New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-24
Proposed Code Article
. Deals with Light and
Ventilation.
WINDOWS MUST OPEN
ON THE OUTER AID
Other Regulations on Subject 70
Be Embodied in City
Ordinance.

sued last week by Rudolph P. Mill,
engineer expert to the building con.
mittee Of the Board OF AIderms, !.
the revision Of the Building Cod, !,
the result Of numerous eonfer.se..
with Representatives Of various inter.
ests invited 10 consider an earle,
draft. The proposed article does r.,
deal with the subject completely. a.,
proposed ordinance on height, size ana
arrangement Of buildings is nov !,
preparation by the city plan committee
OF the Board OF Estimate and Apso,.
tionment. II will embody proys,o,,
for the guidance Of the public on Hsh.
and ventilation.
In the article under considers,a.
the object sought is 70 secure prone,
conditions for the rooms in buildia,.
OF different kinds TO make them habi,s.
bic. The first section provides Tia.
every room in residence buildings shall
be ventilated by means Of windows a.
rectly TO the outer air, so that no buiN.
ings hereafter erected shall contain A,
living rooms that have not exterior
ventilation.
Discussion Of the general question
showed that IL was impracticsble 10
apply the same principle for dlrec. q.
terror ventilation 10 buildings used 70,
business purposes or for purpose, u
assembly. A second section proyidea
being applicable to business buildings
for a means of ventilation in ease d.
rect exterior ventilation is rot secured
Under this section the rooms Of busi.
ness buildings hereafter erected mus.
be so ventilated that the temperature
therein under ordinary conditions 10
not excessive and that certain stand.
ard Of purity OF air is maintained.
In public buildings more positive
means of ventilation Is required. The
provision in this case is that there
shall be such a system Of ventilation
that there is an actual change Of ais
within any room used for public pur.
poses, such as places Of assembly, hos
pitfalls and asylums. schools, etc II.
provisions, however, are not 10 apply
when the rooms used for public puI.
poses are so large that there Is more
than 1000 cubic feet OF air space to
each occupant and there is some ex.
terror ventilation by means OF Window
A minimum size of rooms in RESI-.
dence buildings is specified, and an.
other section excludes storerooms fror
the application of the article.
Bathrooms under this article may b.
ventilated in one OF several ways-
first, by direct exterior ventilation
through windows 10 the outer air; see.
ond, by windows opening into ven.
shafts Of specified minimum size ant
increasing in area according to h'
height of the shaft, such shaft bsias
when desired covered by louvred ~
lights; third, by individual vent tuea
leading 10 the outer air above the ROOT.
fourth, by means OF skylights whien
open directly to the outer air above Me
roof or TO court or yard OF the re-
CURED size; fifth, by any approved sys.
TEN of mechanical ventilation that VII
secure q change of air amounting 70
approximately six changes in an hour.
Windows utilized for the purpose Of
ventilating rooms TO the outer air are
required 20 have an area OF at leaH
one-eighth OF the floor area OF ue
rooms. The minimum area Of any WIN.
dow is 70 be twelve square feet. and
| the window is 70 be so arranged ~ 70
open for about one-half OF It's area
Provision is, however, made so Is no
10 exclude mullioned windows IN vhieh
the aggregate area Of the separate
parts equals the required area fof any
window.
In dealing with courts no auemp,
is made to say what shall be provieea
in any building in the way OF eouIs,
hut a minimum size OF court depeno,,nl'
on its height TO the roof Of the ouiia'
ing is specified when courts are 70 %
used Cor purposes Of ventllating room'
bv means of windows. No court, IN
der the proposed article, shall De l'n
than four feet wide in any case ho1
shall such minimum width be less 'ash
one and one-quarter inches Tor e's1
foot of height TO the roof Of the oons'
/ ing. 49,
Under the proposed article, yards ~
required at the rear OF every ~. ~.
dence building having minimum "'ss
of 10 per cent Of the depth OF the W
but in no case less than six feet sue
wards must extend across the en.',
} width of the lot and be unoostrue'es
for their full height from the NV
level OF the lowest story used 10, "
] idence purposes When ou.a...
however. faces on two or more s''ss'
these wards are not required. ~
Another section PROVIDES ens.
I courts used for ventilation purpy';S. 4.
as in the article prescribed, snA
connected 20 the street or yard :,
means of an intake at the BOTTOM =
the court. The minimum SIZE OF 80.
intake is 5 per cent OF the area ., y.
court. except that no intake snsn
( less than four square feeS 80,
however. a court exceeds 4oo sys;
feet. then the aggregate areas ~
takes need not be more than o..
ouired for a court of 400 square ~,
The provisions OF me arr. s.t.r
made TO apply 20 buildings ne, ia,
; erected. but il is also prov'csIi ,e,l
no existing building shall De ..dns,
or is lot so diminished as 70 IT,. ~,
,he area OF any yard or court ~.
! What is REQUIRED for the proper w.,
lation Of any room opening on ~, - IN.
ward or court. II is also provlaeo. Al Il
no additional rooms shall be pl a. *
'any building that may heres'' IAN.
enlarged or altered unless suen 10
comply with the recurrence"
rooms in new buildings. ,sr..d
The cutting off OF the draf' OF am.
existing buildings by reason OF 1rsstcf
ing adjoining buildings TO w,lIsr
beieht is also taken care OF Mi Syill-
in Article No. 10 Of the propose tesr
inc code. The article has sis0 ,royi.
issued in preliminary form = ~
sion Of the article is 20 the en's.s.la;ues
those who are erecting new Ia.
or raising existing ones 10 , nu,i
greater than adjoining chi Isa ssssiiSas
carry the chimneys W as me O.isIll..
progresses, placing the resp0. .ss sss
for this on the parties dong ~"
work. " Lii. vih
In general the article sea ,s. b