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An Ordinance a taim an ordinance entitled s n ordinance
Nodding for fire limits and regalattotte covering the oonetruotion,
alteration, ec 3pmtnt, mair or reieoval of butldtnge or straeturee,
end providing a ponalt; tor violatlens of this ordinance, a Which Ordiw
n trice is also lozown as the building ordinance o the City of 2,tiaml ,
approved July 7, 1919.
ve OEDAIitED BY TIM MT? OOUIQO tL OF Ittr.. CITY C~ MAUI:
section 1.. That Beotion 9 of tho Building Ordinance of the
City of litani, approved. July 7, 1919, be mended. to rend as inflows:
(1) All buildings shall be classified acconiing to tieir oo»
cupancy or use under one of tho three following groups: public Buildings,
Rosidenoe Buildings end Business Buildings. These groups shall be fury
tlxer subdivided into silt °lasses, two in each group, doe gnatod as A, B,
0, D, E)aed P, as follows:
Pub lio laness:
Class A,
Class B.
Class C,
Riddance Buildings:
Class D,
Class E,
Business Bulldirga:
Gass R,
Olas a F,
(2) FIJBLIC BUILDINGS. When Required Fireproof.
Public Buildings shall be aonetruotea to include all buildince or struc-
tures aaoeaaiblo to the public, and in vihioh people may congregate for
Oil', political, wire: tionaL, religious, amusement or transportation pun»
pomas or in which they may be voluntarily or forcibly detained or housed
for safety, pxnitilacent, obaervati.on, or oar..
OtASS A. Armories, Asylums, Lath Home (with th amine
amommedations other than those required for Janitor ), City fails,
Ool.legas, Court itcrxses, Detention Buildup, Pollee Stations, 'loci.*
tale, Libraries, Museums, nurseries, Railway ?meager Stations, Schools,
and hestere.
Buildings of this close elan be of fireproof conetraotion,
wept that wools in s hi , no pupils are moommodate& above the seoond
story may bo or non -fireproof construction.
Where armories, railway passenger stations, museums, ano. Bina-
ler buildings have large arched exposed roof construction, the fire-
rending of the straoturai members of these roofs may be omitted if, in
tho opinion of tho Building Inspector, the oonstruotion of the remainder
of the building would roasonable warrant such omniosion.
OLASS E. Amusement Balls, Churches, Exhibition Baildit s, Lodge
floor and Public Halls.
All buildings of this class shall have the floor over cellar
or basemont which is noarost to grade level of fireproof construction.
Buildings of this class over three stories or 40 foot high,
shall be of fireproof construction throughout, except that church spiros
need not be fireproof until they exceed 75 foot in height..
Every permanent structure intended for tbo seating or accommoda-
tion of the public, commonly known as grond-stanis, erected within the
fire limits, shall bo of fireproof construction, exoept that the seats
may be of wood, and the structural steel work may, bo unprotected. When
portions of such straotures are enclosed, the enolosing oon#traotion shall
be fireproof.
(3) Resid.enae Buildings. When Required Fireproof.
Reoidence Building° shall be construed to mean oa4 include all buildings
Inwhich sleeping accosmaocl tionc (other th= for Jr.nitor Or =totu )
are provided.
(2)
arA66 0 Whaler Apartments, D3.ab wises, end Studios
'with more theft 16 sleeping roots, Dormitories, Hotels and lodging Rousse.
Buildings of this alias then permitted of frame a 1atruetion
shall not mend two stories or 30 feet in height.
huiidiA of this mass over four stories, or 66 feet high,
shall be fireproof c onstructi on throughout.
CUSS D. Tenements Rouses, 9,tid all other residence
buildings not specified in Class 0.
Bailciit gs o Clio class over four stories, or 66 feet high,
shall be of fireproof construction throughout.
When the lover stories or portions thereof in non-mfireproof
buildings of Glasses 0 and D are 000upied for businees purposes, the
oonstructioat shall be made in aocardsnoe with the requirements of Section
No. 88.
cedar Ceilings then first floor is not fireproof, Seo. 178.
(4) Business Buildings. When Required Fireproof.
Business Baildir>, s >shall be construed to mean and include all straotures
used for or adapted to the transaction of business, the operation of
machinery, the manufacture or storage of machinery, or materials, the hous-
ing of live stook, or for any other industrial purpose.
OLLSS E. Factories, Lofts, Office Buildings, Printing Houses,
Restaurants, Stables, Stores, Warehouses and Workshops.
Buildings of this class of ordinary construction over two
stories, or 30 feet high, Shall have the floor over the lowest story of
fireproof oonstruotion; buildings of t=is class over four stories, or 55
feet high, thall be of fireproof construction throughout, or of mill con-
struction. Ili11 oonstruotion buildings wall not exceed 65 fee in heights
LAW QFTIPES: MITM. RQ8INEAUJ & YQN0g. MIAMI, F A.
GUN P. Oar tale, Pounaris a, Light sad. ?mar plants,
Railroad. grai t Stations, loe Mussel also Spada). Industry $uilditgs,
oonstruotnd. Ltd ooaupied eroolusivsly fora special purpose of industry mid
not otherwise bkssified, shah an Coffee Roastors, Dry Ober$ Rstablishe
marts, Grain D1svatora, toe -melding Rants, laboratories, Malt Rouses, Oil
Rouses, Oil Refineries, i ofrigeratitg plant a, Rendering plants, Soap
paatories, Sugar itefi terieg, Smoke Rouses, Slaughter kouset3 and wharf
Bulld.igsa
Buildings of this class, such as Oil houses, oil refineries,
rendering plants, smola houses, varnish works, etc., rid buildings or por'
tionc of buildings which are used for the storage or handling of large
quantities of combustible lacking or refuse material, shall, be only of
fire proof construction. A11 other buildings of Class F shall be of fired -
proof or mill conetruotion if within the fire limits or if they exceed
55 foot in height.
