HomeMy WebLinkAbout0477 ~ ORDIiLH~CZ amending ordinance ~o. 281 entitled "~n ordinance regulating the
~0nstruction, repair, ~a~teration or demolition and prescribing and requiring fire-
,~scapes on certain buildings and fixing penalties for the violation of thc s~m~,
sd establishing ~ fire limit for ~pl~stered buildings, end repeal&rig ~ll ordinances
~r par~s of ordinances in qoni'~ict herewith~" passed and approved on ~he 25~h day
~of January, 1909, and repealing said ordim~nce No. ,281, and all othez' ordin~u~ces
Sn conflict herewith, ~nd ~roviding for the inspection and r~gul~tion of all build-
ing op~tions ~ithin ~he City of B~emorton, and providing for the pen~.~lties for
~$he violation of the
Tile CITY COUNCIL OF Ti~ CITr]~ 0P DRE~RTON DO O~LIN ~3
Sec. 1. Tke n~mo and title of the o~rdzn~nce si%all be t%e "BUI~II~G CODE," and
sh~l be ]~xowm and cited as such.
Sec. E. The building code is hereby declared to be ~ remedical ordinance and
~hall bo liberally construed, so as to secure the beneficial interests ~nd pyrposes
2~$ende~, and sh~ll ap~ly ~o al~ pa~ts of the City of Breme]:ton, hereafter referred
~o as ~ne' "City". '
~. Sec. 5. Th~ objec~ and s~ope of the ordinance are the governing and regulat-
e/ion of th~ constructi~on and erection, remodeling, alterm$ion, repairing, moving and
Yemow%l and securing o.[' buildings of any desor~ion in the Oity, and proVidin~ for
~the safety of ~ll p~esent and future buildings and the s.~fe usa of them, ~nd pro-
~'Viding fo~' all othor matt~rs pertaining to buildings and bu~ld~%g oper~tions in
~Paid 0iSy.
Sec. 4. It shall ~e unlaw~l ~nd subject to the p~enalties ~hereinafter provid-
ed for any Dmm~on~· persons, firm or corporation to construct, erect r~p~ir, alt~r
add to ~ove or remove any portion the~'eo~, or to car~.-y o~ ~ny building operations
~in tko City, except in compliance with the terms ~nd provis~ns of the ordinance.
Sec,~ 5, The Buildin~ department shall consist of a, Building ~Inspoctor ~nd
Building Co~ittee~of the ity Council, and such as~istants as may be required
properly car~'y on tho ,~ork of the depu~tment.
The Bulb. ding insoector sh~ll be appointed by th e ~ayor to s~rve during the
l~,t~r's ~inist~atio~% or during good behavior. He must be a citizen in good
standing, an architebt or mas~er builde,: of ~%t least fi~e years experienco ~%s such,
and his nam~ must be submit~e4 by the mayor to the~co~cil and. approved by a maj-
ority vote before he can a~s~e the office. His salary shall be fixed b~- the
:il. Tko Inspectors duties sh~ll be the ~dministrati.~n of the department and the
enforcing of this code.
Sec. 6. Thc building department shall have, the authority to stop the con-
struotic~n of any building or th~ m~d{ing of any alterations or repairs of any build-
~g witkin s~id City,- wheh thc ~m~ is a reckless or careless ~ann~r,~ or~ inany vio-
~ation of ~heis bod~ or any ordin~nce of said ~ity ~nd to order,~ in writing or par-
ole, any ~nd o~ll persbns in any-way whatever engaged i~ so constructing , altering,
repairihg, any such building , to stop ~nd desist therefrom, and to have the author-
i'ty in the case of a, ny building or part th~reof b~ing in an ~safe coalition, and
so that said'~s~fe conditions may be averted by the i~ediate ~pplioation ~of prs-
Dauti:u~nry me~sures ~o-be taken and all work necessary to render said building or
any pa~t thin. eof , s~fe ~o be done, after' t~aving served written notice upon the owner
leasee, occupant, or agent of said building personally/
.~ Tke said buildin .... deoartment sh~ll have the authority to direct the fire de-
~Pa~t~nt, aftez' writte~ no%ice has be~n served upon the owner, leasee, occupant,
:or.a~en~,p.~rsp~a~y, or witl~ut such notice if d~lay in serving such would in its
~9~zn}on ?~pe~z ~ne public s~fety, to tear down ~h~ defectiv~ e~i~nEeroug wall.
~s~ac~, chimney, or any building or any part, thereof, or in cas~°f the destruction
p~$i~l dest~mction by f~re, or by tke actions of the elements, any part of the
g left sta. nding tha~ is in its opinion ~safe , and it shall be tke duty of
fir department to execute ~i order forth with ,~and said building d~parSment
Sh~ll imm~diatly after such ~'em~val make ~'eport in de~ail to the own~r and $o the
Nayor giving ~n de~ail the conditions necessary for such action; and if the owner
6f ~.]~ s~id building is ~,'non-residen~ of the City, a-copy of such report~shall
~sen~ ~o his las~ ~own address and a like copy s~rm~d upon Eis agent or l~asee of
The said buildin~ department is hereby empowered and whenever iR its
on may require its inspector or assis~ into or
other struc ~ the s~m$~
~ , dZ.u~. ~,,~ Ordinan~ce ~o,
~;i/~latton to its proper ~¢ntil~tion, s~ni~ation, ~nd s~fety, and m~y mcko such 0rd-
N~:~$ in z'efe~ence thereto as to t~em se~m proper to the fulfillment ~f thzs Cod~;
~d may make ex~min~ions of ~ny buildings or premises to investigate diverg~lnoe
or f~,ilure to comply with the pz'ovisions of th~s Code, ~d if the ozmer or
.~asem of s~id building f~ll or neglect ~o comply with ~he requirements o such
.ers the s~id building dei~artmen~ sh~ll enter upon such premises, hire the nec-
~'.,essary help, and perfor~n such work as is n~cessary in its judgment t'o be i~ediat-
~ performed so ~s to secure public and private safety. The expense so incurred
,ll be ~ lien against the property and if the same rem~in ~paid sixty days
after after legal n~ice, v~hich shall be given by the City ,Treasurer, th2t the
is due, an ~addition of one per cent~n shall be made to the charge of such
or expense for each month the s~.tm~ shall ~:'emain ~pai~ after s~id lien
amd th~ s~:~e ~hall be collectable as apart of ~uch ~lsseBsment cfr e::pense
~d he and re~a~ain a lien on such i~pro-?rty i~ like manner and subject to t he s~e
-;~s of enforcement and collection as~.,~he principal s~ to which the s~ne is ~dded;
[~but said asses~men~ sh~ll Be with:'a~ prejudice to ~he ri, ght which the owner ~ay have
:[:150 recover h~ any leases o~uo~her person liable for repairs.
Sec. 7. Before the erection, cohstruction, or alteration of any building
ny part thereof, or~ shed, extention, or piazza is co~ensed, the 'o~,~er, archit-
~ or build~r sh~ll shall file with ~he dep~rt~ent a clear statement in writing
~f the proposed improvement, building or alteration together with the copy of the
~lans ~nd ~peciffica~ion~ of the s~ime eIcept wher~ the cost ~s estim~i~ed ~by the de-
~%~rtment does not exceed one i~dred dollars, which ~tatement shall show-the size
~..and ,nap of ~he la~ on which, the stuotur~ is ,to be erected or alters .... an& ~he dis-
~.$ance of such proposed erection, ~iltera~ion'~ or construction fro~ the street line
from s~.joining buildings on the s~m~e o~ ajacent land or lots.
Purth~r in ~:~aking a~plic~ion for a. permit , the owner,
decl~re ~d sig~ a cer~ifi~$e -that the, work called for
.e spiri~ ~cnd !~tt~r of this Code. ~ -.
1~o ~)ar~ of any building ah~ll extend beyond the building line and oN the street
bay windows, cornices ~tnd galleriesabove ~lle first floor and l0 feet clear
ovi~ t!~c grade lii~e, ~d ~Rz~ i,zojection beyoud the Suilding line sh~ll~ not exceed
~ t, i)~ovided, however, t.l~t i~ ,~o ca~e ~h~, ll any tu~ilding or pa~'t of ~., building
~tend oeyo~id the ~$ree~ li~le excerpt tha~ an~he~'e ~hove the second s~to~y;~that ~aain
cornic~ ~ay ~'oj.e~ 24 inches ~nd all minor cornices or beDts 12 inch~s, :.~nd in
~ eigXt ~ori~:,~ o~~ ~;or~ in R.,;,~.3'~t, the )~i~in roof co~nice Im,.~.y .?z'o~ec~ b6 i~olie
~he mtz'ee~ line,
~n[ ~he erectio~, con~:tructi, on or t~.lger~:,.tion of such buildings or part
e:,~ention, pi~mza shall not be con~.~enoed or proceeded with ~m~til' s:/id
~itect or builder sh~ll receive ,.~. certiflc~te oy permit from s~,id department affter
e~:~ino, tio~ i~to s~ch 'plans ~Ind s~eiffic~tions, .~d ~t~ it St is satirical
~uch suf.li~ient ~eans of ffiz'e ~zotection, ventilation, sanitation and. gener~ll
tzuctioi~ ~,ts tl~er in provided ~re as provided in this Code, it shall i~:sue ~ id
, Said plans and specifications shall remain on file at ~he offi~ of the
~lldins d~par~mmnt.
Eicep~ in ~he erases of ~usually ~rge or compli~ated structures the buildin:~
,a~'tment shall issue a permit or re turn. ~'~plan~ for such corrections as ,~ay be~ nec-
~, d~ys ~fter filing. .
Z~l~:.t.ns, ~ees and ~enalties.
~e~. 8. ~ll working plans ~u~d d.z~a~'ings other than diagrams, which are to be
led will tzz~ bui.lding dep~rtz~eiit as Z~rovided in t'his code, shall be dz'~i;'fn to a
ale o.~ not less tz,az~ one-ei~$~th of a.n inch to tile foot on 'paper or cloth, ip? ink
~o~,:~ process ',,z~a~ v~ll ~ot ,f~de or obliterate. All dibtances and dimen~ions
be aoour~tsly figured and drawing made explicit and com~-~le~e , showing
~ewez'aEe ¢~ld drain z~ipes ,rtd loc~ion of all p].mnbing fixturem~ W~thi~ ~id buildina~,.
each set st~ ~,la. ns presented for peNait :~ust be aooomp~.~.nied with specifications de-
~.cribing all material to be used in the propose~ building an~] bo~h the plans ~and spe-
Gi~icat~ons ~ust be apjrove~ by the building department before a per,nit is gz'~nted,
$~ca,%l dr.::wing~ and ~e.~Lls .to illustrate any par'titular ~.~o .n~s or point shall he
~rnish~d when req~i?ed
Sec. ~). I2 shall b.:~ unl~'wful and subject 2o tho pen~,ztzet~ hez'e~nazt~r provid-
~$~'to erase,, alter, or J, odify ~ny ii~c, ffigurcs or o~loring conts, ined upon drawing
,~ specifica~ionf: th~ i~ ~ny way effect the stuetural, sanitaz?~, or es~m~entiatl fea-
;~r~s of. a bu$ling ~.fter they h~ve boen stamped by ~ze building~depart~z~ent or filed
~i.~lz ].~ .for z,~fez'ence. If,,during the progres~ of ~zze e~ecution of such work ir'is
~$Stze~ ~w deviate ~n any man~.er afffeotino ~ne con~ruotion or oth¢~z' es~enti~.:~ls of
~?~e building fz~bm the terms of the at~plica, t~on, drawings, plans
~ ~filcd, notiGe 0f such i~tent$on t , specifications,
~,~i~'~":~'"e~;( buiidin.c' depapt~en~ an,~, its written~ alterconsentdeviateor shall be orgiven in writing to
..... must~ be obtained beforo such ~ltera-
~ns or de'~i~.tion~ m~y be ~aad~. ~lters~tio ~s or deviations in buildings, which do
~']~}involve.~r. any clu~l~m8 in their~ structur'~ I ~r S'~nitary -~ar~s~ or wa~s~ of in. gres~
~;e~s, mere m~tter~ cT decoration, may be n~.de ~ithout permission from ~.id
_ otc. 10. ~en ~he oo,~.~t o.~ ~ny buildings.. ~lteratio~ -~ ..... ~-
· .......... ~ - --, .... ~ , plumbing,
~fire esc~.l.~e, o~ ada~t~on ~"~to, as herein specified, as ~st~n~at~d by the
:~building dep~r~en~ , does not exoted ~iv~ h~'~dred dollar.s, th~ fee for ~:he ~r-
~mit a~ provided by this code shall bs ~ne dollar; whsn th~ cos~ a~ ~ e~tim~ted~is
~be~Ween fi¥~ h~dred dollars and two thousand doll~rs, ~wo dollars;and ~hen the
cost is so ~s~i~a~ted iu in e~oess o~ two thou~ ~nd dolla~m, two dollars plus
twsn~y-five cents for each ~dditions~l on~ thous~nd dolla~ o_ fra~otion thereof in
sxcess of ~wo thous~nd doll~s.
~ec. ll. If, after ~ ps,'mit for ~he e~ection, alteration, or ~'sp~i~ of ~ny
buildi~g sha~.l be gr~t~d, tk~ ope~ttio~ called fo~ by ~he s~d permit sh~ll not
b~ co~cncedwithin six ~onths from tbs dat~ of ~aid p~rmit ~ ~ ?~rmi~ ~h~ll b~
~ke~ out b~ the owner or his agent and the ~ees herein fixed for the original per-
mit shall b~ ~gain p~idt~u'~mrefore~ bei'o~'e ~ny work ~.f any such building is orried on
or oo~z~noed ~les~ the com~$nc~.~n~ ha~ been del~ yed on secoUnt of strikes or
suGh un~void~ble Ocourenoe, of ~hich th~ building depa~'tment shall be th~ sole
~ udge.
Sec. 12. Th~ s~id building depar~ent shall ha~ve th~ a~0rity to orde~
~Stop~ed and suSpended'any and all ~ork or building operations of any character
wha~soew~, which it d~s being done or costruct~d in a careless, usafe or ~san-
,~tary m~n~o~[';~and if ~he oz. de~- of said dep~rtment ~re n~t obeyed and the work
~StoDped or suspended ~he contractor, foreman, person, psrsons so disobeying such
ord~r shall b~ liable to a~..es~, and upon cS~V~tion in the C~ty court of s~id City
Shall bc i'ined not mo~-~ ~h~n thr~e or imprisoned i~ th~ county
Jail no~ ~oz'J~ t]~.~n ninety days, sver that ~ny _~erson wh~ d~en~s
himself aggr~ived by such ordm~ ;he building inspector or any of
assiss~a~n~s, sh~..~ll h~v~ ~he ri ~m building depart~ent for ~. hear-
lng, which he~ring the s~ ~.~ d~p~.rtm~n$ and ~old within a~t lea~t thr~e
days of th~ service of the ~fores~,id ~orede~ time th~ the said depa~tm~nt
Shall h~a~r the p~x~ties in intel'est, inquire ~ the fao~s ~nd rend.~r such dmcisions
~as i~ seems proper amd mest; but such hearing ~nd rendition of s~id jud~e~t ~nd
decision, all building op~r~tions and work compl~in~d of ~ aforesaidshall be
~uspended ~nd held in abe ~ ' .
~ ~nc~, und~r the pen~lty hereinabove provided.
~i~.e Limits.
Sec. 1Z. The Ce~cil shall establish ~ t~ne which] sh~ll be a 1TM
the ~os~ oonjosted district and iron, errant section of the tov~n, and the blocks
eontined the~ein sh~ ll' be kno~,~n ~s the"~z,e Limits."
Ho person, firm or ocr?orang,ion shall er~t, enlarge, alt~z~, o~ other~.is~
eh~nge ~my building or aJdition to an~ building s ~ithin ~he fire limits, ~s the
said limits a~,,~ now or ~nay hereafter ~e ~stablished, unless the outer walls and
eoverind~ of th~ ~'oof b~ composssd wholly of non-cosbustible ma~eri~ls, and ~he use
of sh~e~ ~etal for thc oovez~ing of outside m..~ooden walls within tbs ~ire li~its is
prohibited. No~hing he~ein, however, sh~ll be ~derstood to prohibit ~hs usm of
tar o~. asp~.~l~ and gr~w~l, '~o~~ slag ~.nd a~sbestos roofs bu~ such roofs ~uust be
proved by the building d~pa~rt~ent.
Sec, l~i. All e~posed ~' - in the fi~e limits ,. ept windows facing
streets ov~~ ~hirty f~et widw~n~°~s ~xc
e, and ~ce~ting windov~ in ho~els, apartment and lodg-
ing ho~ses, sha~ll b~ protected by sta. ndard fire-resisting ~hutt~rs..or by m~tal
frmnes a~nd metal saoh glazed ~¥ith wir~ glass.
Sec. l~. In the matter of what is and wha~ is not combus~ibl~ construction,
a zn ~li the t~rms used in this oodm, i~ has
Rlainest d~finitions, ~hose ~de~stood ~nd in been sought to use~ ~hm eimpl~st and
~in~h~,matt~ of o~~-~ ..... ~ co~om use in this vicinity. So also
~ ........ ~c~on, ~ i~ aimed to deflme construction, sizes of brick
m~.sur~nt , nd such ma~$~e~,s Shat conform ~o co~m~on usag~ and custom and mod~ in
V0'~ in~h~s vicinity. BuS, in ~he case of any dis pure, or if th~ building dep-
authorltyart~n~n~ itselfas toiSaltinsuchd°ubt'dispu~edthen Kidder'S~erms. building ha~d book will be the &eoiding
Quali~y of Eaten'in, is.
Sec. 16. All ~a~ rials shall b~ of a qualits~ suiSable for ~he purpose for
which they ars intended ~o b~ used and confo~m wi~h the ~nanufatur~rs standards,
E~oh ~nat~'ial mus~ be ~ f~e~ from im~erf~otions whereby i~ s st~nghth~or dur-
ability ~nay be seriously impaired.
' The Building D~pa~-~en~ ~hall ]~'~w~ the authority to r~jcct ~ny m~teri~ls
Which ~.~ unsuitable ~.nd bslow the usu~l s~andar,~s,-and may r~quire tests to bo made
~t the exi~ense of th~ architect, ~nginemr, builder or owner to det~rmin~ th~
str~nghth of ~ny structural mate~ials.
In all such ~aJor ~ests prescribed i~ this cod~ the s~me shall be made acco rd-
ing to ~h~ N~tional Bureau of S~andards at ~ashington, D. O., or ~he Unde~wri~r,s
Zabora~ory at Chioa8,o. Or ~he ~ests may b~ made by scram s~ate or P~iv~t~ lab,
Story of recognized standing and proper m~ui~m
~1~ ~ rant
approved in w~,iting~by either and ~he oo~ended an,
~h~ direo~ions of said bur~ ill b~
~ ~-,~_ ~_,~ · ~ ~ ~ o Ordin~lG~ 1 $~ , ~ 7~ ~ ~
,All,such tests are to b~ paid fo~ by ~he ownez' or his engineer or m~nuf~ctur~r- in
~o case by the City~ but shall be directed called for and i~ neces~a~,y sup,~r~ised
~y the building department. ' ,
In ~ case such ln~terials or systems of construction have already be i~l test-
ed by either of t~ese l~bor~tories~ tiien tile dep~rtment m~y accept its r~i~o~t in
· ~$eu off,in addition~l er new tes~ especially for the City.
