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AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR FIRE LII,1IT3 AND ESTABLISHING RULES AND
REGULATIONS FOR THE ERECTION, CONSTRUCTION AI1D EQUI;PI:i� IT OF BUILDINGS,
QR172,TING THE OFFICE OF BUILDING INSPECTOR, AILD PROVIDING Pi11ALTIES FOR
VIOLATION OF ANY OF THE PROVISIONS HEREOF, FOR THE CITY OF PADUCAH,
KNNTUC irY.
Be it ordained by the Board of Commissioners -of the City of
Paducah, Kentucky, as follows:'
SECTIOIT'1. FIRE LIHITS. The following shall be and are hereby
declared to be the fire limits:
A. Inner Fire Limits. All the portion of the city of Paducah
embraced in the following described limits, shall. be known and designated
as the inner fire limits, viz: Beginning at love water mark on the Ohio
River at the center of Y,Tashington Street to the center of Fifth street;
!o Seo thence north on the center of Fifth street to the center of I_onroe street;
thence east on the center of I;ionroe street to low water mark of the Ohio
River; thence with the meanders of the Ohio River at low water mark to
the point of beginning.
B. Outer Fire Limits. All that portion of the city of Paducah
which is excluded- from the inner fire limits and embraced in the following
described limits, shall be known and designated as the outer fire limits,
viz: -Beginning at low water mark on the Ohio River at the center of Clark
street, running west on the center of Clark street to the center of Seventh
street, thence north on the center of Seventh street to the center of
,.:Fdison street to lois nater mark of the Ohio (River; thence with the
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meanders of the Ohio River at low water mark to point of beginning.
i SECTIOiT 2. BUILDIITG Il?SPECTOR. That the Chief of the Fire
Department of the City of Paducah, Kentucky is hereby made Building
Inspector of the City of Paducah, Kentucky, and as such shall perform the
duties hereinafter set out.
SECTION 3. PFiRI:iITS REQUIRED. No wall, structure, building or
part thereof shall hereafter be built, enlarged, altered or repaired
until complete plans and specifications of the proposed work, together with
a statement of the materials to be used and the estimated cost of same,
shall have been submitted to the Building Inspector; and it is further
provided that all plans, specifications and estimated costs for buildings
to be erected, repaired, enlarged or altered, where the estimated cost
exceeds :;12000.00 the plans, specifications and estimated costs shall be
submitted to the Chief of the Fire Department by a practicing architect or
an experienced contractor, accompanied by a certificate, setting out the
fact that same complies with all the Building Ordinances of the City of
Paducah, Kentucky. If the -plans and specifications conform to the
Building Ordinances of the City of Paducah, _:entucly, the Chief of the
Fire Department shall issue a permit for the proposed structure.
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SECTION 4. ILICOi:II3USTIBLE FJALLS, CORNICES AND ROOFS REQUIRED 13ITHIN
FIRE LI11,1ITS. Every building hereafter erected or enlarged within the
fire limits shall be enclosed on all sides with walls constructed wholly of
stone, well burned brick, terra cotta, concrete or other equivalent incom-
bustible material; and shall have the roof, top and sides of all roof
structures, inclnaing dormer windows, covered with incombustible material'.
All cornices shall be of incombustible material.
SECTION 5. PERI:SSSIBLE CJOOD .LI STRUCTURES ':!I'FHIN THE FIRE LIL"ITS. No
frame or wooden structure shall hereafter be built within the fire limits
as given herein, or within the inner fire limits hereafter established,
except the following and all roofs placed on such buildings or structuress
shall have an incombustible covering:
(a) Temporary one' -story frame buildings for use of builder.
• (b) One story sheds not over 15 feet high, open on the Ion-, • sides Faith
sides covered with incombustible. material, and with an area not exceeding
500 square feet. A wooden fence shall not be used to form the back or
sides of such sheds.
(c) '3ooden fences not over 10 feet high.
(d) Piazzas or balconies not e.-ceeding 10 feet in width, not extendin-
more than 3 feel; above the second story floor beams. No such structure
shall extend beyond the lot line, or be joined to any similar structure o3
another building.
(e) , Bay windows when covered with incombustible material.
(f) Small outhouses not exceeding 150 square feet in area and 8 feet,
in height.
Wooden sheds or outhouses shall not be located within 5 feet of any lot
line, nor less than .30 feet from any other building over one story high. ,
(g) Grain elevators, coal -pockets or ice houses as usually constructed.
No frame building shall be -removed from �?ithout to within Tire limits,
nor from one point to another within the fire limits.
