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Ordinance No. 98�
ORDINANCE NO4
AN ORDINANCB PMVIDING FOR FIRE LIIMITS9 AND REGUTATIONS
GOVERNING THE CONSTRUCTIONS, ALTERATIONS, BQUIPIOR AND
REMOVAL OF DU1t INGS AIM STRUCTURES WITHIN THE CITY
LIMS OF BAYr07.Ny TEXAS; REMLING ORDINANCES INCON-
SISTENT HMZ=Hj CU11Pi'AININO A PMAI.TY CIAOSES FRDVII2�*
ING YOR A SA,VINOS CLAUSE AND THE EFFECTIVE DATE 1000FO
BE jr ORDADW BY TM CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HAYTOWNs
Section 1: 8 so No building or structure shall hereafter be cons muted$
altered# or removed9 nor sb311 the equipment for the operation of a buildi.ngg struo-
tore or premises be constructed# installed, altered or removed9 except in conformity
with the provisions of this 02dinanceo
Section 2; Outside Fire Limit Area or Zone Noo l and Fire Limit/Area or Zone
Noe 22, one family dwellings and one and two apartment dwellinvs# used exelusive3y
for residences# are hereby exempted from this ordinance mind its provisions kept
as fol3,m s
No frame residential building or garage may be built less than five (5) feet
from a side or rear property line with these exceptionas
(1) If at least a ten .foot (100) easement has been granted in a
rear or side property line# this restriction shall not apply
to the property line adjacent theretoo
(2) A garage located not less than ten feet (10 v) from a residence
may be located not less than two feet (2 S) from a side or rear
property linen
(3) residence and garage are attached so as to be fte buildings
the unit thus conaidered must be not less than five feet (5e)
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from rear or side, property lines
(4) AU separate_ frame buildings located on the same property
vhieh are used as residential property must be not less than
ten feet (10 e) apart. c
5eetiork 31 Fire Limits of the Cite of Mom; The fire limits of the City
of Bsytwn shall be Fire .Limit Area or Z= Noo 1 and Fire Limit Area or Zone Non
2 as defined In that certain Ordinance Noe n adopted by the City Council on the
19th day of January; 1950a reference to which is hero made4
Section 42 Buiidj 0ffiaialo
L Appointment,
D(a)o Tho office of building official is hereby created and 'the executive
official in charge shall be known as the building officialo
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We The building official shall be appointed by the City Manager$
subject to approval b7 the City Counailo
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(s); During teVorary absence or disabillty of the building official
the City Ibn$ger shall designate an acting building officialo
20. Dutiesa
It shall be the duty of the building official to enforce all I=
relating to the constructions alterations removal and demolition of bui34ings
and stpotbreso
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(a)o The building official shall prdmlgato irulesp subject to apparorl�
val by the City Councils as prescribed in this ordinance and consistent thesearith9
It being the Intent of requirement that the provisiona of this ordinance shall
serve as a guide in fixing the minimnm rules of practice under this ordinanbeo
(b)a. For the purpose of securing for the public the benefits of new
developments in the building industry and yet insuring public safetye the build
ing official shah- make or cause to be made investigationep or may accept duly
authenticated reports from ?recognised eva.raeap of new materials or modes of.
constructions inter4ed for use in the construction of buildizge or structures
in the municipality #icb are.- not provided,,j* ,ia this ordinance# and shall
7rcmIgate.rules setting ftth the conditions under which such materials or
modes of eonstruation may be used, any such rules shaii be subject to approval.
by tho City Ccuncilo
(0)4 No rule of the building official shall become effective until
approved by the City Council and passed according to the requirements of Article
lip Section 29s of the City Chartero
WO, Rules promulgated as herein provided.shall have the same force and
effect as provisions of this ordinanceo
(e)
4y.-rule may be amended or repealed by the same lrocedure pr°esoribed
for the adoption of new rules a
Soot ion 5j Pe�it s A rnaggl iora .A_ and_ Post ink_ of L ve � loads b
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(s,); No building or structure shall hereafter be built: enlarged p altered
or moved without a permit from the building officialq who may require a plan of the
,proposed 70k4 together with a statement of the materials to be usede
(b)b The buildingzeial shall inspect all buildings or structures
darL :" tronstruction to see that the .provisions of law -airs eomplied with and that
OrIII,,V,truction is prosecuted. safelye. ,- never in his opWo% by reason of defective
or illegal work in violation of a provision .of this ordinance the continuance of a
building operation 1s contrary to public welfare# he may order a.11 further work to
be stopped and may requift suspension of work until the condition in violation has
been remediedo
(a)o The live load for which each floors or part of a.92oors of a business
building: or storage building is designed and approved shall be zonspieucus3y posted
in that part of the story to which it a4liesv
(d)o Any persons firm or corporation -to whom a building permit Is issuedg.
before said 'permit is issueds shall pay to the City o.4.Baytown as a building perAt
fee the:. sum 'of One ($2.00) Dollar for each One ,Thousand ($110000o00) Dollars worth of
improvements., or portion thereofs to be constracted under the terms of the permit]
provideds however, that any institutions that are exempt from City taxes; mhsl3s, upon
applications have any and all such fees refundedo
Section da Unsafe. Buildings.
W o A building or structure declared unsafe by duly constituted authority
set up by the municipality may be restored to safe condition] provided that if the
damage or cost of reconstruction our restoration is in excess of 50% of the value of
the building or structures exclusive of foundations such building or structures if
reconstructed or restoreds shall be made to conform with respect to materials and
type of eonstiuctionq to the requirements for buildings and structures hereafter
erected; but no change of use or occupancy shall be compelled by reason of such re=
construction or restorations The term unsafe building shall include buildings strue-
turallry unsafes unstable or unsanitary; inadequately provided with exit facilitiesp
constituting a fire hazard] unsuitable or improper for the use or occupancy to which
they -are puts constituting a hazard to health of safety because of inadequate maim
tenance9 dilapidation# obsoleseense or"abandonmentf or otherwise dangerous to life
or propertyo
Section 7s Definit ions a
Alterati.ong as applied to a building or structures means a change or rearrange-
merit in the structural parts or in the exit facilities; or an enlargements whether by
extending on a side or by increawing in heighty eat-the moving from one location or
position to another$ the term "alterO in tte various moods and tenses and its particim
pial fo*wj, refers to the making of an alteratioao
Am sewnt device means a mechanically operated device Which is used to convey
persons Li any direction as a form °ot amusement o
Mdmsnt means a roams Or a suite of two or more roams, in a residence building
01.;=:apied as the how or residence of -an indivfduala family or household s
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A ved as applied to a imterials device or ride of conatzuetione meana -approv°-
ed by the bii1ding official. under the proylsions of this oWInaaoeq or by other- euth°°
ority designated by law try give aWoaal 4h the matter in guestiono
Area as applied to the dfmmxsions of ,a bi�ildiinga means the masinnam horizontal
projected area of the bui7rlfng at grade*
Aut omat ie fire alarm 2W .em meaty a syst em which Out omat ieal.ly detect a a fire con -
dition and actuates a fire gdswl- devices
Ham mew a story with floor Jowl 2 febt or more below finished gradoo
Brick means a solid masonry unit having a shape approximating a rectangular primmg
not larger than 12 by 4 by 4 lnoheso' A brick may be made of burned clay or shale® of
Jim and sandq of cement and suitable aggregateag or of fire clay or other approved
materialso
Bum means a combination of materials to form a construction that ie wife
and stable$ and adapted to permmumt or continuous occupancy for publics institutional#
residences busineso or storage purpoeeal the term "but1ding" small be construed as it
followed by the words "or part thereofo" For the purposes of this ordinances each
portion of a building separated from other portions by a fire wall shall be considered
as a separate bui3dineq
Brill kS .- official means the officer or aefter designated authority charged with
the administration and enforcement of this ordimnceo or his duly authorized repro
dentative6
Corporatlon Counsel.mehne the City Attorney of the City of Baytowni
Dwelling means a building occupied exclusive3,y for residence purposes and having.
• not more than two apartmenteg or as a boarding or rooming house serving not more than
15 persons with meals or sleeping accommodations or botN
E?3re resistance rat ink means the time in hours that the material or con.st rust ion
.a
rdn Withstand exposure to fireb
Fire retardant ceil.inG means a ceiling construction which has been proved by tea
as satinfectoty for use as ceiling protection for a floor,or roof construction which
hag. a firre resistance rating of not Less than one hours
Fire retardant treated 3nmber trans lumber` which 'has been treated by a pressure
impregnation process to give a flame spread c]assification of 50 or less according to
`k the method for the "Fire ward Classification of Building %terials" of Undercriters9
I6boratorSoa,q Tncoa and which is shown to be so classified by a certificate or kbel
•Issued Ey. Underwriters' laboratorieso'
Gage mans a buildings shed or enclosures or a part thereafq in which a motor
vorhiclecontainin# a flammable fludd in its fuel storage tqnk9 is stored# housed$ kept
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{ a -rith reference to a buildingg means ften the curb level has been ostab*
lisheda the roman . elation of the crib level oppW1te those galls that are located on$,
03+ par6llal with and within 35 feet of street lines# ore when the curb level has not
been estabiisbedy or all the walls of the building are more than 15 feet from street
linosg agrade° means the mean elevation of the aground adjoining the building on aU
sides
&bitable r000u means a room occupied by one or more persone for lfvingo eating
or ,sl.eepingp and includes kitchens, serving Oartments or individual honeeho]dte but
does vi
not include bathroomso toilet compartments- laundriase serving and Storage pant34egg
cor*dorss basement and other spaces that'
are trot, used frequently or during =tended
periodeo.
Ehe� as applied to a buildup means the vertical distance from grade to the
highest finished roof ourface in the rase of flat roofas. or to a point at the aVqrage
• helght of roofs having a pitch or more than one foot in 4 feet) Dheighto of a bul2i4�
ing in stories does not include basementss, except that ini,sahaol buildings of ordinarye
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noncombustible or -good frame constructions, the basement shall be deemed a story Wh9n
used for purposes other than storage or hoatlMo
Bea as applied to a vrall.s,. means the veitical distance to the top measured
from th6'16nndation wa3.%9 or from a gW'er or_othOr inmuediate support of auah wall.,
HolloW msso gpA means a mas=7 unit Vrhose net ereaemseetional area in aqq
plane parallel to the bearing surface is less than 75 per cent of its grade OMOS,*
sectional area measured in the same Plano*
Lot mans a poAUn or parcel of land considered as a units devoted to a OaAain
• use:or occupied by a building or a group of buildings that are Waited by a commob
tereat -or rises, and the customary accessories and open spaces belonging to the c o..
Lot line means a line dividing one lot from anotherg or from a street or other
public space*
&Lm2Z means bricks, stones plain "tas. hollow blocks solid block or other
slmtlar building units or .materials or combinations of theme bonded together v3th
mo tare Reinforced concrete is not a assed as masonryu
l►bltifam4ly house means .a building occupied as tho home or residence of Wivi6
duos families or households laving independently► of each others of vlAch three or
Wre are doing 000king within their apaxtmenteJ including tenement houses apartment
hdu643g �8ti c
•IAo Gieiiiler the City Oil toim0
ace o8 assemb ► means a room or space in vhiirh piovis" Is made for tho Seat
►.ng of one hundred or more persons for rel gimu p recreational& educationa4 politiaalp
social or amusemaht purposes or for the consumption of food or drink. Such room or
space shall inolude any ocaupiled connecting room or space in the same story8,or in a
story or stories above or ' belovil where , ent rape i.o comtori to the rooms or spaces d.
I2gg bricated aeons composed of sections -qtr panels fabricated prior to erection
on. t he building f oundat ion;
means a vertical opening or passage through two or more floors of a build-
ing or through floors and roof o
Soles, so,n�ry means masonry consisting pt solid masonry unit 'a Uld contigafts y
with the joints between the units: filled with mortars, or oonsisting of plain conereteo
Solid masonry Wit means a masonry unit who &e net cross- seotional area in every
Plane .parallel to the bearing surface is 75 per cent or more of its gross cross
sectional area measured is the sa planeo
sprinslered means equipped with an approved automatic sprinkler 'system properar
• maintained
Street y means any public thoroughfares atreete avenue$ boulevatd8 parkp lanes
terraces concourse or apace 20 feet or more in width whieb has been dedicated or
deeded to the public for public use*
tggring vm ll means a nail which supports any vertical load in addition to its
own Weightl
cavitZ..Mll means a wall built of masonry units or of plain concretes or a com-
bination of these materialeg so arranged as to provide an air space within the wallss
" and in which the inner and outer parts of the Ball are tied, together with metal tied
• faced wall means a wall in which the masonry faoAng and backing are so bonded as
to exert common action under loads
firee* ition means a partition constructed in accordance with ejection 258 for
the purpose of restricting the spread of fire or to provide an area of refuge# but
not necessarily continuous through all stories nor extended through the roof o
fire ill meana a wall: constructed in accordance wdth section 238 for the pur-
pose of subdividing a building or separating buildings to restrict the spread of
Mve and which starts at the foundation and extends continuously through all stories
to and above the roofe except where the roof is fireproof or semifireproof and the
wall is carried up tightly against the under- side of the roof slab&
foubdation 'Mn means a wen below the first f1wr extending below the adjacent
• grou&- bevel and serving as support for s wan, pier, cola= or other structural part
of a buildingl
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hollow. wall, of rnss=7 Means ra wan built of masonry as is so arrntei as to
provide an air space within the vmUp and in which the inner and outer parts of the
wall are bonded together with masonry nnitsg
• n Baring wan nuns a van which supports no load other than its ovm weighty
gLml _MM meana a bearing wall. built between .columns or piers and wholly
supported at euoh stores
Party wan means a vrall used or adapted for joint service between two buildings)
veneered wall means a wan having a facing which is not7 attached and bonded to
the backing so as to form an integral part of the wall for purposes of load bearing
and stabi.l,ity o
Section $1 CUssineat ion of . Qc6panoies b
L Classes desighatede' Pbr the p ses of this ordinance, buildings are clas-
aifiedo with respect to occupancy and` usep as pnblio buildings, institutional build,*
ingsp residence buildi.ngea busyness builddings - and storage buildings*
(a)IO Publics building means a building in which persone congregate for oivI4
politicalp edueationalp religious* social or recreational purposes) inclu4W awng
others, arwriesp assembly hallsp auditoriuma, bath houseap bowUng alleyag ohurahesp
city hallep 192ab rotes, CO218gesp court bousesp tbmce halls) qxhibition buildingsp
grandstands* gpwalumsb lecture hallep librariesa Lodge roomap motion picture theaterep
masers, passenger stations, recreation piers,. restaurants* schoolep skating rioksp
-st04iuma and thsatarso
(b)o `Tastitutional building means a building in thick persons are harbored
to receive medical, charitable or other care or trwtmentp or in mhich persons are
held or detained by reason of Public-or civic duty, or for correctional purposes$ in*
Oluding among otbar9 esy2=jq homes for, the agedb hospitals* houses of correction
infirmarias.b Sailer mmoriaa, orphaaagesp pencil institutions, reformatories ard.
sanitar�a
(o)a Realdence building* except when classed ae an institutional build,*
ing§ means a building in which sleeping accommodations are providedi including among
athers9 apartments club houses, convents, do
rmitoriesq dwellings 9 hotels, lodging
YmnaesA multi - family houses, studios and -tenements
(d)I6: Business building means s building occupied for the transaction of
busihdss� for the rendoAng of professional eetvicesp for the dispUy or sale of
gOodab wares or n erohandiseg or for the performanoe of wm* or labori Including among
others,* ba.keriesp. bankep bgrber eehops➢ tshemiaal laboratories* creameries g 0100tK -0
subat .tionsp factoriesi gafollne service 4ations8 ice plants, laboratoriesp luutd4b
rige..3 markcetsp. office buildinges open air "'stores$ power plants# radio stations, smoke
tr�usese storeeg telephone azebangese television stations and work ehgpad
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(a)a .Storage building means a building for the housing' except for purely
display purposes, of,ai:rpl*so automabilass railway cars or tither vehicles of tran$�
portation, for the sheltering of hormp Uve stock or other animals# or exc3usively
for the storage of goods9 Wares oar- merchandises, not excluding in any case offices
incidental to such uses] including aMng others# baraaD cold Storages, freight depatss,
garageso .gaaolins bulk sta ones grain elevatarep hangars and storage warehouseso
2e Mixed Occupancy. Where a minor portUn of a building is used for offices
study, studio or other simglar purposes, the buimiftg Shan be classified as to oem—
panty -on' the basis of the ma�ar used !U other cases where a binding is occupied for
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two or more purposes Minot Iineluded in 'ogle alasse the' provisions of this code .apps
to each alsss'of occupancy shan appv- to such parts of the building as come within
that classi aind.if t�here should be conrUoting provisionse the requirements securing
the greater Safety shall applya
3o Doubtful classi.ficationa Sri case a building is not specifically provided
fors or chore there is any uncertainty aele its classifications, its status shall
be fixed by a duly promulgated rule giving due regard to safetyo
Section 98 Classification cif Constructiono
.a Apes designatede For the purposes of this ordinance, construction as used
in buildings shell be classified as follaws a
(a)a Fireproof COnstritatibno
(b)o Semifireproof Constructiono
(e )O Heavy Timber Constrvctiona
(d)o OW nary Constraotiono
(e)a Mir- Combustible Constraatioino
(f)o Wood Frame Construction*
(g). frotected ?metal Construvtiono`
Section 101 Restrictions on Construction vdthin the Fire Limits-o
1* Gen ral restrictionso Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5 of this
sections, no building or atructure of good frame construction or of unprotected ustal
awmtruartion Shall be orected within the limits established by lavr as the Fire Umiteo
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Alt eration$o
(a)o Within the fire limits no building or structure of woad Prams cons-
traction or of unprotected metal aonstruation shall be hereafter increased- in haiBM6
(3)a Within the fire litito no building or structure of food frame cons-*
• truatl,;�n or of unprotected metal construction shall be hereafter a tWded on WW sid$g
tciiL -ss the construction of such extenslon oonforms to the requiremahts of this ordio
name for now con$truotiono
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Wo within the Fire limits no other building or 'structure shall be here-
after extended on any side by wood frame, construction or unprotected metal eonstmetiona
(d)a Nothing in this section shall prohibit other alterations within the
0 Plan limits$ provided there is no change of occupancy to a class of occupancy Other*
wise prohibited*
30 Moving buildingso No building of Wood frame rtonstruction. or unprotected
metal construction shall hereafter be moved from without to within the fire limits
or within the fire l.imitso
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4. 10ubtful loo bolo A babdin or structure shall. be deBIDsid to be within
the fire Limits if one- third or mare of the area -of such building or structure 18
located thereino
50 &eeptionsb Nothing in this section shall prohibit within the fire limits
and subdgoct to the specifies limitations- the erection of now buildings or structures9
nor'the extension or enlargement of heretofore erected buildings or struaturesp of
wood fray construction or unprotected metal .constructionp -as follow
(a)o A building of wood fume construction or of unprotected metal conb
strnetion occupied ezc2usively as a private garage or stable# not more than one
story in height nor more than 500 square feet in areaq located on the same lot with
a dwellingi provided that such building shall be placed at least 3 feet from the
lot . lines of adjoining propertyo
(b)a Oreenhouses not more than 15 feet in height erected on the same lot
with an accessory to a dwelling or a storao
(e).o Builder-s' shanties for use only in connection with a duly authorized
• building aperstion and located on the same lot with such building.operationp an a
lot immediately adjoini.ng9 on an upper floor of the building under aonstructionj or
on a sidewalk Wwd a
(d)e Piazzas or balconies on dweliingap not exceeding 10 feet in width
nor extending more than 3 feat above the second'stary f1mr bead provided that;
no such structure el-all be located nearer than 3 feet to an adjoining lot line or
be joined to a similar structure of another buildingga
(e)a Fences not exceeding 10 feet in heighto
(f)o Display signs as provided in section -12-8 (a) and section 3$b
Section lla Special_Oacupancy Rwmircd s f g..Con .ion*
la Institutional buildingeo
(a)o Institutional buildings for occupants involuntarily detained or
bedridden shall be of fireproof construction or semifireproof eonstxuetiono
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}e Institutional. buildings for occupants which art not inv'6UMAirily
detained or bedriddens, what of other than fireproof construction or semifireproof
constructions, oball not exceed 2 atoxtea in height and ' shall have floorsand Par-—
titions with fire resistance ratings of no less than one hour and r#ith fare re,
tardant ceilings under roofs# and if of wood frame cowltauction sh93. 1 not exaead
1 story In height nor 25030 square feet in area) pmvfded that buildings converted
from mother oo,cnpanoy to such occupancy shall be exempt from these restrictions if
sprinkler-ado
20 Theatree and motion picture theatres o
(a)o Theaatres-w -A motion picture theatres Shall, be of fireproof construes
ti on or semifireproof construction# except that portions of such buildings not-Over
1 story or over 45 feet in height may nave aodWtible roof construction if protected-
by fire retardant ceilingso
(b); No theatre or motion picture theatre shall: be located within or
attached to a buildings of other occupancy uraess it is separated from such othW
occupancies by galls and floors of nonoombustible construction having fire resistance
ratings of not less than 3 hPIWs o
30 achoole# colleges# asseinbly hallaa dance halleg bowling alleysg and audit-
toriums, over one story in height# shall have floors of not less than one -hour fire
resistance*
6 wan and ceiling finish- In .public buildings and institutional buildings#
and in all places of assembly aril exit m W.e therefrom# no combustible material shall
be used as interior wall or ceiling finish which is of such a mature that n me mill
spread over its surface more rapidly than over one -imh wood boards covered with
ordinary paint or varmisho
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r_- So Business and residence separation- In buildings of diher than fireproof
or semifireproof construction portions classified -as of business occupancy shall be
separated from portions classified as of residence occupancy by partitions having
a fire resistance ratite of not lose than one hour and by fire retardant 4eilinga9
unless 'the business portion is eprinkleredo
6. Separation of dmellingso Ville or partitions separating 2 or mare dwel-
lingo of other than fireproof or semifireproof construction shall consist of s
form of construction having a--fire resistance ra ting of not less than ]. houl'o
70 ftKitions in multifamily houses* In multifamily houses partitions sepa-
rating; apartMate or apartments from hallways or apartments from other occupancies
,and partitions separating stores from hallways or other ocaupancies shall have a
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fire resistance rating of not less than one hour# with openings equipped with QP-
proved fire doors of With substantial metal or metal covered doors or solid wooden
doom of the flush type of nominal thickness not less than l A inch*
Section 12$ Hei ht Restrictfonso
l.o Bea buildingso Jkcept as my be otherwise provided in subsection 8 of
this section® no building hereafter erected shal2 exceed in height the limits fixed
in this sectiono
2; Alterationao No building stall hereafter be altered so as to exceed the
the limits of height fixed by this sectiono
30 Pablic buildingso For public buildings semlf'ireproof construction stal
not exceed 75 feet9 except that public baildings which have an aocuPanoy of le8b
than 100 persona above the 75—fact %rel may be unlimited in height] heavy timber
construction$- 4 stories nor 55 feetq ordinary construction and non-0,0otbustible a+D
• struction 3 stories nor 35 feet* kept that churches of such construction mfr be
45 feet but not.more than 2 storiesa, and that. schools of such construction shall be
not, more than 2 stories highs,
Ego, Institutional buil,dingse For institutional buildings semifireproof Con-
at ion shall not exceed 75 feet; ordinary constructions heavy timber construction
and noncombustible construction shall not exceed 2 stories nor 35 feetd
58 Residence buildings* For residence buildings* heavy timber construction
shall not exceed 75 feet$ ordinary construction and nonocombustible construction
shall not exceed 3-stories. nor 45 feet; provided that when the floors immediately
over basements are of noncombustible construction having a fire resistance rating
of not less than 2 hours$- ordinary construction may exceed these heights but shan -
not exceed 4 stories nor feed and when in additiono in multifamily houses Whiah
are subdivided by fine partitions into floor areas not exceeding 31-500 SgUft feet
all other floors have a fire resistance rating of not less than one hoar$ ordinary
,epnetruction may bed, but shall tat exceedD 5 stories nor 65 feet Wood frame CWY-O
struction and unprotected metal construction shall not exceed 2 stories nor 35 feet$
exceprt that dwellings other than prefabricated dwellings, shall not exceed 3 stOrieso
6e Bas.iness 'buildings,' Fbr business buildings semifireproof construction and
heavy timer conatitwtion ahal- I nat exceed 25 feet except that for office buildings
semifireproof construction shall be unlimited) ordinary construction and noneombus-
tible 'aonstruAion 'shall- not qZ .4 stories nor 50 feet*
76 Storage buildings* For storaIe buildings semiftreproof construction shall
not eaaedd 50 feed-- .q;dinary eonstxuatione heavy timber construction and noncabus-
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tible construction shall -not egdsed 95 feet* prided that in buildings which AM .
sprinklered# semifireproof and heavy timber construction shall not exceed 75 feA .
and ordinary construction and noncombustible construction. shall not exceed 50 feet*
8o *ceptionso
(06 For the purpose of this section, the follavdng appurtenances shall
not be deemed pmts of buildingea Church spireso tanks and their supportsa roof
strnntureae chirimeysa signs attached to the building, radio masts, water *ling
towers for air aonditioh1hg or other apparatus, and parapets that do not extend
more than 4 feet abbve ttis_ roof surface at their point of contacto
(b) a O tWd thw fire. limit 99 public buildings business buildings, of
storage buildings mays, in t4e discretion of the governing body of the municipality#
be erected to greats: heights than fixed by this sectiono
306t ion 131 __Men- Rest riot Sons o
io:. Nov buildings* Except as, otherwise provided in sabsection u of this sew
tion, tho building area Permitted without suitable subdivisions by fire Walls shall
be l.imitod as follcmsa
(a)o For fireproof construction and semififtproof construction, unlimited@
(b)o For heavy tioer constructions ;)!is area of buildings shall not
ex-
coed 6,9500 square feet :if fronting on one street,# nor 88000 square feet on tuo
streets# nor 14aOW square feet If fronting on three or more streetso.
