The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-11-25
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10 provide for the regulation and inspec-
tlot OF buildings, the more ciiccthhl pre-
Vention OF fires, and the better preservation
OF life ana property IN the city OF Dalias'
Be IL Oytidined by ne CHy Council ~ tie cHD ~
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SECTION /. when any person shall be
about TO erect house or building within
the city OF Dallas, he shall make u written
application TO the CITY Engineer, slatlng the
number and extent OF the buildings, me eS-
timaied cost, the exact spot OF ground ON
which II Is TO be built, and the contract
time for completion, and thefeupon SAID
official shall, alter inspecting the premises
issue a petmit to occupy such u purl OF any
street or alley for the purpose OF placing
thereon u lime house or building mattrials
and for such time M may be necessary. ANY
person or persons building without first nay
ing obtained such permit, or violating the
law after having obte ined II, shall be deem
cd guilty of o mIsdemeanor, ana, on conVic'
ton thereof, be fined not less than ten MOI
more than one hundred dollars.
Section .. All that portion OF the city OF
Dallas, lying within the district as IL or may
be designated, by ord inance OF TINS Couneli
as the "tlre limits, shall constitute tne ouilu'
ing limits designated under this ordinance
in which no building shall hereafter bt
built except In conformity with the provis
ions Of this ordinance; and the several pro
visions of this ordinance shall apply TO al
stone, Drlck OF IRON buildings Wlth'h SUN
limits.
Section 8. ALI buildings erected hereafter
within the building limits OF the city OF Dal
las shalt have outside or party wall cor
structed OF stone, brick or iron, ana all suol
walls shall be built to n line and carried VI
plumb and straight, with close joints. anC
the several component parts ofall such build
inps shall be built and constructed In sucl
manner rs herein provided.
section |. All foundation walls shall be
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less than two feet below the established grad,
of the street, on good solid bottom. AL
piers, columns, posts and pillars resting OIL
the earth shall have footing course, ant
shall be set upon bottom In the same man
ner as the foundation walls.
sections. The footing or base course. UNI
der all foundation walls shall be at leas
Il inches In depth, of stone,hard brick or ny
draullc cement, concrete, ana snail De at teas
twice as wide rs the bottom width of th,
other than those of dwellings, shall be ~
least four inches thicker than the wall mex
above them, 10 depth Of sixteen feet below
the curb level, and shall be Increased foul
inches in thickness for every nVe feet IL
depth below the level of the street curb.
Section q. IN all dwelling houses ron
thirty to thirty eight feet In height and no
more than twenty-five feet In width, the out
side walls shall not be less than twelve
inches thick, and the party walls shall mo-
be less than twelve inches thick. In nj
dwelling houses thirty EIGHT to titty-fvt
feet in height, and not more than Thirty lee
in width, the outside and party walls mus
not be less than than twelve inches thick
and Ii above fifty-iive feet, the walls shall
not be less than sixteen inches thick, TO The
top of the second story joists.
Section I. In all buildings other thar
dwelling houses, not above thirty-hve feet
i'm height, and not more than twenty. sever
feet in width, the outside walls shall not bt
less than twelve inches thick. III above
thirty-tive feet and under fifty feet in height
the walls shall not he less than sixteen
inches thick to the height OF twenty feet
and not less than twelve inches thick from
thence to the top. In all buildings over
twenty-five feet In width, aud not having
either brick partition walls or girders, sup
ported by columns running from front t.
rear, the walls shall be increased an add.
tlonal four inches in thickness, to the same
relative thickness In height rs required un.
der this section for every additional ten feet
in width of said building or any portion
thereof.
ell within said limits, In which there are
stone or brick partition walls, said walls
shall in regard to thickness, height and fOun.
dalton, be subject TO the clause and proyis-
ions above set forth. If, in place OF partition
walls, iron or wooden Orders, supported on
iron or wooden columns, are used, they shall
be made of sufficient strength to bear safely
the weight of two hundred and fifty pounds
for every square foot of the floor, or floors,
that rest upon them, exclusive of the weight
of the material employed In their constrnc-
ton, and shall have footing courses of brick,
and foundation walls under them, or two
footing courses OF large, well shape stones,
laid crosswise, edge to edge, and at least ten
inches thick in each course, the lower foot
ing course to be equal in area to that under
parting wall and under every column as
above set forth, u cap of cut stone or iron,
and OF q diameter ut least twelve inches
greater than that of the column, must be
laid.
Section 0. No wall of any building now
erected, or hereafter to be built or erected,
shall be cut of below or altered in ony man
ner, to be supported wholly or in part by
wood, but shall be wholly supported by
stone, brick or Iron. Every temporary sup
port placed under any wall, girder or beam,
during the erection, finishing, alteration or
repairing of any building, shall be equal in
strength to the permanent support required
for such walls, girder or beam. The walls of
every building must be strongly braced from
the Joists of each story, until The next tier Of
posts are on and leveled up.
Section 10. In every brick wall every fifth
course OF brick shall be heading course, ex-
cept where walls are faced with fine brick,
in which case every nth course shall be
banded into the backing by cutting the
courses OF the face brick and putting In dag
onal leaders behind the same. All leading
courses shall be good, hard, perfect brick.
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struction of any building shall consist of
lime or cement mixed with sand in proper
No inferior lime or cement
shall be used, and all sand shall be clean,
sharp grit, free from loan. AL the Joints in
the walls must be filled with mortar.
Section IL. All walls shall be securely an
chored with iron anchors TO each tier of
beams the front, rear, side, end and party
walls shall, IL not carried up together, be
nchored to each other every six feet In ther
height by tie anchors made of u inch by ~
nch wrought-iron. The said anchors shall
DO built into the front and rear walls at least
,ne-half their thickness, SO as to secure the
ront and rear walls 10 the side, end or par
'ition walls; and all stone used for the fac
ny of any building, except where built with
alternate headers and stretchers, shall be
strongly anchored with iron anchors let into
tone one inch. The side, end or party walls
hall be anchored TO each tier of joists ut in
ervals OF not more than eisht feet apart,
With good strong wrought-iron anchors
hree-eights OF an inch by one inch, we'll
QUILT into the wall and well fastened TO side
" joists. t
Section 10. All side and party, front aud
ear walls not corniced, shall be built up and
extended at least twelve inches above the
oofs, and shall be capped with brick, stone,
ron or some IRE proof material.