGHT
ING. Every Public Hall in any
Tenement over two CD stories and
lighted at night by Gas jet or
Electric Lamp. provided for each
story and near stairways.
such Hall lights shall be left
burning all night on the entrance
the entrance floor and until 10
o'clock on all other floors.
Every Bath Room and Toilet
Room shall have Gus Jet or
Electric Lamp. Every separated
have a gas Jet. electric light. or a
translucent glass panel In door
containing at least thirty-six (36)
square inches.
Sec. q. FLUE CONNECTION.
Each set OF Apartments in which
cooking Is done shall be provided
smoke Flue for Coal Stove con
nection.
Sec. ss. PLUMBING FIXTURES.
In every Tenement. every separate
Apartment containing three Cd or
more rooms. shall have at least
one ID sink or wash bowl. with
running water at all times.
In every Tenement, every sepa-
rate Apartment containing three
one % Water Closet. In a separate
compartment at least three (3)
feet wide or In Bath Room,
with direct access from all rooms
without passing through a Bed
room or any room used as a Bed
room.
Where Apartments on the same
level contain less than three CD
rooms, there shall be at least one
% sink or Wash Bowl and one
Cd Water Closet for each two CD
adjoining Apartments and Access
sable TO each apartment without
passing through or into the other
apartment.
Each Tenement having Apart
ments for families. shall be pro-
vided with at least one CD Water
Closet for each family.
All pipes and fixtures. pertaining
TO the water supply and waste
shall be exposed, and all waste
pipes must connect to the Public
Where plumbing pipes OF any
Kind, pass through floors or parti-
tions, the openings around such
pipes. shall be sealed or made air
tight with mineral wool or other
pliable and incombustible material.
No plumbing fixtures shall be
enclosed with woodwork, and the
spaces about and below fixtures
must be left open.
Every Water Closet must be
A M tina An q
from every other Water Closet.
and dividing partitions to ceiling,
uhiess IN a General Toilet Room:
% %nlS :. dividing partitions need
Separate Water Closet compart-
ments may be located at the bot
tom OF a ventilation shaft. con-
t tanning at least eight, (O square
lest OF cross sectional area, pro-
vided such shaft shall have at least
tnree CD square feet OF glass sur
race In a sash arranged to entirely
Where Water Closets are main
tanned In General Toilet Room
with low partitions. one "a win
dow for the Toilet Room will be
su1ncient Water Closets in Bath
Rooms need not be enclosed nor
nave separate window.
Any Living Apartment in a Ten
ement Basement, whether intended
Tor Janitor's use or otherwise.
shall have the same plumbing Ak
lures as required for the Apart
ments above.
No Water Closet shall be main
tanned In the Basement or Cellar
OF a. tenement, except for the jan
TORS use, unless with Special
Permit from the Department OF
Buildings and the Board of Health.
In all Tenements now existing.
there shall be installed within six
months from the passage OF
this Ordinance, at least one "a
sink with running water on every
moor, and at least one water closet
Tor every two CD families, and all
70 be accessible to all tenants OF
that floor
In all Tenements now existing
the passage OF this Ordinance, ali
woodwork enclosing any Water
Closet shall be removed from the
front or such Water-Closet, and
and the woodwork enclosing the
space below any Sink or Wash
Bowl, shall be removed and this
space left open. The floor and
wall surfaces beneath and around
!; all Sinks. Wash Bowls. and Water
J Closets. shall be maintained in
good repair and kept painted in
Sec. 30. WALL PAPER. No
Mall Paper shall be put on the
mer wall Paper shall have been
removed and the walls and ceilings
thoroughly cleaned.
The Cellar Walls and the Cellar
be thoroughly whitewashed or
painted In a light color at least
once In two CD years.
Sec. 80. APPROVAL BOARD OF
HEALTH. In all requirements and
provisions of this article concern
ing sanitation and public health,
the Department OF Buildings shalt
exercise no authority without the
approval OF the Board OF Health OF
the CITY OF Detroit.
ARTICLE xxxH.
signs.
Section I. No sign to be erected
or altered without a permit.
No sign, such az Is hereinafter
described under this article, shall
be erected or altered within the
city OF Detroit. unless a permit
shall have been first secured from
the Department of Buildings, blythe
person. firm or corporation desiring
to erect or alter such sign. All ap-
plications for such signs shall be
accompanied by such drawings and
descriptions as are necessary to
fully advise and acquaint the said
Department of Buildings with the
location, construction. weight. ma
terials and manner OF securing or
fastening such proposed sign. If
said sign, as indicated In said draw
ings and descriptions shall be In ac-
cordance with the provisions OF this
Article. said Department OF Build
ings shall thereupon issue permit
for the erection OF such sign, upon
the payment by the applicant OF a
fee as hereinbefore fixed in Section
of Article Ill Permits will not
be necessary for signs TO be placed
on the walls OF buildings and fiat
against such buildings where such
signs do not exceed twenty four
CAD inches in height nor project
beyond the lines of such building
upon which same Is proposed to be
erected.
Permits will not be necessary for
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