S_)CTION 6. REPAIRIIIG i; L._:u; BUILDINGS 's1ITHIN _,IRs; 1II11ITS. Any
existin� frame buildings within the fire limits, which may hereafter be
damaged by Fire, decay, or otherwise to any amount greater than one-half
of its present value, exclusive of the -foundations, shall not be repaired
or rebuilt, but shall be removed.
STICTION 7. BUILDINGS HAJIIIG PROHIBITED OCCUPANCIES 1`JITHIII MRF, Lis -ITS.
No building shall be used for a public garage, coffee roaster, bakery, or
dry cleaning establishment, within the Tire limits, unless it be of fire-
proof construction.
SECTION 8. LILaTS OF HEIGHT & AR.u9. Incept as specified in Section
22, no building hereafter erected within corporate limits, having walls of
,hollow terra cotta or concrete blocks, shall exceed three stories or 40 -feet
in height; and no building hereafter erected or altered shall exceed four
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stories, or 55 feet in height, unless it be of fire proof construction,
when it shall not exceed 10 stories or 125 feet.
The floor area between fire walls of non -fireproof buildings shall not
exceed the following: when fronting on one street, 5,000 square feet; when
fronting on two streets,.6,000 square feet, and when fronting on three streets,
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7,500 square feet. These area limits may be increased under the following
conditions indicated:
For non -fireproof buildings, Tully equipped with approved automatic ~
sprinklers, 50,,
For fireproof buildings, not exceeding 125 feet, in height, fully equipped
with approved automatic sprinklers, 10011,
SECTI0N 9. 1VALLS. 111 exterior or division vialls of buildings
hereafter erected shall be of sufficient thickness to support the load to
be carried; but in no case shall a brick, stone, concrete or hollow block
wall be less than 12 inches thick.
';Walls, excepting party and Tire walls, :for all buildings of other than
the dwelling house class, not exceeding 5 stories or 65 feet in height, shall
have the upper two stories not less than 12 inches thick, increasing Lour
inches in thickness for each two stories or fraction thereof below. No
two-story increment shall exceed 30 feet in height.
For all walls of buildings of the dwelling house class, the upper three ,
stories shall be not less than 12 inches thick, increasing 4 inches in
thickness for each three stories or fraction thereof below. No three story
increment shall exceed 45 feet in height.
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Walls in skeleton construction shall be of brick, stone or stone concrete. _
They shall be supported by girders at each story, shall be laid in Portland
cement mortar, and shall be not less than 12 inches thick.
In all buildings, except dwellings, -Frame buildings and skeleton con-
struction, party walls, and fire walls, which serve as bearing walls on both
sides, shall be not less than 16 inches thick in the upper tvio stories, dr upper
30 feet, increasing four inches in thickness for each two stories or fraction
thereof below. No two story increment shall exceed 30 feet in height. Portland
cement mortar only shall be used in such walls.
Reinforced stone or gravel concrete walls with the steel reinforcements
running both horizontally and vertically and weighing not less than one half
pound per square foot of Wall, may have a thickness four inches less than
that.prescribed for brick Walls.
Stone walls shall be 4 inches thicker than required for brick walls.
The foundation walls of all buildings over two stories in height shall be
4 inches thicker :from footing to grade than required for the remainder of
the wall.,
111 exterior and division or party walls over one story high shall extend
the full thickness of the top story to at least 2 feet above the roof surfacing
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of a building as a parapet and be properly coped excepting walls .,ihich
face on a street and are finished with incombustible gutters, cornices
or crown mouldings, excepting also the walls of detached private dwellings.
with peaked or hipped roofs. The parapet walls of warehouses and all
manufacturing or commercial buildings shall extend 3 foot above the roof.
Fire walls shall be continuous from foundation to .3 feet above the
roof level and.be coped.
Hollow blocks of terra cotta or concrete when used for bearing walls,
shall have not more than 50;0 of cellular space. Portland cement only shall
be used in the manufacture of concrete blocks. The coarse aggregate shal l
be of suitable material graded in size, but in no case shall the maximmn
dimension exceed one-half the minimum width of any section of the finished'
block. Concrete blocks shall not be used in construction until they have
attained the age of 28 days, or developed the strength required in this
section. All building block shall be laid in Portland cement mortar.
The compressive strength of building blocks shall in all cases be
calculated upon the gross area of the bedding faces, no account being
taken of the cellular spaces. The average ultimate compressive strength
of terra cotta blocks laid with cells vertical shall be not less than
1,200 pounds per square inch, the average _or concrete blocks shall be not'
„less than 800 pounds per square inch. Concrete blocks shall be not more
than 36 'days old when tested. The average strength of the block as here I
given shall be obtained by testing ten blocks of average quality.
