The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-03-10
Nausart7 Roofs, Cornices, and f'arti-
lion Walls, 1925 -a..r.-ssrrsrrrz-

Tn the First Branch of the City Council last
oren;np the following ordinance was taken
nm rs the order of the day and passed:
An ordnance TO preuenl the building Of com.
bustsble M0nsnrd roofs, and TO regulate the
construction of cornices and partition
arGNs.
SEcTIoS l. Be IT enacted and ordained 6y
fhe MAJOR and City Council of Baltimore,
That it shall be unlawful for any person or
persons to construct, or cause TO De con-
structed, u Mausard roof on any house now
or hereafter to be built in the city OF Balt'-
more, or to replace any Mansard root that
NAV be damaged BY fire to the extent OF one
third thereof, unless the following conditions
are complied with: The framework and the
lookuuts for cornices shall be OF iron or OF
some equally non.combustible material, ana
where on building Of four (4 or more sto-
RIGS in height the states or other non.com-
bustible covering to be secured to angle
irons or some equally non-combustible ar
ransement All parapets, cornices, dormer
and other windows, on all SAID roofs 10 De
covered with slate, metal, or other equally
non.combu,,ible material. An amendment
tn this section was adopted, on motion OF
Mr.. Keilholtz, requiring the doors OF all
churches, schools, and places Of amusement
to be so arranged that they shall open out
Ward.1 ;,
SEC. 2. and be ii enacted, That all ex-
terror cornlccs and cutters on all eullotoS'
more than three (3) stories in height ABOVE
tue cellar hereafter erected snail De OF some
tire-proof material. and the greater weight OF
the material Of the cornceS shall De not less
than three inches on the inside oil the outer
line of the wall; all said cornices shall be
we'll secured to the wall with iron anchors,
or lookouts, independent of any Woodwork.
All exterior wooden cornices ana cutters on
houses more than three stories in height
above the cellar now built, that are unsafe,
shall be taken down, and if replaced Shall
be constructed as required in this section for
new ones. All wooden cornices on houses
aforesaid in this section that may be dam.
AGED by fire 10 the extent of One-third there
of shall be removed and replaced 10 the
same manner as is required i'll this section
'or ne " houses.
| SEQ. 8. 1nd be ii enacted, That the fire
or partition wall between buildings shall eX-
| tend four (4) inches or more through the
roof at all poiutS, and that the cornlces or
other projections Of the roofs OF ADJOINING
houses shall be divided by iron or some
equally non-combustibe material; if of iron
or material OF like character, there shall De
an air space of at least one inch between the
inner surfaces Of the metal. with suitable
openings in the face for the passage Of air.
SEC. 4. And be ii enacted, That if any per-
son or persons shall violate any OF the pro,
visions of this ordinance be or they shall
forfeit and pay fine of twenty (2Ol dollars,
and further sum of ten Q0) dollars for each
and every dsy such violation shall continue.
SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That this ordl'
nance shall take effect from the date OF IT.
passage, and all ordinances or parts OF ordl'
pances inconsistent herewith be and the
same are hereby repealed.
The ordinance now goes to the Second
Branch. Baltimore Gazette.