The Building Law of the City of Boston: Being Acts of 1907, Chapter 550, as Amended, Also Special Acts Relating to Buildings and Their Maintenance, Use and OccupancyBuilding department, 1915 - 229 pages |
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Page 148 - Houses in the City of Boston. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: — SECTION 1.
Page 17 - In multiple dwellings hereafter erected no closet of any kind shall be constructed under any stair-case leading from the entrance story to the upper stories, but such space shall be left entirely open and kept clear and free from incumbrance.
Page 66 - Every inner court shall be provided with one or more horizontal intakes at the bottom. Such intakes shall always communicate directly with the street or yard, and shall consist of a passageway not less than three feet wide and seven feet high...
Page 12 - Every chimney flue shall be carried to a height sufficient to protect adjoining buildings from fire and smoke, and, unless the roof is covered with incombustible material, shall extend at least four feet above the highest point of contact with the roof. Every...
Page 75 - ... durable nonabsorbent material, properly sewer-connected, and with individual traps and properly connected flush tanks providing an ample flush of water to thoroughly cleanse the bowl. Each such water-closet shall be located inside the dwelling or other building...
Page 56 - Every bulkhead hereafter constructed in a tenement house shall be constructed as provided for tenement houses hereafter erected and shall have stairs with a guide or hand rail leading to the roof, and such stairs shall be kept free from encumbrance at all times. No lock shall be placed on any scuttle or bulkhead door, but either may be fastened on the inside by movable bolts or hooks.
Page 81 - Distinct and separate places of exit and entrance shall be provided for each gallery above the first. A common place of exit and entrance may serve for the main floor of the auditorium and the first gallery, provided its capacity be equal to the aggregate capacity of the outlets from the main floor and the said gallery. No passage leading to any stairway communicating with any entrance or exit shall be less than four feet in width in any part thereof.
Page 67 - ... in every tenement house hereafter erected all rooms, except water-closet compartments and bathrooms, shall be of the following minimum sizes; in each apartment there shall be at least one room containing not less than one hundred and twenty...
Page 80 - ... the exits in the ratio of one and one-half inches to five running feet. Aisles having seats on one side only, shall be not less than two feet...
Page 61 - Behind every tenement house hereafter erected, there shall be a yard extending across the entire width of the lot and at every point open from the ground to the sky, unobstructed, except that open iron fire escapes may project not over four feet from the rear line of the house.