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SECTION THREE: That said District is laid offfor the purpose of constructing and maintaining an _ t
adequate water system for the benefit of property owners within said. District as may be more
fully determined hereafter by the Board of Improvement of said Improvememt District,
SECTION FOUR:That this Ordinance shall be in force and effect from and after its passage, approval,
and publication, and all ordinancesand parts of ordinances in conflict herewith, be, and the same
are hereby repealed.
Passed and approved th$s 28th day of September, 1925.
Allan Wilson, Mayor. '
Attest;
J.C.Massie, Clerk.
No further business appering_the.Council.adjourned to.October 5th, 1925.
Attest;/`i✓� Approved;
Clerk. Mayor
REGULAR MEETING OF THE.CITY COUNCIL HELD
OCTOBER 5th, 1925.
PRESENT; The Mayor, Clerk, Aldermen Harding, Mintun, Phillips, Price, Wages; absent Alderman
Drake.
Minutes; The minutes of the two previous meetings were read and approved.
REPORTS:The reports of the Police Judge and the City Collector were presented and on motion w
were referred to the AuditingCommittee.
Board of Examiners of Plumbers '
The reports of the Fire Chief and The were ordered received and filed.
BI LS: The following bills against the City, having been approved by the Auditing Committee
were on motion duly put and passed, ordered paid and the Clerk was directed to issue
warrants for the same;
Jim Mitchell, $$18.00; Andrew Munds $$24.00; Democrat Pub. Co. $$135.36;
Magnolia Petroleum Co. $25.2OJohn 'Zillah $$137.50; Democrat Printing Co. $22.50; W.L.Crouch
$5.00; S.H.Guinn $16.00;-W.G.Ownbey Drug Co..$p4.50;Southwest Power Co, %6393.25;Heerwagen Bros.
$;,1.25 and $;19.38; Fayetteville, Machine Shop $p3.05; Will Poor ( Salary as Street Sweeper for
September ) $p30.00; Fayettevi:l.le, Business College $30.50,
TREEryIN SIDEP;ALK: W.G.Ownbey was granted permission to leave a tree in the sidewalk on Highlan
NEW RECORD: The Clerk was authorized to purchase a new Record Book for the Proceedings of the
Council.
HEARING.ON:ANNEX NO.ONE TO NORTH COLLEGE AVENUE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. ONE.
The mayor announced that the timeforthe hearing to determine whebher the petition for
creating Annex No. One to North C61lege Avenue Improvemenb District Nomber One of the City of
Fayetteville, Had arrivedand that the hearing will now be had. After all persons desiring to
be heard had been so heard, Alderman Harding introdigced the following resolution and moved its
adoption. This motion was seconded by Alderman Price and received the following vote; ayes '
Aldermen Harding, Mintun, Phillips, Price, Wages; nays none; absent and not voting Alderman
Drake, and was declared passed by the Mayor;-
fpl"K RESOLUTION:
671HEREAS, a petition claiming to represent a majority in value of the owners of real property yS
on East Spring Street from the East line of North College Avenue to the West line of Willow
Avenue,was duly filed with the City Council.of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas, on the 31st
day of August, 1925,asking that said property be created into an Improvement District to be
known as Annex Number One to North College Avenue Improvement District Number One of the City
of Fayetteville, Arkansas;
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WHEREAS,
the said City Council did on the 14th day of September, 1925, order and direct the
City Clerk of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas, to give notice by publication for two
weeks in some newspaper issued and having a general circulation in the Coity of Fayettevill
17ashington County, Arkansas,that said petition and been so filed,and that it would be con-
sidered at a meeting of said City Council of said City to be held in the Mayors office on
the 5th day of October, 1925,at 7;30 P.M.,and that all property owners within said District
' might appear before said Counciland show cause for or against such annexation;
V.1HEREAS, said notice was so published by said Clerk in accordance with law; and
IMEREAS;said time for said hearing has arrived andX said hearing has been duly had;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE, RKANSAS:
SECTION ONE:
That, after careful consideration the City Council of the City of Fayetteville,
Arkansas,finds that the total assessed valuation of the real property within said District
is the sum of $18,390.00; and that the persons signing said petition own real property with
In said District of the assessed valuation of 4$`10,810.00, both sums being according to the
last assessment for State and County Taxes on file in the office of the County Clerk of
Washington County, Arkansas.
SECTIOTI TWO:
That it is the finding of the City Council that the majority in assessed valup
tionof owners of reab property within Annex Number One to North College Avenue Improvement
Dostrict Number One of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas have signed said petition;and. that
said District is hereby created by said Ctty Council of the said City of Fayetteville, Arka
ansas.
SECTION THREE:
IIn the determination of the ownership of the real property in the above men-
tioned District the City Council has been guided by the Certificate of the Circuit Clerk
of Washington Coutty, Arkansas; and in determining the assessed valuation thereof the said
Council has been guided by the certificate of the County Clerk of said County.
SECTION FOUR:
That all resolutions and parts of resolutions in conflict herewith be, and the
same are, hereby repealed, and this resmlution shall take effect and be in force from and
after its passage and approval.
C.T.Harding.
Passed and approved this 5th day of October, 1925.
Attest-* J.C.Massie, Clerk. Approved; Allan M. Wilson, ?ayor.
ORDINANCE:
Alderman Price introduced an Ordinance creating the aforenamed District, which yi
was read the first time. Alderman Price moved that the Rules be suspended and the Ordinance
' Placed on its second reading; this motion was seconded by Alderman Harding and received the
following vote; ayes Aldermen Harding, Mintun, Phillips, Priew, Wages;.nays none; absent an
and not voting Alderman Drake and was declared passed by 'he i,tayor. The ordinance was read
the AAf�%,'time.
Alderman Mintun then moved that the Rules be furthed suspended and the ordinance palced on
its third reading and final passage. This motion was seconded by alderman Harding and recei
' ved the following vote; ayes Alderman'Harding, Mintun, Phillips, Price, Wages; nays none;
absent and not voting Alderman Drake, and was declared passed by tlje Mayor. The -Ordinance w
was re ad the third time. The mayor then called for,the vote on the passage of the ordin
nance which was as follows; ayes Aldermen Harding Mintun, Phillips, Price, Wages;.nays none
absent and not: voting Alderman Drake, and was declared passed by the i4ayor.
A copy is as follows;-
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ORDINANCE N0, 578.
AN ORDINANCE TO BE ENTITLED " AN ORDINANCE ANNEXING CERTAIN TERRITORY
TO NORTH COLLEGE AVENUE IMPROVE1.TINT DISTRICT NUMBER ONE OF THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE,
ARKANSAS."