(ova For ordinary construction,9 and for noncombustible constructions
the am of one story buildings shall not exceed 69000 square feet if fronting on
Wo atreeto 7 #500 square feet if fronting on 2 streetsg 9 #M square feet if f1tt-
. ing on 3 streets and 10a500 square feet if fronting on h stree'tsl provided that
cut-side the fire limits the area -of -one -story buildings ,of noncombustible consttue-
tion shall riot. be restri*ted a The permitted areas for .buildings exceeding one story.
shall not mooed 5s000a 680009 79500,9 and 98000 square fetes when fronting on one#
2# 3 and 4 streetsg respeotivelvo
(d).6 For wood frame construction the area of buildings shall, not exceed
5AR00 square feet o
(e)a For unprotected metal construction the area, of one-story buildings
is not restricted.; buildings exceeding one story shall riot exceed. the area limita
specified for ncmoitustibU dtbmttuctiono
2a greet o Under this section a street shall be deed to include any avemste9
• boul wt,,4 :� `,1 # atreet a alley or lane #. 20 feet or greater in vldtha �6r any iourt # pare
%,* 4a or yard# with direct Connection to a street.a and not .less than ,20 feet w1doo
court# parking space`cw yard shal l be thb. property of the c mer of the buildo
�12�
shall net be enolosed or roofed ottero
36' Alteratitcie no buiUing shall be hereafter altered so as to exceed in
area In any story the limits fixed in this sec3ti.ono
46 Area medificationo
(a)o The smiting iting areas fixed in this section may be increased by 100 per
cent vrhen the building is sprinkieredo' and by 200 per cent when the building is
s3prinklered and does not exceed one story nor an average of 25 feet in height to
the roof9 or to a fire retardant ceiling through which there shall be no openings
except openings into shafts or ducts# the enaiosing valls of which are of eonslru"
tion equivalent to the ceilinge
r Wo Outside the fire limits the area of oneostory buildings of heavy
timber construction# orditlFi 7 construction and wood fi, u= construction mfr be in-
creased 33 1/3 per cent above the areas otherwise fixed iii this section, Whey all
wood structural members# including colunna# wall and partition studs and sheatirg 9
and floor and roof construction# arc of approved fire retardant treated lumber as
defined in SeetAon $e
Wo Ovtsoe the congested areas of the manieipalityj when a hazardous
condition is not created thereby# the area of a-public building# a business build-
Y
ing or a storage buildings, not over two stories highs, may be increased in gwwa
of the *me-: by this seat to the discretion of the go efning body of to
mnnicipality4 provides that a bul:ULM of coobinetible aetupanoy# or involving con-
siderable combustible - material in its structural parts# shall be sprinklered$ and
a3zo eurtain boards �Gr draft stops shall bei installed.,ae -squired by the buiUW
• official;
section 149 of EWE o
14 Application of aectione Building$ hereafter erected; except dwellings
shall be provided with exit facillt1W in accCzddWe with the requiremmts of this
sectiow No building shall: be altered Sao as to reduce the =tdber or capacity of
exits to less than required for, new buildings*
20 tit wq defi.nedo
(a) 6 owt TM741 the exit, do* y or docreaysi or suh doorwWs
together With acting balbWa or staireayee either iateri.or or exterior# or
fine Via# 'by mesas of q' hm s. go= or space to
a gtreet Pir to an open space tivhteh prC+uldem safe access .06 a street b Skit
• fror 64y mcm mar lend tbrax& other , the sue' $moo
W�& TM me, . AW.;.. =a the sum ectrider or hallo
.wal pravj .tom cr- g--ia-- by and xefi IV= adt
e�
stairs and direr► paAs of tho building by partitions having a fire resistance
rating of not less then one hourb
® 36., limber of occupants-
(a),. The dimensions and capacity of exit gays shall be proportioned to
the number of pemiis. to be accommodated o .
(b)o Shen the namber of persons to be accommodated by the exit way is
not stated in the application for a permit or is not othernUe fixed- it shall be
decided on the basis of the gross area of the space devoted to a particular pur°'
pose and shall be assumed to be as fa]lCwss Lose Arm
Occupancy Per Person
Dance halls lodge room,. or place of 8sse blYd•o o o o a - e 0 01,5 NO. Vt o.
cs �
Store street floor and sales ba 8emerit o o 0 o o o 0 o o e C o 0.a o o a
other floorsOb•o -OOile 0000- ogoo00ao0 •C000.000bboo.00.00.000.oii0
Spade used fet odcupanoies not listed above$
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$ i7. kfencoOpfS4b00aoOD000 -0b 6 40060000b6�0 0 00 00 000.00 '0 6 d
+ 4[ fi�g�4Obv00d• dtl0o00oo• obbOOO '.00dOOO40o.epG000oO.o0o01� R' �
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Ile umber of Ex tsa
�Q)tl Fr= rcom8o Every room having an area exceeding 19000 square feet
or copied Uy =ore than 100 persons shall have at least tMO exit rrsyao
(b), F�om st aries o Rvery story shall have at - least one exit way and
orrery story that exceeds 29500 square. feet in area shall have at least two sew
• rate exit wayso
(a), Apartmqft- s o Th. multifamily, houses exceeding two stc es above tho
basements, and in overt' twoottory maltifamUv house haves more than b agartments
using a common exit ways every apartment that has not direct exit to a street ar
to a sow opwning on a streetq shall have access to at 1Qast one additional exit
4V prt3i ►ted from aryl indepdadent of the irnteAcr stairmy or fire t q
Pi°iffi
5d location of exit, doorwayso )wit doorways shell be ea Imated that no
point in a floor araa8 r06 or space somed by them is more than 100 feet distant
fr= an exit doarr,'ayp measured along the line of tsavelg except that when a flow
f'
ilr:s; to sutdIvided into. -bia13er arcasp such as rooms in hotelasp maltifamily houses$
•
and baildingsp the distance fr6m the door of eny roomy along an unobetr wtsd
he '.x <�•:zy'a to an .exit doomys shall be not more than 125 feet o except that hallways
,lose the first ptM7 shall not extend beyvnd an exit as a d.ivrd end more than 50
9
feet, Where the building is of fireproof construction or semifireproof construe%
tivng or the building is sprinklerede the above distances may be increased 50 per
cent .0, .
do Emus res of interior stairways.
(a)o All interior stairways in buildings connecting two or more storiesg
whether required as exits or note shall be enolosede except as otherwise provided
in paragraph (d ) o
(b). In unsprinklered puildinp which exceed 30 feet to the floor of
the topmost story. or are occupied by more than 75 persons above, or 40 persons
belong the first story above grade, not counting those in the first storyg and in
rniltimfamily hcases 4 stories or more In heights, interior required stairways shall
be enclosed with fire partitior*9
(o)o In other buildings interior stairways shall be enclosed in parti-
9 tions having a fire resistance rating of not less than one hour. In* buildings of
fireproof construction and semifireproof construction such partitions shall be non-
combustibloo
(d)o An enclosure shall not be required fors
(1)o A flight of stairs Prom the main entrance floor to the flog
next above when such stairs are-not a part of a required stairwayo
(2)b A flight of stairs in a building of fireproof Qonstruetiong
semifimproof constructions or a sprinklered building of heavy timber con-
struction or ordinary construction or noncombustible constructions when such
stairs connect only one story with one other story immediately above or below
• its In such case the upper and of the stairway shall not connect to a hall-
may serving as an exit Except through a fire docro
(3)o A flight of stairs from a balcony or mezzanine having an area
not exceeding 25 per cent of that of the floor immediately belowo
(e) o 0penir4s o No openings except the necessary doermaya9 and windows
opening to the extmior -of the buildings cha21 be permitted in a stair enclosure
required by this sectiono Such doorways shall be equipped with approved self-closing
Fire dooreg except that when, fire partitions are not required for the enelosure9
substantial self- closing metal or metal hovered doors or solid wooden doors of the
flush type of nominal thickness not less than 1 3A inches .may be usedo In sohyool
buUdingsa daoors on openings in otair enclosures may have wired glass panels; the
• area tea' such glass in any one door shall not exceed 720 stpare incheso
7o Width of interior stairwayso The minimum unobstructed width of a stair-
-:fuy serving as a required exit shall be not less than 44 inches$ provided that in
ate-
- .1 •
Now
mMifamily houses and storage bui2dings.p and in other - buildings occupied by a
single tenant and 1-izited An occupancy to .46 persons:8 such width may be 36 inehaso
Uo uUth of staift shall be measuared • between hand rails except mere haM rails
project not more than 35 inches, into such widtho
8o Treads and Iris o
(a)o Tr�ads and' risers of-required stairs shall. be so proportioned that
the product of the width of, treads wolusive of noeings and the height of risers
in incheae shall bo not less 'tban 70 nor more tbm 758 but risers shall not exceed.''
7 3/4 inches in height # and treadsp exclusi
to be accomnadateda No exit doozr serving as an exit for more tf'a 40 persons
shall have a clear width of less than 34 inohes (nominal 36-inch door)*
13o Hinging of dome
(a)e The doors of required doorways shall be so ling and arranged that
when fully opened they gill not in any way dismminislk or' obstruct the required width
of hallway$ stairs or other means of exit*
(b)o Doorways opening ento a street or to a court or open apace commis
eating with a street #:- and serving as a required exit way for more than 40 poremns
shall have the doors$ including the doors of vestibules :so hung as to 'string open
in that direction of exit travell but this requirement shall not be construed to
prohibit the use of sliding doors In stab;es s garageaq or shipping and receiving
rooms of business buildings and storage buWingse.
(c)o All exit doors in rooms occupied by 40 or more persons and all exit
doors in exit =We from places of assemmmbly shall . be hung to voing open in the di--
rention of exit tv avelo
(d)o No exit door ahall open Immediately on a flight of stairs$ but a
landing the length and uldth of which are not less than the width of such door#
sha]1 be provided between such door and such stairs*
(e) o inhere the size of the; exit `doorway requires two doors iu the-
openings the doors shall be so hung as to require no center post in the opening
for the doors to close againate
14* iWingo Required stairways$ hallways and other means of exit, itr
e1nding exterior open spaces to or through Welch exits leadq shall be kept adequate2y-
. lighted at all times that the building served tR_ereby is occupied.
Section 151 Firepraoty Semifireproof a Heat/ i Timber Con$tivatic::o FireprW#
semifireproof and heavy timber construction shall conform to generally accepted good
practice.
Section lbs. Ordinary Construction*
10 Definition. Ordinary construction$ as applied to buildinges means that
in which exterior walls and bearing galls are.of masonry or of reinforced doncretei
and in which the structural memberes including columns floors and roof construction#
are wholly or partly of wood of smaller dimensions than required for heavy timber
constructions or of steel or iron not protected as requited for oemifireproof co-
structiono
(a)e Exterior =11s and aU bearing walls shall be of masonry or of rein-
forced concrete*
41-171i► __ .