Buildings of Class s, whether or fireproof construction and
within the firo limits, or of nonsefiroproof construction, and outside
the firo limits, shall on .;; be orectei in Mob isolator localities and
undo such conditions as aro approved b, the Superintenlent of Build-
ing Construction.
Buildings of Class F, frame construction, Section 175.
Storage of lumbar Mall not bo pe: mitod within fire li..its un-
less the stook is stored in sheds or buildings v.ith iaooabustible Weals
and approved roofs.
(5) Unleso special e=aeption is made, every provision of this
Cods applying to any building of a cases shall apply to all buildings of
that clans.
(6) ?.:1x. _::;. i:?,.i,E is 'tot elrzeifted, or where there is r ,y
doubt ae to ito olaeoifioatidiom, the Building Impactor shawl deli ate
under vkaioh aSao It shell bo placed.
(4)
(7) Whmi buildim is used fertile putliose Of eft Or bore
classes to hetein wing, that portion devoted to tlie oeeupbati0y or use of
i particular 'close s h:ll be a onstrueted. in halo' dames with the require*
monks of that Class, unless att h oonstraction shall in the opittiatt of the
tiding to peetor prove impraotioable, or here there shall boa cot*
fliot between the requirements of the different classes, inwhich ease
the ele.so'i ,wiring the safest foi`r1 of eoiistruetior► shall coVolin the.
entire buildings
A public Reetrtkl of all classifications of buildings sad by
the Building Inspector diall be kept on file in the office of the Build*
ing Inspector, in accordance Frith tho provisions of Section e•
GLASS a. Garage Buildings.
In all buildings of this class the first floor shall be of
fireproof construotion.
Buildings of this class are subdivided into
(a) Garages for private Use only, and'
(b) Public garages, motor vehicle display rooms anti motor
vehicle repair slops.
CLASS G-A.. Garages for private use on?: with a maximum oapa.s
city of four cars all loo::ted on the first floor shall be under the same
struotutal requirements as buildings of Class D.
CLASS G•B• Buildings of Clio aloasexolusively used for the
purpose above named shall be oa struoted as follows:»
First: If outside of the fire limits and not over one story
in might, ordinary construction is permitted.
Second: Public garages within the fire Units shall be constructed
as follows:
One stogy builalna 3 of Ordinary Oonntruoti.on,
Two Story buildin, u of Mill Gonatruot ion.
For ell buil.dime ovor Vim stories or over 00 feet #i b, Fire-
proof Oonustration.
(b)
than buildings of alas Nat of Ordinary or U111 Construota
ion, the wood fi'ming of t!s see thl. story door at 1 the wood fr ning of
ooilitgo ma roof shall retrain open of tudovor+ed o eeptiug the milting
of diop1e p room uhioh tnay bo covered. with ahy ai roved type of it►eu
bustiblo materials.
OuldivisLota of floor gro$s, if o; wood cohstraoticnt, dhall
be constrk ted or
(a) single or ono'ply board or flooring partitions.
(b) Stud partitions, open oil one side, may ba covered with
on .ply of boarding or flooring or sleet metal.
(o) Stud partitions msy bo covered on both sides if tho cover-
ing is ontirely of incoMbuatible materials.
No partition shall carry any floor or roof load. No wood
mothers of the floor, ceiling and roof construction, excepting trusees
sral girders, eha11 be within lass than 10 feet of the floor below.
The floor mt:torial of all open floor oonst*uotion shall be oil
one layer or singlo»ply, not less than 1221 thick by rim wide, tongued
and groovod, dresco d. on the uniersitte, of sound hard pine or hardwood.
If any part or parts of buildings of Class 0-B are to be used
for other puaposes than these specified under this class and Class P,
then the part to be othorwise used shall be completely divided from tho
parts used as Class Ii»B and Class F by floors and partitions entirely
constructed of Fireproof materials.
Section 2, ,That paragraph 24, be amended to read as i0.1aw0e.
(1) All bearing walls shall be of sufficient laic noss to sup-
port the load to be carried tnthont ezeeoding tl streeses specified in
Zootion 57, but in no Case shall such walla be less then 12 inoles thiol:,
unless built of roinfo i ed concrete.
Thickness of reinforsod Concrete wells, Section 156,
(2) Me mini= tl:iolCaoss of all brio% be:trim walla sal
(6)
bo in saaoraftnoe with the following eahadulee and tabloa. 1n deters nm
It§ the thiolmess of Wills for varying heights, the &ail be mimed
to the nearest tier of beam or tupport, whether this be a foundation a
beam, tt1' a girdor•
Thialoieee of foundation tulle, geation 154
(3) Wa1le for Dwelling Hesse Claes. The ei'ees Ian *walla
for dwelling house altos N shah be taken to mean and Inalude walls for
all builditgs specified under Maas C azlt D, as well as all other build".
Inge used. for tomporary or peeitaattent residence,
Tor e.1.1 briok bearing walls of buildings of the dwe11lg house
Wass, the upper three stories shall be not foes than 12 inches thick,
increasing 4 inches in thickness for each three stories or fraction
thereof below. No three-story tnorement shall exceed. 45 teat in height.
(4) Table indicating minimum thickness of rails in accordance
with bare requirements:
DWELLING H t1SE CIASS
Brick bearing Walls.
Stbries 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 .r •. 12 . • .t. . • • •
2 22 12 . • . • • o • •
3 . 12 12 12 • • • • •: o •
4 . 16 12 12 12
5 16 16 12 12 12 . • . • •
6 • . 16 16 16 12 12 12 • • • .
7 20 16 16 16 12 12 12 . . .
8 • 20 20 16 16 16 12 12 12 • •
9 •20 20 20 16 16 16 12 12 12 •
10 • 24 20 20 20 16 16 16 12 12 12
The Waimea of bearing wails required by the above schedule
may be reduced to the ib .lowing dimensions:
(a) For one-story dwellings, designz ted for not more than two
families, with bearing walls not over 60 et, in lenghth, and the area
oovered by the exterior walla is not over 2,000 sq. feet, all parts of
the exterior walls loo:-led acme ti floor bows :h»ll be not less than
6" thick.