WHEREAS Th'e:majority in value of the owners of real property on East Spring Street.from
the east line of North College Avenue to the West line of Willow Avenue, as set forth in
the petition, have petitioned the City Council of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas, to
annex 1.he said territory as described in said petition,to North College Avenue Improve- '
ment District Number One of the Uity of Fayetteville, Arkansas; and due notice has been
given of the filing of said petition; and that the same would be considered at a meet-
ing of the City CounciloX/ to be held on the 5th day of October, 192y;
VJEERE",S, on the 5th day of October, 1925 the time so fixed by the said City Council of th '
said City of Fayetteville, Arkansas, for the consideration of said petition,to determine
whether or not those signing said petition constituted a majority in value of the owner
of real property s#gj2,t`IXgllb 11 in the territory sought to be XX so annexwd,and, after
hearing all persons who desired to be heard as to whether said petition was so signed
by such majority,the said City Council of the said City of Fayetteville, did ascertain
and declare that said petition did contain the signatures of the majority of the owners
of real property within said territory, according to the last preceeding assessment for
State and County Taxes in said territory as shown by the records of said assessment as
the same now remains in the office of the County Clerk of Washington County, Arkansas,
and as shown by the records of deeds and by actual ownership; and that said petition is
in due form, and as required by law; -
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT.ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS:
SECTION ONE:That the hereinbefore mentioned real property on East Spring Street from the '
East line of North College Avenue to the West line of Willow Avenue, as set forth in said
petition be, and the same is hereby, annexed to North College Avenue Improvement District
Number One of the City of Fayettevi:le, Arkansas.
SECTION TWO: That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith be, and the
same are hereby repealed, and this ordinance shall take effect and.be in force from and
after its passage, approval and publication.
Passed and approved this 5th day of October, 1925s
Attest; J.C.Massie, Ulerk. Approved; Allan M. Wilson, Mayor,
Alderman Harding introduced a resolution appointing Commissioners for Annex No. One X
to North college Avenue Improvement District Number One and moved its adoption. This #XX
motion was seconded by Alderman Price and received the following vote;ayes Aldermen Hard- ,
ing, Mintun, Phillips, Price, Wages; nays none; absent and not voting Alderman Drage, and
was declared passed by the Mayor.
�`10!/ RESOLUTION.
ViHEEEAS, George Appleby, Bert Watson and J.H.Phipps have heretofore been appointed as the
Board of Improvement of North College Avenue Improvement District Number One of the City '
of Fayetteville, Arkansas;
WHEREAS, the said George Appleby, Bert Watson.and J.H.Phipps have been duly sworn in and
qualified as such Board of Improvement of North College Avenue Improvement District Numbe
One of said City of Fayetteville, Arkansas;and
WHEREAS, an Improvement District has been formed, and duly created,the same to be known
as Annex Number One to North College avenue Improvement District Number One of the City
of Fayetteville, Arkansas;
NOVI, ThEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS:
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SECTION ONE: That•.George Appleby, bert•Watson and J.H.Phipps, three qualified electors of
the City of Fayettevi.11e,.Arkansas„ and owners of real property.within the boundaries of.
Norah ,C,ollege Avenue.Improvement District Number One of -the City of Fayetteville, Arka n-
sas,be, and they -are hereby, appointed to the Board of Improvement of said Annex Number
One to North College Avenue.Improvement. DistriLLet,Number_One,of,,. the City of,.Fayetteville
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Arkansas. _
' SECTION TWO: That all resolutions eor),parts of rgsolut>_op,,Jnieonflict herewith be, and XX
the same ares herLebyisepealed,.,:andvGth-is Ir(e�solution, s�,all teak effectsland-be in ford eCfrom
and after its, passapeo.and, ap�prorvae. re ,.loved from . 1 c7oi t to ;-i C. T,1 Harding., i LitU
Attest J.C.11ass.ie,lCl.erkj ;1, _iie:c 1 1_ ii:E RIapproved;zAllan ,1[, WiAjI„1son�iNayornp ithin
tri (' t - i; C, iC'.'l ,;" ;:('*'f,�f't t'7° b ,d.Ama�'r'd fire C;P.0^. ,r C•r C''hCr•. .5 �'C-1'? aIl10LtIlt
The Clerk was directed to notify B.A.ebowan that the requirement of a•maintainance
`.L�i •? � ilf r. {' I. p, CS ehi v_:��R' }' 11;.:1 e;C C:" f^'rldratl0) 3,:Igl. ]ot be re -
bond for the pavment cut for the benefit of the COir`.stian Church Parsonage' was no31
effective in the case referred to, as the ordinance was passed subsequent to the issuing
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of the permit. _ ger
AlderEif °Phil ips "moved-'th'atLthe CouneiTCprder'•`the'Sti eetlSweeper'-7r'ep4ired: This:cmoti.on W.astcs s,
s2coade��e axi=A4-i�%titri�.nd=passe�C=the_unax�imous vot��of.=the members ;present:, and_so
declared by the Mayor.
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On,motion.,.made by Alderman Price and seconded by Alderman Mintun, the City Engineer was,d'irec
ted"to drain�Univeesity'Street'near'Dicksone \)
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On motion by Alderman Wages'1seoonded• by 'Aldorman Mint'tiineandrp"a.'ssed 7tiy;;the unanimousavote ofie
the memberes ..preseilt.,the Council �9��04/0// agreed -to appropriate a total o X5,000.00
to -aid construction of the pavement"'6PCNo Leverett.Street. t'*. o f GCOO
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n stories or 125 febt in height, the too slory shall not be less than 12 inches thic
increa 'ng 4 inches in.thickness for each two sttaries or fraction thereof below. N frti•io
story incr nt shall exceed 30 feet in height
' Solid ma ry exterior walls of dwellp.ngs not exceeding 25 fe in height, exclusive
of gable, and occupied not more than two families, may be not ss than 8 inches thick,
and shall include cellar.and sement walls if uilt the sa thickness..The unsupported length
of such walls shall.not exceed 25 t.
Solid concrete walls of dwelli s not be less than 6 inches thick, and hollow
' monolithic walls shall have an aggregate tk s� s not less than 6 inches. If masonry walls
are built hollow, or are constructed Kollo, clay or concrete units, the allowable height o
of the 8 inch portion shall be imited to 20 fee and the maining lower portion shall be at
least 10 inches thick.
For dwello s over 30 feet high, but t exceeding 40 feet i eight, the exterior
walls maTr be inches thick for the uppermos 12 feet and shall be at least 2 inches thick
for the emaining lower portion.
Solid party and division walls of dwel ,s shall he not less than 8 inches t k
for the uppermost 12 feet and shall be at least 1inches for the remaining lower portion.
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Ordinance 577 Last Building Ordinance. Alderman Mintun moved that the Building Ordinance n
now on its second reading be put on its third reading and final.passarge. Alderman Wages sec-
onded the motion, which received the followingvote; ayes, Aldermen Harding, Niintun, Phillips
Price, Wages; nays, none,
absent and not voting,
Alderman Drake;
and was declared passed by It
the Mayor. The Ordinance
was read the third time.
The Mayor then,called
for the. -vote on the
passage of the Ordinance which was as follows: ayes, Aldermen Harding, M,intun, Phillips.,
Price, Wages; nays, none; absent and not voting Alderman Drake; and the Mayor declared the
Ordinance passed. A copy is as follows:
ORDINANCE NUI -BER 577:$AN ORDINANCE TO BE ENTITLED " AN ORDIPANCE PROVIDIi>IG FOR THE CONS-
STRUCTION AND EQUIPMENT F BUILDINGS IN TIME CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS."