(b)o Exterior stalls which are within 3 feet of a rat line along An ad-
y
Joining area which is or may bo built upon or Rich are within 6 feet of another
building of. other than fimproof or semifireproof consttuction on the same 206
shall have a fire restatancse rating of not less than hours; except that where
the •total area of the bui3ding does not exceed 1j times the allowable area for any
ono of the bui&tingo considered such fire resistanee rating shall not be req ireda
3. Beamag girders and joiste6
(a)o Wooden beams and joistso except• hoadere and tail joistsa and ex-
dept for bearings at joints limited within the allowable stresses provided in
this code9 shall have bearings of at least 3 ircbse In le:th6
(b)a Wondon trimmers., headers, and tail joists over 6 feet in lengthq
unless supported on walls or girders$ shall be hung In approved metal stirrups or
hangerso If vmod givdera am set flush with the floor Joiste9 the joists shall\
! rest in approved metal stirrups or hangerso The ends of joists against the girders
skull be securely nailed to the girders,
(Oo &aept in the case of pitched roofaq wooden t1aor and roof joists
having Spam in excess of 6 feet shall be rigiAV braced with cor#inuous rows of
bridging at intemale not exceeding 8 feet o
(06 Jbiate eho-U be doubled under partitions which tun over and pal-
1M: to. the joistne or shall. be designed for the loads
(e), The ends of wooden beams and Joists resting on masonry shall be
cut to a level of 3 inobes in their- deptho
(f)o Wooden Joistep beams, and girders resting on opposite sides of a
• masonry call shall be separated fi°oat one another by at least; 6 inches of solid
masonryo
(g)c, Vhwn a wooden girder rests on masonry an air space of j inches
shall be provided .on the sides and erd of such gamer for vent i2at ion j and each
wall bearing end of a girder shall be cut on'a brio
6 Anchorageo
(a) o An trimar6 hrd at Least one beam or joist in every sic feet
resting on masonry wallsa shell be secured to such v&11s bar approved metal anchors
attaghed at or near the bottom in a manner to be self-releasing,. Mach end of a
trimmers beam.ar Jcdat that is supported by a girderi, shall be Woured or tied in
an app vW manner to such girder or to a trimmerp beam or joist Correspondingly
• suppn3tted from the Opposite Aide of such girders 4nchors and ties shall be-so
arir. anged as to form continuous ties between opposite masonry wa3s•o
WO, o Where floor or root joists or beam ran parallel to vAsonry vraUs
such walls sball be aecurrd to 4 or more joists of the floor or roof construction
by approved instal anchors at rmismrm intervals Of "8 feet for dwellings$ and 6 feet
i in other buildingso
(c)o Wall. plates and roof convtruct-ion shall be anchored to the walls at
least every 6 feet.
(d)d Widen girders shall be anchored to the walls and fastened to each -
other with suitable steel straps placed near the bottom of the girdero
5o lead-bearing partitionso
(a). Load - bearing partitions shall be the equivalent of 2 a 4 inch studsa
nominal dimeneione9 spaced not to exceed 26 Imbes on centers with the larger di-
mension perpendicular'to the vallo All openings shall have studs doubled on each '
side and if more than 3 feet and 6 Inches wide they shall be trussed over or shall
have lintels of sufficient size to carry the lbado
(b)o leadmbearing stud partitions shall have top plates not smaller than
double 2 x b inch$ nominal dimensionsO and shall be set over girders or other par -
t3tioris belor$ tth the space between the - `ceiling and the floor above fire - stopped
w1th solid 2 inch$ nominal thickness plankD or with noncombustible materialb
6o Wooden columnso
(a)o Wooden columns is the several stories of a build.lago shall be set
directly above one another, on top of the column belor o
(b)o , The lode on wooden columns shall be transmitted to the column
belird through reinforced concrete or metal. Caps with brackets' or through metal
craps and bases vrith pintle tsonneati,ons or other approved column connectional prom
vided that wooden bolsters may be used to suppoA roof gitderso . < --
(c)o Wooden columns shall, not rest directly on floor joistso
(d)o When supported by mason yo, suitable stope .or metal bases shall be
set between the column and the masornyo
7o Firestopping o
(a)o Ohen the walla are furrvda the space created by the furring shall
be fireetopped with noncombustible material at floorso ceilings and roofso The
firestopping shall be tha full thickness of the fnrring and extend from the cell-
ins to the underside of the flooring or roofs
(b)n Amm joisto ran pam- Llel to th® van the space between the wall
any neareat jaiot ahall be not less than 1 inch and .shall be solidly filled with
. imeonny, or approved noncombustible materialo
(a)a Interior stud partitions ohall be firestopped at the floors and
~ailing of each story by a 2 inch nominal dtm= sion9 wood plates the width of the
0
El
0
� -0
grtud# or the equivtlento
(d) ,O Win. eliding doors aim pookoted in partitions # such pockets sb&U
be con
pletely- finastopped at the top A bottom and ends# with noncombustible mater
or with goad not less than 2 inches. in thickness nominal dimensions
(e)e Joists shall be firestopped at the ends and over supports for the
full depth of 'the Sots with noncombustible material or with 'wood not less than
2 inohes in thid1 ese #' nominal dimene ono
(f)'a fit�estopping `shall be covered or concealed until inspected by
the building offinialo
$o Bay windws and' show windcusa Pay windcua and slid 'windows that extend
beyond exterior walls shall be ooaAncted of noncombustible materialai except that
show windows that do not extend oboee the '8eoond story 'floor level,and bay windows
on dwellings may be constricted of "J, 'when such bay windows of wood are more
than 10 fact in vi,dth they shall be�:cavered on the exterior 'surfaces. with .metal
or Other approved noncombustible# 'weatherproof materialso
90 Mansard roofs* ,Nhnsard or other slanting woofs having a pitch of more
than .%09 from the hWilobtalp hereafter placed on-e building over 40 feet in
height# shall be of fireproof constrwtUz or semifi.reproof eonetructiono
loo eft stops in attic spaceso Attic spaces shall be divided into arm.
of 39000 square feet or less by tight draft stops3 these shall be of 2 .thick
neibes of Z inch lumber with Joints broken or the equivalent# with access doors
of similar Construction*
Section 173 Noncombustible Construction*
I* Definition* Noncombustible construction, as applied to buildings# Ona
that in which all'struCtural members, including flcore, roots and their supports#
are of steel, iron# concretes or of other noncombustible materials, and in which
the exterior walls are of noncorbustible eautruation having a fire resistance
rating of not less than two hourso
24 1h.149 Fhaerior enclaoure falls shall provide a durable and stable
weatherproof. exterioro
3, Structural mem(berso All ltr11 Aural members shall be of stems# irony rein-
forced conorete# or of other approved noncombustible materialao
4o Part - t Low
(a) o If coubust ible materiel enters into the c onst sect ion of part i®
tions$ they shall be built to have a fire resistance rating of not less than one
hour$ but this shall not prohibit ,the use of wooden doore# door Casings, framesy
jambs and bucker windCv and transom femmes and Casings, unless the partitions arc
"quired to be fine pa titionso
(b)o Ebthing in this section shall prevent the erection of temporary
partitions of Wood and gl aos' or of metal and g3ass within the rooms or spaces
occupied by a single tenanto
(c)d. All perinnent partitions shall rest on noncombustible materialso
Section 18a Wood Frame Constructions
to Definitiono Wood frame constructions as applied to buildinesp means that
In Which Walls and interior oonstruction are wholly or partly of woodo
20 Walls(o
(a)o waning for exterior calls shall be constructed to develop a
strength and rigidity equivalent to Wooden studding$ not less than 2 by b incheap
nominal dimensionsp spaced 16 inohes on centers vrfth tho larger dimendion perpen-
dicular to the walla, and braced with_ sheathing or diagonal bracing at the corners
to secure t1m. necessary* rfgidityl except that in one -story buildings studs not
over 10 feet in langth may be spaced not to exceed 24 inches on centerso
(b)o In buildings except private garagesp an exterior wall which is
less than 3 feet distant from the lot line along an adjoining area Which is or may
be built, upon shad be of noncombustible construction having a fire resistance
rating.of not less than two hours; except that the material of the weather surface
may be similar to that of other exterior walls of the buildingo
'(a) o An exterior wall Which is less than 6 feet distant from the wall
of another building of wood frame construction on the same l.at, shall be of non-
combustible construction having a fire resistance rating of not less Haan two hours;
except that the maaterial of the Weather surface may be similar to that of other
Exterior calls of the building] and except that When the aggregate area of the two
buildings does not exceed lJ times the limiting area fused by this code for either
building$ such fire resistance rating shall not be requiredo
4 o Anchorage c.
(a)o In all buildings 20 feet or more in width where joists run :at right
angles to the rafteras the rafters shall be tied to the ceiling joists with wood
or metal ties nailed to the foe, of alternate rafters and extending across 4 joists
well nailed to each . joist o
(b)o All joists WOO be well Sapped and nailed across the building to
ford =ties between outsid0 rall,se,
0 � Be=g girders and joists shall conform to the requirements of section
1:6-3s paragraphs (a) to (d) inclusiveo Mli�ere ledger or ribbon boards are used to
oupport joistsa such boards shall be not less than l x 4 inchp nominal dimensions#
shall be out into the studs.. securely -nailed with not less than 2 temporary ard
nails to each. stud# and the Joists Olv ill be spiked to the atudeo '
. 6e lead - bearing part it ions shall conform to the requirements of section o
7a Wooden columns shall conform to the requiremente of section 26'6,
8o Firestoppingo'
(e)o' Exterior walls of wood frame construction shall be property fire-'
stopped at.eaeh floor leve19'at the top story ceiling level# at the roof level in
the case of fiat roofsg'and at the foot of roof rafters in the case of sloping roofne
(b)o' Joists shall be-firestopped at the ends and over supports for the
ilun depths of the joists*`
(0)6'" Interior stud pari tiorie' shall be firestopped at the floor and
ceiling of each story bye 2 inah� nominal -dimensioYis vrood plate# the width of
the studs, or the equionlent d`
• (d)o Mn sliding doors are pocketed in partitions# such pockets sha11
be complete],y firestopped at the tops bottom and endso
(e)4 Firestopping shall be of noncombustible material or of good not
less than 2 inches in th aknesse nominal, dimeneiono- ho f restopping shal-1 be
covered or concealed until inspected by. the building officialo�
9. Draft stops in attic spaceso� Draft stops shall be provided in attics
spaces as required by section 16-100
Section 19s Unprotected Letal Construction* Unprotected mewl conntrvation
as app1W to buildinge9 meane'that in Which the structural supports are unprotected
metal and in v&ioh floors and roofs are of noncombustible constructions and the ex-
terror walls are of noncoaIDu$tible construction having a fire resistance rating of
less ' t han 2 hour$ o
Section 201 Workmanship and haterialso All burning materUle shall be of
good qu€clityo Workmanship in the- fabrication i preparation and installation of
materials shall conform to generally accepted good practiced
Section 21' .9h8o
to Constructions
(a) o Pxcept when carried independently by girders at each floors no wall
shall be built up more than 25 feet At in height in advance of other galls of the
building e'
Wo) uhsouty WglU that meet or intersect shall be adequately bonded or
• anoho cdd Piers having less than W square feet of oross- sectional area When located
at an intersection 'with a w&U eban be bonded into and built as part of that aa],1,
(c)o Ekcept for cri,ndo neled backs and permissible Chases and recesses#
X22'"
walla shall not vary.in thiokaees.between their literal supportso When a change
in thickness#. due to min.� t.hloknese requirements# occurs between .floor leveleg
the greater thickness shall be carried up to the higbor floor levelo
(d )'d isolated piers or post a on the interior of buildings shall not be
built of etomle The unsupported height of piers shall not exceed 10 times their
least C3.imnsiono Hollow masonry units shall not be used for isolated piers to
support. beams and girders unless solidly filled with concrete or Type A mortar in
trt .A case the alUnable load may be increased 25 per cento
(e)o Door arid wirx;ow openings in walls shall be spartned by wolf but -
Lr-eusdd archeay or by lintels having bearings proportioned to their loads but not
less than 4 incheso
(f)o No masonryp except for interior partitions# shall be supported on
wooden girders or other fovm of.wood construotiono
(g)o No timber other than nailing blocks not exceeding 2 by 4 by 8 inches
in size,9 shall be plaood in masonry walisi except that in. buildings of ordinary
constructionp timer lintels may be placed over openings' on the inside of the
wall,, resting at each end.nctmDre than two inches on the wally and chamfered or
out to serve as centers for masonry $robes; and with the further exception that
timer members used for decorative purWee ma, be set against the mssonryg or
may be set into the masonry where the wail exceeds 8 inches in thloknesso
{h)- During Motion# walls shall be adequately braced and archon tem-
porarily supportedo
20 ., lilo�aro .