Sec. 1VA Brick shall be well burned and Lard. ~en old bricks are u~ed they
ll be ~hourougi~ly clenched, ¥~hen the season ~ill t~ermit the bricks shall be wet
~ore using;
No soft bricks shall be used in ~ny part of ,, bui, ldin~ exposed ~o ~;he ~¥eather
.St to ~ny intern~.~,l or exto~'n~l p~ers, nor in ~,.~ly '~p~:'t of :~, wall whe~e there is
~ grea er hei,~"hth tl~an fort~ fee; ~,- ': .......
,,~, ~ .~ .. y ~ ~f wall above s,~zd br~ck. ~he bond o~' [~rio!~¥ork
shall b,' '~'orined by l~ying one course of head~z,s for at ~-~*
,.~ ~ - , ....... ~, courses of ~tretch-
· ~rs or the equiw~lent of such bonding. All s~one and brick work over openi~'~gs 4
~eet in ~id~h sh,~ll :~,e sup,[~orted with stone or iron or,concret~ lintels of suf-
~fficient strenghth to carry the sup~ri~n?,~osed ~e[ghSs, excepting such stone or brick
~ork shall be suppo[ted with suns~:~nti~.~l ~tone or e~-:uallly sSr~ng arches. ~ll
:,~in~els su.p,~orting stone or brick work must be bed on stone, brick; conor~t~
~f suffioien~ s~rength.
Sec. 18. Sterne sk~ll be so.~.nd and h~:~,rd and of suff:fioi~:nt dimensions for its
~l~$mnded use,
~ec. 19. S~nd used i'or mortimer shall be eleven, sh~rp grit s~n~ ~, free from
, dirto~, organic ~at~er.
~' ~ec. ;~0. Lime shall be ~horoughly burned quick lime of good qua, lite. and
Well slacked befo:~'e using.
S~c. El. Ho natur-.~,l or s~agged cerement s~ll be used in ~ny st~'ucture.
Sec. EE. St~:~nd~:~rd Portland Cement of co~nerc~, either ~omms~ic or,foreign
be capable off .passing ~he re,.~uirem~nts as set forth in ~he"5~anda~d Spec-
.c~tions fo~' Po~-tland Cerement," by the -~nerican Society ~f Testing ~at~ials.
~m ~ed.i~z~ re~uire~,:~nts for ~ensilestrenghthffor briqueStes [ inch~-~ua~e~ ~" in sec-
shall be .~ follows, ~tnd t.i~ sh,,.ll be ~iOZ'm~trogr~diti~::,fl in the ?~riods
ecified:
S
~1 h~urs in ~oi~ ~ir ............................................. 200 lbs
~ d~ys ~l ~y tn ~ist ~r, 6 d~ in w~t~r) ...................... ~0 lbs
~O d~.~y~ lday i~ ~oist ai~', ~V days in ~t~r) .............. . ..... 650 lbs
~oz' Z'i~.~p~oofizig ~:~d floor constructioia the hi~[~laest grande of Portland ce~'~ent
~shall be used. It she, ll be of m~ifoz'm consistency ~:',. ~f such finemess th,~'~t not
~m0re th,~n te~, ,,or eeht will bc z'ejected by seiv~ of ten th:~usau~d ~]eshes per square
~ ' ~ ~" ' ~ ....... ~,~ physical ~nd chemic~-~l tests ~hat ~l~e b ildi~'Ig
~epa]:~t~,~:~,~:,t shall ~'e ~uire. ,
Sec. aO.~ ~ prope~'ly proportioned mi:~tur,~ of liine ~'~nd ~ nd-not
thr~ ~",;s ~u~d to oi~ ~'~ ~sl, ok,d 1L~e - ~ill constitute lime~mort,~r.
Sec. 24. E properly i~roportio~'~d of ~<~:~ent ~,~,nd sau~u~ with li:ne added - not
~.~,~ ~n three i~a~ ,~s sa~d to one e~ch of d~y ceme~t ~nd slacked li~;~e- will ~on-
Zec. 2~. A pro!~e~ly ~roportioned mix,urn0 of c~ment and s~nd- no,~ more_ th~n
~/-~hrme parts ~sahd ~o one of ?ortland ce~nent - will constitute cement mortar. The
'scSi for the s~:~.~e sh~.ll ~e as follows:
1 ceme~t, 3 sand ~trength
7d~ys [lday in mois$ air, 6 d~ys in w,~.te~) .................... 175 lbs.
28 d~ys I1 d~:~y in moist air, 27 days in water). ............... 30G lbs.
~ ~ec. 26. ~[~rtar for pl~stering shall be made ~s follo~,vs or equally well:
~$h~ mortar mu~t b,~ sl~oked, mad~ in~o putt~:,~, and cooled before pu[~ting the hair
hich ~ust be well sep~rat~d. One bushel of h~id~ill be required Nor every three
~?:~ba~rels of put~y; one and one-half barrels of sand to one barrel of putty may
fbe mi~ed for the firs~ or scratch eoat,~after beimg thoroughly mixed as above.
The s~:~md ~i:~tur,~ ~ust be stacked for at least 3 days before using. The s~id
;ar shall b~ used on lath surfaces with a second co'at of mortar in which
are two and one-half.~ar~-els of s~,nd to ehe bar~,el of putty and less hair.
_ Ps, tent plaster may be used with the approval of the department.
Sec. 2?. ;~en the structural use of concrete is proposed a specification
~he quali nethod.of mixing the s~,me
shall b~ submitted t:J the building dep~:L'tment and ~.neet with its ap'~'ova! befox'e
~he work is c~rried on.
0onor'e~e for found~tions shall be m~:tde of ~:~ lea~ one par,, c'e~ent to three
of ~'~.~d and five parts of cle~,~ broken stone or gravel, free from dir~ ~nd dus~,
and of such size as ~o as ~o pass in any way through a two Juch ring.
The ingredients of the concrete shall be thoroughly mix'ed to the desi~,.~ed
consistency and ~he mixing shall continue un~il the cement is evenl~ distributed
and ~he ~nass is homogeneous and ~'~ifor~u in color. ~feShods of measurement of p~'o-
portions ~o the various ing.~'edie~ts, including wa, t.~r shall be used, %~;hioh will
cure separate ~tiform ~e~ surement at all times. ~i;her.e the conditions Will per,nit
a machine miz.~,r of the typ~ ~.'.~hich insures pr. Op~m~r mixing of the mat.~ri,~,ls throughout
m~%~s sh~ll he u~ed. ,~en it is necessary ~o mix by he.nd, the m~in~3~ shall be done
on a wa~.a~r-~igl%~ pla %fo r~.~t and special l~r~oaution ,~us~ be taken to t. urn the
- un~il ~h~y ar~ homogeneous in color atnd appearanc, e, '
The materials mus~ be mixed w'e~ enough to produce a co~er~te of such con-
sistenoo ~.s will flow into the forms and about the metal reinforcement and which
on ~he other h,,u~d, can be conveyed from the mix?~r to ~t~e forms without the ~s,epar-
~tion of the course aggregate frown ~he mortar.
ins use of ~soreened sand ~.nd gravel ~.~s ~uken frown the bank, without separ-
ation prior to measux'e:aent, is prohibited.
~3ec. ES. All timber ~nd wood shall be of good sa~$ l~ber, free from rot
large or loose knots, shrikes of any impe~ fections whe].'eby the strenghth may be
impaired, and be of such simes and dime~io:.~s as ~he purposes for which the
~ilding is intended require.
Sec. :]9. All structural ~'rou~h~ i~'on, cast iron or steel, in quality in
requirs~ent of tests, '~'~o~u:~nship, and i~ a~:~sembl~'~ge and iteroo~ections of shapes,_
sh~li i,e in accordz~nce '~it~t tl~ standard specificat~ons of the ~s~ociations of
Ame~-i~n S~eel i2~nufa~urers, as given in the hand books of the respective s~andard
manufacturers; provided that for buildings of skeleton frame construction, the
building depart~]ent n~y, at any ~i~te, require the o.~'ner to engage recognized ex-
perts who shall supervise the mill, shop and feild work, .',.nd who shall file c
ified copies of their r~port on the [~rogress of ~he w~rk for the ap}.~roval of the
s~id building depart~ent; and no ~?ork sh~%ll be conoez~lad or built upon until the
bu:[lding dep~.rtment ha~ been furnished satisfactory proof that it is up to the
acc.~pt~d s~andard ~d l~rop,..rly ~3ainted or protected.
&ll wrought iron shall be ~ifor;~ in character, fibro~s tough, and ductile.
It sh~ll l~ave an ultima~te ~cnsile resists, ncc of not less tha~ forSy eight [.hous~tnd
po~ds to th~ square inch, a~ elastic li~nit of not les~-~ than Swen~y four th~:uzsands
poi:' s,~uaro inch, ~.nd an ~longation of twenty~orcent in 8 incl~es when tested in
~.ffrough~ iron sh,~.,ll be tested f~ll sized as rolled wh~n tallied fo~' by the build
ep~tr~cnt. Specimens not mo~"e than one inch in thickne~s should bend double
when cold ~i~h::u~ showing .c~acks or
~ll structur~t. 1 steel shall have an ultimaye ~ensile s~rengh~h of from fifty-
four thousand to sixty~four thausand ponds per square inch. Its elastic limit
she, ll no~ be less ~han thirty-two th~usand potmds per square inch.
ce~st steelshall 10e made of open hearth sSe,~l containing .one-quarter to one-
half pe~. cent of carl~on~ no~ over ei~ht- one-thousandths of one per cent of
phorus, and shall be practicalt~ free fro.m blow holes.
Cas~ iron shall be good fo%mdry.,mixture,~ -producing a slean,, Sough. , grey iron.
~ec. [~0. ~kll structurs~l mat~:riz~l of whatever natu-~*e shall be subjected to
tests to determine i~s character and quality,by methods established by the author-
ities already presc~'ibed; ~he tests shall be made ~der the sup,:ervisi:~n of the
building ~epar~m~n$if i~ ~e~ms 6'hat supervision necessary or i$ may direct the
own.~, to file with it ~,c~r~ified copy of the results of s~eh tests as they may
dire~t. No new s~ruotural material~ shall be used inany stuoture~til i~ he~s been
prop~:~rly tested and rotund to fulfill ~he mi~m~ conditions and tests required by
Shis code for ~,~teri~l~, used for like p~rposes,
oeo. cl. ~he stresses used in materia s t .... ,
or reinforcod.concre~e building~ two or mora atories high, sh~ll require ~he owner
or ~rchitea~ or engineer to submit ~ c~rtified copy of such oo~nutation or strain
sheets for ex~.~.~in~t[on ~nd a~proval., with the a~.~.]~lioa~ion for the building P~it.
Paotors of Safety.
Sec. :Of. In computing the working stress:es in the f~raming of ~ny building
~le ~u, the sa~e loads are d~soribed in this code, tk~ foilo~ving factors ~f safety
~all b~ used, these facto.rs to be increased where the~'eis a vibr~ tin.:~ load;
~'~rought iron or steel .........
· per sent
~ Timber off all kinds .......... .
' 6 per t
~ ''' .... ' ....... · .... .. 0~11
' ~ramad sSr~$ures composed o or more lo,aces
same or differen.t materials .............................. 4 nar cent ..
S~c, Z3. Every temporary su?por~ ~der any structurs, wall, gi~e~', or beam
during tk,~ ,~.?ection, finishing, alteration or repairing of any building or struct-
~ or any paru thez~eof, shal- bc of sufficient strenghth to safel~ cmrry
~oad to be plac~d thez,~on allowing ~.~. factor of safety of not less th~,n five per
Duriru: the oonst~u~ion or al,~a~ion of any buildins or structure, no ~nat-
~rial snt,~.cin~ into such oonstruotion or altex?iSion shall be placed on any :f'loor
or roof of ~ny grsa~er vsight th.n tlls ,livs load that ,each such :floor or roof is
intended to s,...~foly sustain when the building or s~ructure is completad
Oaloula~ion of Stresses.
Sec,. ~4. Bound n~tural earth sh~ll not be loaded to more than the
lng in tons of 2000 pounds per ..... .
~quaz, foot.
Grave! ~in,! course mind 'well cm~pact~d,: o~ haEd pan ......... 6
h,~.rg ~l~y o~' ~n~ s,..nR ........................
'}~[O~fll'~l~' ~r~r 01~;,' or ~ao~er~.tly oompgo~ ~dlld .................. ~
. - Sof~ s ~nd or clay of undisturbed alluvial s6ils ................ 1 ~pns
~ui!di;{~eri a doubt ~rlss~ as to tl'~s sustaining{ power of the earth upon wllioh a
is to be erected, ti-ia building depar[ment m,~.y ~irect tii~:~,t t~le sustaining
powerbuilding.°f tho soil be tested by ahd at ti!e expense of tide owner of tke proposed
Sec. OS, Allowable saffe loads in tons per square foot, Tabl~ 1.
~rI , ~ ~
...... 6 t0
Hard pressed i~ydi"~u]:io or vitrified silale -
~'
or paviu..~ 5r
:r~ Stone ubbl~ Irze~lar bend) ....................... 4 5 l0
.. 5ton~ i~tilar oi~ block wittie fu~l b~ ............. , 6 12 20
Concrete 1:2:4 ........ , ...............
OJ.~iore te 1:5:5 ............... 16
.......
J~c. 56. In uoliuns, ~ii'd.z's, timbers, walks and mat~zia, ts , the
load~ ~i~iowed sll.~ll b,:~ tlios~ accepted in general practice, reco;ffnized by the
b~st iuthorities, and ctefiiie~ by Kiider flor suoJi accented text books. ~o in tide
iive lo-ids .cal,]Ulm:~ted gtor floors, stairs, gallei"i~s, etc., the i'ninim~n generally
epted ~iiali obtain ami tke ~.~iffer~nt classifications sh.~l], be according to Xi
,~r, Od' such ~o;epted ~ext books, provided sowever tiiat no floor, stair or gall
oferYsuz'f~ce.°r r~of sh~ll ,:o o~lculated fQr less ~h n 40 poun&s live load per sr, uare_ foot
~.lso b]~ ~rahitect Jr engineer of any building may be l~eqllired t~ pi'eseiit
is oalculatioii~,. .~ f:,z t.;!d:~ e~r~sses~ , loads, etc., in suoli form that .tnep~' ' - may be
ily oziecked ~)y the c~e~art.ieilt and the work stiall ~ot proceed until the de'cart-
ap ~z'oves of sucli loads, etd.
?Mienever thc load may bJ a shifting $~ moving or a vibran~ one,for e::~mple
mactilne s~io~s, factories, drill halls 'or churChes-or whenever a crush of people
occur, ~ne' live loads s%i,:.ll be calculated,at 33 per cent ad,dit'~onal over and
)va an inactive ii~e 19ad such as in a waretiouse, a home or muse~,
· Sec. S7. Th.~ building dsoartment s~al], estimate the liva loads allowablm
}~';f~der any construction tka~ ray be p~oposed; these loads shall be nm~ked upon the
~5~plans and the o;vner of the buildin~l~ shall Oonspicuosly lable and post these s me
~3110adings~ in lii~ building, ~id at no ~i_me shall the floor be loaded in excsss of
'~$hat allowed inaxim~. If the bu' c '~ ~ ' , ~ .... ~ .
. ~ ........ ,illin~ is to be ch~inged as tJi s nature of occup-
~2{~ncy an~ accl~iolial loads be desired, then ttie floors shall bo ~-einfor~8
~ae cirection o:f the department.
The depart:lent shall also as ra~idl~- possible, determine
..... ~ ~ as floor loads
allowable mn all exmsting bumldings where, i~ its belie~f, overloadi~g may obtain
or whe~'e it is e~iden~ that suck overloading might result disastrusl~ to life
and ajaoent property. The buildings s examinedshall~ be labeled in the
nar as tke n,~:v on~ s~ as to a lovmble loads, and such loads shall not be ov~'loaded
under the penalties provided for other ~:imilar off:~nses. The building depart-
merit shall hey police au~hori~ fo~~ t~ snforcsment of ti:.is and all other clauses
of this code, and fo~· infractions of ~he sameit shall cite the owner o~' b ild~r
or thei~~ represent~,,tiv~s b ~for th~proper ~o~rt, the~,:'e to be dealt with as that
court sh~ll decree impriso~nent or fins or bo~h ,~,s tl~e i~.'~por~an~ of th~ offence
~hall, in th~ o ~in!on of ~h~ court justify.
In such prosecutions or in any defense ~he de~ar~ment m~:~,y'be called Um~On
m~ke, i~ shall hav~ the assiss~ance, help and advic~ of the. di~-, ~ ~ttorn~y.
~ ~.~z tONS .
'~ ~ey~ S~c. ~8. All excavations for buildings shall be mad. e at !~ ~t nin~
nd the line of th~ m.~sonry to pez'~it inspections and sha~)l be properly
.~mrded and pro~ected by the person, per~ons or corporations causing sa, m~ to
made, so ~s to prevent the ~T~ame from becoming d~mg~rous to life and li;~b, and
shall be sheath piled where it may be n~cessary, or by so~e o~her method approved
by the buildingS, de ,artmen~ teen"event the aJ0ining s;~il from caving in, by r~ason
of its own weigh~ or by z'eason of any w~ight that may rest upon it.
S~c. Zg. ,M'~enever any excavation is made oH l~nd ajoining a building, the
owne~:' of tho land upon which suck e.xcav~tion is made shall shots up, protect and
~ake e~y precautionary measure to 'pretect and save from injury or ~arm all
footings, f.~.,nda~ions walls or a~t~ ~hereoF or any part of the building, which
is liable to be inJur.d by reason of such ~xcavations, p~ovided th~ depth of s~h
excavation e~cmeds 6 feet below grade~ If such excavation does not exeeed 6 f~et
, ~l~en ~my su~h expense shall be borne by the owner of the build;ng.
Sec. Q0. Plans filed witk tT~s building d~artment sh~ll be a~cemnanied by a
st~.t~m~n~ of th charac~ .~. of ~'~
tes~ ~ .' ~ .~w soil at th~ lave' of the ~ootings fz~und by
,. Oi lg6,.
aaa. ~1. ,fl~en buildings ~o b~ er~ed or altered front of business ~hor-
oughf~'as and in ~onjes~ed business dist~'iats the b~ilding dapart.~en~ may re(uire
tha~ sidewalk tr:~,2 'lc be ~intained ~ithou~ interuption by me~ns of elevated or
covered sid~v:.lks, and ~such covaring shall be strong enough to pro~ct pas~.ersby
from falling ma~ria~ and ever~vvherea!l temporary inclosing f~nces ~'md smde,,,al~,' - ~ ~'~
etc., shall b~ ke~t clean and all traffic interfered with as little as possible.
Inall tkos~ mat~ers thc orders of th~ depth'truant must be promtly obeyed. Suf-
ficient lights and gaurds shall be maintainsd at all
su~n obstructions or e~cav-
~a~i.ons. The stre t prop~r is to be kept clear, save th~o temporary sidewalk, Z feet
wide that may b~ built beyond the curb line.
Sec. 4~. Ew~ry building exceptin,~, bu_ildings erected upon solid :~'ook, shall
have foundations of brick, stone, steel, iron or ~or~l~nd oemmt concrete laid
not l<~ss than S fee~ bmio~,~ ~he surf,ace of the earth on solid grom~d, on level sur-
face of rock, or uoon wide fo~ings z'einforced concrete beds or piles, when solid
~earth o~: rock is n t found ~' ~ '
· zmleo in~ended to sustain a wall, pair or post, shall
be driven to a solid baarin:~', if pra~o$ic~:~l to do. so, and the nmnb.'~rs of such piles
and their dim~n~ions shall be sufficient to support the superstructure proposed.