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUPICIL OF THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS:
SECTION 1. FIRE LIMITS. Tfire limits as applying to this ordinance shall be as hereto fore
have been, or hereafter ^ay be, established by the City Council,
SECTION 2. PERMIT REQUIRED. No wall, structure, building or part thereof, shall hereafter
be built, enlarged or altered, until plan or cle,ir description of the proposed work,i=o-
G gether with a statement of the materials to tle used, shall have been submitted to the Buil-
A ing Inspector, who shall, if in accordance with the provisions herein contained, issue a
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"I Provided that no permit will be required for small .repairs that do not alter or interfere
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with electric wiring, the heating, system,. the flues or chimneys, or any other change of the
V Fd building !.hat does not affect the fire resk, but for repairs on Flues, Heating Rppliances,
Electric Wiring, and Roofing, a permit will be required, and the charge for same, including
the necessary inspection, shall be One Dollar($1.00).
^/ Sturctures hereinafter erected without permit, or of in conformity with this
`1 ordinance, shall be removed.
No building shall be moved until a permit has been obtained from the Building
Inspector; and such official shall not tissue such permit if in his judgement the proposed
new location of the building would seriously increase the fire hazard of the surrounding
buildings.
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SIDEVIAi:K COVERINGS. All bu.ildi!:gs over two stories in height, whether new or being
remodeled or repaired, which front on the public square of Fayetteville, must have a covering
over the sidewalk and extending t o feet beyond curb into street, of sufficient strength to
afford ample pror.ection to workers and pedestrians. The gutter shall have a tight box cover-
ing two feet wide, the same height as the curb, to act as guard against sand and other buil-
ding material choking up said gutter.
SECTION 3. INCOMBUSTIBLE INALLS, CORNICES AND ROOFS REQUIRED TRITHIN FIRE LIMITS. Every build-
ing hereafter erected or enlar:;ed within the firelimits shall be enclosed on all sides with
walls constructed wholly of stone, brick, hollow building tile, concrete, or other equiva-
lent incombustible materials; 'and shall have the roof, top,and.s&des.of sill, roof structures
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including dormer windows, covered with incombustible material. All cormices shall be of in-
combustible material.
SECTION 4. PERMISSIBLE WOODEN STRUCTURES WITHIN THE FIRE LIMITS. No frame or ;wooden struc-
ture shall hereafter be built within the fire limits as given herein, or as they may here-
after be established except the following; and all roofs placed upon such building.or struc-
tures shall have an incombustible covering:
(a) Temporary one-story frame building for use of builde:°s.
(b) One Story sheds not oner 15 feet high, open on the long side with sides covered
with incombustible material, and with as area not exceeding 500 square feet. A wooden fence
shall not be used to form the back or side of such sheds.
(c) Wooden fences not ober 10 feet high.
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(d) Piazzas or balconies not exceeding 10 feet in width nor e#�k X1 j extending more than 3
feet above the second story floor beams, No such structure shall extend beyond the lot line,
or 'e jo ned to any similar sturcture of.anothe building.
Je) Bay sindows when covered with incombustible material.
(f) Small outhouses not exceeding 150 square feet in area and 8 feet in geight.
Wooden sheds or outhouses shall not be licated within 5 feet of any lot line, nor less than 30
feet from any other building over ane, story high.
(g) Grain elevators, coal pockets, or ice houses, as usually constructed.
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No frame building shall be moved from without to within the fire limits.
SECTION 5. REPAIRING FRAME BUILDINGS WITHIN FIRE LIMITS. Any existing frame building within
the fire limits, which may hereafter be damaged by fire, decay or otherwise to an amount000Z
greater than one-half of its present value, exclusive of the foundation, shall not be re-
paired or rebuilt, but shall be removed. %
SEURION 6. LIMITS OF HEIGHT AND AREA. Except as specified in Section 25, no building hereafter
erected within the corporate limits, having galls of hollow building tile or concT•ete blocks,
shall exceed three stories, or 40 feet in height; and no building hereafter erected or altered
shall exceed four stories or 55 deet in height, unless it be of fire proof construction, when
it shall not exceed ten stories or 125 feet.
The floor area batween fire walls of non -fireproof buildings shall not exceed the fol-
lowing: When fronting on one street, 5000 square feet; when fronting on two streets, 6,000
square feet; when fvonting on three streets 7,500 squaPe feet. These area limits may be incre-
ased under the following conditions as indicated: -
For
non -fireproof buildings,
fully equipped
with
approved
automatic
sprinklers,66 2/3%
For
fireproof.buildings,�not
exceeding 125
feet
in height,
50%/
For fireproof buildings, not exceeding 125 feet in height, fully equipped with auto -
uratic sprinklers, 100%.
SECTION 7. INALLS. All exterior, or division walls of buildings hereafter erected shall be of
sufficient thickness to support safely the load to be carried.
Walls, excepting party and fire walls, for all buildings of other than the dwelling
house class, not exceeding five stories, or 65 feet in height, shall have the upper two stories
not less than 12 inches thick, increasing four inches inthickness for each two stories or frac-
tion thereof below. For such buildings in excess of five stories, but not exceeding ten stories
or 125 feet inheight, the top story shall not be less than 12 inches thick, increasing 4 inches
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in thickness for each two stories or fraction thereof below. No two story increment shall exceed
30 feet in height.
Solid masonry exterior walls of dwellings not exceeding 25 feetin height, exclusive of
geble, and occupied by not more than two.families may be not less than 8 inches thick, and sahll
include cellar and basement walls if built the same thickness. The unsupporter length of such
walls shall not exceed 25 feet.
Solid Concrete walls of dwellings shall be not less than 6 inches, thick, and IDollow i.!
monolithic walls shall have an aggregate thickness not less than 6 inches. If masonry walls
are built hollow, or are constructed of hollow clay or concrete units, the al.lowabe height of t
the 8 inch portion shall be limited to 20 feet and the remaining lower portions shall be at least
10 inches thick.
For dwellings over 30 feet high, but not exceeding 40 feet inhheight, the exterior
walls may be 8 inches thick for the uppermost 12 feet and shall be at least 12 inches thick
for the remaining lower portion.
Solid party and division walls of dwellings shall.be not less than 8 inches for the
uppermost 12 feet and shall be at least 12 inches for the remaining lower portion. Such party
and division walls, if hollow, or if built of hollow clay or concreteunits, shall be not less
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than 12 inches thick.
All walls of buoldings of the dwelling house class of ordinary consturction e
exceeding 40 feet in height shall be sol&d. The upper three stories shall be not less
than 12 inches thigk, increasing 4 inches in thickness for each thtee stories or frac
tion thereof below. No three-story increment shall exceed 45 feet in height.
Malls in skeleton construction shall be supported by .girders at each story,
and shall be not less than 12 inches thick, except that solid concrete may be 8 inches
thicxk. I
In all buildings, except dwellings, frame buildings and skeleton construe -
tion, party walls and fire walls which serve as bearing walls on both sides, shall be
not less than 16 inches thick in the upper two stories -or upper 30 feet, increasing 4
inches in thickness for each two stories or fraction thereof below..All other fire '
walls shall be not less than 16 inches in the upper four stories or upper 50 feet ,
increasing 4 inches in thickness for.each two stories or fraction thereof below. No
two-story increment shall exceed 30 feet in height.
Reinforced concrete walls with the steel reinforcement running both hor-
izontally and vertically and weighing not less than one half pound per gqua.re foot
of wall. may have nal -thickness 4 inches less than that prescribed for brick walls.
Rubble stone -Malls shall be 4 inches thicker than required for brick walls.
The foundation walls of all buildings over two stories in height, except as
above provided, shall be four inches thicker from footing to grade than required for
the remainder of the wall.
