Daily globe., 1883-06-28

material. Every building erected or built
as aforesaid, shall be covered or rooted
with slate, tin, zinc, copper, iron, or other
equally fireproof roofing, and if any
building within the limits aforesaid shall
be destroyed to the extent of one-haif
thereof, it shall be unlawful to rebuild the
same unless the outer walls and roof of the
portion rebuilt shall be composed entirely
of incombustible materials. Any person
who shall violate any of the provisions of
this section shall forfeit and pay the sum
of twenty dollars, and the further sum Of
ten dollars for each day the same shall be
permitted to remain without being made
to conform to the laws and ordinances of
the city, and such building shall be pub
lie nuisance.
Sec. 8. Whenever any frame building
within the fire limits shall have become
damaged by fire or decay, the extent of
which. in the Judgment of the in
| spector of buildings, exceeds so per
cent. of the value of such building, if the
owner of such building objects to the con.
clusion arrived at by said inspector, he or
they may file with the inspector a petition
asking for the appointment of arbitrators
to determine the question of damages, or
If the inspector of buildings should con-
clude that the damage is less than
SO per cent, then and in that
case the owners of adjacent property
to such damaged building may claim an
arbitration to ascertain the damage to
such building, In either case, the party
asking for arbitration shall pay $25 to the
inspector on filing his petition, which
shall be in full of costs of such arbitra-
tion.
The arbitration to consist of three dis
interested persons, one to be chosen by the
inspector, and one by the party filing the
petition, and the two thus chosen shall
select third, and the decision of a ma
iority of the persons so selected shall be
final and conclusive.
Sec 10. Arbitrators selected to ascer-
tain such extent of damages, before enter
ing upon their work, shall make and sub
scribe al oath before any officer authorized
to administer oaths, that they Will make a
thorough examination of the premises
damaged as aforesaid, and make a just
ard true report as to the amount and ex-
tent of such damage, the report to be
signed in duplicate, the original to be
handed to the inspector of buildings, the
duplicate to be given to the owner of the
premises in question.
Sec. IL. Whenever such building shall
be adjudged by such arbitrators to nave
been damaged by fire or decay, to the ex-
tent of fifty per cent. of its value, such
building shall be condemned by the inspec-
tor of buildings, and it shall be unlawful,
as aforesaid. to repair the same.
Sec -. Whenever the owner, agent or
occupant shall refuse or neglect, after five
days notice, to petition for such arbitra-
ment, it shall be lawful for the inspector to
declare such premises, as set forth in such
notice, as having in his Judgment, been
damaged by fire or decay to the extent of
| fifty per cent. of its value.
Sec. 13. The height of stories for all
given thicknesses of walls must not exceed
eleven feet IN the clear for basement,
eighteen feet in the clear for first story,
| fifteen feet in the clear for second story,
| thirteen feet in the clear for third story,
twelve feet in the clear for fourth story,
and fourteen feet in the clear average
height of upper story; if any story exceeds
these heights respectively, the walls of
such story and of all the stories below
the same shall be increased four inches in
| thickness additional to the thickness
already mentioned.
Sec. IA. In accordance with the fore
going provisions, all walls for business
buildings shall be of the thickness desig-
mated in the following table: