Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-01-13

Ordinances 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
triot without first furnishing a plan or sketch
of the same, and obtaining n permit, for the
construction Of the same from the engineer
Of the Taxing District.
sEcTIoS 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
not less than one and one-half brick or thir-
teen-inch wall; the second story, if necessary,
a nRe-inch wall.
The first story of a three-story house shall
be not less than two brick or eighteen-inch
wall, the second and third stories not less than
one and one-balf brick or thirteen-lnch 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 a cellar to the same
it shall DO not less thanthree 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
ioist to protect the same from decay.
SIC; 3. Every tier Of joists in each story
shall be we'll anchored in the walls at each
end and we'll bridged, and under no consid-
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 inlammatOry material be used
on said houses, inside the fire limits.
SIC. 4. Be it further ordained that every
frame building to be ereeted in the Tavina
District, the owner or owners thereof shat
file y plan of the same with the engineer o.
the Taxing District before being permitted tt
erect the same.
SIC. 5. Every frame building two or more
stories in heighth shall have brick founda.
tions or 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 lesi
than two feet distant from the ground.
SEC. 8. Every one-story house shall have
brick foundations or piers of not lesg thar
one brick or nine-inch wall, the distance be.
tween the ground and the lower edge of the
stills or jOist shall be not less thar two feet
with proper ventilation to prevent the sam,
from decay.
SEC. 7. And be it further ordained that nc
house be constructed, either brick or frame
With lsss than one window or skylight in
the sleeping apartments and when skylight.
or elevators are used they shall be protected
by iron shutters or iron trap doors and the
space between the ceiling joist and the roo
Of said houses shall have proper ventilation
and every infraction of this ordinance i,
hereby declared a misdemeanor and subject
the offender to a fine of not less than 81 Of
more than $50 for each and every day.
SEC. y. 1t shall be the duty of the Chief o.
the Fire Department to sec that said Ordi
nance be properly carried out.
SIC. 3. And be it further ordained that al
ordinances or parts of ordinances in conficr
with this is hereby repealed.
Passed January 8, 1880.
d. T. PORTER,
Chairman Legislative Council,
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