All exterior, and division or party walls over one story high, shall extend
the full thickness of top story to at least 2 feet above the roof surfacing of a
bihilding as a parapet and be properly coped, excepting walls which face on a street '
and are finished with incombustible cornices, gutters or crown moldings; excepting
also the walls of detached dwellings with peake'd,or hipped r6ofs. The'parapet'walls.
of Warehouses and all manufacturi ng buildings shall extend three feet above the roof.
Fire walls shall be continous from fo)ndation to 2 feet or 3 feet above roof
level as before specified and shall be coped.
Brick or concrete walls of buildings outside the fire limits, which under
this ordinance could be of wood, may have a minimum thickness of 8 inches. Such walls
shall not exceed two stories or 25 feet in height, exclusive of gable nor shall they
exceed 35 feet; in length unless properly braced by cross walls, piers or butresses.
All buildings outside the fire limits to be used for business or storage purposes shall
have brick, stone or cement walls and incombustible roofs, and shall corpply with the
requirements inside the fire limits. '
Provided that, permit may be issued for the erection of buildings with 8pI
inchbrick walls or 8 inch hollow tile, where the area is small, :and the height not
more than one story, if in the judgement of the Building Inspector such thickness will
providesatisfactory fire resistiveness for the occupancy involved. '
Clay brick used for exterior walls, chimneys or piers, shall have an average
compressive.strength of 2,000 pounds per square inch, and an absorption not exceeding
20% per cent. Concrete, sand, lime or other varieties of brick, used for the same our -
pose shall an%average crushing strength of 1,500 pounds per square inch, and an ab-
sorbtion not exceeding 15 per cent.
Portland Cement only shall be used in•the manufacture of concrete blocks.
The coarse aggregate shall be of suitable material graded in size. Concrete blocks
shallnot be used in construction until they have attained the age of 36 days, or dev-
eloped the streggth required in this section.
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The compressive strenght of building blocks shall in all cases be calculated upon the
gross area of the bedding spaces, no account being taken of the cellular spaces.
Hollow building tile used for exterior or party walls or piers and designed to be laid
normally with the cells vertical, shall have an average compressive strength of not oess than
1,200 pounds per square inch when tested with the cells vertical, and not less than -300 p6unds
per square inch when tested with the cells horizontal.
The average compressive strength of hollow building tile -designed to be laid normally
' with the cells horizontal, and tested with the cells in that position, shall hot be less than
700 pounds per square inch.
Hollow concrete blocks or tile used for exterior or party walls or piers shall have a
an average compressive strength of not less than 700 pounds per square inch.
' Concrete blocks shall be not less than 36 days old when tested. The average strength
of the blocks as here given shall be obtained by testing five blocks of average quality.
The allowable working stress on all masonry construction shall not exceed one tenth
of the required average test strenght.
All ;galls and partitions in schools, hospitals and places of publie assemblage,over
one story high, and all walls and partitions in theatres, shall hereafter be built of brick,
stone, concrete, hollow or smlid blocks, or metal lath and Portland Cement plaster on metal
studding, or other equivalent incombustible construction, outside as well as inside the fire
limits.
The mortar used for all 8 inch walls, firewalls, foundation walls, walls of skeleton
construction, and all walls built of hollow building tile or concrete blocks, shall be (bither
Portland Cement mortar, or cement lime mortar, the latter in proportions not leaner than 1
part Cement, 1 part lime, and 6 parts sal -,d by volume.
' SECTION 8. CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION. Concrete for reinforced concrete construction shall con-
sist of a medium wet mixture of one part Portland Cement to not more than 6 parts of aggregate
fine and.coarse, in such proportions as to produce the greatest density.
The quality of the materials, the design, and the construction, shall be in accordance
with the best engineering -practice.
SECTION 9. PROTECTION OF ENDS OF WOODEN BEAMS. The ends of all floor, ceiling or roofs beams
entering a party of fire wall from opposite sides, shall be separated by at least 6 inches of
solid masonry, Such separation may be pbtained by corbeling the wall, or staggering the beams
or the beams may be supported by steel wall hangers, but no wall shall be corbeled more than
2 inches for this purpose. The ends of all wooden beams which inter walls shall be cut to a
bevel to make them self -releasing.
SECTION 10, PROTECTION OF VIALL OPENINGS. No opening in an interior masonry wall shall
exceed 8 by 10 feet. If the opening be in a part of fire wall it shall have a standard auto-
matic fire door on each side of the wall. If an opening in a fire wall is made to serve as an
emergency exit, it shall not exceed 48 square feet in area, and a self closing swinging fire
door shall be substituted for one of the automatic fire doors. The total openings in a fire
' wall shall not exceed 25% in linear length of the wall.
Every building within the fire limits, except churches, dwellings, tenement houses,
dormatories, and lodging louses, shall have standard fire doors, shutters, or wired glass in
incombustible frames and sash on every exterion opening above the first story, except when
fonting on a. street not less than 50 feet wide, or where no other building is within 35 feet
of such opening. All openings in the side and rear walls of the first stroy except show windows
shall be protected as prescribed inthis sectiln when within 50 feet of another building.
All exterior windows more than 75 feet above the curb shall have incombustible frames
and sash glazed with wired glass.
Occupants of buildings shall close all exterior and interior fire. doors, shutters,
and windows at the dlose of business each day. d4
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SECTION 11. STAIRWAY AND ELEVATOR SHAFTS. In all buildings hereafter erected, exa
cept private
dwellings,•which
are
used above
the first
floor
'for .business purposes
of for public
assemblage, or
for
any purpose
whatever
if over
three stories high,
the stair shafts shall be separately and continously enclosed -by incombustible par-
titions. Open stairs may be permitted from the first to the second floor only., for
ornamental effect: Elevator shafts in.all buildings hereafter erected shall be en-
closed in the same manner. The partitions shall be constructed of brick or other
fire -resistive material approved by the Building Inspect(br. No such partition shall
be less than 4 inches thick,.
Except as herein stated, the stair, elevator and hoistway shafts in all ex—
isting buildings over two stories high, in which considerable numbers of .people work
or are liable to assemble, shall be separately enclosed by incombustible partitions
as above specified; or the shafls may be enclosed by approved hollow or solid part
ition blocks not less than 3.inches thick, or by 4 inch wood stud partitions,cover-
ed on each side with not .less than 3/4 inch of Portland Cement or gypsum plaster on
metal lath; or b 2 inch solid metal lath and portland cement blaster partitions.
The metal frame work of such partitions shall be securely gastened to both floor ..
and ceiling. Metal alth used for such partitions shall be of'galva.nized steel
weighing not less than 54 ounces per square yard. Wire lath shall not be less than
No. 20 gauge, and sheet metal lath -not less than No. 25 gauge. All such partitions
erected in existing buildings shall be fire stoppes with incombustible material the
full depth of the floor beams at each floor level.
All door openings in stair and elevator enclosures shall be.protected by
fire doors mounted with wrought iron or steel hardware, and shall be securely at-
tached to the wall or partition, or to substantial incombustible frames anchored .
thereto. If glass panels be used in such doors, they shall be of wired glass not
exceeding 720 square inches in area. Interior shaft windows shall not be permitted.