The allowable working stress of hollow building blocks shall not
exceed 100 pounds per square inch of gross area for concrete blocks. If
a wall .be built of blocks with the cells horizontal, the alloiTra.ble working
stress shall not exceed 30 pounds per square inch of gross area.
All walls or partitions in schools, hospitals and places of public
assemblage, over one story high, and all partitions and walls in theatres
shall hereafter be built of brick, stone, hollow or solid blocks or metal
lath and Portland cement plaster on metal studding or-otherequivalent
incombustible material.
SECTION 10. CONCRETE COIISTRUCTIO11. Concrete for reinforced
concrete construction shall consist of a.wet mixture of one part of Portland
cement to not more than sig parts aggregate, fine and course, in such pro-
po-rtions 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 11. PROTECTIOII OF ENDS OF 1.700DMUT BEa:B. The ends of all
floors, ceiling or roof beams entering a party or Tire ,,,all from opposite
sides shall be separated by at least 8 inches of solid masonry. Such separa-
tion may be obtained by corbeling the walls, or staggering the bears , or the
beams may be supported by steel wall hangers, but no wall shall be corbeled
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of a building as a parapet and be properly coped excepting walls .,ihich
face on a street and are finished with incombustible gutters, cornices
or crown mouldings, excepting also the walls of detached private dwellings.
with peaked or hipped roofs. The parapet walls of warehouses and all
manufacturing or commercial buildings shall extend 3 foot above the roof.
Fire walls shall be continuous from foundation to .3 feet above the
roof level and.be coped.
Hollow blocks of terra cotta or concrete when used for bearing walls,
shall have not more than 50;0 of cellular space. Portland cement only shall
be used in the manufacture of concrete blocks. The coarse aggregate shal l
be of suitable material graded in size, but in no case shall the maximmn
dimension exceed one-half the minimum width of any section of the finished'
block. Concrete blocks shall not be used in construction until they have
attained the age of 28 days, or developed the strength required in this
section. All building block shall be laid in Portland cement mortar.
The compressive strength of building blocks shall in all cases be
calculated upon the gross area of the bedding faces, no account being
taken of the cellular spaces. The average ultimate compressive strength
of terra cotta blocks laid with cells vertical shall be not less than
1,200 pounds per square inch, the average _or concrete blocks shall be not'
„less than 800 pounds per square inch. Concrete blocks shall be not more
than 36 'days old when tested. The average strength of the block as here I
given shall be obtained by testing ten blocks of average quality.
The allowable working stress of hollow building blocks shall not
exceed 100 pounds per square inch of gross area for concrete blocks. If
a wall .be built of blocks with the cells horizontal, the alloiTra.ble working
stress shall not exceed 30 pounds per square inch of gross area.
All walls or partitions in schools, hospitals and places of public
assemblage, over one story high, and all partitions and walls in theatres
shall hereafter be built of brick, stone, hollow or solid blocks or metal
lath and Portland cement plaster on metal studding or-otherequivalent
incombustible material.
SECTION 10. CONCRETE COIISTRUCTIO11. Concrete for reinforced
concrete construction shall consist of a.wet mixture of one part of Portland
cement to not more than sig parts aggregate, fine and course, in such pro-
po-rtions 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 11. PROTECTIOII OF ENDS OF 1.700DMUT BEa:B. The ends of all
floors, ceiling or roof beams entering a party or Tire ,,,all from opposite
sides shall be separated by at least 8 inches of solid masonry. Such separa-
tion may be obtained by corbeling the walls, or staggering the bears , or the
beams may be supported by steel wall hangers, but no wall shall be corbeled
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by more than 2 inches for this purpose. The ends of all wooden beams
which, enter walls shall be cut to a bevel to make them self -releasing.
SECTION 12. PROTECTION OF TVIILL OPENINGS. ,Ido opening in an interior
masonry wall shall exceed 8 feet by 10 feet. If the opening be in a
Party or fire wall it shall have a standard automatic fire door on each
side of the wall. If an opening in a fire etall is made to serve a.s an
emergency exit, it shall not exceed 46 feet in area,and a self-closing fire
door shall be substituted for one of the automatic fire doors. The total
openings in a fire wall shall not exceed 25o in linear length of the mall.
Every building within the .fire limits, except churches, tenement houses,
dormitories and lodging houses, shall have standard fire doors, shutters or
wired fflass in incombustible frame and sash on every exterior opening above
the first story, except :ihen fronting on a street not less than 35 feet Aide.,
or where no other building is v!ithin 35 feet of such opening. The mall of a
building in the same plane as that in which the opening is situated shall not
be considered as comm --within the intent of this rule. All openings in
the side and rear vialls of the first story, exce-pt showy-iindo,,,!s, shall be
protected as described in this rule when within 35 B=eet of another building.
All windov!s above 75 feet above the curb shall have an incombustible frame
and sash., glazed with aired glass.
Occupants of buildings shall close all exterior and interior fire doors,
shutters and windows at the close of business each day.
SECTIOP 13. S114LR':IAY A-101 1M ;V_TOR SHAFTS. In all buildings hereafter
erected, which are used above the first floor for business purposes or for
public assemblage or for whatever purpose, if over three stories high, e,ce-ot
private dwelling's, the stair shafts shall be separately. and continuously en-
closed by incombustible partitions. Elevator shafts in all buildings here-
af#er erected shall be enclosed in the same manner. The partitions shall b3
constructed of brick, or other fire -resistive materials approved by the
Chief of the Pi -re Department, and, all mortar used in the construction shall be
cement mortar. No such hollow partition shall be less than 6 inches thick, no
brick partition less than 8 inches thick, and no other solid partition less
than 4 inches thick.
Except as herein stated, the stair, elevator or hoistway shafts in all
existing buildings over -two stories high, of the class described in this
section, shall be separately enclosed by incombustible partitions as above
specified; or the shafts may be, enclosed by approved hollow or solid partition
blocks not less than 3 inches thick, set in Portland cement mortar; or by
4 inch stud partitions, covered on each side with not less than -�f` inches of
Portland cement plaster on metal lath and Portland cement plaster partitions.
The metal framework of such partitions shall be securely fastened to both
floor and ceiling. All lath used for such partitions shall be of galvanized
steel, weighing not less than 54 ounces per square ;card. 'lire lath shall not
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be less than No. 20 gauge, and sheet metal lath shall be not less than
No. 24 gauge. All such partitions erected in existing buildings shall be
• fire stopped and incombustible material shall be used the full depth of
the floor beams at each floor level.
All door openings in stair and elevator enclosures shall be urotected
by fire doors mounted with wrought iron or steel hardware, and shall be
securely attached 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 .:h alts
windows shall not be permitted.
Doors opening into stairway shafts shall swing in the direction of e�- it
travel, shall be self -enclosing, and shall be at least 36 inches wide.
The enclosure walls for all elevator shafts shall extend at least 3 feet
above the roof and at least 1 of the area shall be covered with a skylight
constructed as specified in Section 14.
If in the opinion of the Chief of the Fire Department it is necessary
to preserve an open elevator or hoistway in existing buildings, the floor
opening thru which they pass shall be equipped with automatically closing
trap doors not less than lti inches thick,made of two thicknessds of matched
boards, covered on the underside with tin, the trap doors when closed will
extend beyond the openings on all sides. Such trap doors shall be pro-
tected by a substantial guard or gate, which shall be closed at all times,
except when in actual use.
SECTION 14. SKYLIGHTS OVER STAIRWAYS AND ELEVATOR SHAFTS. ':mere a
stairway, elevator or dumb -waiter shaft extends thru the roof and is covered
by a skylight, the skylight shall be constructed with incombustible frame
and sash, glazed with ordinary thin glass, and shall be protected by a gal-
vanized steel wire screen with a mesh not exceeding one inch and the wire
not smaller than No. 12 gauge. The screen shall have metal supports and
be placed not less than 6 inches above the skylight. Instead of a skylight,
a window may be placed in the side of the shaft above the roof which is
fartherest removed from the property line. The window shall have incombust-
ible frame and sash and be glazed with thin glass.
SECTION 15. 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 metal frames and bars. The glass shall be not
less than a inches in thickness, and if any glass measures more than 16 square
inches there shall be a rigid wire mesh either in the glass or under it.
SECTION 16. LIGHT, VENT AND DUM-WA ITER SHAFTS. In every building
hereafter erected or altered, except frame buildings, all walls or partitions
forming interior light or vent shafts shall be built in accordance ,pith the
requirements for stairs and elevator shafts in new buildings as specified in
Section 13. The walls of dumb -waiter shafts, except those in dwellings which
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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 blocks or of steel studding and metal lath
with iL inches of Portland cement plaster vialls on each side, or a 2 inch solid-
metal
olidmetal lath and Portland cement plaster wall may be permitted, if securely
anchored at each floor. The material and method of construction to be as
specified for stair and elevator shafts in existing buildings.
V]here a dumb -waiter shaft does not extend thru the roof, the top of
the shaft shall be of fire -resistive construction of the same thickness of
the walls of the shaft.
All openings in dumb -waiter shafts shall be protected by fire doors
mounted in incombustible frames securely anchored to the walls.
The walls of all light and vent shafts hereafter erected shall ex_ten.d
not less than 3 feet above the roof level, except that when a shaft is
covered by an incombustible ventilating skylight the walls need not extend
more than 2 feet above the roof. 11asonry walls shall be properly coped.
Maen-metal louvres are used for ventilating purposes the louvres or slats
shall be riveted to the metal frame.
SECTION 17. ROOF covE_,RING. Every building hereafter erected
within the corporate limits shall have an incombustible -roof covering and
no existing wooden shingle roof if damaged more than 25` shall be renewed
or repaired with other than incombustible roof covering.
SECTION 18. ROOF OPENINGS. All openings in roofs for the
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admission of light or air, other than those provided in Sections 14 and 16,
shall have incombustible frame and sash glazed with wired glass; or ordinary
glass may be used, above and below if protected by galvanized steel wire
screen with a mesh not exceeding one inch, and the wire not'smaller than
No. 12 gauge. The top screen shall be installed as specified in Section
13.
SECTION 19. 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 above the first shall be provided with at least two means
of egress, remote from each other, one of which will be an enclosed stairr:ay
as provided by Section 13, 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 an emergency exit in a sire wall
shall be protected by an automatic and self-closing fire door as specified .
in Section 12. No portion of any floor area shall be more than 100 feet
from a place of egress. Elevators shall be not considered as a means of
egress, as specified in this section.
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root in dwellings, no required stairs. -MY shall be less than 1 inches
wide and the total width of ezit doorcrays leading,^ therofrom shall at least
be equal to the total width of the stairway which they serve.
The total width of stairway, interior and extorior, provided for the
occupancy of each floor and those above, shall be not lots than 44 inches'
for the -'ixst 50 persons and 12 inches ''or each additional 50 persons to he
accommodated thereby. The stair treads shall be not loss than 9:' inches.
wide and the risers not more than 7- inches high. Tinders in such re-
quired stairways are prohibited.
!'very school, hospital and theatre over one story high shall have at
least two stairvlays constructed entirely of incombustible material, located
remote from each other and continuous from .grade line to the topmost stor7.
L11 exit doors in schools, hospitals and theatres and other placos of
public assemblage, shall open outward.
SECTIOii 20. FIRE STOPS. At each floor level in all buildings bore-
after erected, all stud walls, partitions, furring and spaces between
joints where they rest on division walls or partitions, shall be fire -
stopped with incombustible material in a manner to completely cut off
communication by fire thru concealed spacos. Such fire sto-opings shall
extend the full depths of the joists and at least 4 inches abovo each
floor level. Stair carriages shall be fire -stopped at least once in the
middle portion of each run.
SECTIOI; 21. AREAWAYS. All areaways shall be guarded frith suitable
railings, or be protected by incombustible covers or gratings. IT ;rating3
us used they shall have a wire semen of not more than ;, inch mesh scom7ely
attached to the underside.
3�CTIOI; 22. PPtil. BUILDINGS. IIo frame b,iilding hcroafte-r erected or
t.altered shall o_ccood two stories or 50 foot in hoight, oxcont that privato
dwellings may be three stories or 40 foot in height.
l.o frame building hereafter oreeted for any occupancy other than r;rain
olovators, coal elevators and pockets and ice houses and exhibition build-
ing and not over 40 foot in height shall covor a 7o-.;nd area ozcoeding the
following: Ono story building, 7,500 sq. it., trro stor:l ,u-il3in_c, 5,000
3:I. _ft.
In no ca .r: t;r.all a same building be erected within xoot of the ::16o
or rear lot line nor :!1thLn o foot of another t,nilling, unlees tl:o spaco
tot oon Liao ar in ;;uch gide be tillod solidl: ..71th nor loos than 2.':
in a., os ,_' Y:ric%::oak or othor oquivvlont incombustible ::aterial.
i:z ^ra`al hr.:zec: o dividing wall❑ or partitions botwoon hais:n
o" t,ricr., terra oottwi, rone:'ata or ether in;;a:z'b'aa;ti:.o
e ,-OLY to Gil 111. aIth. 4 Inch thuds Villod +;ith solid trig; -
or witl: other isc:.tin.stible uatorial. If lath be
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partitions shall rest on masonry walls and shall e.Ictend to underside of
roof boards. . A flush mortar joint shall be made between the roof boards,
and the partitions. In rows of more than 3 houses every alternate division
Wall or partition shall be constructed of solid brickwork not less than
8 inches in thickness.
