Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-09-25

such side walls and party walls shall ex-
tend from the foundation to the top Of
and through the roof of the building,
and said roof shall be covered with tin,
iron, brick or stone. All side walls aud
party walls shall be 50 constructed
as to separate all woodwork thor
oughly and completely tof the
interior aud exterior Of snch
buildings) from all and every part
Of the interior aud exterior Of every ad-
joining building; and every such side
wall or party wall shall psss through the
roof of the building to which it may APP
pertain in such manner as to break en-
tirely any communication Of wood what
ever between such roof and any other
building. Every building sixty feet wide
hereafter erected in the said Dictrict No.
having a partition wall on the ground
floor shall have at least one partition
wall extending from the front TO therear
OF the said building, and from the foun-
dation and through as many stories as
contain one partition wall to be con.
structed to the roof in the same manner
as herein provided for side walls and
party walls; every buildidg eighty feet
wide hereafter erected in said District
No. having two partition walls on the
ground floor shall have two partition
walls extending from the front to the
rear Of said building, and from the fonn-
dation through as many stories OF said
building as contain two partition walls
to be constructed in the same manner as
herein provided for side walls and party
walls. and for each additional twenty
feet in width in every building hereafter
erected in said District No. having
partition walls on the ground floor one
additional partition wall shall be erected
extending from the front to the rear Of
said building and from the foundation
and through as many stories as contain
partition walls to be constructed in the
same manner as herein provided for side
and party walls. All partition walls
shall be constructed as iu this section
provided. All walls mentioned in this
section shall be securely anchored with
iron anchors; all openings for doors and
windows shall have a good and sufficient
arch Of stone or brick well built and
keyed, or Intel Of stone or iron; no
swelled or refuse brick shall be allowed
in any wall or pier; no mortar made of
lime and sand shall be used within TWEEN
ty-four hours after being mixed; all sand
shall be clean, sharp grit, free from
loan; aud all joints shall be entirely
filed with mortar In no case shall any
cornice on any building be constructed Of
wood.
The word "building' in this section
shall not include privies, and the word
iron" shall not mean or include sheet
iron.
SECTION ~. Every smok pipe in all
buildings hereafter erected in the city
of Los Angeles shall discharge into and
through brick or stone fue, and in no
case shall the said smoke pire be caused
or allowed to pass through any combus-
tible floor, side, top or wood in any
building hereafter erected in said city,
unless the said pipe shall be surrounded
with a solid coating and covering OF
brick or stone or soapstone three inches
thick on all sides, aud as to every part
Of said pipe passing through the said
floor, top, side or wood Of the said
building; and in no case shall the said
pipe be allowed to remain nearer than
three inches from any portion OF the
woodwork of such building.
SECTION IS. All foundation walls for
buildings constructed of stone, brick OF
iron Of more than one story in height
shall be built of stone or brick, and shall
be laid not less than three feet below the
surface of the earth on good solid bot
tom; but in all cases every part of every
foundation must rest on a good solid bot
tom. The footing or base course under
all foundation walls of buildings of stone,
brick or iron shall be of stone or brick,
and shall be at least twice the width OF
the bottom course of the foundation
walls, said footing course to be laid with
6ve courses OF brick or the equal in
height of the same Of stone; and If the
walls be built of isolated piers, then
there must be inverted arches at least
twelve inches thick turned under and
between the piers, or two footing courses
OF large stone, at least ten inches thick,
in each course. Ali foundation walls
other than those Of dwellings shall be at
least four inches thicker than the walls
next above them to depth of sixteen feet
below the curb level, as lawfully fixed,
and shall be increased four inches in
thickness for every additional FIVE feet
in depth below said sixteen feet. Foun-
dation walls in dwelling houses shall be,
below the basement floor beams, four
inches thicker than the walls next above
them. All foundation walls shall be
understood to mean that portion of the /
rail- kain,x- ba Iax-af <xff -.
md depth shall be computed from the
curb level downward. The depth of
fourteen feet below the curb level of the
street is hereby fixed as the standard |
iepth of foundations for brick and stone |
Any person, firm or corpora
bi0n excavating for or commencing foun-
lations at greater depth than the above
shall be responsible for all dam.
ages to adjoining buildings, the founda-
tions of which have been constructed at |
the standard.
SECTION IA. The outer walls OF brick, |
stone or iron buildings are hereby de.
slared to be the front, rear and two side |
walls, and the outer posts and pillars of |
'aid buildings, and in no case shall stud |
ling against brick walls be allowed.
SECTION TX. All buildings hereafter
erected within District No. 2, of the
general fire limits Of the city Of Los An
yeles, except such as are intended to be
mi shall be used exclusively as dwell |
ng houses; and all alterations and en- |
of ali buildings in District |
No. ,, except such as are intended and |
are used exclusively as dwelling houses
shall be made and constructed Of brick,
stone or iron, and in the manner speci- |
led in section eleven hereof.
SECTION 49, The outer walls Of the
upper story in all buildings of stone,
brick or iron, or of both, to be used as
lwelling houses. sheds, stables or other |
hereafter to be erected in the |
city of Los Angeles, shalt be at least
eight inches in thickness; and the onter
walls of all stories, except the upper, in |
al buildings described in this section
shall be at least twelve inches in thick |
ness.
SEcTIoN II. The outer walls for all |
buildings of two stories or less, to be |
ised as stores, warehouses, hotels, |
theaters and shops, shall be at least six |
teen inches thick in tho basement or
and twelve inches thick in |
the first and second stories. In the
outer walls for all buildings having three |
stories or less, the basement shall be |
twenty inches thick, the first story |
seventeen inches thick, the second and |
third stories twelve inches thick. For |
buildings having four stories. the walls
of the basement or foundation must be
twenty inches thick, the walls of the |
Iirst and second stories seventeen inches
thick, and the walls Of the third and |
fourth stories twelve inches thick. The
of uiform thickness through
put tie entire length Of each wall. All
party-walls must be twenty inches
thick for basement or foundation, and |
sixteen inches thick for each story, to |
the height of three storiesabove the base.
ncnt or foundation, and at least twelve
inches thick to the top, so as to have |
four inches at least of solid masonry be-
tween timbers. Party walls shall be un-
ierstood 10 be solid brick or stone walls |
and shall be without openings.