The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-02-21

perfectly dry, special damp-pfOof-
No rensrss.op cs h 81 shall BE cs
cupied for living purposes. All
Tenement Easements and cellars
shall have all outside walls made
damp-proof and all floors concret..
Tenement Easements and cellars
shall be properly lighted and VEN
Sec. &c. ARTIFICIAL LIGHT
ING. Every Public Hall in any
tenement over two Cd stories and
basement in height. shall be
lighted at night by a Gas Jet or
Electric lamp. provided for each
story and near stairways.
such Hall lights shall he left
burning all night on the entrance
iioor and on the first moor above
o'clock on all other floors.
Every Bath Room and Toilet
room shall have Gas Jet or
Electric lamp. Every separated
water-closet compartment shall
have a gas jet. electric light. or
translucent glass panel in door
containing at least thirty-six (SO
square inches.
Sec. 81. FLUE CONNECTION.
Each set OF Apartments in which
cooking Is done shall be provided
Smoke F'lue for Coal Stove con-
nection.
Sec. 2s. 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
or more rooms. shall have at least
one 90 Water Closet. In a separate
N nat
feet wide or in a 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
CD sink or Wash Bowl and one
I'd Water Closet for each two ca
adjoining Apartments and Access
sable TO each apartment without
passing through or into the other
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
10 the water supply and waste
shall be exposed, and all waste
pipes must connect to the Public
Sewers.
where pumping pipes ON any
kind. pass through floors or parti-
tons, 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
placed In a separate compartment
from every other Water Closet.
and dividing partitions to ceiling.
unless In a General Toilet Room.
only be seven % feet high.
Separate Water Closet compart-
tom OF a ventilation shaft. con-
tanning at least eight (S) square
Ieet OF cross sectional area, pro-
Vioed such shaft shall have at least
inree CD square feet OF glass sur
open.
Where Water Closets are main
tanned in General Toilet Room
with low partitions. one III win.
dow for the Toilet Room will DO
sufhcient. Water Closets In Bath
Rooms need not be enclosed nor
nave separate window.
Any Living Apartment in Ten
ement Basement, whether intended
shall have the same plumbing fix-
lures as required for the Apart
ments above
No Water Closet shall be main
tained in the Basement or Cellar
itor's use. unless with Special
Kermit from the Department OF
Buildings and the Board of Health.
In all Tenements now existing,
there shall be installed within six
90 months from the passage OF
this Ordinance, at least one Cd
sink with running water on every
moor and at least one water closet
for every two (2) families. and all
TO be accessible to all tenants of
In all Tenements now existing
and within six (6) months from
the passage of this Ordinance, all
woodwork enclosing any Water
front OF such water-Closet and
the space under the seat left open.
and the woodwork enclosing the
space below any Sink or Wash
Bowl. shall be removed and this
wall surfaces beneath and around
all Sinks, Wash Bowls, and Water
Closets. shall be maintained In
good repair and kept painted in a
Sec. 20. WALL PAPER. No
Wall Paper shall be put on the
Walls of Tenement until all for
mer Wall Paper shall have been
removed and the walls and ceilings
thoroughly cleaned
The Cellar Walls and the Cellar
Ceilings. OF every Tenement shall
be- thoroughly whitewashed or
painted In a light color at least
once In two CD years.
Sec. 30 APPROVAL BOARD OF
HEALTH. In all requirements and
provisions OF this article concern
Ing sanitation and public health,
the Department OF Buildings shall
exercise, no authority without the
approval OF the Board OF Health OF
the CITY OF Detroit.
ARTICLE xXxII.
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. by the
person. firm OF corporation desiring
to erect or alter such sign. All APP
plications for such signs shall be
accompanied by such drawings and
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. IL
said sign. as indicated I'm said draw
ings and descriptions shall be In ac-
cordance with the provisions OF this
Article. said Department OF Build
ings shall thereupon issue a permit
for the erection OF such sign, upon
the payment by the applicant OF a
fee as hereinbefore fixed In Section
3 OF Article III. Permits will not
be necessary for signs to be placed
on the walls OF buildings and Hat
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 BIO
erected.
Permits will not he necessary for
signs 20 be placed on vacant lots or