Doors opening into stairway shafts shall swing in the direction of exit
travel, shall be self-closing, and shall be at least 30 inches wide, and all stairs
having
7
or more
risers shall have
rigid
handrails on
the
right hand
side coming
down;
if
over 5
feet wide handrails
shall
be on both
sides.
The enclosure/ walls for
all elevator shafts
shall
extend at
least
3
feet -above the
roof, and at least three-fourths
of the.area
shall
be covered
with
a
skylight cons-
tructed as specified in Section 12.
If in the opinion of the Building Inspector it is nesexxary to preserve an
open elevator or hoistway in existing buildings, the floor openings through which '
they pass shall be gquipped with automatically closing trap doors not less than 1-
1/2 -inches thick made of two thicknesses of matched boards covered on the underside
with tin; the trap doors when closed, shall extend beyond the openings on all sides
Such trap doors shall be protected by a substantial guard or gate, which shall be
kept closed at all times except when in actual use.
SECTION 12. SKYLIGHTS OVER STAIR?jlAY AND ELEVATOR SHAFTS. cohere a stairway, eleva-
tor or dumb -waiter shaft, extends through the roof and is covered by a skylight,the
skylight shall be constructed with incombustible frame and sash,glazed with wired
glass. Instead of a skylight a window may be.placed inthe side of the shaft above
the roof which is farthest removed from a property line. The window shall have in-
combustible frame and sash, and may be glazed with thin glass..
SECTION 13. FLOOR LIGHTS. Except in dwellings, all openings hereafter made in floors
for the transmission of light to floors below shall be covered with glass set in met
al frames and bars. The,glass shall be not less than 3/4, inch in thickness, and if
any glass measures more than 16 square inches there shall be a rigid wire mesh either
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in the glass or under it.
SECTION 14. LIGHT, VENT AND DUMB-VIAITER SHAFTS. In every building hereafter erected or altered
except frame buildings, all walls or partitions Forming interior light or vent shaflt shall be
built in accordance with the requirements for stair and elevator shafts in new buildings as
specified in Section 11. The walls of dumbwaiter shafts, escept those in dwellings -which extend
only one story above the basement or cellar, shall be of fire resistive construction, and shall
be not less than 3 inches thick if constructed of.brick, hollow or solid partition block, or of
' steel or wood studding and metal lath with 3/4 inch Portland Cement plaster on each side; or a
2 inch solid metal lath and Portland Cement plaster wall may be permitted, if securely anchored
at each floor and deiling. The material and method of construction shall be as specified in Sec
tion 11 for stair and elevator shafts in existing buildings.
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Where a dumb -waiter shaft does not extend through the roof, the tpp of the shaft shall
be of fire -resistive �iXOOXX construction of the same thickness as the walls of the shaft.
All openings in dumbr-waiter shafts shall be protected by fire doors mounted in incom-
bustible frames securely anchored to the walls.
The walls of all light and vent shafts hereafter erected shall extend not less than 3
feet ablve the roof level, except that when a shaft is covered by an incombustible ventilating
skylight the walls need not extend more.then 2 feet above the roof. Masonry walls shall be pro-
perly coped.
When metal louvres are used for ventilating purposes, the louvres or slats shall be
riveted to the metal frame.
SECTION 15. ROOF COVERING. '111 buildings within the fire limits shall be covered with such incom
bustiblematerial as brick, concrete, tile or slate; or with tin, corrugated or galvanized iron
withst•inding seam, or with 4 -ply built up roofing of felt with pitch and gravel or slate surface
or 4 -ply built up rooBing of felt and asphalt, or with built-up asbestos roofing; or with other
incombustible roofing approved by the National Board of Fire Underwriters with grade not less
than class B.
The use of :rood shingles or other forms of combustible roof coverings.erected or altered
within the fire limits is prohibited.
The wooden planNing or sheathins of roofs shall not in any case he extended across side
or party walls.
The top and sides of dormer windows shall be protected the same as herein prescribed for
the roof.
The practise of laying fire resistive roof coverings over wooden shingles will not be
approved or permit issued until after the old roof has been inspected by the Building Inspector
and found to be in suitable condition for new material.
All flashing shall be of metal or other material approved by the Build. ing Inspector.
Buildings outside the fire limits may be covered with any fire resistive composition
shingles or ready roofing of a grade which will rank not lower than Class C under the test spe-
cifications of the National Board of Fire Underwriters, approved built up roofing, or vertical
edge grain wood shingles, the thickness of five shainles measured at the butts being not less '
than 2 inches. The maximum exposure of wood shingles to the weather shall be:
On roofs of 1/3 pith or more.........................16 inch shingles 4-Y2 inches.
18 inch shingles 5 inches.
24 inch shingles 7 inches.
On roofs of less than 1/3 pit"ch.....................16 inch shingles 4 inches.
18 inch shingles 4-V2 inches..
24 inch shingles 6-Y2 inches.
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Shingles to be laid with broken joints or side lap not less than one and one half(14/2)
inches with no breaks directly over each on any three consecutive courses. All nails to be covered
First course at eaves to ve laid two-plv, projecting 2 inches over crown mold with one inch pro-
jection at gables. Shingles to be nailed with 3-1/2 or 4 penny nails with two nails to each shin.
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le 3/4 inch from the sides.
Shingles to be thoroughly wet belore laying. If stained, shingles, must be.dry
before dipping, and dipped to at feast 8 inches from the butt..
SECTION 16, CLASSIFICATION OF BUILDINGS BY CONSTRUCTION, For the purpose of --the code,
buildings shall be classfied according to the method of construction into the follow
ing types:.
Fire proof Construction,
Fire Resistive Construction. '
Mill Construction,
Ordinary Construction
Frame Construction.
When a building is constructed partially of one type of construction and part- '
ially of another, the classification of the building shall be that of the 'lowest type
In this determination Fire Proof Construction shall be the highest hanging to Frame
Construction, the lowest.
SECTION 17, FIRE PROOF CONSTRUCTION, Complete plans and specifications for all rein-
forced concrete buildings and skeleton construction shall be filed with the Building
Inspector and shall be accompanied by stress computations and descriptions showingthe
general arrangement of the entire construction in all important details, including the
size, lenght and points of bending of all reinforcement, the quaoities, proportions
and methods of mixing the materials used inthe concrete, and the. dead and live loads e
each floor is designed to carry.
(a) All such plans and specifications shall be signed by the Architect, Eng-
ineer, Contractor or person applying for the permit..In no -case shall.the construction
deviate from the approved plans and specifications except by written consent of the '
Building Inspector,
(b) Inspection: Every reinforced concrete or skeleton construction building
shall be erected under the constant supervision of a reputable and competent inspector,
furnished by the owner, architect or engineer and acceptable..to the Building Inspector,
SECTION 18, FIRE RESISTIVE COiTSTRUCTION. Fire resistive constrmctri.on includes buildings
in which structural parts. including lintels, are constructed of hard incom})ustible mat-
erial such as stone, brick, fire -proofed steel or iron, terra cotta or monolithic con-
crete. All other materials used in the construction and completopn of such buildings.,in=
cluding the roof covering; shall be of incombustible materials.
SECTION 19. MILL OR SOLW-BURNING CONSTRUCTION shall have masonry walls and heavy timber
interior construction so arranged as to avoid concealed spaces.and to expose the least
number of corners or projections of combustible material to fire. Then metallic struc-
tural members are used they shall he fire proofed s required for fire resistive cons'.'.