• (A)o Mbrter used in masonryy construction shall be proportioned in eccovd-
ance with the following tsb3as
NMAR FWFORf IONS
Proportions by Volume
Mortar
type � A
ted measured in
Cement Lim danp and loose
Platy corbdition
A 1 (Pbirt3and) 0 to Not over 3 parts
B 1 (Portland) 1 to 2 Not over 6 parts
B 2 (aeon27 0 �- Not over 3 parts
C! (Pcrt nil) '2 to 21 Not over 9 parts
• c, i (Masonry - 0 tit over 3 part
Type, i�)
A 0 to 0 1 to li Not over 3 parts
*As defined in Federal. Specification SS-C-181 b8 Masonry Cement
-23-
(b)o of mortar requiredo Vhsonry shall be laid in Type As Type
B or Type 0 mortars except as follawst
Type A mortar shall be used In foundation wells of hollow masonry unite#
end in nominal 10 inch cavity =1.lso
Type A or Type B mortar shall be used in footings# foundation walls of
solid masonry unites isolated piereq. load bearing w exterior Walls of hollow
masonry units# hollow walls and cavity galls exceeding 10 inch nominal thickusso
Type D mortar may be used in solid masonry walls# other than parapet
walls or rubble stone galls# not in contact with the soil and not less than 12
inches thick nor more than 35 feet in heights provided the walls are laterally
supported at intervals not exceeding 12 times the van t hic knees o
gypsum partition Lilo and block shall be laid in gypsum mortar. Non-
bearing partitions and fireproofing of structural clay the may be laird in gypsum
mortar* Fire brick shall be laid in fire clay mortar*
3o Solid masonry wallep except stone wallsa
(a) o Thickness of Bearing Walls o
(1). Px6ept as otherwise provided in paragraphs (2) to (6) below$
the miniimim thickness of solid masonry bearing walls other than fire walls and
party walls shall be not less than 12 inches for the upperost 35 feet of their
height.# and shall be inoreased 4 inches for each successive 35 feet or fraction
thereof measured downward from the top of the wall.,
(2)0 There solid masonry bearing walls are stiffened at distances
not greater than 12 feet apart by arose walls, or by internal or- external offsets
• or returns at least 2 feet deep# or 12 feet vertically by reinforced concrete
floors or roofs they may be 12 inches thick for the uppermosrt 70 feets measured
dowtiard from the top of the wall# and shall be increased b inches in thickness
for each successive 70 feet or fraction thereof*
(3)0 Outside # viM (1) in residential buildings not more than 3
stories in he9.ght# solid masonry bearing walls =q be 8 iaehes thick when not over
35 feet In heighto
(4)a Outside Fire Limit Area or Zane No* la solid masonry bearing
walls of business buildings not more than one story high# and not over 22 feet in
height#- may be 8 inches thick# provided they are reinforced at intervals not exceed-
ink! 16 fees: p by 12 inch by 16 inch reinforced eoncrote or bricks piers or pilasterso
(5)o Outside of tho fire limit area or Zone Noo 1, solid masonry
be-iring walls 8 Inches thicka may be used for buildings not exceeding 30 feet nor
2 stories in height, the walls of which# under this ordinance# could be of wood
2h-
ft=6 conatraation; pi" ded they do not exceed � 50 feet in length between cross
walls9 . pierssr or • buttresseso
Solid Ma,so' W bearing walls abm -roof lever 22 feet or Leos
in height# 'encla�sing peuthbus� or `-etr& stares maybe 8 inches thick and my
be considered -aa, neither increasing the height nor requiring any increase in the
thickness of the van belinis provided the 'requirements for allowable stresses era
met
(b)o Thickness of Dkwbearing Bzterior 1h].Uo ' Outside Fire Ludt Area
or Zone Noo lg. thicknnese of nonbearing exterior Tmllsa except fire nalle and party
wallop shall be not less than 8 inches .for the .uppermost 22 feet# and shall increase
4 inches in thickness for each successive 35 feet9 or fraction thereof9 measured
downn ard from the top of the w4lo
(c)o Lateral %pporto Solid masonry, walls shall be supported at right
• angles to the vrall.' face at intervals not ozoeeding 20 times the nominal gall thief
ness if laid in Type Ap H or 0 mortar9 and not exceeding 12 times the nominal wall
thickness if Jaid .in Type D.mort -sto . Such lateral support shall conform to subsw-
Lion 10 of this seoticao
(d) o o The facing and backing of solid masonry bearing wale shall
be bonded so that not less than 4 per cent of the.wall surface is composed of full
lehgt.h headerso The distance between adjacent full length headers shall not exceed
24 inks either vertically or horizontally, In solid brick walls more than 22
inches thick the lowest joints of header courses shall be covered with another header
course which shall. b ,� joints vrith the course belor o The facing and backing of
• solid mas=7 nan*bearing ,tulle shall be bonded as requited dbove for bearing walla
or oball be bonded frith corrosiumvesistant metal ties spaced not farther apart
than 16 inches vertically and,24 iinchas horizortallyo
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(e) t, Other Requiremants o
(1)o Under- burned clay bricks shall not be used in any part of "a
Wilding or etraature ftere exposed to the treather9 not in isolated piereq not in
such part of a bearing vaU above which the wall 4xtends mare than 40 feet o
(2) u Clay or shale brick laid in Type A or Type B mortar shall be
wat Immediately before being laf,d9 except that very hard or nitrified 'brick need
not be wetted o_
(3)v Horizontal and vertical joints in brick masonry shall be filled
with - Iortarc
Wo Wept in dwellings interior bearing enlls that are `lose than
12 inohes in thickness cad sapport won den floor or roof joists# shall be corbeled
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not less than 3 inches to receive such joists# unless approved metal joist hangers
are usedo
® (f)o tyre a building not exceeding'1500 square feet in area and loasted
not lees than 10 feet from an adjoining lot li•ney faces on 2 streetse the pier oar
Partition tails of such building designed to carry the roof load may be constructed
with v*Ua of solid masonry wrt less than 8 inches in thickness# providedp howmerg
that no euch building shall exceed a total height of more than 16 feet and the soma
coal be constructed With 12 inch by 16 inch reinfom9d concrete or brick piers or
Pilasters not more than 16 feet apar'to
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W o Thf cknes s o
(1)Q The minim thickness of wall.e of stone ashlar shall be not
lose than that required Liar solid masonry walls in subsection 3 of this sectiono
(2) o Rabble stone =shah shall be h inches thicker than is spired
for solid masonry vral.ls in subsection 3 or this section, but shall not be leas
than 16 inches thiokg and shall not exceed 40 feet in height o
Ma lateral supporto Sione walls shall conform to the requirements
for lateral support of other solid masonry walls in subsection 3 of this sectiono
(c) p Fond o
(1) o In ashlar masonry, bond stones uniformly distributed shall
be provided to the extent of not less than 10 per cent of the area and having not
leer than is inches of bond into the backing masonr-yo
(2)6' Bubble stone masonry 24 inches or less in thickness shall
• have bond stones with a maximum 6pacing of 3 feet vertically and horiaontally, ,
and if the masonry is of greaten thickness than 24 inches shall have one bond
stone for each 6 square•feet of Wail surface on both sides and no header stone ,
shall be less than 12 inches long measured at right angles to the face of the
masoarya
(d ) o 116tural. Bed so An stones shoring pronm=ed cleavage shall: be
laid on their natural beds except for cornices and other projecting members which
shall have the grain or bedding planes vertical and at right angles to the face
of the amsonr7o•
5a Walle of hollow masonry units,
• (a), Thickness and heighto
(l)o The miniimm thickness of Walls of hollow masonry units shall
be not leas than that required for solid masonry walls in subsection 3 of this
3ectiOno
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Wo Valk of hollw masonry units sho11 not exceed 50 feet in
height a'
Q 9 . r X.t MX%1 Wopato Walla of hollow ms sonny units shall be eupport ed
at right angJlEa to the im11 face at intervals not exceeding 18 times the nominal
wall Chic% sso Such lateral 'tappmt shall conform to subsection 10 of this section.
(1) o Hollow maao.mT units shall have full mortar coverage of the
a ;Hells in both the h0riaontaM mod vatleal joints,
(2)- Where tim or more hollm unite are used ,to make up the thiekb
near of a wane the inner and outer courses shall be bonded at vertical intervaleg
not exceeding 3 feetg by lapping at Imat 4 inches over the unit belm or by lap-
ping with snits at least 50 per cent grater in thiclwwa than the unit belaar at
vertical intervals not xeceeding ,1i imbeso
(3)o Brick facing or liming (which does not include veneering) when
used in hollow block galls shall. bb. bonded to the backing in accordance math parat-
Y . graph (d) of subsection 3 of this i otionq
cub %here =no of _halls masonry units are decreased in thick-
rams9•, a course of solid masonry shall be' interposed between the wall below and the
thinner vmn aboveg or the hollov units in the top course of the thicker wall shall
be Pilled solidly 'nth mortar or masonryo
(d)„ Bearings In vnD and piers of hollow masonry unitsg suitable prom
vision shall be made .tor proper bearing at the ends of ,aU beams and at points of
Load couaentrati=a
60 Cavity ware earl, hollow ',
(a) o Hd4ft and thickness o
W o Cavity =no and I hoar vraus . ehall net exceed 35 feet in
gbta Cav3tq Use ezolaoivo of thy:. qty;. -.Sna ISM- waUa�ohn11, be not lees
In thickness than required for solid maaoauy walls in subsection 3 of this section -
(P)o In cavity valaop neither the facing nor- backing shall be Zass
than 3 A inches in nominal thiolaess and the cavity aball be w* Use than 2 In-
ches nor more 'than 3 inches in widtho
(b)o Interal supporto 'Cavity malls shall be supported at right angles
to the wall fact at intervals not exceeding V& times9 and hollov walls at intervals
not exceedring 19 times the Maitaal wall thicknessa Such 2ateral support shall ean-
form "W1, subsection 10 of this section,
(a) o Bond o'
(1)- In hol3AW galls the parts of some shall be connected by bonds
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of briak9 stone or the material of the vmn, placed not more than 24 inches apart
in either direetioni bat the parts shall to be deemed to act together in the
supper of loathe uttxlsse such bonds are of a size and design to fully develop the
strength of either parto
(2) a ID cavity walls the fdoing ad backing shall be securely
tied together with suit-able banding ties of adequate strengtho . A 3% inch dim
titer feel rod or' metal tie of equivalent stiffness coated with a •noncorroding
'm- WA or other approvod protective costing shall be used lot. each 3 square feet
of . all 1"urfaceo Where hollow masonry whits are ;lsld with the cells, verticalp
roc w—. alar ties shall be used in other wile the ends of ties •shall be bent to
90 gege angles to provide hooks-not less that 2 i.nohes lmngo Ties shall be emr
bedded is horizontal J%tas of facing and backingo Additional bounding ties stall
be provided at all openingsa OPQWA not mare than 3 feet 4PMK. Wound the Pori'
meter and within 22 inched of t hs openingo Cavity walls of plain concrete .shall
be "inforeed as providad for solid walls of plain concrete in subsection 9 of
this sectiono
(d) o Ekmringo
(1)o In hollm walls or cavity walls suitable provisions shall
be made at each line of floor beams and wherever lead concentrations occur# to
L-isure proper bearingo
(2)o Then cavity walla or holim valles in which the cells of
hcllon unite are laid verticalp tyre decreased in thiokness, the units in the top
acurse of the thicker wall shall be filled solidly with mortar or masonry or the
• exposed openings in such top course shall be covered with slabs -of hard burned
the or c©nare'th 'bt least one inch in thickness or the openings may be stopped
In =4 others approvd =nnero
'Wo Drainage* ]h cavity walls the cavity shall be kept 01"r of amrw
ter dropp4Mb during constructions Approved flashing shall be installed % and ads°°
quete drainage provided to•keep dampness say from the backing*
7$ Faced walls*
W* Materialo thterials used for facing shall be not less than 21
Inches thick.g and in no ease less in thitknesa than IA the height of the unit,
(b)o AlImble stressaso Where bonded to the backing as prescribed
belse9 the Pall corae section of both the facing and the backing may be considered
® in a*.Vating the stresseso
(c)o Thicknesso Faced walls shall be not less in thickness than is
° regnired for masonry walls of either of the types forming the facing and the
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baoking6 Whore bonded Io the backing as prescribed below# the facing may be con-
sidered a part of the rra12 thickness *,
(d') o °0r4i
(I)o Brick facing shall be bonded to the backing as prescribed for
solid masonry vralle in subsection 3 (d).of this section*
(2)e ashlar facing of either natural or cast stone shall have at
least r7,0 per cent of the s4441641 1 area. extending not less than k inches into
thi., 'backing to form bonny stonesy which .shah]. be uniformly distributed throughout
the VIRI o
(3)0' When walls of holl w masonry unite are faced with hollow unitsg
the facing (mite. shall be bonded to the Imoking ae required for wane of ha3
masonry units s.M bubaection 5" (a) of this seatiorno
8d
Atte4hMO, of otOle facLng,e, E-OPery pr tLng stoneg ands except VdM
altermate courses are flail bond courses$ every stone not a bond atone shall be
securely anchored to tim- banking with corrosion resistant metal anchors with a
cftsa section of not lose than Oo2 square incho There "mhall be at least 1 anchor
to each stone and not less than 2 anchors for eaesh stone ttP;,,eAb:an 2 feet in lens *pt
and 3 square feet in supoficial area* Facing stogies not over 12 square feet. In
area shall have at least 1 anchor to each 4 square feet of superficial face ereao
$; S611d vralls of 'plain cortret e o
(ah Thickness* The minimum thickness of va11s of plain concrete main
be 2 inches less than that required *r solid masonry wallee but not less than 8
inchea§ except that 6 Loch =Ua may be used where specifically permitted by sub-
section 3 (a") '(3) of this soationa
(b)o iat.Ml sdppo> a Solid malls of plain' 'ewwrete shall be supported
at right angles to the gall fgbe at intervals not exceeding 20 times the noamdnal
wall thick ri+esoa. Bach lateral support shall conform to subsection 10 of this sectiono
(o)e kkoinforement aid openiaga6 Rein% aymstrically disposed
In the thic ss of the wall shall be placed not Legg than I Lack above and 2 inches
balm openings and extend not legs than Zia incites each side of such" openings or be
Of equivalent l:erieEh, vrfth hooksb The reinflarcement both above and below shall eon_
ai.st of one 518 inch round rod for each 6 inches in wall thickness of fraction
thereof&
106, Ieter�ii €epporZo The lateral support required by subsection 3s its 50-
6 and 51 ,pg this seat ion shin 11; be either vertical or horiaomtal"o It may be obtained
')yollog piety or buttasesg .vrhetl the limiting distance is measured horisoaa
tally$ or by More and roofs when the limftIM distance is measured varticallyo
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sufficient bonding or 61166rage ali i:l• tie pied -tyerttden the taalle and the
cup-
ports to resist the ash wind forces acting either inward or outuardo Piero or
buttresses relied upon for lateral support shall have sufficient strength and eta'
bility to trwiafer the tad forcep eeting in eithdr diftdtitz to the groundo ftm
walls are dependent upon floors or roofs for their lateral supportp provisions shall
be i> do in the building to -transfer the ]atoms fok sib � to the pound.