Zec. Q~. Tke bu. ilding dep_~r~m~nt shall be notified of the tLue when tho test
piles sh~ll be drivan. Thc ~ops of all wooden piles sSall ~be cut off belaw the
lowest wat~r line, except in structures ~eyond the high tide line. ~hen requi~:ed,
concrete aha'Il be r~nme~ dom~ in ~he interspaces bstw .n the heads of the piles
to~ ao,dep:,h:, of and ~hiclmess of not lass ~than 12 inches, and fo~' ~ne foot in ~-'~,,~d~'
cu~oi~c ~.he piles. No wooden pile shall be subjected to ~ greater loadin- thah
E0 tons. Concrete pil~s shall not be subjected to ~,~ greater loe:~ding than
pounds per square inch of cross sect'on.
Sec. 44. 'Jh~re metal is incorporated inand forms par~: of a f undation$
~shall be thoro~,ghly protected from ~.ny rus~ by asphalt~, concrete or by such
mate~'ials and in such maimer as may b~ ~pproved by ~hm building department.
~M~n foo tin~s of iron or steel ,vhiah form cold,ms are plaae~ below the watsr level
they ah uld ba similarly co~ted and enclosed in concr~$e for preservation against
ae~,~45. ~'o~da~ion wal~s ohall be bUil~ of ston~ or bric]' ~ ~
tar or oi ~ortlanf cement a,~,~a~.~. ............. '1 t [ with ~em~.nt mor-
p~i~,~tu ~tabJes an~ for h~ ...... ~ . -- . ~.,:,-. .- u~.lding~ and
be built with l~m. and careen* ~,~.*~ v~ ~..~ _~ ~ in height, which may
~ e ~ above ~iiem. Th ' ' ·
sba,1 b' ..~ ~ . ~ ~, .~ , e foo~ng or b~s~ oo~se
~,to be impo,aed the-~'eon. Thi~ footing or base course shall not be les.~ t.k.~ l:! im:h,~s
::.thic$, and, excep~ ~mder frame buildings, shall be at least eight inches wider
than the bottom width 0f the r~all.
Sec, 48. ~?hen fram~ buildings ~re no~ more than two stories high t'he
darien walls shall be of brick 8 inch s thick or.co~crete V inches ~hick, or mason-
;fy piers; all such walls and piers to be carried not less than 6 inches above the
sur~ac~ of ~he highest grozmd within two fee~ of the wall or pier; prodided
if ~ building is to be veneered with ~msonry the foundations must be ac provided
}in Section 45. ~,~n frame buildings are m~e ttian two stories in
height,
the
~atio$ shall ~e a brick wall 12 inches thick or a concrete wall l0 inche~ ~hick.
No earth frill shall be plac~d hiGhs~ ~han a gra~ 6 inches below the top of
~ch walls and piers.
Open sheds not more than 12 fe~ hig'h may have wood footings a.nfl buildings
~beyond ke high tide line may r~St on ,~ile foundatious.
Sec. 47. Iff. in place or a ~ontinuous fo~dati n wall, isolated piers are
:to support the superstuc~ure, where, in the opinion of the building d epartme.~t,
['~;the natur~ of tke grom~d and character of the building make it necessary, invert-
arches resting on a proper bed of concrete, both designed, to tr~nsmi~ with safety
sm~<orimposed lo~ds, shall be placed between t~e piers. The ~hrust of theouter
piersshall be taken up by suitable wrought iron or steel rods or plates,
Sec. 48. Grilla~:e b~aSs of wrou~kt iron or steel res ina on a pro,mr concrete
bed ma7 b~ u~ed ". % ~ ~
. . ~uc~ b~ams must be provided with sspara~tors and bolts, inulosed
and filled solid betwe~n '~ith concr~.~te, and of such size and so arranged as to tran-
[~mit witk safety the sup~ori~posed loads,
/:~. _ oe~. 10. ~11 a~on~, walls ~.4 ranches sad not less than 18 inch~s in
~nall have at ~east one h,~der extending th~roughth2 wall in every t~ree feet in
/~i~ht, from t~e b~ttom ~f the wall, and in every three feet in longth, and if over
:~ ~ncnes in ~hic~mess, shall have on he~der for each s~x ~,,o~+'~.~ -~- ~-,~
.wall at least ~0 inches. All head~rs shall be at [Least 12 inohes in wi~th ,~nd
~nches in thic~ess and sh ,l! consist off goocl ffl~,t
No stone shsll be laid in such ,~"all,.~, in any o ;her position thm~ on its
uPal ~eds. No stone shall be used ~ka, t does no~ bond into Nt wall at least 5 inche~
:B~$ones shall be firmly bedded into cement mortar and spaces an~ joints firmly filled
;,~eo. 50. F~xternal retaining walls shallb'e constructed of sufffi~ieni; ~-~ '~
safely sup~ort the outside pressure when earth embankments are ajaoent to ny
~mlfa~ion or curb wa~ and shall be 'prop~:~rly coa~ed cemented or otherwise pro-
tested agains~ ,,:~afi~r s~epage, ' '
iTo,~r d~mp courses shall be provided,lin all foundatio$ walls ~na"~ ~ likewise,
and likewise, proper division of open drains outsid~:~ the wall and covered with
· ~roken ~stone or other such expm!ien~ to carry off surfface water and p~'event wet
Sec. 51. In all oase~ a ~on~ct.[o~, with the street se~rs ./ho-:~ .the same
be established before beginning the work of laying fotmdati:~ns. Bsfo'r.e the
walls of b hldings ars carried up above foundati:,n walls, the cellars shall be con-
tested ~hrough daaina and catch basins ','
in the street, or if the ceila~'s re ',)etow~ tho sewers or grotmd water level,
Drovisions,sh ll bo ~de to p event ater acc=nulating i~. ':~ ~ collars to
~jury of the fom~dations or the occupmcy of the basement
, ~. Sec, 5~. Walls ,piers and partitions will be proporSi ned in
~.~engtn ~nd ~.equen~y of the lo~,,ds they have ~o car:y, the class of building,
~'limi~s vJf~:hin wkicn that hu}lding is erected, and the materi~.~la used. ~d the plans
{~Wtll state specifioately, the nature ~,.nd ola~:m oF building, ~he floor loads and all
~.~Snch d. att~ in order that tnebu:~lding department ,~ty check up these figures and app-
~:~O~ th(~ thictmess of such wall etc., as well as all else proposed; or disaprov-
?:}~ng ~nay dire~t how th~ ;'ork shall be done to receive such a.,~prov..,1.
~].'~ ., eec. 5~..;. ;~$~ere ~wo stories of frame construction are erected ow:~r one o .... bric
~:c0ns~ruction. the brick walls shall not b~ ~ ...... ,~,~ ,~-~-~ ~_~ ....... -~_ ~ k
??quivaient in other materials. < . ~
$~c. 54. The walls of all ~ui]{i~n~ .~'h~.~., ~,,~ ~ .......... ~--2
~vea OI ~:~Oil~, ~Ol'lOl, nollo,:~ tile, l~ort~and cem:,nt oolloretl, iron or s~eel, or,
.~..a~?:row~d by~ the building ~epartment, otne~' hard incombustible material, and
~v ~g~ ooaponent ~)arts of the buildin sh~ll be as h~ein '
~'~" ' ' ~ ' - : .... g ' ' ~,~" ~ proviaed. Th~ walls
~d ?iers off all buildings shall be properly and. solidly bonded together with
ese >ints filled with mortar. Tkey shall t0e built to a line and car: ied up pltunb
trai · Thw walls of each stroy shall be built up full~,A~ickness, ' to the top
beams above. ;?all. piers',or parts of walls and piers shall not be built
g
Sec. 65. The inside 4 inches of a~y wall may be butl~ o~ hard burned hol-
low brick, prop~;rly £ied and bonded by means of full headeraourse
course into 6he w~lls, and of the dimensions o~ ordina, m~ brick. ;H~ere hollow
~lle~ ~r~.~ used for lining or furring for w.:!ls they shall ~o~ be ~naluded
the me~suremen~ of ~he thickness of ~he walls. But wher<,e '~err~co~ta blocks are
so ~sed, they shall be allowed ~here proportionate value ~n carrying ~he~ loads.
Sec. 56. In all walls that are built hollow or in two sectisns th~
quanit~ of s$one, brick o.r concrete shall be used i~ the construction as if
were built solid, as in thi:_~ code provided, and no hell. ow wall shall be built
~lesr, the parts of same ars connected by proper ties eithsr brick stone or
iron) placed no~over 24 inches apart.
Sec. 57. No rece;::~s or ohasefo~ water, soil, steam or other pipes shal2 be
made iit. any exterior or in m-iy o~]~er bearing wal~l to more than one-third
its effective t]:i,~kness, and the reces~ es,t~ around said pipe or pipes shall be fill-
ed solidi;.,, with masonry, or other incombustible mate~'i~21, after the pipes ar~ in
place for the space of one foot at th ~op.and bo~tbm of each s~ry. Nor recess
shall l.,e made in ~ny ex~erior or other beariag wall less ~han 12 inches th.lek
andthann°5 feet continuous~o .nyVerticalother reeess.recesues o~her than flues in stacks shall t)e nearer
~ec. 58. All structures exposed ~o wind shall be designed to resist a horiz-
ontal wind pressure of Shirffy ~o~ds for ,~ery square foot of surface thus exposed
from tl~c ground to ~h~ to'p o' ~']~., Same~in~ludiag ~]_~e roof in an. direction. In
no ease shall ti~e overturning moment due ~o win~ pressure exceed 75 per cent; of the
mom'~t of st biliCy of the structure. In all s~ructur(s exposed
itionsreSis~ing- ~m°men~s of ~he ordim,,ry ma~erials of construction suc~ as masonry,' part-
~m,.. floors, and connections, are not s~ficient to resist the momen~ of
distortion due ~o wind pressure, taken in any direction om any part of tl,e struct-
ure additional bracing shall be introduced to make up the difference in tbs ~toments,
In calculations for wind bracing, the working streeses set forth in this code
may beinoreased 50 per <:ent. In buildings ~der 60 fee~ in height, provided the
wei,t, htbe disregarded, does not exceed four ~i:n~s, the width of the bass) the wind pressure may
Sec. 59. It shall be unl.,wful to erect, construct, or build anj rear ~'ront,
par~y division or partition aasonry wall upo:n wooden girde~,s, rafters or lintels,
of to support any such wall by any wooden su,~port what:~oever; but all such sup-
por~s shall be of iron, brick or stone and shall rest on sufficient~ stone or met-
al b~aring blocks ~.md all ~,~etal supports shall be rustless by being wel] cemented
painted or oth~,,rwise ,forested from moisture. "
Sec. 60. Openiags for doors and windows in ':ll buildings ~:2mll hav~ good and
sufz'ic:ent arches of sto~e
' ~ " ' ' built and keyed
with ~ ~ and sufficient abu~menks, or lintels o st~el, terra-cotta
Or oon~r~te of sufficient strength which shall have a bearing at each end of not
less ti,an 5 inches on the wall.
SeC..l_~61. All masom.y arches shall be capable of sustaining the weigh~ and
presu:-e t~.y are designed to carry, and th~ stress at any point shall not exceed
the ,7orking stress of the material used, as given in this code, Tie rods shall
be used where necessary to secure stabili.ty,
Sec. 6~. In no case shall any wall walls ~f any building be carried up more
than one stor:>, in advance of any other .~all, except by permission o:~' ths build-
lng dupa:.'t:,,~ont. ~d this prohibition shall include ~]'~e ',~
~.t.~ lo sure walls for skel-
eton buildin.ts.
Sec. 6,~ In ,a'[1 walls furred with' wood the brick betwe.m the e,~-~ ~'6 the wood
bea:~s ;.h !l project the ~hictmess of the fu:'ring beyond theinner face off the wall
for the f ll len~ho~ ~he beams.
Sec, 6~. Tt'~,~ heigh~h of statics for all given thic~es:~es of walls except
by speci~:l p~rmi~, shall not e::ceed the following: '
,.~irst Story .................... 16 feet in ~he elea~
Second sro. fy .... ' ' '
.................. 14 feet in the clea. r
Thi t 8ry-~ 12 f t
'-' rd s '~'*: ................... ee in the clear
~ou~th and u~er., stories ....................
~d if any story ~xaeeds ~he f~regoig heights, the walls of such story ami ail
wall:: below that story sttall be increased proportionally.
aec. 65. Eight inch curtain walls o:' brick, hollow tiles or concrete shall
be allowed in all st~el framed buildings [except in party walls) betwsen piers or
~teel columns 16 feet on centers ~'~. Party walls
;. buildingt~ must not be less titan 12 any story,
' :L78
double houses, where division walls shall be Rarried to underside-of roof boards.
~ ~.~9' o7,. ,M~e- b~ck ~a~ls ~u~ro~md stairways, elevator smtfts, shavindoits
~ana lign~ sliaf~s, tiley sh~].i no~ ce less than ~ig}:t inches tllick, but l'lo sucti ~r
............ . ~ .. . ~, ? ~y. If outs:de,~alls are ofp:er construction.
~nan la insides thick for the upp,~:-r story. - · , ............
~.: Sucti piers have a width off 24 inches for a 8 foot bay, measuz, eing from c~n-
:~?ter to center of the piers and stiall increase as the width of the bay is ' ~',,~:, ......
:::~:~Curta ns ~r panels between piers shall be at least 8 inch~s thick md of brick
h~'or the equivatl~n~ tticraof. ' '
Sec. 59, No isolated brick or o th~r :der who:re height exceeds ten ....
~ least dimension ,' - ' ~,imeo its
s~all ce built, nd :t~y such oder Where receiving ooncei~tra~ed
~' loads shall h~vo suitable bearong blocks of ~to:ce, or iron, or other sucL solid,
Uso proportioned as to properly distribute tl~e loa~ to come u-:on it.
o~.ll.~r, ,~iere it is i.:praatil~le ~o build a partitio:i wiU: masonry fil-
.:lins~. ~lii::l ~t the discretion of the build:ng, department., a 4 inch stud partition
~'in_sol~d wi~il miii,.:rai wool, ii~ii iii position by block~ every three feet in iieight
~and plastered on both sides with hard plss~r on metal lathing, may be used for
~r re ...... inj dividing p~r~ition. In b~oaks of more th~n th,e, houses there shall
Be a solid brick or other u~ire wall ex~endinD above 'the ~o~Fs. a~: -~
fire v~'alls at ~v~ry third tlou~:e. '
:'ist:z~g ~apa~ity, and o'~eliiiigs to separate apari4aents shall be by arq:rowed fire
~' doo~s and no transoms :h:~..ll :re silo's/ed. Such fire proof stairs shall lead dir-
ectly to the str<~et and bo inclosed t the street l~::vel with similar -Fire walls
tii film doors~.~o,.:vth~ a~artmeii~s or.. stores., on the first, floor, t~e object 'being
have an ~bso~=~ clear direct a:i~ fife proof exit from the top story to
Street. ' '
ill wall~ or partitions forming interior ~8~it or :edit shafts s~all be con-
::: ~truc ted cz brick, or otherincombustibl~ matcrial~, e:cept that Where a~proved by
' - ,he :z,.e limits, they in~,.y o~ con-
strutted of.. ~ iii,~h.,.,studs fid'iliad in ~olid witii fireprbofiiig material or plastei-'ed' .
0n both si~ies Oil ,:~<~:<~ lathing >md always witii masonry fire stops <it each floor
~nd stiall e::t<~iid two feet above tko
Sec. 72. The :¥indows in ~ai:": shafts shall have metal frames and sash, and
i~la~:s. Ceiling lights mid~.~r st:arts shall have wire glass iii metal f:,'a::es.
start above the first floor, they shall be supported by steel or concr<~te
'[:~' . ~ec. 75. ill boilers, furnaces, fire places, ovens ~ind all ~t::~:.
~:l.O!in~ ~:igillas, :i,e buildin:l: department, as in all other asses of douo~ -lack
:j:$peaiffied re quiraments, Shall have full power to act. and ' ~ ~ ''- · ' :..
In .ases where tlo$ wa~er, sSeam, hot air, ~: o:i:~:"~;:;ing apparatus or
naoes are herein after i~laced in any building, or flues or fire places are changed
r enlar~ed, , due uotice,sha ii'irst ~o be given to the building depazt:i~,n~,-" ~- '~ ~ by the par-
on or persoiis placing said furnace or furna:es in :ciid building or by the contract-
m or superintendent of said ,:ork, the proper inspection be made 2nd permit issued.
~ec. 74, ,~ier~ a kitchen range is placed ::ittiin six inches of a wood wain-
eC~ or wood. partition, ttie said wood work sti,:~.ll be sheilded :ith metal asbestos
r equivalent protection fro:ii the floor to the height of not less than ~ fe~:t high-
r than the range,
ill-ranges on wood or combustible floors and beams ~hat are zio~ supported o~
~.eg~cen~ent~aad haVefo~datlons.aSh pans 5 inches or more above their base, shall be s~t cE zinc, brick
shall be set again: t a furred walll
ceilings over all large ranges as in hotels and restaurants, etc.,
shall -u~ guarded by metal hood_s placed .:t l~a'~t 9 illches below the ceiling.
A ventil~tioa pipe connected with ~ hood over a .r~m~:le shall be at least 9
· ~inohes from all !ark ~ild plashier or wood work a~]d sheilded. If the pipe is l~s~
~h~iN 9 inches from lath and l)la~terand wooswork then th~ pipe shall be covered
~ith -~- iiioh of a:sbes~os plast:)r or oth~i' incombustible me~t<~ri ,1. No
pipe connected with a hood over., r~.:$ge shall pass through a floor tmleso pro~ect-
sSallied in any builcling oR, copt in a bri~k fir~ ,)lace oon,~ected with u chits'icy
e., No gas ,. ............. - -
fl~ li~n~ or o.,n~ httzll~l skall ,:~e~ nearer th~n t~o f~e~ to any woo~ or
pl~st~:r on woDd ceiling l~lesg ~}le burn,i? is sheilded with sui~at)le :.lio~ or
oth~':~r defl~ctor, and in rio case will a wull bracket J~or ga,:.:' or oil or other
light be pe)r:ai t~d less ~!l~n two fe.~t away from ~he windo,, or ~xt~-~rna! 'door, and
all such bre,okets, anz~vhere, must h~v~ ~t-~e gas flame a~ least 12 inches dista~t
from wall.
CTOV~ ~2tJ of.iO~ i)IPES.
kleo. 76, lIo smoke pipe shall pass thr';ugh .the wooden roof of any buildimI
unles~ ~ special permit be first obtained from the building depart~mt for ~]le same
I2 ~ t)~rmit is :~o Sr~mted, then th~ roof through which the smoke 2i!)e t)as~..es shall
be prote~:t~d of ~.~ g'~lw~niz~d iron ventilate~ thimbi~ of the followirig di~ensions:
In uu. sc o~' a s~ov~ pi)e, th~ d~ame~r of ~he outside guard shall act b~ les~ titan
12 incn~s un~ U~e diameter of ~he inside ~ard 8 ~ches larger than the smoke pip~
and fo~ all J'h-:ri~a~s or where siailiar large hot fires are used, th~ diamet~r of
the '~u~sid~ guard sti~ll De not less than 18 inches and the dimne~er of the inside
guard tg inches largor th._~n the smoke pipe. The smoke pipe thLables shu. ll extend
from tl~e und~r sidd of th:~ ceiling or roof beams to be at least 9 inch~s ~bove thw
r~f, and U~cy shall hav~ openings for ventilations a~ th~ top of tt~.'e guards above
th~ roofs.
;d~ere a smoke pipe of ~ boiler passes throush ~ wooden roof th~ sm'~e shall
be guarded by a ~hi,~ble, a~ b~$or~ ~p~cified, Z6 inches lar~'er tkan the diameter
cf ~h~ ~ok.~ pipe of the boil r.
~. · ~m~o,~, pipes ,ass ~[Li~3tI~'}L a wood or i)l.ls~,~l, par'hereon of fur-
red %m:/~AL1 Or ~loor ghey .'
~ , :~n~!.~,' ~,,. surrot~ded ~ith ~r by ~ t)o~,y-" of hard, incombust-
ible aat,:~rial, me~:~sureing a~ least four inches all around such smoke pipe, or they
sh~il ~ surrounded by a -oub'z~ safety t'himbRe of shmet metal, at least one inch
apart and U:e ~n~ir~ Uii~.lbl=~ so ~oastru~ted that U~ere will b~ a circulation of
~'i~
air betw e'a ~,.~ t o ring'~ for ~i~:[~; the sa,me.
No sl~]oke pip= ~:lu~.l! project tlu'ough an ext,.:rnal wall uniea:-~ con,'~ected with
a~c. 78. NO stov,~ ,or mrao~c~a ' pip~ or ~:n~,' pip~ ooniainini~, N~e i)FO~liO~S Of ooin-
bus,ion i'i'o~l any i'~.llg~, ov~i'i or tle~tter shall b~ conoe,:~led in any wood partition
oritiJ,i,i)t.~,:~:i,:~ilingn~.~z.~ror th~ui~ny woodwork, ~ inches ~,o ~.~iy uiiproteot~d lath and pi~st~r .)r woocl
d~c. 79. .lher~ pii)~s are uspci for tli~ distribution of hot a. ir from the
ho~ ~:iz' f'ttrna~es in buildings, such _)i~)es must be n~ad~ of metal amd do~,Jz~,~'~ ~ · tile
space oetw~en the two metal i?ipes skall be at least 3/8 inch; such cedes she:il
be l~i~:~d~ wi h air tight ~ in~s and be securely fatened to tlle patter{cng tltrou~d!
whioti tliey p~ss, or, in lieu t]i~i'~of, tlle pipes nlay b~ ooSered witti asbesto~ p.:.-
per, weJgi~iris not les~ the;n 14 pomids p~r lO0 square fleet; thoroughly pl~.tsR, ed to
pi.p=~ cad a!~;o wired ~w::ry tv, o feet with v~ir...~ ~-: or bl,~nds; and th~ studs or otht.,r
wood work within 1 inch of tli~ pipe sh..l!~ t)~ lined wi~h bright tins and ~he pipes
shall be coy:red with metal lattliin~;,.
..Sec. JO. Tlle opeiiimffs in floors for hot air registers shall b~ surrounded
wi~h borders of incohibustibie material not les:~ than t j inches wide, a.nd secur$1y
set iii i,l~c~. The re~ffister boxes shall be double, the distance betv~e~n Uie two
tliickn~s::~es of tin being' at least Rneinch or they can be single if cover.~d with
as b~stos paper and the woodwork lined with tin in a similar manner to that
specified ire tii~ proceeding pe, ragraphs flor ~h~ pipes. Such floor r~g'isters shall
connect diretly do',vn a pipe to the fume. ce tii~rs must be an offset to Catch dust
and dir~ cud tli~ i'egioter must b$ rmaovable and tti~ climber k~pt clean,
OHtI'~CiYS, PLUES .2~]) PI,l%P~,iO~f~d.
Sec. ~1. The fo~md~.~io$ of chimneys flues and l~tacks, whether inside or
ouside of buildings or ,~h~ ~r concocted wiU~ th~ same or iso;at~d, slmli be
designed and buil~ in conformity wi~h thc provisions reLiting to the fo~d~tions
for buildimrs.
·hen ~he breast of ~ chi~y or fireplace projects more than i inches it shall
be s~art~d and built on the s~e line from t~:.e fo~dation~
S~c. 82. ,~ll chiumeys si~all be huil~ of brick, or other fireproof
made, rial. The exterior w~lls of be a inches thick and con-
ted ,:~i: ut lining
i!i without lining may be used.
Sec. 8~. No chi~mey shall be corbelled fi'om ,a wall more thc.in 4 inch~s or be
h~g from a wall les~ than l~ inches ~hick ~less it proje.ts equally on both sides
of th~. wallS nor shall any chi,m~ey more than 12 fe~ t high or of gr~:~..~ter cross sec-
'~on than 524- sq~re inches rest upon any wood floor or beam and then only when
is at loast 12 inches of brick b~low the low,st flue opening.
Sec. 84. All fire places and chi~ey break, ts, whethe;, intended for ordinany
fireplace use o~ not, shall ha'm~ trim, act arch~s to su~,port he[~rths and no and no
woodwork s~all be used ~mder such arches,
The said arches shall be nt least ~2 inches in widtk, measureing from the
face of the chimney breast, and they shall be constructed of brick s~o~e b
clay or concrete. , ,
· h~ length of a ~ri~ner arch shall not be less ~han th~ width of a chico,ney
?.~ breast.
;:lood tempers ~mder tri~l;~er az'ches shall be removed before the plas~e~'ing
~ $]le oeilimrlj ~d~rnea~h.
;~ .n Sec. 55. No wood mantel or other woodu~ork shall be exposed bach' of a
piece;work of~hetheir°nfir~placew°z'k of. 2he' s~un~,~er piece shall be placed against the brick or stone
S~c. 86. If a heater is pl~ced in a fizeplaee, th~n the hearth shall be
wid~r tha~ the full width of the heater. All fireplaces in which hea~ers
placed shall have incombustibl~ mantels.
Sec. 87. No fireplace shall be closed wi~h a wood fire board,
~ Pi~,fE BUILDINGS ~,~j BRICK A~ Pi~,~ BUILDi:iGD.
'~ Sec. Sd. ~. fr~n~ hal!ding shall be taken to mean a building or
,~,hich tlu~ ccct~rior %valle shall be cons truc~d of wood.
t partitia~lly o~ en ~r~xy veneered oh the outside .vith 4 inch~s of
t~. ~ ~uil~;.ings sheathed
or other masonry shall be ~eem~d fr~e buildin~;s. Jood frames cove,'ed with m~tal
sl3all ;,,~ de~.med franc buildings.
Sec. 89. Separate fr~,~e bu~lclin~s other than tenement houses ;~hall be built
].coated no~ le~s than tv/o feet from the line of tke lot upon which ~]~e samo is
, .....n sucJ~ b~ilc~ng ~s o.n~ ~tory in heigh$, and at least 5 fe~t from said
lot lin~ ~for b ~ildings ~v/o ~?~ories in height, and at least 4 feet from ~aid lot
line for bu;'idings three s~m~ies i~ h~;~.' ~' "
~o. 90. ~o fr~.~ bul!di~g. ~hai! ])e k~i~eafter erected or alt~r<;~d over
stories in height or to be occupied by more t4an six families B~t n ~ning
ara"-~,:d._ .... -~',}' fl-"~' ..... '"'~ilo~-' ' a,.: sp,~ciffied oho ~zucin his code,n of blocks of frame bz ~ ka~ng::]l'-~'
~:c. ~i. in all fr,im~ ~wellings hereafter, ~al; s~re three stozies, in height
the outside or closing studs s]m!l not be i~s tlian 2 inches by Si:~ .... ,
equiw,~].ent ii; atz~iigtll; and wliez'e tllo heibht of t]l~ out~id~ walls i', not moz"~: th::n
')~27.; feet,~ ~ 4 inch~s lvide studding may be -used, pro~i, ded a 4 incti by 6 ~nch girt is
~int~oeuced ~t th~ level of the first story
D. iu all fr.ame bu~.ldin~s ~n~t exceed 24 f~et in depth uh~.~.~ sh~.:ll
~a middle, po~ on each side 4 inctie~.~ by 6 inches in one continuous leng~.h, and if
~buzldin~s ~vcecd ' .... ~
.... ~0 fee~ zn :/zdth, thez. e shall also be a post the same ~s'-'~ne above
in th~ front :~nd
~ec. 93. Y, ll b~:~m~s, ~irders, colmnns, trust,;es, and other s~rllctur, i me.~b~rs
Shall b.~ ~z'oporti0ncd of sufficient s~rength to sustain the load to b~ supported.
In all cases suitable provisions shall be made to take up ~ind properly distribute
.~he stresses due to concentrat~.~d or eccentric l_:,ading, and also to-.~i.event'~ ~ danger
from horizontal or ve~'tical deflection or the bucklig or shear of members.
Sec. 94. The ~paoes between the studs on the top of the first floor Joists
0f outside and inside walls of all frame buildings shall be closed with a t~.~o inch
s~o~os shut.~ing off all spac'es, 0n all other floors of frame buildings construct
with a board girt, the spaces on the ~der side and also on top of Joists shall
Be filled with ~, fire stop not les~ than $,~vo inches thick, securely fastened and
properly fitted ~o fill voids between outside s~udding.
Sec. 95. ~ll v~od beams and o th~r ~i,.:~bers in any wall of a building built
ston~, brick, co.ncre~e or iron, Shall be ~eparated from the b~am 3r_timber
~ in tke opposite ~ide of the wall by at least 4 inches of solid masonry;
h separation may be obtained by corbeling or by sta:zgering the beams.
Sec. 96. No beams or o the.r ~imber~ shall be cu~ for pipes or tubes in any
~r which shall )f no case s']mll they
-be cut further from the bearings than twice tho depth of the timber. ,~hen
studs are cu~ ma~e than one-third their depth ~hey shall be reinforced . All
cutting shall be dens by or m~der the direc~i:~n of the carpenter. Joists shall
providedbe bored.near the middle for pipes, when i~ is impossible to place 2hem aa above
Sec. 97. Drawings of al ~russes and special o~~ ~mused fr~-u~ing showing
sizes of monb~rs ~nd details of eom~ection sh~ll be submitted with .~lans and
,specific~ti~me to the building department and, when ~'equi~ by the building
e ~ .... '~ ~ a strain sheet showing stresses in truss m~mbers shall be sub~itted.
Sec. 98. All interior studding shall be bu~ on,~ story in height, se2
c~tps or soles, except where partitions are over girders; the studding ~:hall be s
seated on the gird,~rs and have caps not less ~han 5~ inches thick with 2 inch
fi:'e s~ops at each story. ~teri:,r studding shall be ~ s~ories high or alter-
noting b~eakin~ joint at ~he second story. ' '
Sec. 99. ~ll wood tri~:~er -.~nd heade~, beams shall be proportioned to
with safety th:~ loads they' ~t~,~ intended ~o sustain. The ends of all tail~:be~ms
shall. ,. :,. b~ ,~opez'ly framed,or htmg to. or thoroughly spiked, into "~ne' header be~m.
He~er beams mo:'e than 4 feet laong must be hmtg to trinmner beams w'i~h approved
metal Land,rs. In calcu!atioj stres ~s, the factors of safeey' shall be used as
~i'ven in paragraph
. ,.,,, of this code. The ends of all beams buried in masonry
walls sh~ll be beveled back not less th~:~,n Z inches.
Sec. 100. In all 8 inch divisio~ walls joist~ ~' ~
, ,~nal]. not ~:'e~t in the wall
bu~ shall be supported wi~h approved Jois~ hangers, m~less the wall is corbelled
so as to keep the ends of ~he joists 4 inches apart.
,lolls shall t'fe ancho:,'~d ~o the needs of j ',ists every 5 or 6 feet by
wrough~ iron anchors not less than ~ inch by l~- inches ~md not les~ than 16
i,mhes long. ,
ex~ending'[allSoverrmmingt,-~o joists.Parallel to Joists shall beanchored' by simlar anchors
Sec. 101. ~'Iall plates shalibe anchored to walls every 5 or 6'feet.
Sec. 102. No ~imber cz' o th~r wood work shall ~,e placed within one ~neh of
the outsid~ wall of any chimney or flue.
Sec. 10['~. The ends of oird~,~s" ' '~ ' buddied in w~lls shall h,',ve an air space around
S~c. 104. ~kll wood floor ai~cl wood roof beams shall be prop~rty bridged
with cross bridging, ahd the dist~mc~ between bridging or between 'r'~ ·
b ~gzng and
walls shall not exceed 8 fest~ Once in the length of all joists ehere ~sh,~ll be
placed boards the full depthof the joist to act as a cut-off-fire barriera to stop
th~ flu,s liLe ~rafts,betw,~m jo:~sts in fr~me buildings. Such eut-offs[wili,not
be required between first floor joists where ~he cellar is not ceile~..nor be-
tweeu attic joists, whez, e no attic floor is laid, bu s~ch cut'offs mus~ be instal-
led if cellar ceiling or attic flooz'ing is placed a~ a later da~e.
Sec. 105. ~,Yood posts will not be allowed in th~ cel. lar~ of any building.
Sec. 106. ~rame bu~ldings shall not be c&lculated o~~' constructed to carry
than ~hc minim~n floor and roof loads speciffied~ in this code..~ f~d no fr~e
building shall be oarri~d hi,]'her than three stories of 40 fe~t above the lowes~
point o.f s~ree~ grade.
s<~c. 107. Sills in fr~u~ buildings shall not be less than 4 inches by
i.~ch~s. Girders shall no~ be less than 6 inuhes by ~inch~s and shall be of suffi-
oien~ strength to car~'y ~he superimposed load.
5~0. 108. TL~ use of wood cornices is prohibited in the fire limits., All
windows and projecting cornices over th,s s~ore windows within the fire limits
shall b~ constructed of or covere~.~ with m~tal, or other incombustible material.
If ray windows ar~ constructed with s~ds they shall be filled in solid with
bric]~'~ork or hollow til~. '
Sec. 109. Temporary one-story frame buildings may be erected for ~he use
of builders within ~he limits off th~ lots where~n buildings are
in the ~ourse of
erection, or on ajac~n~ vaomnt lots, upon permits issued by the buildi~ cpa,'t-
sent. and for a spec%lied tithe. ~.~ .
T~mporary a~ruo~ures shall also include platforms stands eletIo.~B~:b0otbs
ten~s, ~nd. all su,~:h shelters. Permits ~herefore shall be' lin~ited' to three'~ months,
excepting tha~ contractors offices,abov, described may remain until such offise
space can b~ arranged within the permanent building.
Sec. ll0. Signs of wood over 2 feet hi~h shall not be ereoed on an
in~ and no si~: of wood shall b:e
placed above ~he ffron~ wall or co~'nice
Sky signs or any device i[~ tile nature of an adve;~ tisement, annommement, or dir-~
e~tion, ,constructed of shhet metal or wire fastened to wood frames supported upon
o~ above or a~tached to any buildin~ wil~ b-' ....... ~**-~ ~..~ ~ ~ · . ~ ~
u?rlghts,suppor~s and ])races for same, and shall no~ be more th n ~0 ~ g
L': score t~e f .... - , . . a g'. feet in
_ Sec. ~1~ Befo~'e any wood or,me~al sign shall be placed in l')ositi~ u~)oh,
aoo~e, or a~ached to the out~:ide of any builging, or any fence built, or biil or
~dvertising boards put up, a p~rmit shall first b- ,~*~ ~ ~ ..... ~ ~' .... '
~eo. llg. aall shads and outbuildings, not more, than lZ feet, in h~ight
nbr mo~c than 100 square feet in area ~:my be bu:~lt without stmls using ~he
ical side boards to sup~oz, t.~. . k~.e rs , providin~_ these vertical sideboar-~, given
full bcarinj on the o~l~, but furth%r provLded that no struatur~ so e-~'e~t~
out sbudding slutll be used for dwelling purposes.
Sec. llZ. ,~en,:~ver any buildinE is ready to lark, th~ ownez, contractor or
other.o<~rson in charge of the work shall no,~i~y~ ~' the building depar,tment' of such
fact, giving the mu;~b~r of the building perait m~der Which the work is bc~inL; per-
formed; i~' shall be the duty o2 the depa?tment, within three ~ays aft,~r receiving
such notice to inspect tke building and ascertain whether or not firs-sro'ns,
bridging, chiancys, Eireplaces, and other' parts ~vhicn,' would be concealed by" lath
plaster have been cons tru,~ ted in accordance with the provisions of this ord-
inance, and no lathing shall be done on such building within three calender days
after 5'ivi~j of the notice above provided for, ~less the buflding ha.~; soon.r been
inspected and a?proved b[~ the depart.~en~.
-,,.Wids spacing, support floors and roofs of heavy planking and conslitute the stzuc-
rural frying contained within outer walls and roof covering of incombustibl~
materia, ls shall be known as mill construction.
In mill construction no timber shall ba less than 6 inches in either df its
les~Cr°sSthandimensi°ns'2 ~nehes ~loorin thickest.and roof planking of more th~tn 5 feet spans shall ~t be
T/cod posts shall have cast iron caps and bases with pintlIe n~nnections,
~te~l o~- iron bo~ caps r~ irk pro~'ections for receiving the ends of tJ~e -~ ...... ~
~:.~*~'~ shall 'be s~lf r~le~:~sing.
Sec. i15. ~ili const~'uction shall be in str%c~ accord with tke
~/'of th~ ifa~ional Board of 2ire Undez'writers. &ll th~ timbers shall be self-~'eleasin~
~afrom i;h~ posts and wa._ls. Tha~.'e shall be fire-proof stairs in fire-stool walls
,,h.~ outer.~valls . The openings in floors sk~ll be fi~a-guarded.
floors shall bq_ drained and ecuppered to 'the outside. The roof cove~,ii~. shall'
fire- resisting an. mill conS '~ruc ted buildings may be built within the fire lim-
its, p~'ovi~led they meet the apecificagions for bull. ding in bald fi~-limits.
Mill constructim within brick or s.tone ce concrete Walls, shall ~r~a permitted
four s~ori~s or 55 feet above the lov~est o~int of street grade. ' '
So-called "Seai-Pirmproof,, construction of wood $oisSs and steel beam~ in
ok, or concrste or stone walls may also be carrie~ up ~
' , ~our stories ox' 55 feet
ove ~he lowest point of street grade.
Sec. ll6. ~irepro.~,f construc$ion shall be reqjuired in:
(a) Ew~z,y buildi;~g he,carneY, erected or altez~d $o be used for any puroose
Ov~' four stories in he' ~' -
z~'n2 or four stoz'ies and basement 55 f~et ia
~jhmic~lt. ' , or over
[~) Ail public buildings an(1 all other buildin~s hereafter erected or a t
$ be .... - ........ ' I ered
0 . used ao hotels, o~ lodgmn houses or agar:the ' ,
$~m~,e~n esneoia]~ ~-~-~*~.~-~ ~.~, ...... . ~. ~n~ or ~n_any oth,,r v/ay not
L~;~pioyed and which are over ahree s~ories in hel~t,~ o~ ~:'h... o~ .... Y..~
,,~,;~j;,--~- : ...... ~ .... , ?~ u~.CL~nJs consazn~ng ~m assembly hall. all schools
,,~e · . ~ae/o., in all .~.,es un,let head~n~ (b) wha ~* -e~.+ -~ ...... ~ -,.~._
,~de of f~le.lOrOOf construction one e~:tra story in hel~:ht' t~ .~ ..... ~
~ .. . ,. ~ . , ~s , Id corridors in each and every bu~ldin,~
~:~,deoc~bed ~n ~n~s hea~-.(b) shall be ,',a,l~ nv *~ .... ~ ..... ~ ..... ~
. /OJ ~11 mle~,~er8 h,~raaft~r oonsfiruoted or buildings alta, red to he uS-d
'~Suon havin~ a sea~in~ casa ' . - ~ ' ..... '
, . . o g ! city of 600 or more..
(d] ~l bu'.ldings used for lhea~rag~,of petrolem~l~ or other rticles of a
Sec. ll?. ~ building shall be considered of fire-proof constructio~
when constructed according to the following specifications:
~11 materi~l used in construction, except a~ h~reir,~ft~r specified, shall
be incombustible, fire aud .~ate~'proof mate~'ial, u'~d. ~uc~i buildin~.~, if m~r~ .than
8 stories in h~.~igtit, shall ti~v~' a sk~leto,~ fr~mm.~ork of steel or iron or of
reinforced concrete. '
All floors and roofs shall be constructed oi' brick, terra-cotta or
inforsed concrete.
>~inist~ floors in hallways, passageways and stairways shall ')-~ of mai'ble,
tiling or concrete, and slmll be at least 2 inches thick above the top of the
supporting beams. B'inish floors iilotlier portions of building may he of wood
on sl~.~pers imbedded in coiierete, with no air space beneatli the flooring.
Every col~;m in ~mleoutei, wall shall have not less than 4-~ inches of brick
stone tile o~ , " . ,
, coilcr~,~ beyond its outer flanges. ,'~ere a facing off g~'anite,
marble, s]or oth~i~ stone which, is a~ubject to disintegati'on by heat is used, evory
beam an~ colm~m sliall ,~ pi'otected independently of such faming~v~itll not less
th~ui 2 inches of brick, ~iling or concrete. All st~'uctural iron or steel before
being ffi~'eproofed shall be cle ned of dirt ~tnds~ale a. nd unless encased in con-
crete, shall b~ ~oatcd with an efficient preservative to prevent rust4
~ill struc2ural iron or steel, including lugs and brackets, shall be ...ntirely
cow.red with 2 inches in thickness of condrete or tile, or 4 inches of brick
witil n0 space next to the metal; tlie outer edges of lugs, brackets and similar
su~.~o~ting laetal i~ay projec~ to within 7/8 inch of tile surface of the fi 'e-
proofing,
The ~hails and ~ebs of hol ow til~ blocks mcr. ~han 6 inch,~s ~hick shall
not be les~ thm'~-~ inch thick, ~md ~aid blocks shall be thoroughly ~ied and
anchoz'ed to[~ether.
,M~er~ the fireproof p~'o~ ~, ' o:f
e~t~on cold, ms is exposed to damage from the
trucking and h.~.tndling of m~:~rchandise, such fireproof protection shall be jaeke~-
ed on th~ outside fo~" a height of not less than 4 fe,~t from Sh~ floor with
~eet me~al of wi~h v<rtical s~rips of oak; and if the oak he-.~sed for such
purpose the vertical stripsshall be sufficiently ~epara~ed from e~.ch ot;h~.~r al-
--:w~y~~, to sho¥~ that the woodwork of the ~ard has b~en placed entiz'ely on th~ 0u~-
side of ~ ~i~'~prooi' ~atez'ittl which encases said metal ~colum.
No part off ~.~ ste~l or wrought iron col~m shall b:- les~ than-~- inch ~hick
1,Io cas~ iron colu m shall b~ used whose outside diemaster in less than five inch~s
or of ~,.~d~ich t~ shell thmcmne~ is less than ~
All roofs shall b~ covered with cement concrete tile, asphalt~ and
~ra'~e~, or o~her fireproof material. '
~[ll skylights shall 'ce o& corregated, prismatic or wir~ g~ass, not less
~han ~- inch thic~ set i~ a metal fr~m. Every skylight not glazsd with wi.r~
gl~s~ ~ha].l b~ ,~rotec~ed abov~ and below by a wire screen supperted on an iron
frame :.~t a ,iis~nce of ~ot les~ tlu~n 4 inches nor mo~'e .th n 8 inches from tho
glass, ~de of galvanized ~'~ire no~ ~mallet than No.12 with ~ mesh not greater
than l~ inches.
All elev~tors shall be enclosed ~with brick, tile o~' concrete e~tending
from the lowest ba,~mnent or cellar floor to the ~dsrside 'o'ff the first ffloor
and ,~'o?ided with self acting doors of fireproof material. '
~inish ~d tri;~ings may be of wood with no open spats beWlii~d the same
except that no wood w~inscoting shall be used in halls or stairways.
All glass in exterior openings facing upon a court, ~alIey, or upon private
propo~,~y~$ if within th~ fi eli~its,, shall be of wire glass se~ in metal sash
i-tEINFOi:~OED o0N0~I~ CONSTRUCTION.
Sec. llS. The term reinforced concrete shall be taken to mean a~y co~nbin-
ati n of me tal,~ imbedded i,moncrete to form a stnuctu~e so that the tw~:. mate~'ials
assist each o~.~J~' to sustain all 0he stresses imposed. Before ~t pei"mi.t to erect
any ~'einf~,roed oonc~'ete structure i~ issued, comple~,e plans and ~Jpecifioat~ons
shall bo iiled with the building depart.~e~t~ showing all details of con~truo~ion
including 'tli~ detail oi' wo~'kin~.r ~oints ~he size and position of reinforced rods
sglrrups or other forms of met~, ,,nd giving t~_e composition and proport on of
conc~'ete;p~'ovid, ed, however, theft ~)~)z'missi~')n to erect any reihforced concrete struet
ute does not in any maimer approve the construction ~mtil after tests have been
~ad.e o~' the actual construction to the s2tisfation of the 'department,
Sec. llg, Reinforced ooncr~te structures shall not be made f~ a poorsr
mim.~:, ~han tha~ proportioned i part cement, 2 par~s sand, and 4 parts broken s$one
gr~v~l o~~ slag. In proportioning concrete ~ bag or 95 pop.ids of c~ment shall he
conside.~.~d i cubic foot. '
Sec. 120. The stresses in the concrete and steel shalln0~ exceed the follow-
i~g:
Ia) Tensile stress in the steel shall not ~xceed one-third of its elastic
limit~ and sh~'~lk n~t ~xceed -16 ,000 pom~ds per square inph. Sh~tring stress
sh~li not ~:~cm:~:d 12,000 pom~ds per s~are Compressive stress in
shall no~ e~;ceed ~t1~ product of the 'e~ stress in the concrete
b~ 15.
lb) Dirsct compression in concrete shall not exceed 550 p. oma~s pot squaz'e
!i : inch. B~nding s~ress in ~xtreme fibre ~f concrete shall not exceed ~%50 9oun.,.s per
~ square inch. Tension in concrete on diagonal nlane shall not e~:ceed 40 ,~ounds per
square inch. '
~a) The allo~/able ~;t of si;tess for adhensionz~er souare inch
bedde shall no~ e}:ceed th~ foilo:/;ing:
0n plain ro~u~d or s~m~uar~ b~z's of sructur~l steel .................... 7C
0n plain ro~md or square b~rs of hi~?;__ carbon s~eel ........ 50
0n plain flat bars, in whz~n th~ ratio of sides
is not more th.an 2 to 1 .... ... · ..... 50
Sec. iEi. Reinforced concrete slabs, bea~as and gird rs sh~il b~ dc.~io~ed in
~a) The core,eon theory of fle~mre shall b~ applied ~o beams ~.md members
reois ~ lnj~ beitoing,
(b) Th~ adhesion b,~;ween ~}LO c~norete a,nd tho steel shall i,e o~_f~icient
(C) Th~ steel shall ~ ~- , ~
~ Id) The stress s~rain curve of concrte compress on is a strs. i~{.~ht li~e.
~) Th~ r.~.~ti3 of modulus of elasticity of concrete to modulus of elasticity
~ of s~eel shall l.:s 15.
of the r,oinforclng steel ~d'zall not be less ~han I square,inch and bl~at no
~ the'col~an. ~orSical reinforcing rods shall b<: . plioed by b~$t joiJtsme,::ting
sida,~ tight fitting pipu sleeves af,~oints not more [hen 14 inches clove
- - zi~is]le(:
floo~s.Jn:a.n ~e~.~a~'. ~ o~' gird rs ar~ macl~ ~'nolithic wit]~ or rigidly ~tt~cl:ea'" ~ to' r~t-
inforccd uonor,:;te oolluans, th~ latter shall be designed to resist a !,eFtdil'lg mom-
on~ e,.ual to ~h~; greatest possible ~moalanoed~ ' moment; in the bea,:,~s or girders at the
cold. ms, in addition to the diz'ect loads for which the col~ans are designed.
~b) ~en the reinforecement consists of vertical bar s and spiral hooping, .
the ooncre~e~ ,.~ may be ~tressed to one-fourth of its ~ltimat~ strength, bitnot {:o
~.:-excecd co0 pounds per square inch, proeided that the amo~mt of.vertical reinforce-
i meat bo not lsss '~han one per cent nor more thah 4 per cent; that the
of sol,al, rei.nforocra,:~nt be~ not less thai -:.-~ of one ~:er cent, nor ~greater than
per cent that the pit~d~ of the spiral ho0ping be ~iform and not greatest than 1/10
the diame28r of the co.l~m~, nor greater than 5 inches; that th~ spiral be secured
t'o She verticals, a2 every intersection, in such a me~mer ~s ~o insure the ,main-
-,:~aing of i~;~ form :-~nd positi,n; that the verticals b~.~ spaced so tha~ their dis-
~ances ap~%r~, me~tsured 0f the oircmaference, be not greater than 9 inches or
0~e-eighth ~ke cirot~ference of the colu~:m within th~ hooping, In such colin.ms
,' ~he action of the hooping may be ass~ned ~o ino:ease the resistance of tbs concrete
equivalent2 1-E times ~he ~aom~t of spiral hooping figured as vertical reinforce-
Bsnt~ z,O 1)~zt, &; $~e oonore[e oubs~ae of the ~oopin~ shall be considered as Dart
of the effective ool~m section .
Sec. 125. ;M~en the vartics. 1 reinforeen'tent consists of a strucural steel
of box shape, with lattice o~ batten plaSes of such a form as to permit its
fil;ed with co~cz'ete, the concrete may be stressed to 650 pounds per square
inch provided, that no shape of less than one square inch cross section be used
and bhat th~ sprucing of tke lacing or ba8Sens be not greaser than the least ;/idth
of the colu, ms.
Sec. 127. Buildings h:-~.viSg a compleSe skeleton oonsSruction, or a combination
both may have exterior walls of i'einforced concrete, 8 inches thick, provided
however, t~l.tat such walls shall support only their own weight and th~.,t such walls
~hall have steel reinforcements of not less than three-fourths of one oercent in
each direction verSically and hot' .
~zontally, the rods spaced not more than 12 inch
centers and wired to each other at each intersection all bars shall be let for a
Suffficient length ~o develo~ th~. ~,,uu~
~:. _:. . ,~ _ ~- ~-r .~o~.~ ~o~- une allOWable ~i{: at~n -¢.~
~],~neszon~ ~.aaitional bars shall ',,. s~ans a~s *~.~ *~..
lb) ;a'zan calculated ~or ends partly fixed for ttermediate spans wi~h an
?Ually distributed load .-d~ere the aja~en~ spans are of approximately, equ~l lengthseq-
~("' Bending moment a~ canter of sp:~ns shall not be ~ - ,- '
:. ,in the formu , - . -. .., .,~ I ss than theft expressed
:~ la ~ E 12 for ~n~e~med~a~e spans and ~ 2-10 &or end spans.
[c) The momsnts ov r supports shall no~ be less than the fo::mula ;~ 2-18
and the s~uu of the moments over one support and a~ the center ef sp~n sh,:~ll be t~ken
~ot less ~han t].Xm~ fformula ~:~2-6.
In the formula herein above given ~ is the load per linear foot and the L
~ length 0f span.~ feet.
Id) In case on concentrated or special loads the clculations sh.:~.ll be based
critical, conditi~:n of loading,
-~(e) ~or fully'suppo~'-'ted slabs, a span shall be take~ a~'the ~eeeopening
plus thc~ldep~h; for contin~uus slabs the span sh~ll be the distance between
center's of supports.
If) ;~ere the vor~ic'~l sl~ear measured on the section of a beam or girder
between the cent,irs of action of the horizontal stresses exceeds one-fift}~ of
the ultimate direc~ compressive stress per s~]uare inch, w~b reinforeemm]t
be supplied sufficient to carry the excess:. The web reinforcement shall extend
from top to bottmn of beam ~,nd loap or connect to the horizontal reinforcement.
The hori~3n~al ~'einforcem~n~ carry direct stresses shall .dot be conside ed as
web reinforce~:~e~t. -
[g) In uo case, however, Shall the vertical shear, measured as st~ted
above, m~,d'~,',~'~ one-fifteenth of the ultimate oompressi:)n strength of the concrete.
{h) Pot T-be~ms tSe ~vid~h of th~ s~em only shall b~ used in calculating
the above shear.
(j) ,~en steel is used in th9 compres~..i:~n side of oeam,, and gird '~'s, the
rods zhall be tied ir~ accor~nce ~'ith the requireme~ts of vertical
colu~ms with stirrups core,coting with the tension rods of ~h,~ beams ~%~d git&ers.
~j) ,~ll r~infQrc~ng steel shall be accurately located in th~ f~rms
secur~:~d a, gainst d~splace~uent and prop~rly insp~cted before any surroujding ~on-
pu,~ in ~1~ It shall aft nvards be coml)l~,tely inclosed by th~ con-
cr~te, arm ~,uoh steel shrill l~c nowhere nearer the surface of tim concr~te
i 1-S in~n for colu.ms, ,,e~tms nd girders, and 1-2 inch, t, ut not le~ t}~ ~'
diameter cC tho bar...ans slabs.
(k) The longitudin~l steel in be,.~m~ and girders sh~ll b~ di~u~o[~d that
that the~:e ~h~ll be a ~hicknes~: of concrete between the separate pieces of steel
of not less ~i,~,.n one and one-half times the maximin sectional dimension of the
s~cel.
(1) For square slabs with two-way reinforcements,the bending moment
~he c~nter of ~h~ slab shall be no~ less than that expressea in the formula
2-24 for intermediate spans and JL 2-20 for ,~n~ ~pans.
[m) Th~ ~oments over supports shall not be less tha. n ',~ 2-[~6 and the
of ~h~ ~,m,m~t s over one supl)ort ~nd at the center of the span.TsAall not be taken
at l~so than ttie formula ,~~-l~ '~ '~.
In thc above for;.mla J is t]~ load per line,al foot and L the length of the
sp~n i~
Is) PQr s~r~ares or rectangular slabs the distribution of the losds in the
two directions shall be inversely as the cubes of the two diu~ens~ons.
~o) Exposed metal of any kind ~ill no~ be considered a factor in the
strength of any p~zt of any concrete structure, and the plaster finish applied
over ttu~ mete_d_ sh:.~ll not b~ d.e,~m~ d suf~l, uient p~otection ~llesB pplied of suf-
fioien, t thic]~es~ and so s~cured a~ to meet the ap~ oval of the building depart-
~i~] Pot cantilever flat slab oorl~trllction, or suspended slabs between
cantilevered col'maa ~ap plates, th~ beiidin~ moment at the cemSer of th,~ span
shall not be taken alt less than ttiat ei<pressed in th~ formula ',~ 2-25, ~d the
bendin~ mommit in til~ colulnn ca,~ plates over the edge of the eolian cap shall not
be les~ ttian th t expressed in the for~iula 9 ~5:~-10
I~ the ~bove foriauia ,~ is tlie load per sqliar~ foot, L is t.a~ lengttl off the
spart in fe,~t from center to :enter oi~ ~J].u,uls for a otrip one foot in width, ~tnd
A is the ar~l of ttie pan,~l in s~quar~ f~t. i'he diameter of ~ti~ co].~mi cap plate
siiall he taken ~,s 2 ~-5.
a~,~:. 12d. In ~lie c~ilclilatiori of ribs a portion of the floor slab may be as-
sl~ed ~,:~ acting in flei~ure in combin.~tion with the rib. The width of slab
ed ~,.,: so acting shall nit be great~r than 5ne-third th~ span iength'~f the rib
betwe~n~l superol-t, nor gre~t~,.r '~l~i-~ twelve times tm~' thic~ess of i've fl~or slab~
nor /~rcate~' tt~aii the breadtl~ of tk~ ribs plus 8 times the thin,ess of the floor
slab.
I{o_art of ,!i~ slab sliall be c~:nsic~r<.~ ~is a portio~ of the rib lmles~ ~lie
Jll$i'e r~inforo~d uonoi'ete ~irdez's sup0ort reinforced concrete be~nie, the
portion of floor sl~.~b a~tiiig as flang<:~ o the girder -'Je reinforced with
rods ~.!.r thc top ~t ~'~' trz~.-.~ angles to t[l~ girder, to It to trailsmit local
loads di. rcotiy t.t tt~ :.~irder and not throu8~i the beams.
~o. 1C4. The shrinkage and ex!)~nsion stresses shall be,~rovid, efi for by
t~,~ int~'odu~tion or
,Sec. 1;;5. {a) l{$i.aforced co ~orete may be used for sol.is in Which t!is
tactic of length to Is~st ~ide or d'iamet~:r does not exceed 12 but in no
s]i~].! th~:: cross s..~ot~oii o:[' tlie oollnnns be less ttian 64 inch~s s~uare. Long-
itudinsl r~inforc<~iiig rods must be tied together to efffectively, resist outwarc
flex'c~r,~) at iilt~l'v~d.s not more than 12 times lm~_~st diamet~r of rod and not
tin.~n l0 inciic~. ~dien compression rods ar~ not required reinforceing ro~s si'tall
be used, ~Jet ~troluid ~peiii gm, gti8 w)rtica!s wired to tli~ nearest
an(~ ~,~ ~,orizontu~ b~zs at to~J an~, botto~ of ~t!ie opening~~ shall bev~ired to tti~ n
riea,-est vortical o.~i's. Tile ~teel rods shall Be c°mbined witii t;~e
pounds p~z, suare foot. either from the e>:tel'ior or from the interior of ea~d~ and
evei~y s~uare foot of each wall panel.
~eO. 1~8. ~l~e bellc~iil~ ~d ~lon~'~ttion Of Steel used in :'einforced
construction shall conform ~o the following re~uii'em,~:ats:
~a) Steel having a diamete~· of 3-4 inches or lss~ shall be co'oabl,~ o~' bond-
cold ninety degr~:~es over a.dt~e~r- ~ equal to twic~ ~dm thickness of ~'
~ w~tnJut fracture; stedl o~er 3-4 '
in.n in dtam,utel, ~ohall b~ capal)lz'~ of b~ndiiig
~oit nim~ty degrees o~e?~ ~ ~i~.xet~: ..... equal to thr~ tim~s the ~,lm~'~' ~ter of t ii,:~ i, lece.
[bj The mat~rla], of reinforce .~.:'tt shall be of such form tlili~; it will not
elongate, u. nd~. working to exceed, oi",~'~ fifteen~hlmdredt}i.
(c~ 'R~lnforcing steel u~i~ reinforceirig eo~eret;e oons~ru:~tion ~:tn~ll not
be paint d but stu.tll be f~'ee from all mill scale ~nd loose rust.
~ tested iii cs~r load lots when deliv~:'el or in qmmtiti~s eqiml to the {~am~.'
: certificate that th~ cei".lerit to be used ]iai. been tested and ha~ met ~l'le requiz',~nlents
of tlii:~ code, and has b~eii ~ested in accoi'd~mce with the st-andard- ' ' '~iiethods off the
~'~erican Society for T~stinf~ i..~terials, a:~ a~lopted iil~s~ 15, 1908, shall be fur-
nish~d Da the department by the arctlitect or engineer in charge.
~c. 130. The sand to be used sh~,.ll be clean, liard coarse sand of t]!e 8Tade
~lown ~,,s to:i)edo sand, and free ~ro~'l loam., dirt or organic ~ma~ter; not !ess
45 per ce~lt shall be i'eturned on a screen of 400 meshes to the inch.
S~c. 131...T tie s2~ne to be ~d~..d~ in concrete stiatl be c!~an ~ ~
Orllm.~i~d
Ston~ o~ el~.ui oz'USilet 5last ,'u~nace siau or ~;'rawi of a siz~ to pass through a
~i inch sqltaro mesh. If limestone or slag is llsed, it be t:o
. :cvs all gust; if Sravol is used, it shall be thoroug'hiy washed. If slag it~ used
~-~'it simli :.,~ f d~q~h ~, cha. racter that vdien made into concrete ,.~lie concre~te wiii
j develof a urrtshlug str~ngtil equul to that niche of specific stone or Lzavei.
J~o. isa. iii concrete shall be mixed in a mechanio~[1 mixer, except wken
limited q~u:ities ara required, cz, when ti:e conditions of the work make ]lziiid mix-
~:'~ , isa preferable.,..~ .,. .. ~., , hand ~nizin~ to be done o~ly when approved by the depaztsent. In
:~ all ,ll~i~,;, ,~e sep~,,i'ate il'igreiien~s shall beinet:toured, ' and th'oroli~fh!~-- mixed amd
f~ must be tU{iform in color, appearance and oonsistanoy,, befor~ placid'ia.
Sec. 135. In filling in concrete around reinforcing ste~l the centre e must
be wo~q:~d ont~nu~li~ with suitable tools, ~ '
c .... ~ ~-- ,~s i~ is put in place. Pilling the
'forms completely and puddling af~erw~ds will not be permitted. In placing the
c~nor~te the work shall be so laid ou~ that partly set concrete will no~; be sub-
' Jeered ~o sho~ks from men~:wheeling and handlin2~ material ov<~r it.
Sec, i~4. ,~hen conore$in.~ is oa~ ,~ ~ ~ ..... . ~,
· must be ho'ted gild ~u~h .,,,q~ ...... ~. u~, 5~} ~r~ezin~ weather, tile mat rial
:, without freeziii~:. The use ,~f':e~., ...... ?~e cci?fete can be pitt ~,~ place
:' 7"-~ ..... ,~J~ug ~o ~naw ou~ will not be herniated .~ ..... ~_., .o .... 7 ......
? ~e ~ept at a t'em~mrature afore ~-.-~---~'-~-['J --~' .~ f~ozoea concrete slmli
o - . onczote Jigs pzoceed,~l to the point of sa-fety.
-daily Zee.Smid~yl:55.included,Concretedl~in~laid thein warm~. ,~ weather shall bo dren,i::hed wil'k water twice
' , ~izst week after being put in place.
Soc. 155. Cement finish added to the ~op ~f slabs, beams or~ girders, sliall
no% be calculated in the strength of a member lmloss laid integrally wit?~ the i'ourrh
concrete. No init stress shall bo allowed on suct~ cement finish than on the roudJi
:oonorete.
Sec. 157 tn no case shall the pr'cps aiid sliores used in reinforce& concrete
construation~ .~ ~ be. removed under floor~,,~ ,~,nd roofs in less fl!an two weeks, except as
:~rovl~ed ne.~ elii. Coll~nn forms s~ail not % e removed in less thaii four days.
'The c :nterin~ from botto~mll of slabs and sides o!' beams and girder~ may be remow:d
after the co~'[crste is set .for one week, ii' the floor has obtained sufficient hard-
ness to sustain the dead load~ of said floor. No load or wem~?:t~'~-~ shall be placed
,:{o,n any :,~z'tion of ~he cohstrout~.on until the concrete has fully set and thc
?have bo~'~ i'eldov~d.
~oc. 138 The contractor -for the reinforced concrete construction shall
.cad tests on ny :or,ion of ,,.aa woi'>, within a reasonable ti ,e after erec2ion,
be required by the department. Such tests .must be made mr, der the di~'o~.:tion
ff the dopa'~'tment and 'mus~ sl ow that the consSruction must sustain a load twice
:~um of ti~e live and dead ~oad flor which it was deslgz~ed withou~ any si~;n of
lure. The cobstruction may be considered, as pa~t off the ~est Icad '~. '
~oad shall cov~i, two or more '!:ariels and shall remain in place afl ea.i-:t t~./enty-
mr tiours. TLc deflection luld. ei the full test load after t]ie e:zpiration of
'-four hours shall no1 eight-t[~dredth of the span. Tkese tests
shall be considered as tests of wor}mnanship only.
See. l?J9 The e~:ecution of all reinf ~rced concrete wo~q~ shall be done
~dertne c~zrec~ ~,~(~ constant su~ervision of a competent in[;pecto~~ provided amd
pared by the owner o~. the structur~ being erected , wko shall make daily written
report to tke bu21ding commissioner of tko work done each day, and c:~rtify
all work ha.s been done in ~cco~'dance with ~,ne :r~-~quirements of this code, and who
~.d~all pez'sorn~lly be responsib.Le for tke minute inspection of each part oY ~he
reinforced concrete work. The deoartment is t6 be the judge of the comp.stency
of such inspector.
~ec. 140 ~'h~ term !~einf reed Hollow Tile is hereby defined to me~n. a
s siena of hollow burned cluny tile in combin~'~tiou with the reini~orced concrete,
~lo~ tile ~:~y be used to resist compressive and
in whici: ~;'o¥:~bination tke ho~ '" '
shea~'irt~)j sh~'esses subject to ~ke folB. owin~ provisions:
,,~'.-~ ~ '' "to reii~fOl"<Je~ oonu]?ete oonst~'uo~
~i~ ~?ovis~OllS xela~.,in:~ ~.un shall hol.~
far ~,.s ap ~li. cal~!~e t.~ tl~is system .
~Lli t Lle~ to a hard bu.~e.~ terz'~ ootta tile cZ unJ ...... clual=.t~, free
from shrin!caje cracks with true beds and having an ultimate oomoressin:(~ stength
of not less th Three Thousand pounds per square iuch of net area of surface
tested.
?ke following stresoes in value shall not be exceede~,~.~xtre~.~e fibec stress
(comp~oive) on hollo~:v (;itc ire hundred ,~:,u.n~ls per square inoh. 5koaring
Stress on hollow tile, t~,.o Instil:ed z ounas per~ squaz-e luck. i{atio of moRulus
"'e'= - 're ·
elas~z,~.~ of s el to ~hat of ~ile witk cement mortar joints.,~ l0
rde~. i41_ '~.'k~ hollow ti]..e s]~all be thoroughly soaked in water at the
time concrete is ,~oured and be kept drenched for c~l; least thirty~si::
after:',zf~rd. The joints between tiles ~:dza]_l be staggered,burrer'ed and slushed
full of mortar consisting of one part Portland cement and three parts of clean,
Sharp sand, thorou~'hly mixed.
~ec. 1L2 0claim, s of solid terra aorta cz' of hollow terra tetra in kith
the secttanat area of the o ,eh ko].os in ea:;h block shall not exceed Z0 per ce,~t
of the ~[~ross sectional area of such a block, may be used for structural purpo~es
provided tl~e hoijl~t of such a column shall not exceed 12 times its 1east dim-
ensio~. The a lowable stress shall not exceed five hundred ]~om~ds set s'quar8
inch ,n'~c,~' uol~ans si,~!i be ;~f ~.~'d burned terra ootta, as specified in
. cm.:rich 1,~0~ v~/[~no~,o cracks, with true beds, and laid in mortar ~.s s~ecified
in ~dection l~ll.
~oc. L4'.~ ~Lll ~e~'z'a aorta tile must be "noz'ou.,B~ly wet befoz'e using
W]Lon tl~e ~ ~ ....
~.m_,. An colu;mas mus~ be set on end wlth the voids rmmln~ ver';;ically
~nd wmt~ L, he webs in line cz pressure.
.~!i vertical ~oznt,~ must sta~?'r~:er ~d terra co~ta blocks must %e of prope~'
dimensions to x~,.~et this condition as no~ broken ~ile will be allowed.
Llt worh: must be ~e, plumb wi~h uniform,horizontal ~oin~s, thlc~n~ess to
avera~e 3/8 inch. T ~e miniumu time which skall elapse between ~h~ finishing off
the ;~.~'~ cud ,~e a.i~plyinj of any lea,! tereon shall no% be less thorn seven days.
.~ec. 144 ~olzow t~le may %e used for bu~ldmnb prLaarT, bearl. %g walls. ~'hich
a~'e defined as walls ~'~.at .~ay be used ta receive directly ~he l~ads from floors and
roofs i~ addition to their acting as pa~'~i~ion walls, provided the proportion
between ~_e ~,,~ukn.,o,~ of wall and free hei~:h~ between tile floors does not sxceed
15 feet and ~he 1. o~.d inc!~dJ, ng tke weigkt of tke construction aloes not exceed
~hrec i[uadz'ed 2ifty feet~oer square inch off the net sectional area of tile, The
tkioknes~: off walls slu~ll be c~.laulated as the out~:ide dimensions of the tile
each tile shall be full tkic]mes~ of waiL1 . Tfalls having ~,. thickness of flour
t~ches may be used when ~he ~,ZO~ dO~S [~O~ exceed five feet The quality of tile
and ~aal't~r ~nu.-speci~Jt pi'ovisiolls ~.~ to worlcmanship as specified for terz~a ~:o~
co].mm~s sh,~l. 1 ~_~pply to teresa aorta tile walls.
Sec. 145 Pireproof storage bin, grain elevators and ware kouses may be
built ~.n _ylindrica. 1 fo,zva eith teresa aorta tile of such height, di~ne~e~~ and thick-
ness as is allowed by ~:afe engineerin,.~ i?r~,ctice, provided t~at the material shall
not be stressed in e:~cess of the limits ~mescribed in these sections for walls and
c o lu~n~ s.
~O~.~z~,~=~ DUILDiN0 BLOCKS
See 146 Hollow concrete buildings'block,s may be used for buildi'ng~: 2ive
sto~'ies o~' les; in he~nt wkere their use is appareled by the~ building d~par~m~mt,
provided, however, that the concrete shall be oo~n.posed o~ at least one pa. ri standard
t~ortland cement, ~u~d not to e~ceed five' Darts of clean, eoarse ~sharp sand or gravel,
or ~ :a:[::turo ~f at least one part of 2ortland cemen~: ~o five parts of crushes reck
Provided ~is section sk~!l no~permit-~
the use of ~.~i-iy k?:nd of hollow blo~.,ks in ~.':rty wa',.ls. Said-part[; walls 8L~ll
be built solid.
1-~ inch ring and be fre ~drom dirt o' foreign :,:~t~ter. The material
all ~-~lic]~ bi. coke shall ].:e -.~ro'oeriy ~.iilxed :..in~] monipulated and t]~e u.,'~ ~
sa~d b!oo.~ shall properly
Sec. 1=~. .ii,ore ~he fface o.~ly is of hollow buildin/.: block aad. ~'e
ks ~,: o~zc,~, the facin~ o ~o_lJw blo6ks mus~ be s~ronjiy b~.ndea to tl~e
e.I.~r .vl headers ~ duel.cz :[.~to th~ ' '-,
~kroudh ~he wai'~ formiAg 'a secure bond. Ail walls where bloc]ss a:re u~od shall
be laid uo in }~ortla:nd cement '.'tartar; oiie ,~art cement, two -:m.l~ts
All hollow conc:i'ete-,,ulldi~.<-::iock~, before bein ......,,-','~.~,.~
,., "~ .... of a.~ least four
~]~.ere.,{:~ :~ c,~:ucentra, t-ed lo~,.d on ~:,-:~"' ]~].ock of o'ver one ton of 2 00(' 'ooimd:.,
~. ~,~c~,~. eao]_ ,-.i.d~ of tho girder sha].], be,la,.~,~ '~ s~],i,.i. .,"here
the. lo.sd_ Od} the wal fro. t]~e _~cirdc:z' o:.:ce~ds fi'Fa tons , ~hc bl. Ou,,~.,"~'-'~ .for
s'h.,.i]_ Le solid. -.-
~-'rovided,,..~ always that i'io ,.;,--~-, ..-_ , or ~i~ part ~]iez'eof oomi~o~od 0:2 ~"
coa~reL'o ~,.ochs s)u~.lt be. loade~ to a.n ~..~.~-.,,,~oo.~. od' eight tons .per sli;~ez'~.i~ia! :fo
cC '"~.:,e area of sucti ',,., io (, ~is ,,' [ncl~tdJn~?'_ . , the wei'.'h,_ of the wall. o t
poi'. ~U~:.~i'~ inch ,re.i, tl:e t:'lo~].~-~ ~,.'e test'od (aft twenty-od ' '.;:~i, dayu r'~r colicretc),
i,~,e~'c the stre.i :~,~_ iL~ ftsj'ui'ed oil tl:,.~ ,'let i-.e,::tio~ effec,;!ve.
shall be i,:i.!li of solicl !ocl:~ f.~r siich :] ist,-~..noes bel ~s ,lay he i'~quired
tlc ].u~!di.,~..:.; deoa..'t;..ion'.; ail& :~n'- lJ. ii[,",~o s ,uniii'a;~ over,i feet 6 i -'-
~*'ovided, ~hd~ no hollow b [ldin/)2 blocks shall be used in tile
of an/ building in tke city ~uales~ the maker or s**.id, blocks has sub:',~i~ed the
p~-odu,:h to tke full ~esgs re, uired, by ~he building depar~raen~, whiot: may also
requi:re :.~ ~. ii~wal of such tests from ~ime to ti.is to insure that standard aiid
cilaz'ac~e? 02 ~he work ia kep:; up.
t ~.,~ bt,end or marl: oil identlfi~ation must be impremi-:ed in, or ottlerwise at-
acnec pcrmanelitly ~o, each block for purpose o:[' i~entific~tioi, i.
this 'r~L~la~ijn' or either of ~hern, shall a~ an~ ~ime and all ~imes ha~/e made
such tests of t'he 8ements or clays use~ in maklng suoli blocks, or suo}i fur~ller
~8~s o1' th~ co~ipleted blocks, or of each of t]lese, at their own expense, aild
~lder t]u~ supcrvision of the buildin5. de'art, Jehu, as it sliall
~ec. !.~: · The cement use(~- "in the makin~ oi' sai,~" concrete blocks
oonfor~a to the zequire,ien~s of section 22 off this code.
.~iy and all blocks, smuples of w]lioh, on being teste~ trader the direction
off the biiiidin~s- ~epart~uJiit, fail to ~tan6 [g 25 days for soncrete)% tlie tests
re,.itired by this ro/3-iliation' shall be markeR"con~enme~" manufacturer or user
and shall be destroyed. -'
Ifc concrete bio,ks shall be used in the construction of any buiidin,~ with-
%. ~mtil they have been inspected, and average samples of the lo~ tested
approved and aneepte~ by the bui!din[~ dep.~,rtinent.
Sec. 153. Whsse resulations shall apply to all new mat~:rials as ai'e used
ill baildii],: oonst~llo~ioll, iii tlie sanie ma~ner as fo~ the same purpose as stone,
bridk,and concrete are now authorizer by the bud%ding department, when said new
matei'i~l to be substituted ([spar;s from the general silage and dimensions
ordinary building brick.
Beforeany such material is used in builiin6s, an application for its use
aug for a te:~t of the same must be filed wi~]l ~J~e buitiing ~spartnien~. i de-
scription of the material and a breif outline of its manufacture ,tiiid 'pro~oi'tions
of tile materials used must be embodied in the a~pli'ca~ion. -
The ,~aterials must be subjected to the fol owing tests: Transverse. com-
pression, absorbt~on, freezin ~re and water
. 'c ' .... g, -' ~ ' ' . Additioal tests may be ~ailed
for [~hen in ghe Judgment of the Building department tlie same may be neces~arv.
All such t,,sts must be made as heret foie
', " '~ '-' ~ '0 .... directed. The tests will be marie"at
~he expense of t he applicant. . '
The results of these tests whether sati~faetery or not, must .be filed with the
building d~i~z' t~en t.
Per the pur~3ose of tkese tests, at le[~st 20 safe,pies ct test Dieses must
be p~'ovided. Such s~unples must ~spr~sen~ the o~dinary con~rcial product.
They ~:~ay be selected .fro~ stock by the building deoartment.
TE:~i{~, COTT~ B'U]LDiN,5 BLOCi~Z
Sec. 15~. Terra certs hollow tile m~y 'be us~d for ben,ring walls in 'buildinEs
five sto~ies o~' less in height, or for inclosure walls~for skeleton structures of
any h,~ight where the w~ll is carz'!ed u&~ from story to story, oh steel o~~ ooncret~
beams or girders, wh~re s~id u~e is approved b~ the building department. Iro-
vided that ~his sectiom shall not permit 'the use of hollow tile in party walk
..~whi~h must b~ built solid. '
All m~t~rial ~ust be well burned, dense ]n~tterial of ai~prove~. ~ualitv
~hiokness.
~h~ojness of wall sh.~!l not be less than is required by tn~s
Sec. leo. The .... , ....
code for brick · "ls,
w~ e~.~ept where hollow tile bl.,cks are used ar~ a substitute
for wood constructioq. The exteri~}r walls shall not be less than {:he following
thictm'~es~es:
{a) Per I-story building, 6 inches.
[b} Po~' 2-story building, 8 inches, 6 inches.
(c) ~'or S-sto~v.a buildings, 10, ~, ~u~d 8 inches
{d) }~or ~i story buiL:~ing, 12, 10, 8, a. nd 5 inches.
(e) 3'or 5-story building, 12,10, l0 , ~ and 8 }nches.
{f) The found~.~tion walls sh~ll not be ss tha,n 4'inches tkicker than ~ he
first story walls, nor less th~,n 12 inche~} thick.
Sec. 156. Iff the walls are exposed to the weath~:tr, all the hollow til~ mu~t
be oY de~se ~.teri~l, and vitrified in burning, or they mt~y be dense n~at~rial,
hard-burned ~nd covez'ed o~ ~he exposed sides with ~tt least I inch Por~land cement
stucco or pebble dash. Such hollow ~ile to be well scored with dove t~iled
grov~, to receive ce~.~et~ coating.
Sec, 157. ;~eneve~' girder-s or beams rest upon a wall so th:~.t th : e is a
concentric, ted load on the hollo~,~ ~ile of ~uer two tons, the tile supporting Abe
girdo~' o~.' bea~ ::n~t be made solid by filling with Portland ce~uent conc~'o~t.r~ or
broken stone o~' gra~vel mixed 1:2:,t or by eo~ering the openings with flat slabs
or briek~, .:~nd whe~ev r-w~}ls az'e dec~'oased im thic~ess the top co~se of the
thicker ~;~all ~nn~t be ~:~ade solid in the ~;ame manner.
i~'ovided, :x.l'~.~ays, that no ~ile skall be loaded in exoe~s oi' three E~dred
pounds I~e~' square inch of net'seotion in cor~!~ressiog, if set on end or 150 ponds
pe~- squa~.,~ inch, l'~' set o~ the side. '
.i'llpiers and but tresses ~ theft suppoz, t loads ~n exce~ss of five tons 6hall be
la~[~ol~d with r~oncrete. Lintels spanning over 4 feet 6 inches sh~:zll rest
tile filled Wi~h concrete.
. lo8. ~ll hollow ~ile wo~ic sh~ll be subJea~ to ~he reg'ul~r inspeotiou
prouided for by this code for o~her ~nasonry building ~'~ateri~s. The ultimate
cz-ushi~ st~'engtk ~halI be at legist seven ti~es the load it is required to
f~ll hollow til~ used in walls cz' piers sh~l! i)e set in :~ortar composed of
I z~¢~.rt l~oz'tland Ce~:~ent ~%nd 3 part.~ cle~n sand.
,,z~O[..~Hz IRON COi[STRUCTION
~c. 159. ~ll construction in which steel and ~.:rought itoh az'e used for
fra~ir~g s}n.tll be built of ~tez'ial whose ~ualit~es are in,accordance with~he
require~ nfs hereinbefoz, e given ~nd shall be ~esi?3'ned in accordance with standard
accepDed p~aotiae as illus~r~tted in Kidder's ~D'obiteet's.Pooet Book or~reitag's
Architectural ~gineering or si~nilar books.
Trusses shall be of such design ~h~t the stresses in erich n'~embe~- cn be
All lz'on or s~eel ~iez' ~atez' shall be enclosed in concrete,
Sec. lO0. In ali public buildings or buildings of a public ~haracter such
, uhe~t~rb, restaurants, railroa4 depots, publi~ halls,
o,~,~ools, and o~he~' buildings used or intended to ~.]e used for pu~'I)oses of la,,se
public asse~bl~ge, amusement or inst~'uction, ~nd including dep
o~h,:~:~' uusines~ and manufacturing buildings where large n~Enbers of oe0?le a~e
es~t~d,, ~ ~llsf .ds°rS, stairw~:~y~, seats, passageways andaisle~, ~z~;d all
~g ~t.~'~{~ near,nS ~q~i~l~gnces an~ apparatus shall bg arranged as 'the buildin.~.
m:.~nt sh~ll direct to facilitate 9gress'in ~ase~ 0f fire or accident and
the re~]uisite and proper accom~%dation for the publ~ic'~ s D~0teotion.
Sec. 161. All aisles and passageways in said buildings shall be kept ctea. r
~;. fron camp stools chairs benches and. other obstructions a,nd no p rson
be allowed to sgand iu or occupy ahy of. said aisles other than an employee,
policem~n, or'firem.:~n, during ~ny ,erform~ince, service, exhibition, le~tur ,
concert, ball,~or other public assembl age.
S e O $ 162' The building dep~zrtm~;nt ~t any time may serve ',~ritte~ .~r printed
notice upon the owner, leesee, or manager of auly of said buildings,direui;in~
act or thing to be done or provided in or ~bot~t s~.id buildings ~nd the
~' appliances, there~ith connected-such ~'t~ halls , doors , stairs~ , windm?s,~ , s~,~,:~,~*'~
fir~walls, fir apparatus ~nd fire esoapos<~s it i:~ty deem necessary.
- Sec~ 16Z. No~hing herein oont~ined however, shall be construed to authorize
or require any o th,~r alterations to tha~'~ters
e_~msting prior to the date of
code th~.~n are specified in i;hese se~.~ti~ns.
Sec. 16,.: No circular or w~indim~ sta~irw~ys for ~he use ~-'~ the ,)ublic shall
be ,~e.r~i~ted.
Sec. 165. There shall be one light within a red glol)e or lantern, placed
Over e~;~ch exit opening, om the auditori~ side of the proceni~m wall, wt.~,,~L~ ~",, shs, ll
be kept lighted throughout the whole performance and ~mtul every has left the
auditori~a. Approved hand lanterns and matche~, shall be kept at es~ct'~ exit.
Sec. 166. The st.ndpipes, gaspil~es, elec.tric wires, hose, fo~liffhts,
mhd all app~tratus for ~he e~in~ishiug of fires or g~arding against the sa~'le,
as ~peoified in ~h s code, shall be installed to the satisfaction of ~nd be in
char~je of and.un, er ~he control of the building department, amd the said dep~rt-
m~.nt is hereby directed and has the authority to see that N~e arrangements in res-
pect thereto ~r~, carried out, e:.~forced and mainN~ined, and the special house
man, required in all theaters seating six tumdred or more ~eoDl~, paid by the
theater, shall be under the orders of the department and shall report any non-
compliance with its requirements to said department[
Sec. 16~. A diagram or plan of each tier~ gallery, or floor sho~ing distictl3
the ~..~.;its there?rom,each occupying a sp~cenot les~ than 15 square iuehes
shall be printed in black lines ~ff a legible mann~?r on theprogram of t'he perVorm-
'See. 10S. E~ery exit shall h~lve over the s.me on the insiqe the word
inted in legible letters not les. thn 8 inches high, in red and thePeshaIl be
st~on.g light behind ,~he same.
~ea. 169. ,,ll moving picture theaters or such places of amusement shall
conform, ~ccordiSg to the size, with tl,e true ~ntent of thi~'~ code as applied to
buildings generally ~nd theaters more speeifiea~ly, ~The operating booth shall
be fireproof and shall no~ be placed where i~ will interfere with N~e Aroper and
ample exi~ of ~he spectators, an~ there she, ll be suffficient e~;tinguis~g applian-
ces and a skilled operator always at hand to put out any bls. me th~.t may ccc'ur in
such operating box. All films shall be kept in fireproof cabinets. Every det-
ail of such building shall be shown on proper plans ..,.nd appreved by the building
deparN~ent before it is carried into execution, and there mus~ be no ~,~od in
near the operating box or in the storeroom.
, ~o, l~O. ~ohoois ~hail have th~iz st~ir~ ~m~'A~~ ~* ~ ~-~
P~ot)ezly enclosed e. nd with fir~ doors a~ e~ch ~ tory b~t so t:~ ~-~..~ -~-~. ~.~ e'
'.' ~,a~ be i;~edially, adjaoen~ to or .~art of an e~-it ............ fr.~m ~:~ ~'~~,.~.~o ~oth the
street, alley, or
oeo. ltl. Stores, ho~el~, and apart~:tents shall have no i~n~er inclosed
over t:vo s~ories high and b~;~t only on the dtr et level and second ~tory. f~d
in all such buildings bher ~:mst be ~. means of direct exit from the lowest point
reached by the l)ublic stairs and elevators ~o the street, direct and ~tcormnm~icr~t-
lng wi~h a.~y partion in which there ouuld be a fire and throu~ which a cro~vd
might have t: pass in exit from the upper stories.
·~ec. 172, No room for ha'bi~a~ion sleeping or office shall 10e less i.n
~han 60 square feet, and every sleeping ~oom shall have a window of at least
square feet, either upon an alley ~treeb, yard or open court :of not less area ~han
E0 sguare feet.
o . flabs, tenants or
oeo. 1?5. All buildings used as hotels, apartments,
dwellings, h~reafter built upon inside lots, shall have at l~ast E5 per,cent of
$~eh 10~ space devoted ~o opec light courts, yards, alleys, or such open light
, open to a~ least the second floor level. Such buildings om~er 50 feet
upon corner lots,must have lO per cent of spruce so open.
No l~gnt court shall ~be less than 20 square feet in area; ven~ shaft, of
~e~ser area shall not be used for lighting purposes. All light courts shall m[~e
'!~r~portione~ to the rooms they must serve and the height of the building and if
~eemed ins~ficient b~ ~he department t~e p~ans mu~;t be chan~ed beffore a p~r-
mit is issued,
Sec. 174. ~ every a~rtment house and tenement house a prope,.' !i~,-ht ~hall
be kept burning by the o~mer in the public hallways, near the stair~, upon the
entrance floor, and npon the second floor above the entrance flo~r of said hou:~e
.18ve]'y nigh~ stu%set' to sunrise throu~fhout tke ye:tr.
Sec. ~.,o. ~11 stores, apkrtmonts, ho~els, theaters, and such public ~
semi-p~bliu buildings, must have a means of reaching the basemen~ fro!a the ~:treot
and other means of' escape frofn~e basement in the ~ase of fire shall also
be p~'ovided.
~ec. 175. [~rop<~r. prote,~tion ~kall afforded the public as Well a~ Lh~ men
entailed in erecting a nev~ builSins~ or rep~.~.iring am o1~ one, Sheltered side-
walks oh~.].l be provided; care shall be exceroised in avuidin~ the d$'opping of mat-
erial and in keepin~ dust, debris and mo~'~ar ou~ of the public's way; ~md provid-
ing completed floor or s~aging at not over two stories be]ow where men may be
engaged i,~ %~ork; and in providing' sufficiently s~rong scafl~olding safety devices
:on elevators, etc. The1building department will be the judge as t;o wLat is
what is ~o~ proper protection and its orders in the premises mus~ be i~mnediatly
complied ~,i ~h.
Se~..:. 177. Or~.~i~] elevato:rs, pier sheds, e~hibition t~uilding~, in all
U~es as ar not he.rein Specifically cove,'ed and mentioned may be of a special
ieonstruction and for a special i~urpose but m~st conform ~o the spirit of ~;he code,
t~d plans for suck ,s~ructures shall be ?epared only after consultation with the
~bUild inS' d.e oa:~. tmen t ~
· Sec. 17J, ~.~.,.~ contining more than 500 ~allons of water or otker fluid
hereafter i~!anced in any stdry or on t~e roo~, or above !;he roof, o;f ~any build~
~11~ no,f OF ke~.eaffte~, erecued,shall be sup'ported on iron or ~steel .... e~ns of suf-
fici. ent ~¢i;renot;h to s.~f~iy ca~u'y 'cUe
o,,~=_ z'e~:~t.~ t bo~h t4eir end, s on brick walls, or iron oz' s~;eel
gird~z'~, or on iron, oz, steel c:olu ~-,,, o.c on pi~srs of ~lasonry-a COllti,ll:.OllS aii8
be kei:t u~ell painte~ and free f~om rusE.
Jnderi~datk uny sai~[ water tank or on the side near the bottom of the~ s~ne,
the~e shall be a short pipw or cuvier, not les (;hah 4 inches iii disaster flt~e~
with a suitable valve having' a lev'~ or wheel handle to s~e to discharge the
0f t]~e fluid ,:ontents of the ~ank, ~n case of neces:~ity ~mless t~e bank ~:~s. ter s
to supi,ly ~utom~ti~ sprinkler '
S~eh ~nk shall ~e ,'~!~ced where p~a~ticable at one corner of a build~ng,
and o~,.~l[ neit:h~.~ pe placed near or over a line of ~tr. irs zmless t.~.e stairs are
enclosed with bri~k ,~a].ls of sufficient strength ,$0' ~hpport ~he added load off the
~an]~ and its contents.
Eovers o~ top of wa~e~, t:tlt]~ placed on raoff~, ~f of wood shall be oo~ere~ with
~,11 wooden tanks ~h~ll be coopered u'itk metal hoops, ciz:~ular, in section.
Sec. 179. ~l buildiug~ shall b,:: kept provided v~it]~ proper me,fslic le~rs'~'
for condus~iag w~te~' from t~ roof in s~ch a manner as shall pro~eet the
~om~d~.~ions p~ such building~ from injury.
In no case shall the water, from t4e ~.~aid leaders be allowed to flow upon the
,sidew,~-~lk, but the s~m]e shall be conducted by pipe or pipes to the se.,~er. If
there is no sewer in the s~reet upon wkich such buildings front then the water
fllom ~aid leaders shall be colmldltcted by proper pipe or pipes below the surface
0f ~he ~ide,::/a~lk to the sgre~t' ~.~utter. '
See. 180. No electric::l wiriu/~ or installation of electrio~l apparatus
Dr appliances for furnishing li~']lm~, ile~t, o~ po~vsr electricity shall b intz'o-
in tJ~e-gi '~ exoe:~t
duced into =ny building or placed in an~ building or structure
in compliance with the rules and regulations o~'the Ha~ional Beard of 2ire Unde~.'-
wrtter:~, ~mown as the"National Electrical Oode~" The inspection of all such
electrical ¥~ork el'all be subject to the approval of the building department.
Zec, 1Gl. Every hatchway, hois~vay, stairway o~ well hole in evo.¥'y building
shall he=~eafte~, setup'sly guarded by means off proper gates, railings or ~arcls or
o~he~:, im~losures not less than,three fee~ in h~ight, so constructed a~ to effeCt-
Ually proven~ persons ffrom falling into such hoistways hatchways stai~ays
~ well holes, ' ,
Sec. 182. In evory building hereafter` 'ed:to be used for
~ufac~urin~ or merchantile
:'~ :: elevators
or well holes, not enu!osed in wulls constructed of brick or 0tiier fire ~roo"~ mat-
i ,'eri~l nrovided wit!i fire doors, the o:~e~ings thereof ~hr~ugh ~nd upo~ ea[~h f~oor
?~ of S~,mi~ buildings shall be provided wit~ approved ~utomatic~lly closing, metal-clad
hatch doors for every such hoist way, el'evator or well hole. Outside windo~.-m or
~pe~ngs ,into ev.~ y elevator ph~ft or hoistway shall have such sign or devise to
.ndio~e ~he exi~ance of such shaf~ o~ hoist w~y as shall b~-~ approved by the build-
ing dep~rt,~en~.
Se~. l~, ELevator shaDts i~all merohantile and manufacturing 'buildings
exceeding thre~ stories in h~z:~mt Hereafter. ~uilt or ~ltered sh~ll be enclosed
wit'h u~ll or Dartitions~of app~0ved fh'e proof malefic! and hav~ automatically
~ closing , uetal-olad doors at ~he openings thereto.
Sec. 1S4. In all bAilding~ hereaEter erected or alter~d whenever elevators
are placed in the well Soles o~' ajacent to stairways, such elevators and ~tairway
shall be ~nclosed with p~rtition ofaprooved fireproof material.
Sec. 15~. there shall b~ placed below the machinery and sheaves at the top
of eve~,y elevator sh~ft, hereafter constructed or altered, substantial gr~di~g of
· screen or iron,~ so constructed ~s to preVent persons or objecSs from falling in
< Such shafts ~n~ Sufficient open to permit flames ~nd smoke to pass through to the
~' Skyli~h~ or ~indow, If such s~ht shall be floored ewer with ~olid floori~g such
flooring' sh~lt not ~over more than one-half of the area of such shaft, and
~m~One-haif of the ~rea of such shaft shall b~ covered'with ~n approved op~en grat-
, '~, ~z~¢a~gz'~, s~a~rwa~, o~en snaI'~ or.well hole sh~ll b8 provi ~
'~n me~a~ sashes or fr~nes, in lights of not Xess than ~00 square inohes each and
~hall not exceed one-eighth inches in Chio~ess. There sh~l~ be provided m~d sus-
~Jpended i~media~!y below ~he glass ~ sCrong wire netting., Pro~ided, Chat~ if in the
sides of N~e elevator pent-house, or at the top of ~ny such shale or wel~ hole
there be windo~.,~ having ;~5 s,uare"c ~ feet of glass of the thio~es.s herein specified'
for s~lichts,~ ~hen the department may in its desoretioa,permit the skylij:h~s above
-"described ¢o be mi~t~ed,
~,~I~,~¢~,~ M{D DOORS.
Sec~. 187. non-fireproof buildings in which, above the first flo~r, ~here
~re to be , or in *,~hich pmevisio~ is made for occupancy by, 50 to 100 ormore persons
employed, engaged, transient, or ~es¢s ther~in there shall be ~t least E stair-
W~ys cud hall~, each rlo~ les~ t}k~u ;~?.-i.~e~ wide.
Tho width of ~.h~ ~.$~i~s sH~lt~,~e increased 6 inches for each incr~mseaent
~1~0 persons or part thee'eof over 100 up to three huntred, or when a width of 5 feet
is re~ched, If ~ke m~nber of persom] occupying such premises exceeds 600,
t~irw~ys, each ~ fee~ wide shall be constructed.
In all oases tbs stairs shall be located at a~ a great a diotanco a~ practica~l~
each other and in cases where ~he persons so occupying ~uch buildings arc not
on one floor the width and m~ber of stairways in the sever~l s~ortes sh~ll
overmed a~ above by a total n~fi~er of person~ who will at any time be on
J~ll persons above any g~ven, story shall be co~mted in addition '~o the per-
sons ca that
t~, ,~...~. , .... ~. ' .. _o , ~.z.e zee~ ant not exoe~din~ ? 500
.u l~in~ ~all ha~e at least 5,000 square feet or ~-~a~ ~ ..... ~ .-~ ~-,- ~ .....
~;:~a _oes~ cz miau required for 7 500 souare ~* -~ ~-~ ~-- I ' '
~ ' .~'tien anN such t)uildin,~ covers '-~n ...... ~ ~ -,- ~-~ .... ~ .....
/:~he ilt~nbez, of ara' , ah¢:']] h~ ~ ............. u _ ,- i,¢,uuus{llai'e ~et
irs .............. ~ed propo, tionatly. For fireproof,builaings~
;one less flight of s~airs th n abow~ calls d for shall be required in each case,
'0f'~les~stairs.~h° floor are~ exceeds '/,500 square feet in which case there such flight
Sec. lO0. Every ~enemen¢ or building occupied by three or more f~milies,
Shall have at le~;s¢ two flights of stairs no~ less than three feet wide in the cle~.r
$ne ~'[' which shall extend fz'm:~, the e~trance flooe to the top story, and ever~/a!~art-'
zent shall be directly from an ent~:.anoe hall by means of at leas~- one such ~li,~ht
~f s~airs.
If Nle~e~are~ more ~x~n 16 rooms above the second ffloor, exclusive of bath and
;oile~ rooms, ~h~ c,~idth of hallways and stairs shall be increased 6 inches additional
every- 18 rooms or fraction thereoff, or ~mtil the'width of 5:feet ~s reached.
_ Sec. 190. School buildings.more ~han one S~ory'in height and having more than
above the first story, shall have at least typic separable and distic~ stairways,
far removed from each oN~e~- a~. practicabl~. School buildings or a~l buildings
a general assembly room shall have stairs and ffire escapes proportioned as
,scribed for
See 19,% ~ .... ~ · ~ ~ .
· . ~vel~. hall seating three hmidrca ~nd not more t!l~m slx nuulrec
pei'so~$~b':~l!'~ ]mve ~t least two se ~aratc~ and distinct s~ irw~ys~, for ~ngress' and
egret:s, ~ne ~me to be dolaced Js f~.~r apar~ ~s possible.
Every l~all sea tinh' more Nl~i~ si~ hundred an) not nior~ tkan twelve
for ingress add. egress !ea~hl-... to ahy ~sse.ml~ ~ ~ lu.'~ll or ]lal}s shall be st l~kist
four feet wide ~,~,~ld ~ ' ' '
,)r~vlde~ wi t.h ~ h~.nd rail on e~;~cl~ side.