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struction.
SECTION 20,ORDINARY CONSTRUCTION. Abuilding having masonry walls, with floors and part14<_
tions of wooden joists and stud construction. The partitions carrying floor or roof joists,
shall be of fire resistive construction, and if not of brick or cement, shall.be construct- '
edwith iron or steel columns and I Beams. The spaces between columns may be of wooden studs
covered with 3/4 inch of Portland Cement or gypsum plaster on metal lath and the I Beams
must also be protected with 3/4 inch plaster on metal lath._:igire lath must be not less than
No. 20 gauge, sheet metal lath not less than No. 24 gauge. Such partitions must be fire stc
stopped the full depth of the joists at each floor.
SECTION 21, FRAME CONSTRUCTION. Includes all buildings whose structural parts and enclosing
walls consist of wood, also all buildings having enclosing walls of wood, veneered, encased
or faced with stone, brick, tile, concrtte, plaster or metal, whose stability or rigidity
depends upon th/e frame wall of the building,
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SECTION 22. EXITS REQUIRED. The term floor area as used in this section shall mean the entire
floor space between exterior walls and fire walls.
In every building hereafter erected, except in private dwellings, each floor area a-
bove the first shall be Provided with at least two means of egress remote from each other, one
or which shall be an enclosed stairway as provided in Section 11, or a doorway in a fire wall
leading to another floor area separately provided with adequate stairs or other independent means
of exit. Such doorway serving as aniemergency exit in a fire wall shall be protected by an auto-
matic and self closing fire door as specified in Section 10, No portion of any floor area shall
be more than 100 ft, from a ;once of egress. Elevators shall not be considered. as a requa.red
means of egress as specified in this section.
Except in dwellings, no required stairway shall be less than 40 inches wide, and in
all -public
buildings the
total
width of
exit doorways leading
therefrom shall be at least e-
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qual
to the
total width
of the
stairways
which they serve.
The total width of stair -:ray, interior and exterior, provided for the occupancy of each
floor and those above, shall be not less than 40 inches for the first 30 persons, and 12 inches
for each additional 50 persons to be accommodated thereby.. The stair treads shall be not less
than 9-1/2 inches wide, and the risers not more than 7-3/4 inches high. Flinders in such requi-
red stairways are prohi ited.
Every school, hospital Ind theatre, over one story high, shall have at least two stair
ways constructed entirely of incombustible material, located remote from each other and contin-
ous from grade line to the topmost story.
All exit doors in schools, hospitals, theatres, and other places of public assemblage
sahll open outward.
SECTION 23. FIRE STOPS. At each floor level in all buildings ha.erafter erected, all stud walls,
partitions, furrings and spaces,between joists where they rest on division walls or partitions,
shall be fire stopped with incombustible material in a mannes to completely cut off communication
y fire through conte^led spaces. Such fire stopping shall extend the full depth of the joists
and 91 least 4 inches above each floor level. Stair carriages shall be fire -stopped at least
once in the middle portion of each run.
SECTIO" 24. ARR-�QAYS, All areaways shill be guarded with suitable railings, or be protected
by incombustible covers or gratings. If gratings be used, they shall have a :vire screen of not
more than 1/2 inch mesh securely attached to the under side. Open areaways shall not project
beyond the lot line.
SECTION2.5. FR411E 8UILDINS. No frame guilding hereafter erected or altered shall exceed two sto-
ies or 30 feet in height, escept that private dwellings may be three stories or 40 feet high.
No frame building hereafter erected for any occupance other than grain elevators, coal
pockets, ice houses and exhibition buildings shall cover a ground area exceeding the following:
one story building 7,500 square feet, two story building 5,000 square feet.
In no case shall a frame building be erected w;thin 5 feet of the side or rear lot line, nor
within 10 feet of another building, unless the space ''etween the studs on such side be filled
' solidly with not less than 2-1/2 inches of brick work or other equivalent incombustible mater-
ial.
In rows of frame houses the dididing walls or partitions between houses shall be built of
brick, hollow tile, concrer.e or other incombusti le material; or they may be built with 4 inch
studs, filled solidly with brickwork laid in mortar, or with other incombustible me.terial and
be covered .;i h metal lath .nd plaster. Such dividing partitions shall rest on masonry walls and
shall extend to the under side of roof boards. A flush mortar joint shall be made between the r
roof boards and the wall or partition. In rows of more than three houses every alternate divi�
sion wall or partition shall be constructed of solid brickwork not less than 8 inches in thickr
ness.
Buildings with wooden framework clad with sheet metal or stmcco or veneered
with brick, shall be classed as frame buildings.
Outside the fire limits, whem any building is to .be erected of brick, stone
hollow blocks, or concrete, that could under this ordinance be constructed of woo�,the
Building Inspector is hereby authorized .ond directed to allow regsonable modifications
of this ordinance relating to brick buildingtio n consideration of the use of in-
combustible material instead. of wood. Such modifications, however, shall not permit
variations from the requirements of Sections 11, 23, and 21 of this ordinance.
SECTION 96. ELECTRICAL INSTILLATIONS. All electrical installations shall be in ac-
cordance :^rith the National Electrical Code, and no installation of electrical equip-
ment shall
be made except
in conformity
thereto.
SECTION 27,
CHIP:iNEYS.• The
smoke flues of
every high pressure
steam boiler', and every
appliance producing a corresponding temperature in a flue, if built of brick, stone ,
reinforced comerete or otyer approved masonry, shall have walls not less than 12 inches
thick, and the inside 4 inches of such walls shall be fire brick, laid in fire mobtar
for a distance of at least 25 deet•from the point where the smoke connection of the
boiler enters the flue.
Metal smoke stacks may be permitted for boilers, furmaces.and similar appa-
ratus, where large hot fires are used, •�rovided they have a clearance from all com-
bustible material of not less than one-half the diameter of the stack, but not less th
than 15 inches unless the combustible I Material be properly guarded by; -loose -fitting m
metal sheilds, in which case the distance;shall bt not less than 12 inches. Where
such stack passes thro gh a combustible roof, it shall be guarded by a galvanized iron
ventilating thimble extending from at least 9 inches below the under side'.of the:'.:c6111-
Ing of the roof beams, to at least 9 inches above the roof, and the diameter of the
ventilating thimble shallbe not less than 36 inches greater than that of the smokestack
Metal smoke stacks shall not be permitted to pass through floors.
SECTION 28. CHIMNEYS AND FIREPLACES: E xcept'asoherein provided all chimneys in every
building hereafter erected, 91tered or rebuilt, shall be constructed of brick, stone
or reinforced concrete. No masonry chimney shall have walls less than eight (8) inches
thick unless it be lined on the inside with burned terra cotta or fire clay chimney
tile set in Portland Cement Vortar, in which case the wall shall be not lessthan 4 in-
ches thick. The lining shall be continued .from mot less than t-io feet below the smoke
inlet of the flue to�its extreme height. °
Every smoke flur contained in a chimney hereafter erected shall have an area
of at least sixty-four(64) square inches except that terra cotta flue linings seven
(7) inches by seven (7) inches rectangular or eight (8) inches diameter inside dim-
ensions may be used.
