Section 307. Water Supply. In every tenement
house there shall be in each apartment a proper sink with
running water. The owner shall provide proper and suit-
able tanks, pumps or other appliances necessary to receive
and distribute an adequate and sufficient supply of such
water in each apartment, at all times of the year, during all
hours of the day and night.
Section 308. Wlater-Closet Accommodations.
1. In every tenement house there shall be a separate
water-closet in a separate compartment within each apart-
ment. Every water-closet and bath hereafter installed in
any tenement house shall be placed in a compartment com-
pletely separated from every other water-closet and bath ;
such compartment shall be inclosed with plastered parti-
tions extending to the ceiling and shall have a window
opening directly upon the street or yard, or upon a court
of the dimensions herein before specified. Such compart-
ment shall also be provided with proper means of lighting.
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2. The floor of every water-closet compartment shall be
made waterproof with asphalt, tile, stone or other approved
material; such waterproofing shall extend up the walls at
least 6 inches above the floor. No drip tray shall be per-
mitted. No water-closet fixtures shall be inclosed with
woodwork.
3. No water-closet shall be maintained in the cellar of
any tenement house without a special permit in writing from
the Superintendent.
Section 309. Plumbing. In every tenement house
all plumbing pipes shall be exposed, when so required by
the proper authorities. When plumbing or other pipes pass
through floors or partitions, the openings around such pipes
shall be sealed with plaster or other incombustible materials,
to prevent the passage of air or the spread of fire from one
floor to another, or from room to room.
