Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-01-15
Ordinance to Regulate the Building Of
Houses in the Taxing District.

DE it ordained by the Legislative Council
ID that from and after the passage of this
ordinance, it shall be unlawful for any per-
son or persons to construct, alter or change
any building or buildings in the Taxing Dis
trlct without first furnishing a plan or sketch
of the same, and obtaining a permit, for the
construction Of the same from the engineer
Of the Taxing District.
SECTION l. Every brick dwelling or store
within the fire limits Of the Taxing District
shall be constructed in the following manner,
viz. If two-stOry, the first story shall be NOT
teen-inch wall; the second story, if necessary,
a nine-inch wall.
The first story of a three-story house shall
be not less than two brick or e%ighteen-inch
wall, the second and third stories not less than
one and one-half brick or thirteen inch wall.
In a four.story house, the first story shall
be two and one-half brick or twenty-three-
inch wall, and If there is n cellar TO the same
it shall be not less than three brick or twenty
seyen-inch wall, with good ventilation.
SEC. 2. In, no case shall the lower edge of
the joist be less than two feet from the ground,
with sufficient ventilation underneath said
i0ist TO protect the anne from decay,
SEC. 3. Every tier of jOists in each story
shall be we'll anchored in the walls At each
end and well bridged, and under no oonsid-
Grafton shall there be any dark rooms in said
houses, nor shall there be less than one window
or skylight in any sleeping apartment Of said
houses to be erected in the Taxing District
and at no time shall shingles or other roofs
composed Of infammatory material DO used
on said houses, inside the fire limits.
SIC. 4. Be it further ordained that every
frame building to be erected in the Taxing
District, the owner or owners thereof shall
file q plan of the same with the engineer Of
the Taxing District before being permitted to
erect the same.
SIC. 5. Every frame building two or more
cfnrino In hatUhth uholl hu.sa hrt,L E.,uI.
tlons. OF piers of not less than one and one
half brick or thirteen-inch walls, and the
lower edge Of the joist or sill shall be not less
than two feet distant from the ground,
SEC. o. Every one-stQry house shall have
brick foundations or piers Of not less than
one brick or nine-inoh wall, the distance be-
tween the ground and the lower edge of the
stills or joist shall be not less than two feet,
with proper ventilation to prevent the same
from decay.
SEo. Z. And be it further ordained that no
house be constructed, either brick or frame,
with less than one window or skylieht in
the sleeping apartments and when skylights
or elevators are used they ghall he protected
by iron shutters or iron tran doors and the
space between the ceiling jofst and the roof
Of said houses shall nave proper ventilation
and every intraotion of this ordinance is
hereby declared a misdemeanor and subject
the offender to a fine of not less than 81 or
more than $50 for each and oyery day.
SEC. 8. II shall be the duty Of the Chief og
the Fire Department to SEQ that said ordi.
nance DO properly carried out.
SIC. q. And be il further ordained that all
ordinances or parts Of ordinances in conflict
with this Is hereby repealed,
Passed January 4, 1885,
D.. T. PORTER,
Chairman Legislative Council,
cHAs. l. PuLLES, Secretary. r411s