(b) For two and three-story buildiligs of aiailiar did tsiosui
end area, in *Loh each starry is designed for not more than two families,
(I)
a miaitlm thickness of g" is poratisaible for all wali portions above
the floor beans of tbe upper et tries,
Por toddies of similar doseription, to be oonstruoted onto
side of the fire litAta, the minium tbiohnese of bearing galls shall
be
Por one»atort bnilciinge 8 inehee.
Tor twa-story 'buildings bolorr the first floor beast 12", cod
all above first floor boa.ms 8".
?or three story buildings bolos first floor bums 16" from 1st
to 3rd floor booms 12" and above 3rd floor beams 8",
to application of tho foregoing requirements, attic aril mansard
rooms, with a floor spaoe of not over 60ch of the area covered by tho
building, shall not be counted as an additional story
(5) Valls for Warehouse Class. The exivessionftwalls for ware-
house class" shall be token to mean and include walls for all buildings
specified under Classes A, i3, E and P, in Section 8, 23 well as 01.1
other buildings used for similar purposes.
mcoepting party and fire wails, brick bearing walls for all
buildings of tlu s class, not exceeding fire stories or 65 feet in height,
Mull have the upper two stories not loss than 12 inches thick, increase
ing 4 inches in thickness for each two stories or fraction thereof below.
For such building in excess of five stories, but not exceeding ton stories
or 125 feet in height, tho top story shall bo not less than 12 inches
thick, inoreasire 4 inohea in thickness for each two stories or fraction
thereof below. 110 two-story increment shall exceed 30 feet in height.
(6) Table ind ioi*t ing animus thickness of yr.115 in accordance
with aboaeroquirorents.
(6)
Jul
WAIM0tt t0i 1.SS
triek tearing 11e.
Stories 1 2 3 4 8 6 7 8 0 10
1 .,.ii 12 • i s 6 i i . i i
2 ..... 12 12 . . • • 6 • .
3 •.ii• 16 12 12 . r • i $ 6 $
4 iiiii 18 16 12 1.2 i i i i • i
8 . i. i. 20 16 16 12 1.2 • . i . •
6 ..,. 24 20 20 16 p16 12
7 •iiii 24 24 20 20 16 16 12 • i i
8 •i ii 28 24 24 20 20 16 l6 it 6 6
0 6..40 28 28 24 24 20 20 16 16 12 go
10 ...so 32 28 28 24 24 20 20 16 1.6 12
In all buildings nated under tin Warehouse Class, not over
3 stories or 40 feet in height, with bearing walla not over 60 feet deep,
a minimum thickness of 8" is permissible in the upper story.
A similar reduction is permissible in all buildings of like
ammeter, over 60 feet deep if the depth of the building is subdivided in-
to 60 feet unitor fractions thereof by cross walls of same oonstruction
and.thickness as that of the bearing wall or by substantially braced
oross partitions constructed of fireproof materials or if the 8" wall is
reinforced by strengthoning piers not less then 12" z 21" and not over
16 feet apart from colter tt) cantor of nic,rc.
Wall portions mapyorting concentrated roof loads shall be
suitably reinforced by piers of such seotional area as may be required
to sustain the imposed load without exceeding the stresses specified in
Section 57.
(7) In all buildings, except dwellings, brick party walls and
fire walls vihioh serve as bearing wails on both sides, obeli DO not less
than 16 inches thick i,< the upper two stories or 30 feet, increasing 4
inches in thickness for oaoir two stories or fraction thoreof below.
Thio1 eso of non-beari:g fire walls, Section 6.
(8) The hoig2it of a wall between lateral imports shell not
exceed fifteen ti2:nea its tltickngvs unless strengthened by piers or cross
walls, as the Building inspector may direct.
When the clear open of a floor is greater the 25 foot in
buildings of 01.14se0 4, R, X and F, and greater thg n 26 feet in duildiras
(9)
q ,.r..{%LI"4b'�ic=4t194'MP et+✓Ix.:1
of Classes 0 and Do the thickness of boo.i=irg galls hail be increased
4 tubes car that specified ih the foregoing tables for every feet
or fraction thereof that the said own ekcseds 25 feet for buildings of
glasses A, 3, 3 and. k, or 26 feet for Classes 0 ana b# or shall have in
lieu of this increase of thiolsness, such piers Ot buttresses as the
Building lnspoetor tidy direct.
ClarAntiliot,tion or uu 7.c?.i i c, ;'mot ton 8.
(9) Very bearing; tall faced with brick laid in running bond
shall be 4 inches thicker than specified in the foregoing tables.
If my horisintal section through a beariil wall shows more
than 50 per omit area of flues find openings in a wall laid up in lime, or
line and oemmt mortar or 45 per onet in a wall laid up in Portland cenont
mortar, thesaid wall shall be increased a thickness of 4 inches for every
15 per cent or fraction thereof for witch the total area of flues and
openings exceed 30 per omit or 45 per cant. The total area of open-
ings and flues in any bearing wall shall not in any case exceed 6o per
'mat.
(10) In all buildings, va113 12 inchoa tick, and over 60
feet in length; and walla 16 inches thick which are over 100 feet in
lenghth, dia11 be 4 inches thicker throughout than is required by this
Code, unless they are properly braced by cross walls, pilasters, or but-
tresses.
(11) Thickness of non -bee irg walls ray be 4 inches less than
that of beztring walls, provided that no non -be -rim wall is less than 12
Inches think eocoept it be of reinforced concrete.
Partition walla, Seotion 104.
Shaft walls, Section 104.
(12) In nc t: c bctton o+ masongy
retaiarg walls be lees then one -quarter the height of the wall gnl.eee
( 10 )
reinforded in 611 approved !homer.
(13) Brick or ecncrete Vella of buildings outside the fire
limits, viliieh under this ordinance Could be of woods have a mintitlitit
thickness of 0 it>Itlhen• Such Walla shall tilt Waded two storks or 30
feet in height, emDltient° of gables, nor shall they exoeed 55 feet in
length unless properly braced by moss walls, pie re or buttreesee.