In additi;~n to Che ~:~bove described staiNvays, as~embly halls shall be pro-
vided with fife escuped as provid, ed by i~'~I, provided tlla~ i~n a[~sembly halls,
having a 3~ea,~ ~eating oapaciCy ~h~l seven hundred and fifty, rV3d a~:~e~ate width
Zcr each floor ~tetii~.and
,~,i!di.~o, sh~ll be one-h if of that pi'ovided for tile main exiti::, ~n,.~
~. ,.. , . s~..1 be less tlian ..~ feet in width.
· =hu .~{-.ol~s~:~ width ..i' ~toors o,~eilillg' to the s~ree~ level, for
}~up,:,n~s of 'first floor. ~i~_ such do:,rs ~nal!["l' nat be looL,~d, ~, c.'- duriii{~ business hou. r~
},r whi].e sucil ]ui!d'
. ~ulloi~ by i.~r~e nJnibars of peo))le, and all suctl
~ers sh~,tl o~eii ol~twardly.
Sec. l~JS. 0u~oide doors of as~ e,,,l, ly ~ -~ ~,. ..... ..
. na.~l, tkea~res, ~hl.~;~o, schools
uld fac roi'ice and o $11'181~ buildings -',-,r- ' -~. ,
. ou~ ~i~i~.2~ l), ~ larg,,: ntmiber -1 f people shall be
Sss. 194. In evr bltildiii~}, exoe~.dirlg fifty-five feat in heiglit, there sk::~ll
~e p.rovided a v'~rticat staiid-r~ipe of riot ].ess tllan4 inches in di meter of
~rou.'~)it iron ~i' steel pi~)e -"'-'~'~
~ ~,~lc~ togetker with fit ingsand comi~ctions, shall l)e
~f suc~ so~c~lgtti as to ~afely withstand ~.hr~:~e hmldred pounds water pressure ~o the
iq!lore i.ich ,.dlen installed and ready for set ice~ ou .... st~.nd- i
st:.~lrw..~.j enclosures when the 'ia2~ter are of such construction,
~nd.!ias near ,~.tairway~ ~s ~osaJ.bi& wllc~re they are l~ot so enclosed. In buildings
J00 fe~t deco ii'oiitil.~g oi~:;'2 or more street,s: there shall be a stand-pipe at e~ch end
f the i,a['i~ ~.~. ~-~lid iii ta.r~e area l)u[!,Ain:f~ ' .....
..... ..-:,' ~here shall, be one s~uid-pipe t eaoh
,~ta~id,-pi. oes ,~i~ll eactend JTro~ii cellar ~;~ --~
dnne~ ~ion ].ocated
26 fe,.,t; hove th~ -f?i~oz level nd f' ~md with approved straightway gate vtlves in
ach story, in~!udhl- oeliar. .r~d a hose connection provitel above tlie r':of, with
controllii~6.~aive located in tiie strand-pipe under Nie i'oof and so arraa6e~
e operated ]~oth from ~:d}ove ~.iid ])elow t}~e' roof. i suiCa,,ie inch 'drztin pipeeand
~lve shall be i)rovided und r tke roof for eack roof connection.'
Se~_~. i9S. tlo~'~e sufficient ~o reach ~1" part, of ~
,- ~ floor shall be :,.trachea
o e~ch out].e~, i~ the bui!di~¥f, .~nd in. e: for the roof hydrant nla2 ]~o placed on a
~ok ~n t.!m ~.,,~ flJor near ~e scut,..le lea. dinfr to ~Le ro3f, Hoso shall be 2 1-2
~natl be in fif~y-f'~ot ].en ,'the and provided ,;~n stand~:~:rd
~ . , ~, - - '' tll,~ same iiose tLreat as ttia~ iii use
~der Thethe ]~OS~s., ~,~ 'lJ ~ [ i' ~ '[
[' ' TM ap',.)roved, linen, cotton, rubber-lined,, or rubber, made
Pe~i~atioiis reco~imiended by the Nati:m~l Board of Yi~e Under, vriters.
· ,,,,,oh li~u~ shcli be provided wi~h washers at bo$]t ends and be fitted wiN: a
~e~:. 196.4,: lli ~taiid-[~ip{:~,~. sh::~li i)e provided wiN. S~amese steamer c mnections
~ca,~ed on t..c outside of ~ne ~Eii,l~nt... ~ ,Lout 1 foot above the cln'l~ level, .nd whe~"e
building fro_ts o.~ ~wo or mor~ streets a connection skali be ,provided o~ each
~ re e ~ ...... ,
z~o~,,. The inlet.~ipe from bho :~teamez. connection to tDe. stand-pi-oe., s
~t, be less N~n the di:~meter of t]~e stand-~i;~e. Tke., nzead of tke Si~unese con-
~0ti.,~i ,:,~.].1 .~ ml.L.Jorm with th,.ib used by tke fire deparb,.lent. Si~:~.me.se steanier
)nneotior~ si~a].l be provided wi tlt check va~,,~-~s in ~he ~nd subst~n~ial ca~s
~a!1.1.,~ be~. .,i'r°videa;. ., -~ : .. [.o.)ro tact. t;he ~hread~ on tile oonriec Zion. '~2ii'e steamer COl'inet ti..)n
-tti.,lo s.~o_ ...... ,. oe ~jiisi;e~z, iookin~¢~. ~_ down at a.n unjio af i'.0urty f~.ve de6rees, suit-
}te h'on o.1,.~,~ ',~.it.,: rail;~d 1,~ff',ei-s sin.ill be secured to tlie 'tv..ll i-iear the
In ea.~E, coni~ecting pipe jast inside of the bui!din6, in ,.~. horizontal section
..... i~j~i6wav,, check v~. lv..-, but r t a ga~e valve. A 'dri,, pipe witt~
~lve to ~:~a,,i:~, sk~.tl! be ,.,l~cec~,- ' ~ between said oheok valve arid s~eaf~'le]:' connect{on
'eperl,>' ~ll?thi ti~.~ sec tio~i, in or,der to prevent
Iii ~d ition go the t)rovi~sio~i ~'aade for steai'~ler oonne'otions'to stand-})i'oe, tho
ter s~iJply m~G~ La di'~:~avn from the oity water system where pressure iJ b-ai'i~icioiit;
d fro,.i ~:~utomatic fire pump of 500 gallons or more capacit.,.;,' per nlinu~;o; or from
evat-d taaks of steel presmlre tank of not less tka.n five ~musand'~ ' ~alloli:~ cap-
:' ., In all bui!dinTs coi.lin.~:- unde, r t}~ se ,)roviseions as to hei~d~ whio]i ere
~r living or sl~epin} purposes~ ..... ~ - , ~i~alu
o~on as hotels lodging house, s hos~
~,~o~o desoribud.
Sec ] 9 7 .... the ........ ~ · ~
~,,~ W_~].Ve i~i ~-~ h01'izo~l~i ~:~ection ~.~ pipe l)e~,fzoo,,~ the f:]rst t~ose OU'L~at
oonneo[ lng pine. and t:::tx]:, and said N~rl.k must l)a i'il.l~.,,,' ,.~' '~)v ....~ ~.:e'parata pipe. an.,.; ~tot
~hroug],.. the sN~nd-Pipe; u, xd where tl~e._, wager in such tank i~ also used for
~:~ ,e~cl from tke l:)ottora 02 u~:e t~,l~, to snck
O ~-,s will reseztve not less than Z,500 fra!lons o:F v;ater for :fire I .... es.
. , ~ )llr-f,~
~t:z'y o:i ~ buil~zhg, ~key sliall 1)e placed nob ].ess t;.an2 feet il)ore the fiooz' -L.¢v~';1,
in evary bu.lldin.S e:ioe~,clin~5 i00fe~:t in hei<ht~ ~- least o~ie pa ,.e,~ elevator
' ....n i j'~ t .u, adday includin,:
.... ~-- , "holidays n. nd ' unua~.~ ~o.
, J,i]d evsz',-, :?:.tctorb:' mil'~ ,.. u~aim.Factoz'y, or v~or~<" ~ sho',~ '~" l'~o~]pii'~l or ,',- -~
,~nd. ever,,,:, ;ui!dinS tkree ',~ - "=
StOl't) oz' wol']c i'0ON,
.,ui,~ ev~-~,,~. l)uilding in vrkoie or ii'~ ,)art occupied or
- l,.~ea n.s a ~elio,Jq or ;'q
02 inst'ruc[;i,~ri or a~.sembty, - ........ e
&ad eyezU;~ office '-o~ti.'tdin,; ~:our" or re're stories in ~:eif::h~
isa,ia; o~ e ;rems in oase 02 fii' k~til be directed by the bui!din'~ deoartulent
~ec.,,. iuu.. Tiia owner of o;Tnci-s o? ..... any, building uponi-~,,ni,:.,n ~ ",~ fii'e escape
~ects,i ~:iall keeL) the s,:~iia i,1 ~;..~o~ repair and properly painhed;
PiLrs escapes on t~;e' out~ide oi' 'ouildings' ' ' ~-' - -
~na!l consist oz open iron 1~ .Lc'-,
- ~ ~li~,~., above ~]'le first ~toi'r ~o a
~ista.:.de not ~'rea ......... ,~ ' ~ -
~r u~, 4 fae~ t:eyoud t]:e bu.i!din..V line. The stai~ely s]~t!l be
~'taoed ~ ~::~ angle o-r._ no~ more ~han sixty deyrees wi~h stens no,," les, ~a.n" -'
l:~cz,os in len~:iith and ,,.~.t,, ~ ~ise 0f not ~ilore. Nian 9 inches.
2]ic La. loony on the ~oio ~loJz ,,,~.1;_ be provided ;vitl~ a ~foose neck la(~der ~z' o ~.,I
ontri'v.~rL~u te~:ding from said b loony to ~.ild above tke roof.
j:ireoted'SedLy' 2C0tke. 'buildin:.~'fke balcOnYdepartaient,~ ~'~nal~' ~ rl.o~, ,. be lesa t]~a..nj -~ieet~ in width and placed
a~ each stoi"y .... ~
i']iey ~1~,~1 be below and zio~ moi"e tLan one :foot l,)elo;7 ~]le window sills, a,~d ~hey
~hall ex~e~d iil front or, and no~ las, ~kaa 9 inches beyo;;d each
'~ ' 2Ulece shall 4e ,o, ].n, ndirig' n,~t lass than 24 inoios square at tho head anti
2}i,~ sta:lrway o,'~enin,,z, o~i such piaNFoimis ~ of
. - mll:~ll bo size sufficient to 'orov
Juah fire esu~-~pe
~,nal.~. be so i)ro~?ortioned a~s to safely SnSt~),i]:l , load.Lng of
pounds per squ.~ra foot of balcony aiid step area.
~ei . ~(lj) t. -m prgoer d. ro,~ or Balanced ~dder shall be reouired ~ ~
' ._rui,] u..e !OVfel'
, .L,.~e~ ac>ye the si"ae'~,~alk
~02.
All
tho
parts of su,~]i fire escapes sJ~all receive ii:~ less ~]:an
~oa~s of pain~, one iii ~he shop and one after erection.
dec 20L ilo person ..... '
· · ,~,all a2 ~,ny ti.:e }.)lace any ~no~abranc'es off ~ny kind
~soev,-~r b~.xfore or u~)on a.~q,- 2ire escape, balcony or ~N~.irway.
It ,~:,:,..11 he tne aut./ of evary fireman and policenmn wJio ella. ii. disco'var any fire-
~ l>a!~o.ny or stairwJy of any ffil'e escape incumbered~ in a,ny way ~o fort}lwith
,orr .... ~ ' .
u]ld ~;ui8 tO his oommandin<; offioer who s]ml! fO~t}t.%vi~]l oause tke o,:.oup~'~nt
premisss o~.' apai't~nsnt to w]i~oh said firs esoapu, balcony or stairw'as- ~ attached
for who~ e use the s~me ~. provided, ~o bs notifisd 8ithsr o~ally or iii wi'i~ing,,
re~:aove s'aoh iiiolull, r~nc~s ~iid keep the same
Il ~_~l~ ~io~iu~ ~l I1 not be oo~nplied with by tbs remova~ ~-v,~m ~-n ....
.ant ,r ocuupan~s o~ saz~ premzses cz' ap,ar~men~ skall be ~ined not ucc*=
ten do].l~rs for each offense or im~.)risoned not to exceed ten ~ays, or bet!z, in
discretion of N~:~ court,
Sec 20,1. I,i cons~ruc"" ~
~ng all baleen-~ < .... ~ .... -~ .... ~ ......
suiNd~le z'aised le~tei's~on ~l~e same to read as ~oilo,o: "NOTICE~ Any per~.o.~
pl~cin,~- ~z~v~ Lac~,~o~a~ca on this b~lcony ~s l'].o.,.,le'~' ~:, a penal"~y of ;~10 or im,~rison-
Lt&ll~ ~.3I' tell
e~ 20 r
· .~. ,~11 buiiaings requirinS fire escapes shall have sN~Sionary iron
ladders le~tdins ~o the scu~le openin3. in tl~.e roof ~hereof, and all scud[les and
la?Rets stm.!i be kept so as to be ready for use a~ sit time~;.
Sec. g06. tf a build, cad is used in place of a scuttle, i ,m:," 1=' h.~Lve
,n[~ient .~llard oi' haltd rail leading, ~;o t',~.~- roof.
in the bulkhead or SCVL~tle ~mat.~. ~,.t no time be 2.0clce~., hu~ may be f..~t.e~,ea o.~ tls
inside with moveable bolts or 1,.r;ye hooka.
;5ou. 20'7. _~ re ~e at called ~o a, window or mci'ely ava.'[la'ble ~li a. P2,0fil,
icularly in ho~ols~ will not La dee4ed suf_'icien~ fire esca;~)e ul~d~z' any
stances, tnouG~ the provision of such re ~es, ere., over and above 7;]ult the uil&-
deux, 2J.3. Jhen :.~n:' buildi~i, o th~)r than one 4~]ldse outer wallm and oovari:aq
of .... , ' -
un~.. roo.f i u gomgosed wholly el: non-comhus t ible n~ terial, here to2ore ~reo ted
and existing at the ~i::~e of t~ taking, of elect of this co&9 ~vithin ~]~e fire
limits ~zs estabtis]~ed by U~e c:,~muil in ~,coordance with section !5oohalz- be dam-
a.g'ed by i'ir,.~ or ~tct of .J.'d, it ~
~ snalx., i)a the dui;,, o~
~, .~. the building inspector, v~,i. thin
vtJl,-,i'e slt..]~ i)ui!dJ.i-~.v ~:xistad., ~-.:Id, wi~4=~.lli tlLroe d ..... ....... jo tllel'eaf~er, ~o !]la,.:o"-
estiLh.~te or L]:e aatu~zi v~ti15 oi' ....... '-
~, uo~_ l)uildin at
~,~,~.~, building' :.ild 811tot SliO]i eo~L,x.tea in
raaords of tk~ d~.~p~rtmo~'+ ll~ ]~0
,-- sn~ll mail a copy of such estimates to the
own,~r of suck building in sealed envelone, postage thereon ]~eing %:~lzyh'' _orepaid,
or in o_ in case the ~m, me and address of the owner is unknown, shall po~:t a
!.n cL~e ~h~ es~i.u'tted d,.-u~i~ ~o to such buildin sk~u~ll ~--,
u~u~: ,a SO 'pop cent'tm]
of t~Le e~sti ,aCed v~,lu,~ o ~:~e b. ii&ins i. fi .hall Le unlaw:L'nl far any pel's,~n or
,~ea 209. '.Phc l;uildin;c '~ ~ t
in ~-,. · ._ ~t=pu.r~,~ea. ~enevei' tkere are )raati al diffionl~ies
~e way of ..:arryii,d ou~ tke ~stric~ let er 057 :..}iis code, shall hi:i.ve the po%~i~F
vary or ,~odify ~,uy o2 tko ?revisions of 2~,1,.~"'', code, or ,:my r le or regulation'
the sci& code, relating.;: a ~'::,~ u,,,~truoti, on, a!tar~.,.tion or removle al' any bui!di~
or stz'~m~ui'e ereuted or to i:,e e~"eated ',,'it].~i:~ .....~e oit,~,~ uoon. ,::,,n a!)plioation to
in ,~zo!n. .: ,a~ o;.:mer or ieasse.- of such building or structure h& fully
;~uthorized asont, ~;o ..... t.~n.,t t]._~ spirit of ~"onis code shall be observed' ora. ri& public
stti'at.'., ue<~u-~'ccl., a. nd substantial ju~;tice done; but no uuch variation or ....
,.,,
~x.~ll be jranted or ultowad 'm~!ess the particulars of each application and
deoi~i.~n of ~he majority,orosent at tJ~e meotin, o,.'" t}.o city council ~li~ 1.1 be ent.~zed
b t.~.e buildinj. '.
~.~ Oct 1 ~lldli'~ .
· ~10. ,[hellOVdl' it ia, desired i;o use new :h.t~ei'ia~'s or ' ~'
s,)eui, fia,i iii "~ ' '
, ~,. . . . ,.. ~..~l:s code, a~.)tloahlo~ .... t.~erefore shall bo m~dc to U'L~ buildi~S <'~
itl % ' ' ' ~'~- ~-~ ~
V:ilO]i o,~u., ,f-~O ~0 o~ iN,O,1 ·" %qte poi'so fl ol' [)e~sons soekiilP- u0 liE~ o~,o~o,~1~ lltli,'/
tion. slid ~;es~ in conaeutio~,. .- ,. witN ~e nature and usa o:.C such proposed nav~ ma~uria!
· ,',~=. .,ll m,i;ters and question~ rela. tinLs, to ~" ~-' .-. ·
,.)l~ll~.~.ll[~% and ])ui.i,]zn-'-
a[;io .... nOL ~,oeoificl.'/..,. . _ oov-z'ea, or ~i'o,rided. i[?o~' i.[i {:his code , ~",~hal='" "be 6eoi. d.o~
a~id ~: Ct t'. ..... ~ ~,i,_=a,'et on o.. fha ' ,""
;~e~ "~1'~
~.heiasot'v :;s :,~gri~,vua i.,,:, ,:m ruling,, deoision or OIa~:!'' -'" Of '~"0 ])lliid.]nc i,,.;.,'o,~et.2r'
or his as, i;~t nt, relative to , n~ melter acne ming buildings or building opora~ions
in th uity', or anyo'~'~er maturer over-~',,hicn,' tl!e building department 1,~s authority,
not moFe ui.~a .r,.io tnuidrcd ~totiars upon conviction of e~.ch
Sec. ,~!~, That Ordinance lr;o ~8i an~t ai.L 0~' ~' ~
'ordin:..~Ices, inconsistent horev~ith .':'.re hez'e]}y repealed, andih~ ~r~..~er": pr3vi[~.e{[
ceres' ]{ilia a~d nsture t].'~.~t may ~.e deeme~i (lanGc~ro'~s to the lifo and
O~ ~:~:, coI~lfillmJ, t~:,, or ~ i~ ~oooP~i~%~ice wiNt~,~'4'a~ p~ovisions al t.~12 co~e
relau,~ to tho occupancy o~f buil~lin~r~,.~ %[~e nz~ture an{1 powers of the dep,,~.
u~, tk same, ,~,e~ez said buildin~'~ sba. it ,~.t [':h'e present ti.aa be i.n
~he oouPse o_f construction or o~,erwise.
~,.~o. This or~iin~nce ~u~dt t~t]~e efZect and be in ful force fromfive
{5) da;.~s .fret i'~s pas,~;age, app~oval and pul~lic~tion accordin{:~ to law.
tht~ 1,~th aa~ o~' Ooto]'~er