The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-24
MORE LIGHT AND AIR
IN NEW BUILDINGS
Ozone Supply in Business Buildings
Now a Matter of legislation.
Dwellings Must Have Courts

I.ut ard ventilation provisions to ne
demanded In buildings ;n he erected
under t, building code being framci
h. Rudolph f.. Miller were announced
las, week. They are the result of much
study ard conferences 10y Mr.. Miller and
EXPERT, uu the subject. The provisions.
Nlt,l WIZ ho known In the code as Arti-
cs -. do not cover the subject COM
plc.rl,. gs a proposed ordinance on
height. size and arrangement OF build
ircs is now in preparation by the eli Y
plan committee of the Board of Esti-
mate and Apportiunment and intends to
deal with the larger aspects OF light
and ventilation.
The object OF the article under con-
s,deratiou ~ to secure conditions that
rooms IN all kiuds OF buildings shall
d. hah!ttblc.
II demands that every room In resi-
dprce buildiUgs shall he ventilated by
means of windows directly to the outer
air. so that no building hereafter
erected shall contain any living rooms
that nave not exterior ventilation.
Rooms In business buildings hereafter
erected must bc so ventilated that the
tempcrature under ordinary circum-
stances is not excessive and that a cer-
tain standard of purity of air be main-
tanned.
In public buildings q more positive
means Of ventilation is required. the pro-
vision IN this case demanding that there
b. an actual change Of air. This pro-
vision does not apply to rooms SO large
that there IL moro than 1,0O0 cubic feet
o. air space to each occupant and where
there H. some exterior ventilation by
means Of windows.
bathrooms must he ventilated and
several ways are provided.
Windows utilized FOR the purpose Of
v.n,.lating rooms to the outer air are
REQUIRED to have an area Of AT least
our-eighth Of the Moor area of the rooms.
TIE minimum area OF any window ia t.
b. WE'VE square feet, and the window Is
e. he 50 arranged as to open for abou.
orc.half Of its area.
In dealing with courts no attempt 10
made 10 say what shall he provided IN
Any building In the way of courts. The
size ~ court will depend on height Of the
huiiiinG. No court under the proposed
article shall be less than q feet wide
n any case. nor snail such minimum
width he less than one and one-auarter
inches fpr every loot; Of height to the
rroF Of tho building.
Under the proposed article residents
r1ist have "a yard in the rear of a
minimum width Of 10 per cent. of the
depth Of the lot. but in No case less
than siN feet. Such yards must extend
across the entire width OF the lot and
b. Urp,si ruc;ed for their full height
Prom 'hp floor Level OF he lowest story
used for residence purposes. When a
building faces ou two or more streets
q yt-i Is no required.
A'prhcr section provides that all
crur.s used Cor ventilation purposes AS
~ ,lc article prescribed shall he o II
r,.taf 80 the .trre' Cog yard bv mean
~ il .uf As. al che bottom Of the court.
TIE U limum size 90 -uch intake is >
ror cent. ut thv area 81 the court. ne
'u'lN, tu be less han four sqG1rc feet.
WHOM a court exc eds 500 square feet
then 20. a-grcgate area Of intakes need
't n. more than is required for 4 court
NJ ,fr gnu9rc feet.
TN" provisions Of the article are made
20 Amply to buildings hereafter erected.
W. u j. also provided that no existing
hU!ld'ug shall hc So enlarged or its lot
80 Diminished as 10 reduce the area OF
any yard Or court below what is re-
ou!rcd for the proper ventilation Of any