Buildings with wooden frame :iork clad with sheet metal or veneered
with brick, shall be classed as frame buildings.
Outside the fire limits when any building is to be erected of brick,
stone, hollow block or concrete, that could under the ordinance be con-
structed of wood, the Chief of the Fire Department is hereby authorized and
directed to allow reasonable modifications of this ordinance relative to
brick buildings, in the consideration of the use of incombustible materials
instead of Blood. Such modifications, however, shall not permit variations
from the requirements of Section 12, 18 and 24 of this ordinance.
SECTIOII 23. EL �CTRICLL IidST-.LL?.TIO ?S. All electrical installations
shall be in accordance ,:ith the Pational Electric Code, and no installation
of electrical equipment shall be made e_.,cept in conformity thereto.
S13CTIOII 24. CIIILII:EY !_ED 'IRsPL":CES. E-_ce-ot as herein provided,
all chimneys in all buildings hereafter erected and all chimneys hereafter
altered or rebuilt, shall be constructed of brick., stone or reinforced
concrete. ?o masonry chimney shall have walls less than 8 inches thick
unless it be lined on the inside with dell burned terra cottal.of :fire clay
chimney tile set in Portland cement mortar, in which case the Vialls shall
be not less than 4 inches thick. The lining shall be continuous from the
bottom of the :clue to its extreme height.
No chimney shall be corbeled out more than 8 inches from a brick
wall, and such corbeling shall consist of at least 5 courses of brick.
.Brick set on edge shall not be _permitted in chimney construction.
Chimneys of all low pressure boilers or furnaces; also the smoke
flues or bakers' ovens, large cooking stoves, large laundry stoves and all
flues used for similar purposes, shall be at least 8 inches in thickness
and shall be lined continuously on the inside with well burned terra cotta
or fire clay chimney the set in Portland cement mortar._ All such
chimneys shall be capped with terra cotta, stone, concrete or cast iron.
The smoke flue of every high pressure steam boiler, and every
appliance producing a corres-oonding temperature in a flue, if built of
brick, stone, reinforced concrete or other approved masonry, shall have
walls not less than 12 inches thick, and the inside four inches of such
walls shall be firebrick, laid in fixe mortar, for a distance of at least
25 feet from the point where the smoke connections of the boilers enter
the flue.
All chimneys shall project at least 3 :feet above the point of
contact With a flat roof, or two feet above the ridge of a pitched roof.
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Portland cement mortar only shall be used in. the construction of
chimneys.
No chimney in any building shall leave wooden supports of any hind. !
Supports shall be incombustible, and shall rest upon the ground or upon
the foundation.
All chimneys which are dangerous from any cause shall be repaired and
made safe, or taken down.
Idetal smoke stacks may be permitted for boilers, furnaces and similar,
apparatus, provided they have a clearance from all combustible material of
not less than the diameter of the stack, but not less than 9 inches.
Ilhere such stack passes thru a roof, it shall be guarded by a galvanized
iron ventilating thimble ettending from at least 9 inches below the
underside of the ceiling or roof beams to at least 9 inches above the roof,
and the diameter of the ventilating thimble shall be not less than 36 inches
greater than that of the smoke stack. I:Letal smoke stacks shall not be
permitted to pass thru floors.
The fire back of every fire place hereafter erected shall be not less',
than S inches in thickness of solid brick work, nor less than 12 inches of
stone lined with firebrick. When a grate is set in a fire place a lining
of brick work at least 2 inches in thickness shall be added to the fire
brick, or a lining of soapstone, tile or cast iron may be used if solidly,
backed with brick or concrete.
All flue holes when not in use shall be covered with tightly fitting
metal covers.
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SECTION 25. 1700DEI B.7EAUS SEPARATED FRO :I I,_2S0NRY CHII:NEYS. No j
wooden beams or joists shall be placed within two inches of the outside
face of a chimney or flue, whether same be made for smoke, air or any
other purpose.
No woodwork shall be within 4 inches of the back wall of any fireplace.
All spaces between the chimney and the wooden beams shall be solidly
filled with mortar, mineral Drool or other incombustible material.
The header beans, carrying the tail beams of a floor and supporting the
trimmer archin front of the fireplace shall be not less than 20 inches from
the chimney breast.