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No chimneys shall be corbeled out more than eight°(S) inches from a brick
wall, and such corbelling shall consist of at least five couases of brilk. No one
course shall project more than one and one half (1-1/2) inches.
All chimneys shall project at least (3) feet above thepoont of contact with
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a flat roof or two (2) feet ablve the ridge of a pithhed roof, when chimney.is not
over ten.1,10) feet from the ridge but in no case shall the uhimney top be below the
level of the ridge.
Portland Cement mortar noly shall be used in the construction of chimneys abo
above the roof line.
No chimney in any building shall have wooden supports offany kind. Supports
shall be built vertically from foundation to top.
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All chimneys which are dangerous from any cause shall be.repaired and made
safe or taken down.
?'WOODEN BEAMS SEPARATE FRO1,,1 PiiASO- RY C.HIIvINEYS, NOwooden beams or joists shall be placed within
tow inches of the outside face of a chimney oil flue, nor shall and woodwork(except base) be
within 2 inches of the back of any fire place. All spaces between the chimney and wooden
beams shall be solidly filled with reluse mortar, cinders, concrete or other incombustible
material. The header beam carrying tail joists of a floor and supporting the trimmer arch
in front of a fireplace, shall be not less than 20 inches from the chimney breast.
SECTION 29, SWO0 E PIES. No smoke pipe shall be within 12 of any woodwork, or any wooden
lath and plaster partition, or ce6ling unless the surface above the pipe be protected by me-
tal lath anf paster.
' Where smoke pipes pass through a wooden lath and plaster partition they shall be qua
guarded by galvanized iron ventilating thimbles at least 12 inches larger in diameter than
the pipes, or by galvanized iron thimbles built in at least 8 inches of brick wofk or other
incombustible material.
No smoke pipe shall pass through any floor or a roof having a wooden frame or cover-
ing.
SECTION 30. HOT AIR FURNACES, PIPES AND REGISTERS, All heater pipes from hot air furnaces
where passing through combustible partitions, or floors, must be doubled tin pipes with at
least k inch air space between them or single pipes wrapped with 1/8 inch sheet asbestos.
Horizontal hot air pipes leading from furnace shall be not less than 6 inches from any wood-
work, unless the woodwork be covered with loose -fitting tin or plastered3/4I thick on Eetal
lath or thepipe be covered with at least 1/2 inch of corrugated asiestos, in which latter
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cases the distance from the woodwork may be reduced to not less than 3 inches.
' No hot air pipe shall be placed in a wooden stud partition or any wooden enclosure
unless it be at least 5 feet horzontal distance from the furnace. Hot air pipes contained in
combustible partitions shall be securely covered with 1/8 inch of sheet asbestos. The pipes
shall be 1 inch from the studding, and no wooden lath shall be used to cover the paotion of
the partiton in whick the hot air pipe is located. Hot air pipes in closets shall have a
space of at least 1 inch between them and all woodwork.
Every hot air furnace shall have at least one register without valve or louvres.
Register boxes shall be of metal, and may be single if covered with asbestos hot
less than 1/8 inch in thickness, and if all woodwork within 1 inch be covered with metal or
asbestos.
Cold air ducts for hot-air furnaces shall be made of incombustible material .
SECTMON 31. INSTALLATION OF FURNACES IN OLD BUILDINGS. No Hot Air Furnace, Steam, Hot Water
or other heating appliance shall be installed as a permanent feature of any old building un-
' til a description of the proposed work and a statement of the material used shall have been
submitted to the Building Inspector, who shall if the same is in accordance with the provi-
sions herein contained, issu% permit for the proposed installation, and all such work shall co
comply with the provisions contained in clauses 30 and 32. The charge for this permit and the
necessary inspection shall be $1.00.
' SECTION 32. MTEAIvI AND HOT WATER PIPES. No steam or hot water pipe shall be within 1 inch of
any woodwork. Every steam or hot water pipe passing through combustible floors, or ceiling,
or wooden lath and plaster partitions, shall be protected by a metal tube 1 inch larger in
diameter than the pipe, and be proveded with a metal cap. All wooden boxes, or casings en-
closing steam or hot water heating pipes, or wooden covers to recesses in balls in which
steam or hot water heating pipes are placed, shall be lined with matel.
SECTION 33. DRY ROOMS. No combustible material shall be permitted in the construction of any
dry ro-•om hereafter erected, in which a temperature of 125 degrees Fahrenheit iortover. maga,
exist. If a temperature under 125 degrees Fahrenheit is to be used, the dry room may be con-
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structed of wood but it shall be lined throughout with 11/8 inch asbestos, covered with sheet
metal.
If windows are places in walls or ceilings of dry rooms they shall be of wired glass
set in fixed incombustible sash and frames.
SECTION 34. GARAGES. The word "garage" wherever occuring in this ordinance shall mean a buil-
ding or any part thereof, in which there shall be housed or kept one or more self-propelled
vehicles, or automobiles, containing inflammable liquid for fuel or power, also every other
part of any such building, and every building attached thereto, which is not separated from 1`i ,
the buildingrabove mentioned by an unpierced fire ;all. The plans for every garage shall be
filed with the Building Inspector and shall be approved by him before any use of the garage
as such.
SECTION 35. For the purpose of this Ordinance garages are classed as follows: I Class A- Private Garages,
Class B- Public Garages,
SECTION 36. CLASS A: A private garage is one in which there shall be housed or kept not more
than three self-propelled vehicles, or automobiles. The following regulations shall govern
the construction end maintenance of all provate garages:
No private garage shall be erected or used as such nearer than 15 feet to any church
publis building or any other building, occupied in whole or in part as a dwelling, unless
same be constructed of brick, concrete or other incombustible material, when the same may
be erected or used if not nearer than 10 feet to any church, public building, or other building;
occupied in whole or in part ds a dwelling.
SECTION 37. A private garage may be located beneath or attached to a dweeong, provided the
following regulations as to its construction are rigidly complied with:
(a) The floor and ceiling construction above the garage when it is located beneath ,
the building, shall be unpierced and shall have as a minimum requirement:
Two inch floor joists spaced on not more than 16 inch centers and properly bridged.
Overhead flooring double, of 7/8 inch rough and finished floor boards witha layer of asbestos
or other non-flammable floor felt between. Ceiling of heavy metal alth and Portland Cement or
gypsum plaster not less than 3/4,11 inch thick. The lath to be bent down 6 inches aling the ^....
walls on all sides and securely attached to same.
The minimum construction meeting the requirements for walls would be a back plas-
tered Portland Cement on heavy metal lath attached to wooden studs spaced on 16 inch centers
with metal lath and 3/4 inch Portland Cement or gypsum plaster on the inside surface.
For partitions, 3/4 inch Portland Cement or gypsum plaster on metal lath on each
side of stud construction as above specified may be accepted as fulfilling the requirement .
(b) All doors and windows with th&ir sash and frames shallbe of standard fireproof '
construction and glazed with wired glass.
(c) Openings from dwellings into garage shall be restricted to a single doorway;
such openings shall be protected by a standard swinging self-closing fire door with approved
fire resistive frame nd hardware. No glass will be permitted inssuch door.
(d) 17hen doorway connects directly with a cellar or basement on the same or lower ,
level in which there is any heating device or gas fixture, it shall have a sill raised at
least one foot above the garage floor level; or the doorway shall lead into a vestibule from
which a second door connects with the cellarcor basement.