Section 221 Roinforced Conorateo
Avera g' a concrete for reinforced aoncrete' shall consist of 1 put
pm,tlaid C and not more than 6 pates aggmgatep by vow. measured dryp and
not mwe than• ?J gallons of 'Dater per sWkg 94 poundep of dammt o The figgregate
shall be mixed in an approzAmste ratio c" 2J yeAe fine aggngete' and 3b parte
coarse aggregate*
section 23s Fire valid and. Phd wanso
• Zo Censtractione
(a) o Fire walls and party wa U of mason,'y shall be laid in Type A or
Type 8 mrtar.
W o Fim walls and paarty -galls shall be constructed of solid masonry
units$ or of hol'Lon Masonry units faced on each sid-O with br cko or of reinforced
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(o) o Where etructural members project into hone* masonry unitb the
holy •apace shall' be, fined with noncombuatible material the full thickness of
the wall and 4 inches or more abovae between and belew such members o
2e Thickness of solid esasonny w8I18 except panel wallso
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(00' For busitsess builldings dW storage buildings# fire walls and party
gills of solid maaomry units ill be not less than 16 inches thick, for the upperdb
most 50 feet and increase 4 inches in'thlokftees foi each additional 35 feet or
fraction thereof measutvd do rani bom the top of tha vranl feept that there
the walls are non0bearing or a re. beams or girdora are supported on %be vaU by
ap,;n^oved metal hangs and do ,not enter the gan the mid thickness away be
1:6 inches for the uppermost 70 ft *'O
(b)o For either buildinges flue galls and party malls of solid maeonry
units ehaU be acct less than 12 inohse thick, for the nppermst 35 feet and in-
treasa 4 inches in thickneso for -each additional 35 feet or fraction thereof
ured dwward from the top of the *an,
Thickness. of brick*aosd holler was3onry wallsio , Fire walls and party
' �_:J,u of holly' masOVOY MAU faced on daoh side with at least 4 inches of brick
taW-1 havo a total thickness incl=uding the facing not Use than 4 Inches greator
s
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than ON.ified W,014 0tion i'abo" for solid toasonry MIU,
alb ; Thidit WOO, of ` °sinfamed' conveQe ta1]B mdept parka ft., 3 0
or inees 'balldinge and storage bti 3 ingap `fire valU and patty
Valle of reitifv d ooncrete shall be not lees than 11 inches thic k' fur the upPM°
most •35 ft6t and:. rea'se 2 i>mhss An thickheM for, each etedeseive' 35 fed or
fraftIft the of zioa6�rsd d lft' m t6 top Of thO 118110
{b) ► ottfsr' bull ingov fig. v ilg ;ad 'p*ty walla. of reinforced cosy
A9, shall be tat lase than 9 Indbw thicla Or tae upFert , 35 feet and- increase
2 imohes in theca for each sadcesslva 35" &A +fir- - fractionIhbrsof measured
dC and -ftom tb6 UP. Of the valle
5e ftceptioa,to thickness requIrements for panel vhIXUb i➢here fire VaLle
or party gall$.: er0. Con"racted as paj�i walla in a frmamrork 'of. ao2mime and gird
pft, tefted as reed fog firep"Or 'conetraotion' acid no . panel has tf height betwem
sttppoK-e grater than 22 feet o' they MV. be of aoWi ' masonry .sot lose than 12 inches
thick or of t lsif cortarete not lead than 6 :J=hes thlcko
6o To be 'oarried to at above -the roofe fie ,gills and putty walls Mali
extend at least 3 .feet .above the roofs eaasgt where the roof " ie of fireproof or
samifireproof cow.tructioa In which Caen `tho fire waM .and' party walls Wmll be
died up tlg t ly► against the underside of the roof elebst
7n $ice and.:p�taction of openingeo .
{ado ftaeA.,la sptiWared bui3dingep no opening in s fire wall ehtalt
exceed 120 sgtiimi Feet in az-ea with no dimetbion greater than 32 feet and the
aggregate width of all opcinga' at arq level shall not ameed 25 per cent of the
length, of the hallo
We" � h apenIA9 in a required fire VI= 'shall b6 protected on each
side of the va31 VItI h aw approved autcWtio or coping -i'll's door; provided
that ftm a firs aau a 02M as a hm4kontal 'oXit it Shall have no openinge
4*her thm door openimo not meadUg 48 again feat In :arse atad one of the fire
600re at wch.openlM.aha2l be a seIrwoUsing fire door*
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Wa Mmyt as listed belao# pdrape a shall be pr vIW on all fire
wall ep' parV iialbs and 'o derlor walls of maeo=7 or ' relaPoreed 4.0nm ate o Parapets
dre not rid onb
(1)b calls emecting with roafe of fireproof eanatrmoticn or semift
Piren~�f ooh
-A waU Of a biti2ding ttre roof of-which is at lei thine feet
lovtw t� thy: rte. of$ or ate' it►g Ma 8cl as o* buildbw ftne
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%Ualaolbg on- 'a Areet bavlft,, a .11fth of 30 f6et of mbei
bilildins ftift, is 30 f", or - Mft d1atant In &U
(5)-v WhIU.vfabuI2d*- ftfthU30:feA- ear mvft- distant In-.aU
dIrMUMS, Pm pjVpeft Uneo'but 3WO. than :30 feet diatant - to we ;r mwe WL2d,,*
1W on the area of the baiIii4ge within 30 feet of
oa" other dool a not memA Ij timse. the allftable a rhm f0r,'WW. - =0 of the build,*
Itce'-, aansideradi :.
%Ue. of a dataofxA dmUIng# or of a buiULng aft amedlag
.10000 $Qum t 10 area s. I
WhLU of a buildt ig vhere the roof has an Am6e of ammre than
20 with the i m
Mm &mUlav AM IS buildiage In which 6 Imb wall an vendAted#
mob put"te ab&U be tot Isio than 8 inches thick and cwrW at lew* two tftb
aba" the reatio
I We - Aa an of baildinp ath. putpotb Oh&U be nd less than 22 br*
ebw thlak-' &W eta ndo!" - UM than - 3 ftst _- abt*e thO Mto
.. (d)* Via. el l coped t tb mcuoeomMstibleS I7e6tI*rprW
mteilal,wid flaeW *Ith, th► flashing extending throagh tbd parapet wall m3der
IW�ftpLngo : AU Oarne.re of all parapet Walls shaU be reLnftrMA with at met
fte,j..Iwh 'round bar In evwy tblvd, 36lutg eantimbus armad, the corner and mtemd�
ing into ,the MWOW7 at'least 3 fed from the e
ft- baLtL�n
le t>�acrtQ
Five. POASticao Shau have fl" roaiawwe ratings of at least
taro hou" TbW_ehiU tie omMmicted of mu*=T cir -r"nf*rcW,vo=w�49p. ,or .*UW
apps rmm. of. ConstraotUm of- naWoftAQU amtm*JaU* Vim partitions .twed
Am
Toad bftrIM qWI OonftVm to the 6nrta for bft via g =,.I- 1w saitim,
20 .ate 24io 10 24"tum. to mmAim: tbe. -reqW to of this smime
'Fir* PulUbw aWl be supported In diah story on comArdetIm
baving A fire :rMdatemo re'Ong of zotloa thm- 2 hamf provIAed that -vdm,thW
&Igp,-4aV- . :b raga the VAPPOtL43 COUStau4tift GhanbaveAk
z4:19"i tho 4 have. in *me the buiWiag is of firepmof ponot-rW*j=
or, vaAf§."apzqiof, eonArmetUnp aW -not less thaw 3. hom in am of other comt1w.0
titer
bf f1ft pa�rtitf nut
tim" its, tow ihickneds w9ase Saftably ftiftfofted m3d m9im-ed4t flm* atd
032tbi
caning or uaUsa lnbatantielW eawred to voatioal supports at intervals of not
over IS times the thLakaesao
® (d),6 Fire psrtitions sba.11 be demed continuauep even though the sever+
a.
al.parts are no? directly Wer one another in suacessive.siories if the intervening
parta of t}Jg floora at the 1e "2e Where offsets 000ur$' .ale 'WV1eMed aW of fizz
proof oonstruotion or semif repmf oonstruotimn and all: parts not supported directly
an the.foundations are carried on fireproof construotiono
26 Openings o
(a) wired fire partitions shall have no openings other than required
door openings' or properly protected duct epeningso
(b)o Ewh opening in a regnUed Are partition shall be equipped with
an approved fire dftr eet , In an approved door framan
(c)0 khah opening in a tin partition servifig as a horizontal exit aim
be protected by an approved self - closing fire door*
Section 26s oaf: e M . iM8O
wry building., except derellingsm charchee# buildings of wood frame ofmstrae►
tion and of unprotected metal donstracstiona and open air parking garages shall gave
approved fire windows or other approved proteciivesD in OM7 opening in the et_
terior walls when such opening faces on a stresrt and is'less than 30 feet from the
opposite building`linep or when such opening is less than"3Q feet distant in a
direct unobetruoted line from an opening:in another building# or when such opening
is above and not more than 30 feet distant from ar7.gaA of a neighboring root of
combustible construction# or any roof having openings within this distan") provided
that such protection shaU ,not be required ,for show windows faoiclg on a street eh iah
do not extend above the first full std above grade; and. provided fuAhGr that
saeh protection shan not be required when the opening'to be pretectec3 and the
opening against which it is to be protected are situated in walls in tho same
plane or in parallel planes and are facing in the same direotiono
..4ctJLon 2 73 AaMse
1, Pfttd. tion requirecltl
(a) e Evers ssries of openings.above one another in two'ar more successive
floors# or floors and roofs, hereafter placed or conrstracted In a► building or here*
after enlarged or a4mvid to atmuged the use of the Shtit shall be so .protected
as to proven& `mire in .-WW stm frM c ommmicating to air other. stor7i provided
that in .ba,i.ldings of heavy timber construction there s2a11 be no floor opening that
Is sot protected as prescribed in this section or in some other. apprevW mainnero
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a. � j hpoly
(b)o Tbd"*;&�i 4Wi4aftl6� hAft to' -�n- 6hatto itsied f6�'
ventilation, Ughtp elmator' jApo*: dir othdr' putpo6di didoot etairwaysq air
ftfAs-S, Iminerstov e I si - f:6eeQ shafts' . " ", buildifto' of =W Imm C oh6truationg
I
shafts -in givallingo .61361%
sartges wre*ted by motion, 3446*
� Owlesuret'v" Wills of Wait o' residence butUingo
of ordiwry oo Ch'. or"' 1b2d toimtrdatloli'ar hnAtctefted metal *6n.*
e-ruation shall'bave a. fire resistance rating of not less thm I hmra, Tha
etwlosing vralls.of shafts in other buildings shall be of noncombustible eanstrued-
tion havbW a fin resistanm ratiig or not less than 2 bours'.0
3c, OpmIngeo eft owlasma. oball hm ro openiop other than, those
WOOSsary for the PWPOSO Of the W11ftig pMided that In blentor shafts there
shall be at least .ons 4oar in bVety 36"rest of the.. or, mob Ghana such
openings shall be.pratected with ►ppmed fire doorep approved fin sl=tters or
approved fire windesso
4C, andlotaire at t6po
(a)* ftft'onclostires Utending thrW& the r6bf Whiah are to be enft
closed at the top, shall be proVidod with a skyligbt t-of at least 10 per cent of
the area of the shhft in the top M%7 wd gUmA w1th plain glass 1/8 Inob in
thicknesal xvWod that the ftUgbt mfr be replaced by a vdwaw or plain glAss
of equivalent area ip the aide of the ahjM' If the a!U of MWh vind0v is not
less than 2 feet above the reof aW the - Winder doosi, not 1*600 a lot IiI14 Within
10.feOt 0 or )my W ;"placed by appvocd weia g of Ventil atich.,
A shaft- that doe4 not extod- thm9b the ftof shall have the top
enclosed vith a foia'of constrattion havipg a -fire resistawo rating equal to
that of the walU of the shaftV
56, &WVVM at 4WSa 'A daft that does not afteAd. to the battca of the
building shal I be -en0awd at its lawfft POU* with a MW Constriction of the
saw type no that required ror the 2amet tuor to or through which it PaSOOSO
Lett caah shaft floor emistrwAlon shall have a fire resistance MUng of not less
than OW hour6
66 MO"tOr'MehiWV7 **q;iAMMA6 CWP1AMVftb aemtsining wadhlMry for
operating elovatwo- shall be separated from the 01Mtor
shafts by nomon"ible
,struotion having. a aria resistance "tug of not leis than 2 ham# wltl%., dow
AMMArw OVIPPW Vith" approvad door,#, 6
70 airl)6r of elevators in shaft
NeeAfter in tine dbafto,
S"tion 289
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(a)o Every roof h°ereafterfplaeW on a building shawl be covered with
an :approved roofing of bu cks, aoncretep 1,11ee slates, metals, aebestorsp prepared
asphalt asbestors -felt shingleaa or of built-up roofing finished with asphalt.g
slag or gmvel5 providedg hevevers thats, outside the fire limits# dwellings*
private �s ges and barns separated by at least 10 feet from other buildings
may .be.. roofed witb.- apprioved wrooden shingl$so
(b)o kept where roofing is of it character permitting ettaehment direct
to i`tweworks -it shall be applied -to a , solid or closely ,fitted decko 1
(c)* The use of corks fiber bo* or, other approved insulation is perms
mitted on top of the roof dec* provided �uch lnsi_lation is covered with an approved
type of fire,resistive roof covering applied directly thereto*.