(14) panel or Lrnaloeure Walls nor Skeleton cenatrnotion.
in skeleton oonatructiou the as ,„1 walls shall be supported by girders
at each floor level, and if of bricks, shill be not less then 8 inches thick,
laid in oemmat mortar. When the vortical distance between supporting
girders exceeds 15 feet tlio t 1ti.ciciess df the wall shall bo increased 4
inches for each 15 feet or fraction thereof that the said vertical dis-
tance exceeds 15 feet. Such walls ciiail be of brick, stone or gravel
concrete, or hard burned terra cotta.
Reinforced concrete walls, Sootier 136.
Terra Cotta in sleleton construction, Seo. 104, para. S.
Secti aai 3. That Section 27 be amended to r ••ad as fellows:
(1) 1s11 exterior ar partywalls except where such walls are
finislnd as cornices, of pitched roofs with an ale of not less than
30°, exeoptiag also the walls of detached dwellings t'ith peaked or hipped
roofs, shall bo itn'nithed with parapets. Parapet walls shall not be
less that 8" thick, and ab.all project at lout 3 feet above the roof at
all points, llxoept that on dwellings the parapets ray be reduced to 2
feet. All parapet walls shall be coped with approved durable material.
(2) 2Xterior walls Mize public streets or alleys or other
public areas not lass than 5 feet wide art: exterior walls 3 toot or more
troth the lot line Null have parapetwale not leas than 18" above the
roof level at any point.
No parapet walls Shull be ra;uirad at or above roots con—
structed of f'lreproof materials andat or above Mills rao%:.;haves a• ...,
(n)
severing of not loos than 2+l thick of inoombuotible t terialo atm&
ing from trio (*tartar walla line not loos than lb foot into the roof area,
Station 44 . at notion 36 be sided to road as follows is
(1) I aoh floor of every building shall be of sufficient strength
in all its parts to bear safely the weight to be Wooed thereon, in Wt.,
tion to the weight of do floor itself. It shall safaly support a mini..m live load per square foot of area as spooified in the follotit table;
(2) Live loaf requiremmts per square boot for buildings de..
signed for and to be used as
First: stores, Salesrooms, Restaurants and Light ma:lufactl ,..
itig plants without fixed =Chine* ♦............... ►'• .......... 100 lbs.
Second: Churchoa, Aaoombly Rails, Parish azrl Lodge hallo, 1
hibition Halls, Banquet and Dance Halls, Gymnasias, Theaters and all places
of public ontertaimnalt ani anusemont, •........................• 100 lbs•
Third: Schools, Colleges, Leoture malls att. all places of
public and private instruction, containing class rooms for more that 15
pupils per room ..• .............................................. 75 lbs.
Fourth: Public Librgries,
(a) Stook or book rooms ••...••••••....•.•.••••••••••• 100 lbs.
(b) All other parts of library 75 lbs.
Fifth: Office Buildings, Clubhouses, Hotels and Lodging Houses,
..ssoclation Buildings, Dormitories, Hospitals, Sanitariums and Varsories,
Reformatories and houses of Rotention and. Correction, and all public and
private charitable institutions •.....•......• 50 lbs.
The liveload requirements for any of the buildings named under
the st.1division (5) may be reduced to 40 lbs. per square foot for all build•
Inge with not more than 10 separate office rooms for oath floor.
Sixths Private dwellings, apartment houses and tenement houses,
•#.....f........••.••.•......................•...,...........40 lbs.
sevontus r'uruhan ss for 4mruiladipv of ol•�i Xz�: S:.� vol4.14t~-
lio arogos inoludinG Ctspl n,V rooms and veaa , f show •. •. • • • • . • • 220 1be •
BiGisths Tt'4o limo Iona roc!ujremonto for buh.ldingo destno4 fox+
the storage Or Wand loads, for mariutecturing tith heavy mt.te la .s and
for the eMplOyeVnt of heavy ► finer* aM equipm&to also for 0e01a1
itt t tr38s azd for Ufty areas,. toraantiio, pub.io tttiiity and ptblid
aortic* pni lose, not hareinboPbre naiTe t, Shan be in 6cooitinneie with the
necessary average loads to be imposed Upon any floor area of 8g8h istrua
tore and a statownt nndo aml cipnecl by a competent arahiteot 614 stigim
neer, epeoi Eying the liveloads for high the s tr s tutu is dnotbtie d nth inf.
tended, &tall be ctil ittoci to tin r u!13.int t 2pootnr at the t i .o When the
building poem .t is being applied for.
Section 5. ,Piet Seotidn 34 be worded to read as follows:
(1) no building, or struottire hereafter erectod, except church
spires, water towers, smoke htaoks or chimneys, shall exceed in height two
and one-half ti:eo tho rudest street upon which it fronts, nor shall it
exceed the following limits:
Height in Height in
stories feet
Frame buildings used for purposes
other t2an dwellings end tenements 2 30
Frame dwellings end tenements oocupied
by not more than two gentiles
30
Flame occu :ios 4 not nn tv
than one family 3 35
Buildings having bearing walls of
hollow terra cotta or concrete blocks 3 40
Notrfiroproof buildings, ordinary
construction
Non -fireproof build irns, mibl con-
struct ion
Fireproof buildings used for factorise,
stores, warehouses or r sba ps
4 55
5 65
7 85
Fireproof buildings used for purposes
other than factories, stores, ware-
houses or a rkshopa 10
125
(2) If r. cif '! :tr1.y;7 exceods 30 foot in height the
roof abatl 'bo constructed or incombustible material, and all foetal frame-
wo$c of eauo Shall be protected uith fireprofinc,.
(3.5)
(3) A dingle ootry building not azooeding 3b foot in height
may hive a roof monitor not osneeding 10 feet in heist.
