Evening star., 1952-09-26
GOVERNMENT oF THE pIsTRIC1

OF COLUMBIA, WASHINGTON 4. b.
e, September 1S. l952.-ORDERED:
That effective so days from the date
sh5i f1sss eoseRRk1sa sssslSR q raE N
USE AND OCCUPANCY OF BUiLD-
1NGS AND GROUNDS" promul-
gated April %. 1897, as amended. is
hereby amended ta) by inserting the
following two sentences: Every
water closet compartment, privy.
toilet room or bathroom shall have q
waterproof floor surface and wall
base. such base to be at least three
inches in height and such floor sur
face to consist Of one of the follow
masonry effectively sealed so as to
have non-porous surface. laid in a
manner to be free from cracks or
open joints. and tightly Joined to the
base: L2) .tongue-and-grooye. hard
wood flooring that is tightly laid
tightly Joined to the base. and both
the base and surface covered with q
seal coat of waterproof finish; or
l3l Inoleum, plastic or rubber floor
Der or, plastic floor tiles, firmly ce-
mented to. smooth substantial sub
floor. laid without overlapping or
open joints. and tightly Joined to the
base Llnoleum" as used herein
es asfni G9F q naas nse.s o
gums. coloring matter. and wood
-four firmly affixed to q cloth or
felt-paper base, and does not include
enameled and eotton-linter, compo-
nGh Taneins s0Vehnss the said ans Section ito OS
amended. to read as follows:
Section J.. That 1t shall be and is
hereby made the duty of the. owner
Of any premises or building. situated
in the District Of Columbia: a. To
provide and furnish such premises or
building with ADEQUATE facilities for
heating. ventilating and lighting the
same. Adequate heating facilities
shall mean the provision and main
tenanee ip b.fdv good rspaT fsctS OF either
portable. fiue-connected heating IA
cility or go an electric. heating IA
cility which need not be fiue-con-
nected. Each of the foregoing heat.
of 70o F. in buildings or parts Of
buildings used for habita tion or sed-
entary work and Of So F. in build
ings or parts Of buildings used Tor
such heating facility shall be SO de-
signed and installed as to permit the
control of the temperature resulting
from the use of such facility in such
manner that the maximum resulting
temperature in the premises heated
maximum temperature in the "Com-
fort Chart contained in the 1881
Guide of the American Society OF
Heating and Ventilating Engineers;
temperatures referred. to herein shall
be measured with all usually-closed
outside openings closed in normal
manner. b. To provide. furnish. and
maintain I1o,.E proper r;1ias aad ior sch
Y,ron,iSaS nP building Every water
closet compartment. ,privy, toilet
room or bathroom shall have q
waterproof floor surface and wall
base. such base to be at least three
inches in height and such floor sur
loving: Is smooth-finished tile or
masonry effectively sealed So as to
have a non-porous surface. laid In
a manner to be free from cracks or
open joints. and tightly Joined to the
wood flooring that is tightly laid
Joined to the base. and both the
base and surface covered with a
seal coat Of waterproof finish; or l3)
linoleum plastic or rubber floor Gov Gov
or plastic floor tiles: firmly cemented
to a smooth substantial sub-hoor,
laid without overlapping or open
joints. and tightly Joined to the base.
Linoleum as USED nereln means
floor covering made Of special prep
arations of linseed oil, gum, color
ing matter. and wood -four. firmly
aflxed to q cloth or felt-paper base,
and does not include enameled and
cotton -linter composition coverings
c. To keep the roof thereof tight and
in good repair. d.; To cause the
graded and paved that all drainage
shall flow freely from all parts of 1t
into such sewer traps as may have
been provided for that purpose, or II
there be none. shall now away from
premises. F. J. DONOHuE. B L.
ROBINSON. r. F. CANfALIER. Com
miSSi0nerS d. C. SegD