Evening star., 1949-05-23
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kPut inforce
Souer Asks Exemption
OF Present Apartments
And Office BUILDINGS

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s4o1ae;s 10 essna3aeg fra. changes
IN the regulations before h~gan.
ning enforcement Considerable
oppoSaTsan to the neN sawa uas
apparent as witnesses geagned
The regulations IL question
acre adopted IN is4& to ereane
Effective III ls4a Enforcement
~aS postponed tour tlsnes and lAsl
year extensive frs. .s&Gns Wegp made
relaxing The regulations tSs a great
extent The regulations ~sn, IN.
10 erect on January / A. fat a.
existing buildings wrge concerned.
ha' once again tAe Commissioners
heia up enforcement antll lhr
regulations acre printed
Extensive Changes Needed
The hearing TODAY Mas called to
flnsi rrsislons 10 the PAGE
proofs o! the regulations
The new nYe prevention iaaA~.-
the So-called rkgrss regulations
Mould require extensive rcnosielsnE
10 most Of The old buildings In
the city incIased SiAifeayx add
Iional exits and metal doors are
among the major changes that
would have to be made
Mr. Bauer said his organization
felt the owners al buildings erected
under permit and approved By the
District Building INSPECTORS ofsles.
should not be required 10 make
expensive alterations now 10 con
form 10 new concepts Of fFe
safety
Horace J Donneliy II uho &ald
he vas a lawyer for a number az
in the city, said the new
regulations would force many
owners 10 be In violation
OF the Law.
Held Unreasonable
He said that II an owner Of
small apartment, building aas un-
able 10 finance the alterations. his
occupancy permit would be taken
away and he would have TO esieL
the tenants But under the rent
control act this would not be pos
slble because an owner can evict
tenants only If he Is SONS to make
extensive Improvements 70 the
property In question
James Med Shea. representing
Bliss properties, said The regula
tons were not reasonable and
would bc impossible TO enforce
He said the appeals board &e, up
by the regulations wouid he food
ed with thousands oi casa
Mr. Shea said one apartment
building he knew Of would need
$50 900 in alterations which would
lake six years 10 be paid or lie
described an once building which
he said would take $3.50 900 10
conform 10 regulations
Weakly Objects % section
The section Of the neW iass
which would require hotels 10 close
transoms and To eliminate louyrrs
In doors vas objected 10 BY Prank
Weakly. president Of ths wash
lngton Hotel Association
Mr. Weakly said that alright
doors In a hotel would cost lives
He Said that many people have
been saved from burning In rooms
because the smoke filtered out into
the corridor and gave = vafnWg
that fire was present
II ia possible 10 &C., tiaeat build
inEE 70 safe that they are not NJ
for human occupancy he de-
clared.
A. Hamilton Wilson. al the
Washington Building Congress.
and a member oi the CognnIk-
sionerx committee which drew up
the regulations. wafued that pro
visions for modifying ths code
mus, be kept simple and efsessnt
He said that II a paihlie hearing
had TO be held each time the Gods
vas changed after iis adoption.
chaos would feKIlt.
0ppssed By Miller.
Brlg Gen. Gordon n Young,
Engineer Commissioner kssd hs
fsl. that minor alterations af THAT
sort could be accomplished sith'
out public hearings onee ihs
complete regulations have bern
aGGffG1s
Paul Miller. president oi use
Washington Guest HosIt< AKaocIs.
ton. also testified he thought ths
regulations xeFe sfnpoAasoss and
asked tire Commissioner 10 ap-
posn; . new committee o. property
owners 20 study the wncaF mat
ter and submit nes regulations.
Acting Fire Marshal n, A "af.
field and Joseph GrekEss, us TIE
Washington Building and Con-
Eiructlon Trades Council APL.
both spoke tn favor of tise nrw
regulations. a. did Alvin l..
Aubsnoe Of ilss Hoaas Balstssfa
Association AfE OTeAEeT sAAf
there wss plenty Of labor await
able and nat osnsra waA hare 10
trouble In setting ti1s work done.
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