Evening star., 1922-11-21
BUILDING PERMIT
RULES ANNOUNCED
Col. Keller Gives Out Instruc-
tions for District Home
Builders.

Realizing that a citizen not familiar
with 1.-THE ropes" of the District build
ing might easily become confused in
obtaining a building permit. Engineer
Commissioner Keller has had list Of
instructions prepared.
In many cayes it is necessary for
the applicant to go to three or four
offices in different parts of the NUM-
cipal building in order to comply with
the building regulations.
Among tho Offices that figure in the
issuance Of a building permit are the
water registrar, building inspector,
plumbing inspector, sewer depart
ment, surveyor, division OF trees and
parkings and the collector OF taxes.
Instruction Sheet.
Col. Keller said at first thought 1t
would seem that a representative OF
each of these departments should be
detailed in the building inspectors
office to save the applicant from
trip around the city hall.
If the surveyor. the plumbing IN
spector, the sewer man and the 9TH
ers had no other functions to perform
than the APPROVAL of building permits
Capitalization of these Offices would
be a good thing.
But, Col. Keller pointed out, the
checking of a building permit is only
one of many duties performed by the
employees of the offices mentioned
And when they are not passing upon
a permit they have other things tc
keep them busy.
The colonel also pointed out tina,
men detailed from other divisions tC
the building Office would have nothing
to do for a considerable part Of the
day.
The instruction sheet issued by the
Engineer Commissioner may be OBJ.
tanned from the bureau of informa'
ton ON the basement floor of the
building. The instructions are as fol.
lows:
Inquire at room 10s for general in.
formation as to what is required In
the way of compliance with the
building regulations and with the
area, use and height limitations 01
coming regulations.
Obtain blank applications at build
ing inspectors office, room 108. and
answer all questions pertaining to
proposed building.
Obtain building plat in duplicate
at surveyors Office, room 405. This
plat Is necessary to show relation OF
proposed building to the boundaries
and area of the lot and to verify
compliance with any building re-
striction that may be applicable.
Obtain certificate from sewer de-
partment. room 800, as to type and
size Of sewer. This is necessary in
order to determine the requirements
to be made for the house sewer. and
whether or not rain leaders may be
connected to the sewer system. In
the outlying sections where the sew
ers are embraced under the sep
arate systems, rain leaders are not
permitted, owing to the small size
of existing trunk sewers.
Plats Required.
Apply at office of superintendent
Of trees and parkings, room 5O7, for
permission to make changes in park
ing az contemplated by building
operation.
Submit application and building
plats with four sets (complete) Of
plans and certificate from sewer de-
partment to the inspector Of plumb
ing, room 114, who will retain two
sets, one for plumber and one for
file. After examination of the plans
by the inspector Of plumbing as to
their compliance with the plumbing
regulations, the application is stamp
ed approved and recommended for
permit, and the application. together
with two sets of prints. is then for
warded to the inspector OF buildings.
OF the two sets that are retained by