(4) No story of any building above the tirot story Mall el%
cooed 15 feet in heights
Provided, however, that the height of my building may be Ina
eta ed beyond the foregoing limitation, by setting such building otttfila
oiontly back on ito building lot from tit trout lino thereof, eo that the
increased height shell be 2i.times the distance from the front of such
building to the front of the opposite building lot line accross the
street thereof.
Section 6. That paragraph 37 be amended to read as follows:
(1) The roofs of o.11 hai1dinga Shall be designed. ara constructed
in arch manner that they► twill bear, in addition to tho weight of their
structure and covering, a load or not less than 25 lbs. for each square
foot of horizontal surface.
(2) every column, post or otn: r vertical support & 11 be of
suffioient strength to bear safely the combined live and det4 loads trans
matted tc it.
Ooluums ecoentrioally loaded, Section 134.
(3) In buildings more that five stories in height, the follow»
ing reductions aro permissible: For columns supporting roof and top floor,,
no reduction; For Columns supporting each succeeding floor, a raduotion of
5 per cent of the total live load per floor may be made, but the total de-
duoti oat stall not exceed 50 per sent.
(4) No reduction of live load on columns shall be permitted
in buildings where the amused floor load is more than 120 poinds per square
foot eat; is likely to be permanent in character, as in warehat:ses, printing
houses, machine shops, etc.
(14)
(8) for struatures witting meohi tore, ouch as orates cony tors,
printing presses, to., at least 28 per omit *hail be added to the stresses
from live loads to provide for effect of impeat and vibr4tphs•
&eoti art 76 phht Option. Gil be amended to road as follot st•
(1) Sver woodett beam it dew party or fire wall shall be sep •
crated fro:uahy other beam in the Wall by at least 6 inches of solid
maeettry. &ueh separation may be obtained by staggering t1 beam, corbel"
or bar tiro Of approved steel ha ers proporly anchored in Um Want and
arrariged to make the bey selfiiire loo.sitig. Ito wall shall be corbeled more
that 2 itches for this pttrpoeon tt the beta ends are opposite each other
in the wall the cooperation ohr.11 be not less than 8 inches.
(2) Trimmer and header beams over 4 feet in length shall be
hung in unproved motel stirrups or hangers.
(3) Every modem boom, except Deader and tail bows, hhall have
bearings of at least 4 inches.
(4) The onds of all wooden floor and roof beans, witch root on
walls, eh 11 bo cut to bevel of three inches in their depth.
(5) All wooden floor end roof beau shall be properly braced
with cross bridging. The distance between bridging or botwoen bridging
and bearing shall not exceed 8 feet. So far as possible knots or otha r
imperteetices shall be excluded from the bottom and top quarters or timber
beams.
Quality of structural tuber, Section 57.
Timber stresses, Section 57, para. 4.
Hollow Tile. lie wood lintels in any opening.
Section 8. That section 78 be amended to read as folgowst
(1 ) wary building within the fire limits, except churohes and
dwellings, shall here approved fire doorw, or fire windows on every exterior
o, onin above th first t e ry, when troutina on a street or driveway less
than 25 feet wido, or where another building or portion of the same
building io within 25 feet of ouch opening; also all +aim.' opeuingo
(15)
in the We a ma rear walls of tho first s to ry, omoept show w1 ttdowe, when
lass than 25 feet from another building. The Walls of a building its the
dome plate or verallel plates at & teeing it the same direction ae that in
wh 1ah the open fig is situated., shall not be ooneidored as corning within the
intent of this rule.
(2) All openings in a side wail above att& faxing on the
root of an adjoining building of other than fireproof oonstruotian, shall
be protootod by tiro doors or fire windectc to height of 50 feet above the
roof measured in o, Vortio.<1 lire. If the Lajoining buliti ad has - f irG�
proof roof, all openings in the said side full shall be protootod from the
level of the adjoining roof to a height of 50 feet measured ia a straight
lino from the adjacent edgo of the nearest a1 13rgnt or other opening in the
bilioinfrig roof, to the top of the opening in the wall.
(3) All openings in a side wall above and facing on the roof
of a building or other titolt fireproof constrraction wiich is separated from
the side wall by a horizontal distance less than 10 feet, shall be proms
tented by fire doors or fire windows from the roof level of tho exposing
buildiry to a heft of 50 feet measured from tiro top of the adjacent
parallel wall to the top of the opening in the aide wall or 50 feet from
the adjacent edge of the nearest o y13ght or other opening in the roof
of the exposing Validity, if the roof be of fireproof constraotion.
(4) All exterior wall openings more than 75 feet above the curb
in all buildings, shall bo protected by fire doors or firs windows.
(5) In business buildings ova. four stories or 55 feet in
heft, the windows which are not fire windows, sii..11 have a distance of
at least 3 feet between the top of a window bill sill, and the bottom of
the lintel of a window directly beneath. No such window shall bo arranged
to open within 1 foot of the ceiling surface, but tl;e wall construction be-
tween the window opening and the ceiling, may, if desired, be replaced by
a fire window in fixed sash and frame.
Protect: on of exterior openings in mill oonstruction, Seotion 94•
Specifications for test of fire doors, windows . shutters,
Soot/ n 152.
(6) Approved fire shutters tray be substituted in plaee of the
fire windows required itz paragraphs 1, 2 and 3. in such eases at least
one row in every three vertical revs of shutters sha11 be arranged to be
readily opened from the outside, and a distinguishing mark satiofactory
to the Diet of the Piro bepartmmit shall bs provided on these abutters.
(7) boonpants of buildim s close an !ire doors, stutters,
and windows at tke o lose of bus irio s o each dtVe
Seat:ion a. Tat Section 75 be amended to read as follows*
(1) on all buildings or structures within the five limits
the exterior cornices, ino2usivo of those on show windows card glitters, shall
bo of incombustible material. All cornices not built as a Part of the wralls,
shell bo secured to the wags with metal framing or anchors.
Provided, however, that open cornice construction extending not
more than 40 inches beyond exterior wall surface may be oanstructed of
wood bearing and 'rood sheathing; in the a»plioat i on Of this cons truct i am
tho masonry walls must extend. for the fall thicIatoss up to the urdersile
of the wood sheathing.