Section 298 -RMII&tOo
(a), Skylights placed over shaftes,, vent shafte and stain enclosures
shall be glazed with plain glass not more than ],/6 of an inch in thicknesso
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(b)o Skylights other than as spebified above9 which are inclined Less
than 6016 from the horisontals, hereafter pied on a building shall have the sachee
and frames thereof constructed of vstal, and 'glared with wired glass) except that
slWlights in foundries or buildings whore aeld fumes are presents may be of wood
by special.permission of the buildIng dfficialo
(c)o Wery skyl.ltt in which plain glass•is usgd shall be protected by
a substantial wire s"n with wire not lighter than m=ber 12 gauge and having a
mesh not. less than 3/4 of an inch nor 3,argar than 1 inaha placed not less than
is inches nor more than 10 inches, above the glazed potion of the skylight at an .
points, ouch screen shall exterd boymo the glazing on all sides a distance not ;
less than the height of the screen abm the. gl zingo
(d When a skylight is Located over, a at-airway' pubic hallway or a
pl.nee of assembly9 a similar screen stall also be _p1m3od 13e the skylights unle8a
there is an intermediate ceiling .lighto
Section 308 Basement Ceilingeo
In buildings except dwellings and Mme -atory buildings outside of the fire
l,imitag the ceiling over basements shall be fire ietardant ceiUngs unless such
basements are spr• inklerad o
Section 318 Chimn=L Fames and tso
to Flue connections requiredo Every heating apparatus or heat producing
apnl.iiinae requiring a flue connection shall be connected with a flue conforming
to the provisions of this section or of section 32o This shall not include oleo`
trio applianceq gas appiianeesg except as specifically roquired in section 329
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mar oil fired. applies especially designed ter use rrlthoA flue aonnectiono
20 ConstruOtlon8
• (a)o GiMWS Sball azteW at test 3 feet abOve tip higheat point
were they pars through: the nof ,df tba bni7.dihg ard -at 2 feet higber than
axW ridge *11bin 10 feet of such ahtMoya
(b)o Ro chlow shan be_-aOzt9IW gVeii a ill wre tban 6 inahesi
steal t a chimny be corbelad from a wall ''hive In 2MG than 22 1whse in thiakness
.It- a It pets equally on asM s e of the walls pmidgd that in the second
6tory of 2*6tat dwal inge awbelling of chimneye on the eaterier of the enolosing
yam may equal -t" =11 thicknesoo In everj Cana the oerbeling shall not exceed
one inch projection foss each -sage oe Wick yvvjectoda
(,*)a He mange in the adze or chap* of .a eh mr W9 were the OUMV
paeseo ttraugh the q. sbal2 tact v1ah� e� die of 6 inmhse above or
belay the roof joists or rafterso
30 chimla for heating appliaMeag I= heat industrial appliames and
portable type IMIn terso
(a) o ftl=w" for etaveso eovkL g rawag wam air# hot water and )AV
presaare steam heating. furnaftog fUleyUcesp and lam► beat industrial appliances#
other than chimneys for inciftu;Mors of nimble type# shall be comAru0ted
Of 80W Wspnrq u is ar of reinforeed eonereteo The wa. lb. smell be properiq
bonded or tied with corroalon resiato t motal anohoreo In dwellinga and build-
inge of like heating requirewnts the thickness of tho chimney wal3s shan be
rot less than.. 8 i nches9 except that rubble stone masonry eM11 be not lase than
22. inches thlako
(b) o BWOVY eu0h ahitmmy hereafter created cr aller ed shall be lined
with a Bale liming conforming to the requiremant s bdowo
(o), Flue linings Mall be =do of We cry or other reYraotory ctar
which will -withstand the action of Me . gases and moist withadt softening or
eraakingv the temperatures to ahloh they will be subjeoteds but not lesa than
200" Rt- enheits. OV, of coast irk of spp9rmsd quaitn fom and 001stractiono,
(d)O Reefed Clay flue linings eha.11'be not lose tiM 516 of an ima
thick for the aimaller 81aas and wing in thick es for the larger Moo*
(e)p. nee 3adho nth bo WtOled Ahead of the CDhdMdtiOn of the
chicbriocz it is aarrW ups omhW bedded . 0= on the .other in type As typo �
Or fire olay near with close flitting joints left broth on the inside,
(f) o tae linings shaI4 start fpm a point not -less than 8 wee b&Uw
the intake$ Drs, In the caoa of p aesfl from the. tit of the fireplaceo They
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shall cmctendp as nearly vertically as possiblep for the•cmtire height of the chim-
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ney aril be extended 4 inches above the top or dV of the chimney*
We Cleanaots for flues or fireplaces shall be equipped with oast iron
doors and frames arranged to remain tightly closed when not in used
(h) o When taro or more flues are contained in the same chimneys at least
04,m-�P" thi.rc3 fine shall be separated by masonry at least 4 inches thick bonded into
thL ja awwy call of the chimeyo ire flue linings are not so separated,, the
,jo 1A1,8 of adjacent flue, linings shall be staggered at least 7 inches?
ho Use of tinesa Chimneys or flues installed for the use of gas appliances
C rtclJch are not ,suitable for solid or liquid fuelsy shall be plainly and per °
rwriently' labeled "THIS FLUE IS FOR THE USE OF GAS BURNING APPLIANCES ONLYo" The
label shall be attached at a point near where the vent pipe enters the ahimneyp
or with a type B gas vent used in place of a chimneys at a point near where the
• tM B gas vent entere a walls, floor or ceilingo
Section 32! Flues and Vents for. Gas Applianceso
_ asoaerrw�s��ros
to "Flue connections requiredo Every gas appliance shall be connected to an
effective flue - extending to the outer air and conforming to the provisions 9$ sub-
section 2 of this section,, if it is included in any of the following alassifica-
tiohs$ provided that such connections shall not be required for industrial appli
areas of such size or character that the absence of a connection does not consti-
gate a hazard tai the occupantes
(a)p Domestics appliances with input rating in excess of 50➢000 Btu per
hours except domestic gas rangreso
• (b)o Automatically controlled appliances with input rating in excess
-+sf 5,9000 Btu per hourp except automatic instantaneous water heaters of the single
faunat type$ where the single faucet is attached to and made a part of the appliances
(o)o Automatically controlled appliances with input rating less than
58000 Btu per hours. unless equipped with an automati,o device to prevent the escape
• -)s' ranbn r°ned gas at the main burner or burners*
The rerun 'automatically controlled appliances" used in paragrapim (b)
said (o) refora to appliances to which the gas supply is automatically turned On
a d cuff in acrordance with the demand for heats but does not include appliances
equipped with diwvices or controls governing the supply Of gas to the main burner
or krame'r. . whielb, cannot automatically reduce the gag supply below 30 per cent of
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(d)* Appliances installed in the same roomp which if not venter mould
Zk o the "total input rating of invented gas appliancesp not inolud ing domestic gas.
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raugess,..as great as 30 Btu per'hour per'cubic,foa of room content
(e)a tater heaters instAlled in bath roomso bed rooms.& or any'occrupli '
• room norza2iy kept closeda
(f)o Space.. seaters in alesping quarters,- for use of - transientso
( ) a All house heating. eam and hot meter boil and Vrarm..air
incluftiz floor furnacm;
2.5 Types of flea o
(a)'a Type A flutes s Chimneys or metal sm' okestdcka�' T=a A flueasi are
renuirek fox's (1) all in.oineraterey (E) all applianoes which may be converted
readily to the use of solid or liquid fueli (3) ija bollers and furnaces, other
than attic furnaeesg eacept whom specific appxoval is, obtained fkcm the building J
official for the use of tM B gas vental (4) all other appliances except approved
appliances *hich produce flue gas temperatures not its excess of 55do F. at the
outlet of the draft hood when burning gas at the manufacturerIB input rating,,
(ib) o Type ,B : has vents $ Approved vent 'piping of none ombu et ible s corrosion-
resistaft -material of adequate strength and heat insulating values, and having bell
and spigot or other acceptable joints, Type B gas vents shall. be used only with
approved gas appliances which are not required by paragraph (a) above to be vented
to type A fluesg except that they may be used ashen extended through an existing
wl-uaed ohiweyq vhether the chimney is lined or. not lined6
(o)o Type gas.ventss. Vent pipes of sheet copper of not lees than -
Bo S, gauge or of galvanized iron of not less than 20 Uo Sd gauge or of other ap°
proved corrosion - resistant materials may be used for runs directly form the spa40
• in Which the appliance.is located through a roof or exterior wall to the outer air*
3iwh vent pipes shall not pass through any attic or concealed space-nor through
ow Macro This shall not be construed as prmhibiting the use of suoh vdnt pipes
to vent attic furnaces inetallsd in accordance y+i.th the provisions of this ordirt meo
Installation With reference to clearance from combustible material and passage
+.'rb Baugh wall or roof ,shall eomp27 Ydth the provisions of subsection 4 of this seotJ=
34 In$tai atlon' of t
ype B gas verIt s *
(a)o Type B gas vents shall be trade. up. Vdth tight Jointso
(b)o Type B gas VW*8 shall be installed vrith a clearanee to combustible
materiel or obnotraction whether ,plaatered or unplasteseds of not .less . than one
imho PrOV:Wed that for vents of floor furnaces such cUumnae shall be not less
® than 3 inches for a distance of not less than 3 feet from the outlet of the draft
hN :b, measured along the center line of the vent pipiug,6
(0)o' Suitab3.e provisions shall be made td.prevent mechanical injury to
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type B.-gas vents where they extend through Walley floors or roofs*
(d)a Type B gas vents shall not be used with solid or liquid fuel. burn°°
• ing applianceso
4* Installation of gas vents other than type Ba
(a ) o teas appliance vent piping other than. approved type B gas vents shall
not pads through any attic or concealed space nor through MW combustible floor#
and shall not puss through any combustible roof except as specified in subsection
2(0o. Where passing through combustible roofs in accordance with subsection 2(a)
they shall be guarded at. the point of passage as specified for passage through
oombnstible walls or partitions in paragraph (b) belwo Vent piping may extend
through any existing chimney whether the chimney is lined or note
(b) o Bas applh=e vent piping_ other than approved type B gas vents
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haU not pass through combustible walla or partitions unless they are guarded at
the poi t of pagbage (1) by petal: ventilated thimbles not Less than 6 inches larger
in dieter than the pIpey -or (2) by metal thimbles not less than 4 inches larger
in dthmater than the pipe with the annular space ,filled with mineral wool or other
approved noncombustible insulating materialy or in lieti of such protection a.0
oombustible:.material in the trall, or partition shall be cut array from.tha vent pipe
a sufficient distance to provide the clearance required'from such vent pipe to
c cbueti�le' material# -+any material uses to close up such opening shall be noncom
bust ible b
(o)o Clearances from combustible material to gas appliance vent piping
other than approved type B gas vents shall be in accordance with standard practice
. for safe installation and use as required by Section 29*
5A Flue mortWe All flue mortar for- flues or vent pipes from gae- burniag
appliances shall be acid resisting*
& Draft hoods* LWrp flue connected appliance Isdept an incineratorp unless
its construction serves the same purpoeep shall be equipped with am effective draft
hood with either (1) has been approved as part of the appliance or (2) complies
with nationally recognized standards for draft hoods* That draft hood shall be
attached to the flue dollar of the appliance or as near to the appliance as cones
ditions permit and in a position for which it is designed with reference to hori�
3ontal and vertical planeso The draft hood doll be so located that the relief
opening is not obstructed by any part of the appliance or adjacent constructionb
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7. Interconnection of ventse No vent- pipe from a gas appliance shall be
,tuter- connected with any other vent pipe# smoke pipe,, or flnep unless such gas
appliance is dquipped with an automatic device to prevent the escape of unburned
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gas at the. min burner or burnerso mere a gas apple vent pipe Is joined with
a smoke pipe from an appliance burning some other type of fuel# for connection into
a single flaw openingq they chall be joined • by a Y -fitting located as close as
practicable to tho chitne5r6 With liquefied petroleum gases the automatic devioo
to prevent th4, escape of unburned gas shall,' stmt off the pilot light as well as'
the main burner or burnerso
500tion. 331 He c!M& ApAiiancesA _ Heating: Ventilating g Air Condition-
. -i�:DIOver-and &haust J�stewo
30 Installation Standardeo Seat producing appliances and systems Uncludn-
Ing 1winerators) hereafter installed shall be inataned in adoordanee with stan-
dard practices' for 'safe installhtion and use without, danger of overheating comp
bpstible matoirial..or construe tiona Ventilatingg air oonditioningg blower and
-exhaust system hereafter installed sha11 be installed in accordance with standard
• practices for safe installation w d use with all features presenting a -possibility
of starting or spreading a f1re safeguarded to a reasonable degrees
20 Boiler and ice Rooms*
(a )b floating boiler and furmce rooms in public buildingsp institutional
buildingeg places of aosemb],ya hotels# - and ma tiftmi4 houses shall be separated
#from other parts of the building by construction having a' 'fire' resistance of • hot
Usa than one houro
(b} Boiler roams housing one or mare steam boilerre carrying more thdrl
15 pounds pressure Edith a: rating of more than 10 bonier horsepmerg in other than
faotoriesg shall, be separated from the rest of the building by noncombustible con-
• struetion having a fire resistance gating of not less than 7 hours# with door
openings protected by appiroved fire doorso
section 349 me6.
