The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-10-22

o Health they shall be properly
Sec. is. ventiiating shafts. u
2 In apartment buildings not over
8 two stories high. shafts entirely
enclosed may be used TO light an
3 ventilate bathrooms and water
8 closets but no other rooms nS>
halls.
. one apartment shall have Il mini
0 mum area of sixteen u8) square
feet and minimum least dimen.
9 sion OF three t3) feet and shall
3 be increased Mt least ten lol
! square feet In area and one 1907
8 ditionai apartment connected
esS All ventilating shafts
8 shall be left entirely open ~ top.
0 a. Proper provision shall be
made 10 drain the bottom OF all
! (5) There shall be access
I through an opening not less than
3 two CD feet by four ca feet at
s the bottom OF all such shafts.
CD Every enclosed ventilating
shaft more more, than nro one s'0 wi,, an nm
0 open horizontal intake or fresh
1 air duct at the bottom. not less
2 than four az feet in area and
with a minimum least dimension
OF sixteen O6) inches. Such in
8 take shall lead to a street alley,
8 yard or open court.
7 Cd The surrounding walls OF
8 all ventilating shafts shall be
made OF incombustible materials
0 as described In Article z of the
Building Code OF the City OF De-
2 troit.
Sec. II. Construction and Di-
viding Walls and Floors, tn No
tenement over four CD stories
and q basement high. shall be
built OF ordinary" construction,
s Type 4 as described In the Build
Ing Code OF the City Of Detroit
9 stories and a basement high shall
be built OF other than hreproOf
construction. Type 1.
60 In all tenements or dwell
ings having two (2) or more sep
arate apartments on one "a level,
9 be divided from each other. and
In all buildings over two stories
8 and q basement In height, from
8 public halls by brick, tile or
concrete division. Such division
walls shall be of thickness as
8 ticlc VII Section 8 of the Build
ing Code Of the City of Detroit.
5 90 For the purposes OF this
6 section, two (O adjoining apart
ments. each containing less than
three I'D rooms and on the same
floor level. may be considered as
j (s) In all tenements more
2 than two ca stories and base
ment In height, there shall he fire
I protection Tor the floors.
6) This protection shall as a
s minimum. consist Of two (sl
8 inch thick flooring on the moor
3 beams with one and one-half
0 Il LAD pounds to the yard as
] bestOs paper. between the two
2 CD thicknesses OF fboring and
3 cement plaster on the underside
of the floor beams.
s than two (G stories and a base
mem ir height. the basement or
cellar ceiling shall be plastered
with cement plaster on metal lath.
or on one G) inch OF tile or other
incombustible material.
(S) Frame tenements may be
3 erected not exceeding two (2)
Z stories in height, nor exceeding
twelve hundred $4,000 square feet
OF moor area or eight go rooms
exclusive Of bath on a story level
3 II rows Of dwelling. or terraces
Q shall be separated by division
walls of a thickness required in
2 Article rs, Section 9 Of the Build
ing Code Of the City OF Detroit.
Sec. Is. Fire Escapes. All
tsnements must be provided Wit
I by the Department Of Buildings.
5 They shall be built as required in
s Article % OF the Building Code
z Of the City OF Detroit
Sec. II. Height of Stories The
' snoyt4 of ten
I tor. or otherwise, shall not be
5 less than eight 90 feet high in
6 the clear All other. stories OF
Z tenements shall not be less than
5 nine CO.. feet high In the clear.
, In an attic story. at least one
I eight fD feet six CO. inches high
2 in the clear.
3 Orders may project below the
! ceilings, but In no case shall such
s girders finish more than six CO..
9 inches lower than the ceiling
Sec. Is. Halls and Doorways.
In every tenement there shall be
at leat two CD Independent means
Z OF cgress leading directly to a
. street, alley, open court. yard or
park.
All nrst story entrance halls
> rectly to public streets. alleys.
Q yards. or open courts. and all
such halls and doorways shall be
2 as wide In the clear as required
; for the stairway. Every stair
5 or rear the street alley or yard
8 level. and as wide an the stair
way and at least three 90 feet
( six (O inches wide. II more than
9 one az stairway leads into the
frst story hall. such hall and the
In exnyn a~<tH al 4
z the clear a. the combined width
3 OF the widest stairway and one
I half u-O the width OF each OF
8 the others.
9 In all tenements having two
Z CD or more apartments on ono
3 ~ level, the doors in openings
9 through the walls into public
Railways IL OF wood, shall be solid
I at least one and three quarter
I'll BAD inches thick, and all glass
In such doors shall be wire glass.
: There shall be no transoms over
8 such doors nor windows In these
8 walls, unless transsoms or win
dows shall have metal frames and
s wire glass and be made immov-
9 able.
Sec. 10. Stairs and Public
Z Halls. "a Every tenement
3 house hereafter erected exceed
4 ing two CD stories and a base
> ment In height. and having halls
8 or stairs for the use Of three
or more families In common shall
have at least one Night OF stairs
extending from the entrance moor
. to bulkhead above the roof, and
the stairs and public halls there
In shall each be at least four a.,
. Rect wide In the clear, provided
: that stairways not used In com.
Q mon shall be- not less than three
= l3) feet wide. All stairs shall b.
constructed with Q rise OF not
more than seven and one-half
"a 1-2) inches and with treads
not less than ten (10) inches wide
l and not less than four 60 feet
long In the clear. Winding stairs
3 Will not be permitted. Stairs shall
: also meet all OF the requirements
specified In Article XXI OF the
Building Code Of the City OF Detroit.
z Cd Every tenement two GU
= stories and a basement in height.
- or more shall have Mt least two