(2) nxtorior rrooaen cornices or gutters on buildings or
str"vtures within the fire limits, whioh are unsafe or are damaged to the
extent of one-half, shall be taken dorm; atd taiy replacements of same shall
be nude with incombustible materials. If ri 'god. leas than 10g, they may
be repaired with the s:.Yne material as originally oonsttmcted.
(3) Outside of fire 1lm3ts where buildings having masonry walls
are pl t ced nearer that 3 feet to a side or roar lot line, or 3 feet to an-
other building, tie cornices and overhanging eaves on the silo or rear walls
shall be of, or amred wi tI, incombustible material. When such buildings
are erected in rows, ootabustible cornices on the front shall be firestopped
with incombustible ivateriel between each baildirg.
Section 9. Tat Section 91 be mended to r: aci us f all, ays *
(1) ,L.'eawcya or eponingtt coy. iroa 4•;.e.. :. `,;:; or ', .ti. iron
doora not more then 3 foot in width, with xougii surv« le set flush with side-
na124 nay pro jest not more than 4 feet beyond the bui di tg line. If
gratings be need, they have a tiro screen of hot mot tinn inch mesh
aeourrly attached to the under Bids.
(A) No open areaways, raili e, °tope, arr any portion of a build"
ing or etraotnre S1 prodeot beyond the building line at any point leas
thins 10 feet abode the ourb level.
(3) Water tables, bolt courses, sills, bases, eolurms, pilatters,
capitals or othcr decorative ,.,oaturo;, =.•c: oh ore ix:rt of tie conctra0tion
Shall not 1..irojeot more thlAn 6 inches be;;-ond tuo branding line. Such pro.'
jection may be erected only upon a rovo able pormit issUod by the But1d�
ing Inspector when in his opini n suon projection will ;tot in shy manner
obstruct the true use of the sidewalk for tremolo-,
(4) into bszy, oriel or SIVI t,&niort 3:1.11 9rojeot beyond the build-.
ing line at ny .o;it. then extot f: wit;>.ir= the fire limits they shall bo
oonstruoted of incombustible material, except that on a dwelling such
window nny be permitted of wooden framework covered mi tt: incombustible
matorial, provided it dodo not extend more than 3 feet above the second.•
story, floor. Cornices of show windows more than 10 feet above curb level
may pro j oat not more 'clan 18 inches beyond bui 1tUn ; line.
(5) Alteration or repairs of' areaways, steps, store fronts, or
projecting or short vindoes shall bo subject to the requirentaaits of this
seat ion.
Arnenc1L e:zt tr.7 Cry +. 121
"6. ► prquett, av^lire, Porches or Cantilever '?alconien shall not be
permitted to proj;ot over :ice -walk, fronts, or areaways at a lover height
than ten feet from street £racle line tkl.en at isle -yeah curb. This height
is tc be taken from lowest point of ?'arquet or Auninc or in the case of a
Porch over side`. :lk u,p :or tea by cola znr at curb line to the bottom point
of the saoffit of cornice. : c:sorir;t or oe l,a1 coluu ua:: t l.: be vc r•m feted for
the : upport of poncho;; only ai'~_er ;;idti of the supports IlLn been a loroved
by the build.ine inspector. All porches or balconies :east be constructed
of fireproof material and the r•ailinc mound porches or balcony c j ecti nc
over ei4e- i 1k must not project 2ii. ;her th< n the window sill of the second
floor r;na under no .ei.rr;nnstance will these 'porches or balconies ::e co-
�_> t 3,00:f or cr cloNa t.. other t1 ;.;ra c rIv .s av i afs. All :::.:-
quets, balconies or po;.•chen pvojectinc over hide -:walk r::t t have ethers
rers
to carry water bade to drain Wider nide-wall: to street curb."
3 of ,on 10• WOoptlen 176 be amulet to read. as follower
(38)
Mit tuiilt tt G i cias tE cw Pam. Lflii s
(i) NO frame building shall eitoeed two stories or 30 feet it
height, Iroept that dwellings, occupied by not more tit tvc families xtsq
have two and oit h i1f stogies, prodded they do not eXeee . 30 feet in
height er 3.000 srpare feet in area. The tittle in a two eri sniff story
house My be used. for sleeping pee , but not for living pruposes. Ito
family shall be domiciled above the seornd story. Dwellings ctoottpied by net
more then one family may be three stories or 35 feet high. Towers, turrets,
or minarets on such buildings may mooed tt e .1701.cgoireXi ..it 10 feet, pro..
vide& the greatest horisental diMenuion of such structures does tot exceed
15 feet; except also that a church spire many be constructed of rood to a
height riot ex000ding 75 feet from the ground., but such spire shall not be
pltcod nearer any other building or structure than the equivalent of ite
heidit measured from its masonry carport to the pinnacle.
1'11 frame buildi{;ns or structures shall have approved
roof coverings.
Requirements for roof coverings, Section 70.
Buildings classed as frame, Sear. on 0, para. 2.
(3) No frame buildigg (treated ibr any occupancy othe than build-
ings of Class F, shall cover a ;mane: :,roc:. exceeding 5,000 sqU rO feet, ox-
cetp as restricted. in paragraph 5.
(4) Eeeept also that a frame building equipped vith an approved
ayiateci of automatic sprinklers, may hove an increase in . rea of 66 2/3
per Dent, or 8333 square feet.
(5) ?mu) builsiiive of Class F, and frame buildizce of other
clusaea having; an ;o.rea exceeding 5000 square feet wibhout sprinklers, stall
not be placed within 35 feet of any side or rear lot line; card if the area
exceeds 7500 square feet, the distance from a tide or roar lot line eha11 be
not leas than 100 feet.
(6) The acnbined area oe frame buildings, sheds and outhouses
located on ar r lot shell not exceed 80 per Dent of trio lot area.