(e) Garage floor shall be of concrete or equal fire -resistive and impervious 41aterial
and shall have a slope sufficient to permit natural drainige of ga.sses,.oil and water to the
outside.
SECTION 38. CLASS B. Apublie garage is any garage not lk6l'-udle&in Class A. No public garage
shall be constructed or maintained or used as such until a permit therefor has been granted
by the Building Inspecton. The following regulations shall govern the construction and main-
tenance of all pa.blic garages:
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(a) -No public garage shall be located or maintained within 50 feet of any school, place
of assemblage or place of detention.
(b) No public garage shall be maintained in any frame building or in any building used
in part as a. dwelling.
SECTION 39. A public garage shall have enclosing walls of masonry, concrete or reinforced con-
crete. Every window exposing any -;building within 50 feet shall have a standard metal frame and
' sash glazed with wired glass. All elevators, stairways and ramps shall be enclosed with fire -res:::
istive material and every opening in such elev,tors or stairways enclosure protected by automatic,
fire doors.
Exposed steel work shall be permitted in roof s-)pports only! All floors shall be of fire-
' resistive construction, and with an impervious surface and designed to carry safely the loads im-
posed. Wooden roof or floor supports shall be of mill type, or of built-up truss construction with
no wooden members less than 2x8 inches(nomihal size) in minimum dimension.
Agarage exceeding 50 cars storage capacity on any one floor and w th:unpbotected steel
or wooden roof supportsior wooden floor supports shall be protected by an automatic sprinkler
system.
SECTION 40. No pits shall be permitted No room used for storage shall be permitted below a grade
which will prevent natural ventilation at the floor level.
SECTION 41. MOTIOM PICTURE THEATRE. Frmn amd after the passage of this Ordinance all buildings
erected to be used for the exhibition of moving p&ctureswhen inflammable films are used, shall be
constructed according to the Rules and Regulations of the National Board of Fire Underwriters; and
the operating booth and electrical wiring shall also conform to the above Rules and Regulations.
The requirements before mentioned so far as the installation of picture machines using
' inflammable films, and the construction and operation fo booth are concerned, shall apply to
theatres, churches, schools and public halls.
SECTION 42. SAFETY AND DESIGN. All part of every building shall be designed to carry
safely the loads to be imposed thereon, and shall in.all other respects conform to good engin-
eering practice.
SECTION 43. DUTIES OF ENFORCING OFFICER. The Building Inspector is hereby authorized
and empowered:
First: To enforce all Ordinances relating to the construction of buildings within
the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Second: To supervise the construction and reconstruction of all buildings.
SECTION 44. PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS. Ary and all persons who shall violate any of the
provisions of this Ordinance or fail to comply therwith, or who shall violate or fail to comply
withany order or regulation made thereunder, or who shall build in violation of any detailed state
ment of specifications or plans submitted kind approved thereunder, or any certificate or permit
issued thereunder, shall severally for each and every such violation and non-compliance respec=5.�.
tibely, forfeit and pay a penalty in the sum of twenty-five dollars. The imposition !of one pena*-
' tv for any violation of this Ordinance shall not excuse the-vmolation, or per*rmit it to continue
and all such persons shall be required to correct or remedy such xiolations or defects within a
reasonbable time; and when not otherwise specified, each ten days that prohibited conditions are
maintained shall constitute a peparate offense.
The application of the above penalty sahll not be held to prevent the enforced removal
of prohibited conditions, as provided in Section 2 of this Ordinance.
SECTION 45. This Ordinance is not meant of repeal any existing Ordinance, or any part of same, ex-
eept where same "onflict, but.is meant to be eumG ative and explanatory.
SECTION 46. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in fyOPCe from and after its passage, approval
and publication. Passed -and approved this 5th day of October, 1925.
Tttest;.J.C.P.gassie Clerk Approved; Allan M. Wilson, Mayor.
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No further business appearing, the Council adjourned to October 12th, 1925.
Attest;a-�c ��Clerk. Approved;' Mayor,
REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
HELD OCTOBER12th, 1925.
PRESENT: the mayor, Clerk, Aldermen Drake, Harding, Mintun, Phillips, Price, Wages.
MINUTES of the previous meeting were read and approved.
PERORTS of Police Judge, and City Collector ,returned by the Auditing Committee, were ordered
received and filed.
BILLS: the bills listed below were allowed and the Clerk was directed to issue warrants for
the same; John Zillah, $80.00; Frank Hauptman $5.00; Will Poor $12.60; Jess Walters $13.25.
Simpson-Mintun Co. $11.36
REPORT of the Sewer Commission was read to the Council and on motion was approved and ordered
redeived and filed.
RESOLUTION: Alderman Harding introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption. This
motion was seconded by Alderman Mintun and received the following vote; ayes Aldermen Drake,
Harding, Mintun, Phillips, Prices, Wages; nays none; absent none and was declared passed by
the Mayor.
RESOLUTION:That the Sewer Commissioners be requested tofurnish the City Council(as
soon as possible)an estimate of the necessary extension & and repairs needed for the complete
sewer Plant. Also that they have as corrected assessment made of the original Sewer District -
1926 C.T.Harding.
The following report was filed by the Board of Improvement for Annex Number One to North
college Avenue Improvement District Number One of the City of Fayettetille, Arkansas; -
Fayetteville, Arkansas
October 12, 1925
TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS. GENTLEMEN:
Your Board of Commissioners for Anex number
One to North College Avenue Improvement District Number One of the City of Fayetteville, Ark-
ansas, have employed E.M.Ratliff to prepare plans and make estimates of cost of a pavement
including grading and rolling and the necessary curbing for a steeet from curb to curb of the
present street to be constructed on East Spring Street from the East line of North College
Avenue to the West line of Willow Avenue, all within Annex Number One to North College Avenue
Improvement District Number One of the City of Fayetteiille, Arkansas,
Based on a report of our engineer, we have decided to construct a pavement of Portland
Cement Concrete.
The estimate of cost of this work,based on the highest estimate of E.M.Ratliff, is
Yj7,200.00, and we respectfully request that your Honorable Body appoint a Board of Al#e)Oox
Assessment who shall assess the benefits against the property within Annex Number One to
North College Avenue Improvement District Number One of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Respectfully submitted,
George Appleby,
Bert Watson
Board of Commissioners of Annex Number One
to North College Avenue Improvement District
Number One of the City of Fayetteille, Arkansas.
Alderman harding introduced a Resolution approving the Report of the Commissioners and moved its
adoption. Alderman Mintun seconded the motion which receibed the following vote; ayes
Aldermen Draek, Harding, Mintun, Phillips, Price, Wages; nays none; absent none.and was declared
passed by the Mayor. A copy is as follows; -
RESOLUTION
VJ APPROVAL OF PLANS.
WHEREAS at a meeting of the City Council of the City of Fayettetille, Arkansas, held on the 12th
day of October, L925,0 there was presented to the said City Council by George Appleby, Bert Watson
and J.H.Phipps, as Board of Improvement of Annex Number One to North College Avenue'Improvement
District Number One of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas, their report, together with the plans
of the work to be done in the contemplated improvement by said Improvement District and the said
report having been read in open meeting of said Council and said Plans having been exhibited to
said Council and each member thereof, and it appearing from said plans that the ##/ total most
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