Evening star., 1953-01-22
OFFICIAL NOTICES

glass area required for such room.
obscure glass, glass blocks, or other
types OF glass construction may be
vtded the area so furnished is i'm
creased sufficiently to admit an
amount OF light equivalent to that
which would be transmitted BY the
portion OF clear glass opening for
TIoN 2404. VENTr,ATToN.--Every
habitable room shall be naturally or
mechanically ventilated In the
manner specified below: q. Natural
ventilation shall consist OF one or
more openable windows or other
openanie areas. For buildings erect
October is, ls4i. the total OPEN A.
able area shall equal Il Of the floor
area served and be located within
the upper half Of the window or
opening in the case Of double
altered prior to October is, l94I,
the total openable area shall equal
l/20 OF the fio0r area served and
be located within the upper half
OF the. window or opening in the
case q double hung sash. Where
Is included in the required area, at
least .50% Of the required area
shall be furnished by window or
windows, except for the following:
LOWERS located in the upper 50%
Of the room. openable side lights
which have the required glass area
and which are horizontally (dutch1
or vertically (french) divided types,
Will be permitted to furnish 1907
Of the required openable area. Ven-
plating tn skyiights may be permitted
the required openable area and shall
conform to requirements Of the
Building Code. The actual openable
area Of lowers, side lights, tram
soni.a.d SONS, doors, and skylights may be
area, provided such area opens di-
rectly to the outside of the buildinR
as required In Section 24O3 a. b.
Mechanical ventilation shall con-
sist Of q system providing habitable
changes per hour. and kitchens or
kttchenetteS with four or more air
changes per hour. c. All ducts for
such mechanical ventilating sys-
TENS shall be constructed in accord
1851 Building Code Of the District
Of Columbia. Air velocities within
the ducts and across the face Of
any louver. grill or other ventila-
ting opening within the area served
shall not exceed: "a 400 feet per
grills, or other openings into the
ventilated area. (2) 800 feet per
minute in branch ducts. go 1900
feet per minute in main trunk ducts.
In all installations. the ducts and
tanned that the noise from such
installations shall not exceed by
more than 10 decibels the noise
which. obtains within the area
served. d. Where mechanical VEN
tilating systems are used: not more
IN fN M hA Aafw
culated, but such recirculated air
shall not be taken from a plenum
or system fed with air returned
from habitable rooms occupied by
other families, or from common
space within the building; Air from
recirculated. Mechanical ventilating
systems. where provided, must be
maintained in good order and con-
tinuously operated. e. Where hot
air heating systems are used, recir-
culated air shall not be taken from
returned from habitable rooms occu-
pied by other families, or from COM
mon space within the building.
SECTION 2406. EGREss. - See
Chapter VI Of the 3. G. building
Hesi TScT1oNGsee s CHAPTER aaIS; E vi Of fFH the
ELECTRicAL WoRK.&see D. {.
Electrical Code. SECTION 24OS.
CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY;
used as q tenement house or for the
operation Of tenement house busi-
ness unless there has been issued.
in accordance with the requirements
Of the. Zoning. Regulations of the
of Occupancy stating that such use
complies with the Zoning Regula-
tions and that the building or por-
ton Of the building affected COM
plies with the requirements Of the
Zoning Regulations and the Build
of such Certificate of Occupancy
shall be a condition precedent to
the issuance of tenement house
license in accordance with these
Teg9lnastionS, SECTION ~. 24o9; 9S,,,g PES
Each tenement shall be distinctively
numbered, and each room used In
common shall be distinctively let
tered. SECTION 2410. LIGHTING
OF STAIRS AND HAILWAYS.-An
stairs and Railways shall be lighted
III n aDS1s O' netSfai g af'i. a1i
MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF
PREMISES.-Floors, stairs, exterior
walls. doors. windows. glazing,
porches, steps, and all other parts
Of Of the bull building sds shall .ls be Kept in IN
other structures on the premises
shall likewise be maintained in good
repair. PART 5. FIRE PREVEN-
TION AND CONTROL. SECTION
2511. sSn nvSe9s GeeMsUsTIB4+E e. RETUsE RIsT9taE
cient lawful facilities. for the COM
mon storage Of combustible refuse
and debris during the intervals be-
tween collections in accordance with
D. c. Police Regulations. b. 1t shall
be the duty Of the operator to main
tain the premises ssSspting sSsI,S. those
troll Of the tenant or tenants thereof,
free from combustible refuse and
debris, accumulated grease or oil
spillage. :. G., The operator or any.
mnation 1ennaf sna Of nGs Gsss waste paper
broken furniture or any combustible
junk in any portions of the premises
under his respective control. SEC
TON 2502: HEATING AND COOK,
cooking appliances shall DE installed
and maintained in accordance with
the fire prevention and protection
requirements Of the applicable D; G.
laws and regulations. (For infor-
nation rads zee soles code eooe Gas FitRine
Regulations. Smoke and Boiler Req
ulationS and Police Regulations.) b.
The operator shall be responsible for
the f1re-safe installation and main
tenance Of all heating and cooking
appliances furnished by him. Where
appliances are furnished by the
tenant, the tenant shall be respon-
sible for meeting the District laws
and regulations on IRE protection
and prevention. c. OIL heaters SHAH
accordance with Section 5 of Article
XXXVII Of the D. c. Police Regu..
'lations. d. Ashes shall not be placed
in combustible receptacles. nor on
or against combustible material. 9.
The operator shall maintain each
and hopper door in fre-safe con-
dition. I. It shall be the duty of
the operator to keep each gas me-
ter room free from combusttble ma
terial.- and maintain the required
heating and cooking facilities and
appliances, fiues, chimneys and parts
thereof shall be maintained in
fire-safe condition. SECTION 1908:
EGRESS FACILITIES.--a.. 1t shall
fire escapes and stairWays in 5000
state of repair and free from OBJ,
Struction. b. The operator shall
keep exterior stairways and hre eS-N
capes painted. C. The operator
shall maintain an fire doosS sS,,n Ior
cations in an operable condition in
accordance with their required func-
ton d. The operator shall keep all
public and exit corridors free Of
distractions. SECTION 2504. EXIT
AND EMERGENCY LIGHTS AND
DIRECTlONAL SIGNS.-a. It shall
be the duty of the operator to main
tain in an operaole condition all
emergency and exit lights. b. The
operator shall be responsible for the
burning of the exit and emergency
lights from sunset TO sunrise. and
at other times when conditions may
warrant. c. The operator shall
maintain all exit directional signs.
SECTIONAL 250C. FIRE ALARM
SYSTEMS.--a. The operator shall
maintain in an operable condition
all required FIRE alarm systems. b.
The operator shall provide and main.
tain informative signs concerning
the operation Of the local fire alarm
system at each striking station.
SECTION 2506. FIRE EXTIN-
GUSHING EQU1PMENT.-The op-
orator shall maintain all required
fire extinguiShing equipment. SEC
TION 2507. FIRES.-Tne operator
shall post and maintain signs refer