(7) In no case 51141 a frame balding witiA wooden siding be
(19)
(treated or altered, to fttend. within We feet o, the oide or rear lot line,
nor within B feat of another builditg, MUDS the wide betweetl the sttt&O
on ettoh side be filled aolidly vitth not loco than Si itahoa of brie%or1
or other ditittiitalent ite tctible water el, and the ehtire *potted aide be
eovcrsd with at lease itiah lager of asbestos board, or 0 inch of
plaster board. bask of the wooden (tiding• If the adjacent tralls Of two
buildings have no *orange, and are filled and oov.ied as above specified,
there need be uo limitation as to distance between tisem.
Alterations in wasting Cram builtiin ;c, 3eotion 174.
(8) Floor beanie and rafters in frame buildings shall be not less
then 2 inches in thickness. All framo or wood buildings e-nceeding 15
feet in height shall have their sills secured to tlul foundations in an ap-
proved mariner aril bo erected with tills, posts, gifts and plates of suitable
size a,nri =Aerials with proper mortise and tenon framing and braced with
stud.s at all angles, but this shall not prohibit the use of baloon framing
with proper sills and ribbon strip not less than 1*, by 5 inches here diag-
onal sheathing is used, and provided that the outside walla are fire stepped
at del,' floor level.
quality of timber, Section 53.
Timber Stresses, Sect .on 57.
Section 11. That Seoteon 226 bo amended to read as follows: -
(I) The torm elevator as usod in t1:ds Code shall include all
elevators, escalators or lifts used for carrying passengors or freight.
The term dumbwaiter shall include such special form of elevator, the dimen-
sion of which do not (tweed 6 square feet in horizontal section and 4 feet in
height, tavi which is used for the *conveyance of small packages and merchandise.
r bani power e]avator having a rise or more than 35 feet shall
oattply With Oil the requirements of tie section. No be1ti elevators driven
from a oountersbaft shall be instrl2sd for passeur cr service,
(2) Before ' , elev_^,ta+ oil .l. zorz fte? be inatr:11ed or altered
in any building, the outer sh .l submit, on appropricte blanks furnished
tiarefor, to the l3ui.ldixj inopeotor en application in triplicate stating the
•va@truotdau ard recto of operation of ouch elevates' to be installed or altered,
P►)
accompanied by Such plan drawings as am be mammary, and ehall
obtain his appieva1 therefor. Before acy such elevator ahall be put into g
aervioe, the sae shall next been duly tested and impacted by the Buildiug
tpeator sni a certificate of inspection ata approval obtained. Xn making
any changes or alterations to elevator shafts, rails, overhead. anchinery
or power, all the woVit changed or alt eres than be made to conform to these
regulations.
(3) The oat ear of arty elevator now in operation Wrd the manufacture of
any ouch elevator hereafter placed in any bui&dittg, shall cage to be fastened
in a omnspiououe plaice in said elevator, a metal plat having suitable raised
lettere onseme whirl shall designate the number of poencis which said ale -
rater shall be permitted to carry, but in no case era11 a carrying capacity
of less theft 100 pounds ner square foot of platform area inside the car be
permitted on any passenger elevator.
(4) Every elevator, except full automatic push button elevators,
shall be in charge of a competent, reliable operator not less than eighteen
years of age, the shall have had at Least one tveekte experience in running
an elevator under the en:tstant sunervi ei co if a person who has received
a certificate of competency as an elevator operator.
(5) No parson 5141 run any passenger or freight elevator in
the City of Miami unleoc bo shall first register at the office of the De-
partment of Buildings his hams and residence, also, the loa:.tion of the
building in whieh he is to perform sudh service, and shall first receive
Mattis Building Inspector a certificate of competency.
(6 ) Wet more than one door in the elevator shaft shall be
allowed on sect t3.00r, and. all openings in tie sev:ra1 stories ahall be one
above the other, except where the operating device of the elevator is do
placed tha the operator can readily control all dome wItheut leaving the
car control, in W4;.cit cape sure 1.444 OPO aaor 44.04,44iug WhLW be ; 0exa .tteci un
a floor.
(21)
'?) All eievatoi a hereafter 'hat Ala in Vartievl Shafts shall
be c antroiled by dome ttiediiatitio , . devioe that will eutor►atieal 2y potent
the ear being moped ttttti l the eft door or grate at rah ieh the oar ie attain
irg io shut and mutely fastened, at which wil1 prevent the opening of
any shaft beirg move& until the shaft door or gate at which the oar is garde
irg its gates opeitttig into &listing elevator shafts shall be locked or
bolted itt manner to permit opening only by the operator or tho oar.
(e) All countelweighte atoll have their seCtone at otely bolted
together. There shall be not less than 3 feet clearance between this top
of oounterseights and tho mnier side of overhead beans when the car ie
resting "on tho bumpers. I;o continuous forged straps shall be permitted on
coUnterweights.
(9) Elevxtorr cars shall bo constructed of incombustible mater-
ials, except that floor illy may be of hardwood. There aihel l be not more than
14 inohes space between the floor of the car =lithe floor saddles, and where
the saddles project into the shaft the same shall bo properly leveled on the
under side. The raider side of the car shall be of incombustible materials.
Cara for all elevators shall bo properly lighted.
(10) A11 guide rails for both car mid oountetweigbts, shall be
of steel, and shall be bolted to the sides of the eacst ':rites steel or east
iron brackets, so spaced thr the guide renewal bo rigid. The splices
in the rails aha1.1 be located as near such rigid supports as possible
and elevators with a travel -speed not exceeding 100 feet per minute may be
installed with guide rails for car sad counterweights, made of Imitable hard -
wool.
(11) Ho passenger elevator shall be permitted to have a fre 3ght
compartment attached to it in any maraca*.
