Evening star., 1953-03-23
OFFICIAL NOTICES

OF THE DiSTKlCl
Of Columbia. washington =, u; ~;
March 16, 1953-ORDERED; nded aaai
the 195l BulidInE ps1n GSoe az section &c III.
Rs5n,e room and nd substitute the {9lloEEinhg' follow h':
CHARITABLE ROOM ROooHi;,,ded HsUiIIad HesnUcIosed
rOors room means so aprovided az With natural ish
and Ventilation. so protected agSiinst
fhe elements, so located. with reter..
snce enc to the ground surface. and OF
such size a these to eomey mreeEyulations
nepe,nasfsll reoms sSal1 include rooms used for =
Ikitchens) but do not include sun.
porches. bathrooms, water rHing
Compartments. ianndrleis, n1 cio,sets Seiys haIls
Ways, y Corridors. cellars. attics. and and
similar places that are not useo
frequently or during .extenqeo Pc
riods." Page 100. SECTION ta- ~; Apo the
the following ddsstfiInnitttnre dstinititon ai'eI SUN IN
PoRcH.-An enclosed porch. the
exterior walls Of which are pre-
dominantly clear glass. rage io4,
Article 502-O1; Amend parasrspn nrS
tS tRs 8 ehSii hsSemicoion and adding the. fol
lowing: provided. that in single
FAMILY dwellings only. a habitable
room or rooms may have the re-
quired windows or other openings td ne
onto a sunpore5, cGntGrmins5 artiele s5os,osS . :h
FsSHiFe@sn'iA Ps9s 15s. Add 1i nA new Article 5oS-
a. to read as follows: "Article 5O2-
03.wSunporches "a. In a single
family dwelling only. not more tnan
hs95sSlfs absS soS TSOas o the sna s1ta IT
rooms may be lighted. or lightea
and ventilated through a sunporcn
or sunporches complying with the
following requirements: !. Eacn en-
closing exterior RI g,azea ws % Of cleaT sIass
such that the glazed area VIII be
Of each such wall. In computing
the glazed area, the ,sa sasn n,.sT area arsa oa
windows and the actual sh.Ii giaSs Ss used nfsr
T. Z. At At least 5osS Of the glazed area
in the exterior walls OF the sun.
porch shall be openable. 3, At least
one-half Of the. total glazed area OF
the sunporchh snail s1lsJ Jace er ureGsi on yapd
or court Conforming to the require
ments of the Zoning Regulations.
4. Storm sash or double windows
shall not be used on any Sunporcn:
Increased by 1Oqs over the minimum
required. s. The total glazed area
Of the, sunpoTch shall 6s no. not s,sSs ,eSs
1na9 po9ch p,as use twice NHc the area Of all
reaEired windows or. other openings
between the sunporch and the hab-
liable room or rooms. lighted or
lighted and ventilated through suc1
g. The Sindo%S Ioom o. OF FaaTs rooms
so lighted or so lighted and venti-
lated shall conform to the require-
ments Of Articles 5O3-O2 ana 2U9v nea,,
OF. Such windows or openings may
common wall between the habitable
room or rooms and the sunporch;
T. No window from any bathroom
or water-closet compartment may
open onto sunporch. 3: 4 sun
porch n.nS may not tSeongh pc sh'eG Smother sun
other openings between the sun
porch and .habitable rooms may pc
replaced by clear ll unoostrncI;eo s roc,;H
respects sunporches shall comply
with the reQuirements q AItlGles
7Oi -O4b (S). and 7O1 -04c (9); d. The
Director Of InspecflSin: tps niTsctoT wl'o Of the ne
Bureau Of Public Health Engineer-
ing. may permit variation OF 1O9o
from the above requirements for ex-
isting single family dwellings when
full compla5GGce ,nyol1e Wi5R tne nsxcepfiona
structural difiiculties. Page 234. AZ
ticle 7Ol -O4b. Delete paragraph S)l
and substitute the following: o,;
Sunporches and open porenes SnaL
not be eonStructeSS ns closer eorehes tas shall
have well secured open balustrsdes
not less than 3 feet nor more than
2 feet s. Inches in height when the
floor hefRht is feet 9 inches or
more above the adjacent nat.cfs9 FrSunSG; SI
railings. balustrades or open grilles
as directed BY the Director Of In
spection when he deems such IN,
stallations necessary far sanre5Istt neIsts
Page 236A: Article 79I acIndin1 rT4ei De,s5s ssbe
paragraphs I. II and III. and substt-
tute the following: "(al. Sunporches
and open porches shall not be con-
Structed closer than g. to q party
line: Open porcnss snail an, nave aye Tei Iess
than feet nor more than, 3 feet
e 5eiFSt hlSnes Is 3 ) feet % 8 inches Or more
above the adjacent ground; sun sun
directed BY the Director of Inspec-
tion when he deems such installa-
tiOns necessary for safety. sun
pOfCneS on single 1AHlly uNeihueS
requiring masonry walls and open
porches on BUILDINGS requiring ma ma
resiStive construction Is permitted
shall Be constructed of tncombus-
tible materials except as follows:
(aC Sunporches on single, family
dwellings may have. wood flooring,
joists. stairs. roof framing. balus:
trades, sash, frames. trim and wall
framing. However. the exterior sur.
faces Of exterior enclosing walls and
beams supporting floor joists and
columns shall be OF incombusttblei
material. (bl One. and two story |
open porches may have wood floor;
ing, joists, stairs. roof framing and
balustrades. However. beams sup
porting floor joists and columns shall
be of incombustible material and in
cases where porcheS are permitted
as a required means Of egreSs as
provided under Article 603-02. only
the roof framing, stairs and balus- !
trades may be Of wood construction.
One story open front porches on
dwellings may be entirely of wood
except that supporting
posts shall be Of masonry below the
HANEAYEED T. DnENTTGE Cnun~