Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-01-10
Ordinance to Regulate the Building Of
Houses in the Taxing District.

DE it ordained by the Legislative Council
~ that from and after the passage Of this
ordinance, it shall be unlawful for any per-
son or persons 70 construct, alter or change
any building or buildings in the Taxing Dis
trlct without first furnishing n 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
Lot less than one and half brick or thir-
en-inch wall; the second story, if necessary,
| o nine-inch wall.
The first story of 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-half brick or thiTteen-lneh wall.
] In four story house, the first story shall
| be two and one-hah brick or tWenty-three-
inch wall, and If there is cellar to the same
II 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
iOist to protect the same from decay.
| SEC $. Every TER Qt .IClsts in each story
! shall be we'll anonored in the walls at each
/ end and well bridged, and under no consid-
Grafton shall there be any dark rooms in said
houses, nor shall there be less than one win dow
or skylight in any sleeping apartment of said
houses to be erected iq the Taxing District
and at no time shall shingles or other roofs
composed Of intammatOry material be used
on said houses, inside the fire limits
SEC. 4. BE 1t further ordained that oyery
frame building to be erected in the Taxipg
District, the owner or owners thereof shall
file = plan Of the same with the engineer of
the Taxing District before being permitted to
erect the same.
SEC. 5. Every frame building two or more
stories in heighth shall have brick founda-
uons, or piers Of not less than one and one.
hal bIlck or thirteen-inoh walls, and the
lever edge at the ioist or sill shall be not less
than tVo feet distant from the ground.
SEC. 3. Every one-story house shall have
brick foundations or piers of not less than
one brick or nine-inch wall. tho distance bo-
tween the ground and tho lower edge of tho
sills or joist shall he not less than two feet.
with proper ventilation to prevent the same
from decay.
Say. z. And be it further ordained that no
house. be constructed, either brick or frame.
with less than one window or skvii9bt in
the sleeping apartments and when skylights
or elevators are used they shall be protec ctsl
py IRON shutters OF iron trap dO0r9 and the
space between the ceiling iOist and the roof
OF SAID houses shall have proper ventilation
ana every infractioa of this ordinance is
hereby declGFsd misdemeanOr and subject
the 1t9pder TO q fine of not less than 9l ar
,p0re than $50 for each and every ds1-
SEG. y, II shall be the duty vf ths Chief of
lhe tlre Department 10 see that said ordi-
nance be properly carried out.
SIC, 3 hAd b9 IL further ordained that all
yt9iha9nces or parts Of ordinances IN conflict
with this Is hereby repealed,
Passed January 8, 1880.
=. T. PORTER,
~ Chatrman Legislative Council,
CHAs. L, PuLLEN, Secretary. lllrs