No wooden furring or studding shall be placed against any chimney; the,
plastering shall be directly on the masonry, or on metal lathing.
Woodwork fastened to plastering which is against the masonry of a
chimney shall have a layer of asbestos board at least lfs inches thick
placed between the woodwork and the plastering.
SECTION 26. SM01M, PIPES. No smoke pipe shall be within 9 inches of
any woodwork or any wooden lath and plaster partition or ceiling.
',There smoke pipes pass thru a wooden lath and plaster partition, they
shall be guarded- by galvanized iron ventilated thimbles, at least 12 inches
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larger in diameter than the pipes, or by galvanized iron thimbles built
in at least 8 inches of brick work or other incombustible material.
Pio smoke pipe shall pass thru any floor, or combustible -roof of any
building.
SECTION 27. HOT AIR PIPES AUD REGISTERS. All heater pipes from
hot air furnaces where passing thru combustible partitions, or floors, must
be doubled tin pipes with at least one inch air space between them.
Horizontal hot air pipes leading from furnaces shall be not .less than 6
inches from any woodwork, unless the woodwork is covered tith loose fitting
tin, or the pipe covered with at least one half inch of corrugated asbestos,
in which latter case the distance from the woocLwork may be -reduced to not
less than 3 inches.
Po hot air pipes shall be placed in a wooden stud partition or any
wooden enclosure unless it be at least 8 feet horizontal distance from the
furnace. Hot air pipes contained in combustible partitions shall be placed
inside another pipe arranged to maintain inch air space between the -L-ro
on all sides, or be securely covered with ' inch of corrugated asbestos.
Neither the outer pipe or the covering shall be within one inch of wooden
studding, and no wooden lath shall be used to cover the portion in Ahich
the hot air pipe is located. Hot air pipes in closets shall be doubled,
with a space of at least 1 inch bet:.,een them on all sides.
Every hot air furnace shall have at least one register without valves
or louvres.
A register located over a brick furnace shall be supported by a brick
shaft built from the cover of the hot-air chamber; said shaft shall be
linea with a metal pipe, ana no brood work shall be within 3 inches of the
outer face of the shaft.
A register box placed_ over a portable furnace shall have an open space
around it of not less than 4 inches on all sides, and be supported by an
incombustible border.
Hot-air registers placed in any woodwork or combustible floors shall
be surrounded with borders of incombustible material, not less than 2 inches
wide, securely set in place.
The register boxes shall be of metal and be doubled; the distance
bet,seen the two shall be not less than 1 inch; or they may be single if
covered with asbestos not less than 1/8 of an inch thick, and with all
woodwork within two inches be covered vrith tin.
Cola air ducts from hot air :furnaces shall be made of incombustible
material.
S_CTI011 28. ST-ILAI'L lino HOT :7AK',R Z'IP' S• I?o steam or hot water
pipe shall be within one inch of any woodworlc. every steam or hot vrater
pipe passing thru incombustible :floors or ceilin,2s, or wooden lath or
plastering partitions shall be protected by a metal tube one inch larger
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in diameter than the pipe, and be provided vri th a metal cap. 1111 ;rooclen
boxes or casings, enclosed steam or hot water heating pipos, or wooden
covers to recesses in vralls in which steam or hot viate-r heating pipes arc
placed shall be lined with metal
SECTION 29. DRY : OOHS. Pio combustible material sly ll be -ocrmitted in
the construction on any dry rooms hereafter erected, in which a tecnyri-rature
of 125 degrees .Fahrenheit or over may exist. If a temperature of under
125 degrees Fahrenheit is to be used, the dry room rrnay be constructed of
wood-, but it shall be lined th-ruou.t viith 1/8 inch asbestos covered ':lith
sheet metal.
If windows are placed in walls or ceilings or dry rooms, they shall be
of wired glass set in fixed incombustible sash and frame.
SECTION 30. STOVES AND RANGES. Pio kitchen range or stove in any
building shall be placed less than 3 feet from any woodwork or wooden lath
and plaster partition, unless the woodwork or partition is properly pro-
tected by metal shields, in which case the distance shall be not less than
18 inches. Metal shields shall be loosely attached, thus preserving an
air space behind them.
Hotel and restaurant ranges shall be provided with metal hood, placed at
least 9 inches below any wooden lath and plaster or wooden ceiling, having
an individual pipe outlet connected with a good brick flue. The pipe shall
be protected by at least one inch of asbestos covering, or its equivalent.