to Garages combined with other occupencieso Ito garage shall be attached to
or form a part of a building of other oacupanoy except as provided in this sectionp
2a Garages not exceeding 1500 squm feet in areao
(a)o A garage not exceeding 1500 square feet in area may be attached
to or form a part-of a residence building or a business building if separated from
other occupancies by wallsa partitions and ceilings of materials to restrict the
pawage of -gaoesp Moke and odor from the garage to other parts of the buildingo
WO o Openin s from the bu ld i ng into garage shawl be restricted to a
• sih,71q, door -nay; such opening shall be provided with a metals metal covered or solid
vmoden door of not legs than 1 314 inches nomiml thickness equipped with an
approved self - closing devices
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3,000 square feet in area may be .attached to or form a part of drq building proms
• vided separation. from other occupancies shaU be by walls arrd,floor and coiling1
comtructions of at least one -hour fire resistances and with all connecting
openings provided with aelf- closing fire doors* Floors shall be .without pits cr
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(a,)6 i g garage 'exceeding 3#ooD square feet fn " masr be 'located within
or ,attached to a building occupied for arjV other purpose provided it is separated
from vubk, other - OcaupaWy by missonry Ovalle having a fire resistance rating of not
'less than 3'hours arnd by fl,00rp and coUings of fireproof construction or semid-.
fireproof oonstruatione
` b),o .4allem,,.f1ppre and ceilings which 'affe t suoh separation shall be
QoinurJuq .and urad by openings of artyindg provided that door openings
ksipped width : self"lWing tire doors leading to salesrooms or offices that are
operated in connection with such garages shall not be prohibited$ and provided
also that- the use of.! I el6vatars and stairsays to other stories accessible only by
vestibules -oar, -A3conies# constructed and arranged as required for fire tawereg .
shall be permitted,
5A. Truck loading of unloading areao 9 truck loading or wiUading area within
a buibdi©g occupied as a store shall be separated from other parts of the building
by construction having a fire resistance rating of not less than one hour.$ and MW
load bearing part of the building within the loading area shall also, have a I fift
resistance rating of not less than one hours
6o Ramps# Ramps connectireg floors of garaages# which are sat considered to
required exit ways under section 24e need not be enclosed in sprinklersd garageap
nor In oPon air. .'parking garagese
7p Floorso (gage flogs of other than earth aonstruotion which dra$,n to
suoum or storm drains sh n be provided vdth an oil: separator or trapo ire
moor- areas -are <mtewivea a series of such, drains shall be provided The conlb
testa of oil peparatora or traps shall be collected at frequent Intervals and
remmved from the premiseso, Floors in repair sections shall be concrete or other
materials that may be readily oleanede
3eetten 351. Dis anal of Waste During 0onstruotion rationso
sto material and rubbish shall not be stored nor. allowed to accamiate
0. "I.hin the building or in the Immediate vicinity# but shall; be removed from the.
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premises as rapidly as practioableo Combustible waste, and rubbish shall be
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at least daily. No raterial shall be disposed of by burning on the premises or
In the immediate vicinityo. Dry material or rubbish shall be wetted down# if neceso
• sary# to-lay dust or prevent being blown about* .\
section 36s MAwAtorso Mwina. StaUyan- mid, Awsement Deviceso
(a), Riamtorso moving. stairways and amusement .devices, hereafter# erected,
or.AnstalIM,p or hereafter altered shall be constructed installed and maintained
In afdntmtance vitb voles duly promulgated by the building official*
(b)a, it shall be unlawful for the owner to operate or permit the open
tion or use of a passenger. 824vators freight elevators moving stalrW or amusement
device# hereafter installed or constructed, until a certificate shall have been
obtained from tho building officlalo
(c)o The building official shall make or cause to be made an 1nspeatibn
of every passenger elevator at 'lawt onee in mxy three mouths$ and of every freight
elmtoro moving 4almay, and every amusement device at ' Usst once in every six
months o
Section 379 +arinkler Fquipments'o
to Sprinklws required, In buildings hereafter Veatedg or altered to izV-
crease the area ar .heights approved automatic sprinkler evi.pmeots shall be instate
and maintained as specified In the following' paragraphso The areas specified ahan
be the area enclosed by exterior walls or fire walls or a cw® imtion thereof# except
that in buildings of fireproof construction or semifireproof construction the arse
shall be that enclosed by exterior walls# fire walls or fire partitions or a coot'
bination thereof,
• , (a)o Buildings over 2 stories in height used for the manufactures eala
or storage of combustible goods or merctutWe (not'ineluding,garages) and exceedo-
ing in area 10#000 square feet men of fireproof construction orzbemifirepmof
constructiono
(b)o Buildings over 2 stories in height used for the mmufactureo ease
or atorage of combustible goods or merchandise (not incluUng garages) and exceed
iog in area 7 #500 square feet when of types of construction other than firepro"
construbtion and semifireproof conetructiono
(c)9 Buildings exceeding 2 stories in height or- in =080 of 2 #000
square feet in area an any floor above the fiat or g=ad floor# hereafter erocted
or altomdp so that suitable access# as defined belom i' to each story abrnre the
• basellent is not provided on at least one We of the buildings Suitable access
shall be deemed as arequizing a usable opening through the wall at each story, at
least 32 inches raids* 38 inches high and ulth the sill not more than 32 inches
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above the•floori the openings sha]1 be so spaced that there will be cane opening
for each 50 feet of frontagO,
(d) o Oai'14ges e�aeeding stories in height o
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(e)8 Garages gor storage of loaded comma JAI tftekep exc6eding 2'000
square feat. in area and of other- than fireproof canstruotione
(f)a; Bus garages exceeding,? stories in height.
(g)o Ba&ement garages housing more than 3 motor vehicles'*
(h}a Garages located in buildingq in which one or more stories or paste
thereof above such garages are occupied for other purposes when ouch garages have `
a capacity of 20 or more passenger automobiles➢ or are used as bus terminals fCW
3 or more busesp or are used for the storage and loading of 2 or amore truekso
(i)* Basements having an area exceeding 3500 square Pests when used for
the manufactures sale or storage of eombustible goods or••.morahandise# kept that
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in public bui]dirige# institutional buildings and residence buildings. the Automatic
sprinkler equipments will be required only in such portions as are used for storage
purposes or as work shops*
(j)n In buildings occupied as a place of assembly and having a stage
arranged for theatricals operatic or similar purposed# approved automatic sprinkler
equipments shall be provided under the roof of the atagev underAfie gridirons the
rigging loft and fly and tie galleries# under the stage-# in dressing roomsy scene
docks9 work Whops and storage rooms*
(k)e When adequate heat is not provided and in the opinion of;the huild-6
ing official the hazard is nor severop such sprinkler system may be replaced by a
system having approved gutomatic sprinklers# but with supply only from a fire dery
partment connection on the building front,# or with an approved protective device
with fire department connection on the building froat�p by Which water can be applied
.to or directed at the fire by suitable control equipment from outside the building;
,,there being in eaeh,oase an approved automatic fire alam system connected to en
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'Gutalde gang or to the central station of /supervising companyq.
Section 383 Suns and Oatdoor,Disp]ay Stracturesa
(a), No display sign, shall 'hereafter be erected•$ or attached tap suspended
from or supported on s building or structure until a permit for the -same has been
issued by the fiailding official,o No permit for a display sign shall be issued uz-
til the reVirad bond has been filed.,,,
(b)o The owner or persons in control of a display alp suspended over a
otreot or extending into a street more than 15 inches beyond the building line
shall a cecute • a bond in a sum to be fixed by the offinia2 having control over
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streets9 tvrith aunties approved by such offlciel� Indemnifying the - municipality
against an lose# costs damage or expense incurred or sustained by or recovered
against the municipality by mason of the construction or mintmance of such dis&
play signs
(06 The provisions of 'this seations, except as to safety# shall not
app3y to a a4ga not more than 10 egtm%o feet in area@ an=nOingg without displays
or ell'': srations, only the name of the proprietor and the stature of his bueinesej
noiz to a wall sign not exceeding one square toot of display surfaces, on a real -
de=e building stating merely the name and profession of an coeuparit; nor to a
sign} riot mxceeding 10 square feet of display surfaces, on a public building giving
the name and nature of the occupancy and information as to the conditions of ueo
or admission; nor to a wan sign not exceeding 21 square foot of diepaay surfaces
nor a ground sIgn9 advertising in either case the salo or rental of the premises
upon which it is maintained; nor to street signs erected by the municipality; nor
to temporary signs or banners legally authorfaeda
Section 399 EepeaI nZ Cl Cl,auseo All ordinances or part.of ordinances ine*zi-
- sistent with the terms of this ordinance are hereby repealed) provided# howmrO
that such repeal 'shall be only to the extent of such inconsistencyp and in all
other respects this didinanoe shall be c=lative of other ordinances regulating
and governing the subject matter covered by this ordinanceo
Section 403 Pena Any person who shall: violate any provisions of thia
ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and conviction shall be punished
by a Pine of not more than One Hundred Dollars (0100;00) a Each daysa violation
. shalt constitute a separate offenses
Section 411 SavlM.Glause. If any provision, exception$ sections subsections,
paragraphs, sentences, clause or phrase of this ordinance or the application of same
to any person or set of circumstances shall for arty reason be held unoonstitutionalg
voids or invalids, such invalidity shall not effect tha validity of the remaining
. "iaians of this ordinance or their applioat #on to other persons or sets of dirm
=mztances and to this end# aU provisions of this olimnee are declared to be
aeferableo
Section 1022 Rfreative Dates This ordinance shall take effect from and after
ten (10) clays from its passage by the City Councils The City Clerk is hereby di-
rooted tc give notice hereof causing the caption of this ordimnce to be published
in Vid official newspaper of the City of Baytown at'Least twice within ten (10)
dk,, s after the passage of this ordinanceo
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rNTB=CED, RFAD, and PASSM by the affirmative vote of a majority of the
City Council of tho.Dity of Baytmn.on the 30th Sep of sober$, 1950o.
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