Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-03
IMPORTANT NEWS OF TOWNS In CENTRAL PENNSYLVANI

building or portion of building
or block of buildings. which is
occupied by two or more families
who have a common right in
the halls, stairways, yards, cell
lars and toilet accommodations
CT any one of them. Tenements
! shall include apartment. houses.
apartment hotels. flats, Two and
! three family houses and any
building not otherwise described
used for multiple habitation
where any portion thereof is used
nj common.
NO cellar or Easement more than
fftY-one per cent below ground shall
be used for living or sleeping pur-
! poses, the ordinance provides, and
When more than fifty-one per cent.
| aEcVe ground shall be used for liy
ing purposes only.
I Rooms without windows opening
dlrectly upon the outside air or con-
! tanning less than seventy square feet
| OF tioor area or 600 cubic feet of
ar space shall not be used for living
or sleeping purposes; and each room
useu Tor living or sleeping purposes
must provide for each occupant a
window area of at least thirteen
| X,
window sash arranged so that they
may be openeS easily.
ANY room in any building of the
grades referred to may not be used
Tor sleeping purposes by more occu-
pants at the same time than can be
| furnished with a constant supply of
fresh air by the window openings in
the room. The Board of Health may
| condemn any room as unfit for
sleeping purposes or may limit the
! number of occupants which may oc-
cupy any sleeping room at the same
| time.
Height of Ceilings
Ceilings may not be less than eight
teet clear except in attic rooms,
| where not more than one-half area
| or the ceiling shall be so reduced,
the room' however, providing at
least 500 cubic feet of air space.
A room subdivided by a fixed or
movable partition or separated from
room by a projection, beam or
arch, and containing more than sew
enty square feet of floor area is to
De considered a separate room, and
must be provided with a window If
IN the Judgment of the Board of
Health the opening between alcove
ana room is too small to provide
good ventilation.
All halls, stairways, bath and toi-
let rooms must be we'll lighted and
ventilated by openings or windows
leading directly into the outside
AR; except that in dwellings only
the bath and toilet rooms will be
required to be so ventilated.
Must Be Kept Clean
The owners of every rooming
house, boarding house, lodging
mouse or tenement shall keep the
public portion of porches, entrances,
nails, stairways, cellars, Easements,
toilets and unbuilt-upon portions of
me yard free from any accumulation
OF dirt, rubbish, garbage and other
retuse matter and shall keep the en-
tire building in good repair, includ-
ing the plumbing system, and also
| provide adequate lighting arrange
ments for all halls and stairways at
night between sunset and sunrise.
| The tenants will be required to keep
| their portion of the building clean
and free from any accumulation of
art, rubbish, garbage and other ref
use matter, and maintain it in a
sanitary condition at all times.
The erection of houses of the
grades referred to will not be per-
mitted on alleys or streets less than
twenty feet in width, and not upon
alleys or streets of this width OF
greater unles the alley or street is
severed, graded and paved, or the
construction of this work is pro-
Vided for in the future.
No buildings of the grades re-
! ferred to or any addition thereto
either alone or in conjunction with
other buildings, will be permitted to
be erected or constructed upon the
unbuilt-upon portion of the lot un-
less this new building or addition
shall have an adequate frontage on
a public street and be so located
that 1t shall have adequate natural
light and ventilation, and shall not
cut off or interfere with the light
and ventilation of any adjoining
building or the grounds thereof.
This Hits Harrisburg
No building of the grades referred
to or any portion thereof may be
occupied if it is in such condition
which in the judgment of the Board
of Health the sanitary methods ol
living cannot be maintained. This
is the part that affects Harrisburg
most at this time. If in the interests
of the public health, the Board oi
Health deem it necessary, they may
order the said building. or part
thereof, vacated and not to be occu-
pied again until it is placed in a
sanitary condition and approved BY
the Board of Health, the ordinance
provides. During such interval as
may elapse between the expiration
of any notice served and the reliev.
ing of the said insanitary conditions
. nf ic To q
sign or placard upon the property ir
a conspicuous place, stating that the
building or any part of it, or the
premises, as the case may be, is in
sanitary.
All buildings of the grades re.
ferred to must under the ordinance
be connected to the sewer system al
once If located upon severed streets
If not, no surface drainage of laun.
dry, kitchen and bath water will bC
allowed, and cesspools must be con
structed to take care of such adrain.
age. Refuse vaults must be bull
in a substantial and sanitary man
ner to the approval of the BoarC
of Health as to size, method of con
struction, etc, and must be ade
quately fly screened.
The open or unbuilt-upon portion
of every lot, under the terms of the
ordinance, occupied by buildings o,
the grades referred to, whether it bt
court, yard or alleyway, shall b'
paved or graded so as to provide
thorough drainage.
Separate Water Supply
All buildings of the grades re
ferred to must provide water suppl!
and toilet accommodations for eac1
family and for their separate llse