Combustible floors under coal ranges and similar appliances without legs
such as mentioned in Section 31, in which hot fires are maintained, shall
be protected by a sheet of metal, or a 1/8 inch layer of asbestos building
lumber, which shall be covered with not less than 4 inches of masonry set
in cement mortar. Such masonry may consist of one course of four inch
hollow terra cotta or of two courses of brick or terra cotta, at least one
of which shall be hollow and be laid to preserve a free circulation of air
thruout the whole course. Concrete may be substituted for a solid brick
course, if desired. The masonry work shall be covered by sheet metal of
not less than No. 20 gauge, so arranged as not to obstruct the ventilating
passages beneath. Such hearths shall extend at least 24 inches in front
and 12 inches on the sides and back of the range or similar heating
appliance.
All coal stoves and ranges with legs, shall be set on incombustible
material, which shall extend at least twelve inches in front.
SECTION 31. HEATING FURNACES AND APPLIANCES. Any woodwork, wooden
lath and plaster partition or ceiling within four feet of the sides or back,
or six feet from the front of any heating boiler, furnace, bakery oven,
co-ffee roaster, fire heated candy kettle, laundry stove or other similar
appliance, shall be covered with metal to a height of at least four feet
above the floor. This covering shall extend the full length of the boiler,
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furnace or heating appliance, and to at least five feet in front of it.
Metal shields shall be loosely attached, thus preserving an air space
behind them. In no case shall such combustible construction be permitted
within two feet of the sides or back of the heating appliance, or five
feet in front of same.
No furnace, boiler, range or other heating appliance shall be
placed against a wall furred with wood.
Heating boilers shall be encased on sides and top by an incombustible
protective covering not less than one and one-half inches thick.
SECTION 32. OPEN FLA117 HEATING DEVICE. All gas, gasoline, oil
or charcoal burning stoves or heating appliances shall be placed on iron
stands at least six inches above the combustible supports, unless the
burners are at least five inches above the base with metal guard plates
four inches beloii the burner.
No open heating or lighting device shall be used in any room where
gasoline or other volatile inflammable fluids are stored or handled.
SECTION 33. GAS CONNECTIONS. Gas connections to stoves and
similar devices shall be M de by rigid metal pipes. For small portable
gas heating devices, flexible metal or rubber tubing may be used when there
is no valve or other shut off on the device.
SECTION 34. VENT FLUES. Vent flues or ducts for the removal of
foul or vitiated air, in which the temperature of the air cannot exceed
that of the rooms, shall be constructed of metal or other incombustible
material, and shall not be placed nearer than one inch to the woodwork, and
no such flue shall be used for any other purpose.
SECTION 35. SAFETY OF DESIGN. All parts of every building shall
be designed to safely carry the loads to be imposed upon them, and shall
in all respects conform to good enginoe-ring practices.
SECTION 36. DUTIES OF ENFORCING OFFICER. The Chief of the Fire
Department is hereby authorized and empowered: First- To enforce all
ordinances relating to the construction, equipment, management and condition
of all property within said city. Second- To supervise the construction
or reconstruction of all buildings. Third- To report monthly to the
i,tayor or Board of Commissioners regarding the condition of the town or
village on all matters pertaining to fire preventions.
SECTION 37. PENALTY FOR VIOLATION. Any and all persons, firms or
corporations, who shall violate any of the provisions of this ordinance
or fail to comply therewith, or who shall violate or fail to comply with
any order or regulation made thereunder, or who shall build in violation of
any detailed statement of specifications or plans submitted and approved
thereunder, or any certificates or permits issued thereunder, shall
severally for each and every such violation and non-compliance respectively,
forfeit and pay a penalty in any sum not less than fifteen (a15) dollars nor
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more than one un ed 11;100 dollars. The imposition o.P one penalL,j for
any violation of this ordinance shall not excuse the violation or -permi.t
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it to continue; and all such persons shall be required to correct or remed7j
such violations or defects within a reasonable time•'and when not other-aise
specified, each tell days that prohibited conditions are maintained shall
constitute a separate offense.
The application of the above penalty shall not be held to w event the,
enforced removal of prohibited conditions as provided in Section two of
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this ordinance.
SECTION 38. CONFLICTING ORDIFTANOES REPF,LED. A11 ordinances and
parts of ordinances inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.
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SECTION 39. D_'-TE OF EFFECT. This ordinance shall talce effect and be'.
in force from and after its
passage and publication as required by law.
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All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with the foregoing j
a.re hereby repealed.
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(Adopted by Board o3 Corvnissioners August 18, 1919.
Recorded and Published ......... i�ugu:st 2 919.
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