In order that the inspection work of the Building
Department may be performed in such
to avoid delay in the construction of buildings,
manner as
owners ana
when the services of an inspector are desired, gs
Permits are granted and buildings accepted upon
condition that all building reg ulations are complied
with. The following must be inspected and ap-
First. The material upon which foundations are
to rest, before any load is placed upon it.
Second. All foundations before the super structure
s
Third. Chimneys before the outer surfaces are
plastered.
Fire stopping and fire proofing of weight bearing
Inspector of Wires given, before a permit to lath
and plaster wll be granted.
Sections from the Building Ordinance.
If the Superintendent finds that the terms of a
SECTION D
permit are being violated, he may, after notice mailed to the per-
son to whom the permit was issued, order the whole or any part
f the work which is being done under the permit to be stopped,
have been complied with, to the satisfaction of the Superintendent.
SECTION 12. Every permanent building more than twenty
feet high having a flat roof shall have permanent means of access
to the roof from the inside by an opening not less than two feet
by three feet, with a fixed step-laduon shall have walls at least
eight inches thick, or be constructed of four-inch brick walls with
suitable flue lining, and plastered on the outside
side of the roof boards.
to the under-
flue shall be constructed of, or lined with, in-
Evere material
Com
SECTION 13. No part of any floor timber shall be within two
inches of any chimney.
No studding or furring shall be within one inch of any chimney
furnace or boiler for heating s
floor.
plac
upon a wooden
No smoke pipe shall project through any external wall or
window.
shall be
riei within
No
se or unless such pipes are double or otherwise
protected by incombustible material.
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shall be at least one foot below the nearest v
one
The tops of all heating furnaces and smoke pipes
ft
d for tw
indirect
on each side thereof, and all ceilings within one foot
radiators, shall, except under fireproof floors, be metal lathed and
plastered, or have other protection satisfactory to the Superintendent.
SECTION 40 ll be more than three stories in height
to
above the basement, nor more than fifty feet in height above the
street level, nor shall any part of said building, except the eaves
and cornice, be nearer than three feet to the line of any adjoining
unless the side wall of such adjoining building is constructed as a
solid wall of brick
less than eight inches thick, and carried twelve inches above the
roof.
SECTION 5
rconcrete or other incombustible material not
building until
oved by the Superintendent,
Inside services shall be tested by the fitter who receives the permit
Gas shall not be
the
to connect the service or meter.