(12) Immediately under the sheaves at the top of evtry elevator
Shaft in any building, there shall be provided a concrete slab or substantial
grab of :4443. 4-v i.:.g not m~:: L Ineb sltkee botwocal the matcher:
oe laid grata, and of such construction es ;hall bo apgroved by the i3aii,d,
iAg inspectors
(22)
(13) I clear apioe of net ien than 3 feet shell bo prom*
vide& between the bottom of the shaft WA. the loMest paint of the under
side of the oar floor when the der is at its lowest iancliilg: and butt eon the
top of tho drove head the car and tha Unasrside of the overhead grati '
when the oa.r is At its top lauding: adept that this latter sae sholl
not be doss than 6 feet for elevators having a speed in egress of 350
feet per minute, and rn ,y be rodueed to 2 feet for elevators havitt a total
rise of not ozdeeditn( 30 feat .th a spool not e`scoodi ; 100 foot per lanuto.
(14) All parts o" the elevator machinery ohftlI be 01i010soc1.
by suitable partitions of incombustible materials, and such enclosures shall
'bo lighted. pree and safe access shall be provided to all parts of the
elevator machinery. Where tho machine is located at the bottom of the shalt
it shall be protected with a substantial pit pan.
(15) At the top and bottom of all elevator; shafts thoro ;hall
bo placed n,stantial buffor springs for oar and counterweights.
(16) The carrying beano ani othuv supports for all machinery
shall be of stool designed for double the live load:= to bo supported.
(17) Every paoserger elevator shall have a trap door in the
top or the oar of such sico as to afford. ez.sy ogress for :Asset tors, or -,;here
two ears are in the same shaft such moans of egress may bo provided in
the side ox' each car.
(18) The Building Inspector shall cause an inspection of eleu-
vators carrying passengers or employees to bo made at least once every three
months, and shell require any necessary repairs to be made promptly by the
antler. If the Building inspector at any tin eons/dues an elevator to be
unsafe, be may require its ppexation to cease until etch repairs or alter -
Wong have been made as will in his judgment produce safety. In lien of
ouch inspeetsan by his own Department, the Building Inspector away accept
the report of inspections made b./ other reliable and Properly constituted
authorities which in his judgmoI t are coapetont and satisfactory.
(19) In every building exceeding 100 feet in height, at lout
Ono pcasen&*er elevator shall be impt in readinoeo for immediate use by
(25)
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the firs i itrtwont during di MUDS of tho slight art& day, inoluding
holidays eta Sundjysa
(20) It dila be unlawful to hoe any elevator that is het
provided with safety Written for bringing the elevator oat* to rent without
parlous injury to pasoetgere et operators whenever it may for sty roam
coed its rated. speed by more than forty per Beat, or reach a speed of
8SO feet per minute. safety devious aro not required upon the plunger typo
of elevators, nor ttpOrt s iderral.k olettt.tora vhieh navel less that 50 feet.
(21) Who Building Inspector aht:ll issue :end enforco gash other
rogulations regarding the constriction, orect :cot, operation or repair of
elevators as homey consider necessary to insure safety. Such regulations
being promulgated in tcoordazteo with they requirements of Section 240.
Enclosures for elevators, Section 80.
SECTION 12. That suction 222 be mnended to read as follows:•
(1) The plumbing raid drainage of all buildings, both public sad
private, shall bo performed in accordnuoe with the rules and specifications
of t i» Plumbing Code of the City of Liami.
ami.
(2) All rooms Which contain aviator closet, urinal or slop sink,
shall be 1ighte4 by an a2pr vod means :. sues rooms be separately
and indeponiently 'mutilated to the outside air, as hereinafter provided
for. Water Closets, urinals or slop sinks shall nwt be placed or maintained
in any room used for other than toilet or janitor room purposes. All water
olosots or urinals Shall bo placed in a ooperate and independent apartment.
The walls and top of whtoh shall bo tightly coiled and to all intents and
purposes sound. proof aima air tight, osoept for the means bsken to ventilate
sane.
(3) The windows for each toilet room shall have an area of not
less Um four square feet and scull be arranged s o as to open di. r otly to the
outside air or into a light and air shaft staving an aro& of not less Chan
lour square feet for the first four svatear closets or urinal apartmonts openm
irs into same, wait windows or ventilating sis4ft shall be increased one
square foot in area four eaoh additional water c oset or urinal iqartmest
opening into sums its eocaoss Qt 00 r.
(4) Interior toilet room* itt private dwellings may be vents
fated 'weans of ventilating pipes or flues in lieu of t ittdom8. Ouch
pipes or flees shall be attended independent o? errs mother from the toilet
roan to the. Outer air, ana than not oontetn less than ferty. (40) Ware
inches in cross eeations for eadh water cieoet, urinal or clop sinit& 3ueh
pipe or flue shall be tarn off the wiling g or within 13 i tt±bee of same• If
the number of water closets, urinals ar nlop Oinks eaeeed. tiro 3A number
such pipes or flue shall be extendod to the roof ana approved meobartioal
ventilator placed thereon. All such pipes Oe flues shall be approved
tinned ame or galvanized sheet metal, or other approved metal, and if of
Sheet metal the entire piep or flue shall be wrapped with approved asbostoo
paper securely fastened in place. Air shafts, ventilating pipes or flues
Shall not open into rooms other than toilet rooms.
(5) Toilet rooms in Wine buildings, hotels or apartment
buildings may be ventilated by, mechanical means in saoh manner as to insure
a change of air at normal temperature at least once evory'ttventy (20)
minutes, during the times fixtures are in use. in all cases the ventilating
pipe than. be proportioned to Quit the cubic air contents of the looms
and the necessary velocity off' the $r durrcn::c of tic: roo, ;3 to produce
such changes when the apparatus is operating it its normal spend, instead of
the fixtures therein oontained.
(6) All mator closets and urinal apartments hereitter ereoted or
altered ih buildings for geuerca pr public use or in places where food is
kept, sold or prepared shEl1 have the floor and malls to a height of 4 feet
of an approved non -absorbent material. The floor of such rooms shall
be continued up the lv lls to a height of not less than 6 inches. The
intersection of the walls and of the floor up to hills height shall be
curved as in an aro or cove.
(7) Vo water closet or urinal apartment dftail be ventilated
by any window pipe or flue opening through t%ito will of the building when.
(851