The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-05-19

where one side only is within the
fire limits, the buildings on the
opposite side (f not tire-proof) shall
not exceed one story of not over l6
feet in hei5ht and the highest point,
or ridge pole, of the roof shall not
he over 80 feet above the street
grade.
SECTION 2. Every building or
structure except water closets or
privies, hereafter built within the
fire limits of Honolulu, shall have
the external walls thereof con-
structed of brick, stone, concrete,
iron or other approved tire-proof
material, provided that if of iron the
framework shall also be of iron,
and that rafters and roof timbers,
if covered with approved tire-proof
material, may be of wood. If any
part of the interior of fire. proof
buildings shall be ceiled, other than
with fire-proof material, such ceiling
shall be of tongued and grooved
wood, properly jointed, without
cloth covering. The provisions of
this Act shall not apply to such
sheds as have been or may be here
after erected by the Hawaiian Gov
eminent, on the wharf frontage, for
wharf accommodation.
SECTION 3. No wooden building
or structure now erected within the
fire limits of Honolulu shall be
altered, repaired or changed without
permission in writing, signed by the
Minister of the Interior, which per-
init shall only be granted upon an
application in writing accompanied
by particulars sufficient to indicate
the nature and extent of alterations,
repairs and changes contemplated,
and no such permission shall be
granted when such alteration, re-
pair or change amounts to renewal
of one-third or more of the original
structure, and such permission shall
become void unless the work for
which it is issued is begun within
ten days and completed within
ninety days after the date of said
permission.
SECTION 4. No person owning or
occupying any building fronting on
any street, lane, alley or place within
the fire limits of Honolulu, shall
construct or cause to be constructed
or maintained, any awning, shade
or balcony, except in accordance
with the following provisions: Such
awning, shade or balcony, should be
securely supported on wrought-iron
brackets built into the walls, and
shall be supported without posts,
and shall be not less than eleven
feet above the line of the curb
levels of the sidewalk, and shall
have a gutter formed to carry off
the water to the line of the building,
and from thence to the street gutter !;
provided, that no cutters will he re-
CURED to be constructed on cloth or
canvas awnings or shades; also,
provided, that the height of all
movable canvas or cloth awnings or
shades, hereafter constructed, shall
not be less than seven and half feet
above the line of the curb level of
the sidewalk. No awning, shade or
balcony shall extend beyond the line
of the curb. No awning, shade or
balcony shall be inclosed to a greater
height than three feet six inches I;
provided, that no awning, shade or
balcony shall be erected on any
building facing on any street, lane,
alley or place which is thirty feet or
less in width; and no awning, shade
or balcony shall be constructed on
the sides or rear of any building
within the fire limits unless there is
a clear space of not less than thirty
feet between such building and adj
jacent buildings, and then they shall
be constructed of tire-proof ma
terials. No signs shall be placed
on the front, rear or sides of any
building higher than its blocking
course or fire wall, and no sign made
of wood, canvas or cloth shall ex-
coed three feet in height. All signs
must be securely bolted to the build
ing upon which they are placed.
No framework shall be placed
above the roof Of any building and
covered with intlammable material
for signs or any other purpose.
SECTION 5. No cornice, entabla.
lures, belt courses, or other orna
mental projections of wood, shall bt
placed on any tire-proof building
within the fire limits of Honolulu
All exterior coInices, entablatures
belt courses, and other projections
of an orname- tai character, shall b,
constructed Of some iire-proof ma
terial if of iron to be riveted to.
gether with rivets not more than Z
I inches apart, and shall be supported
on wrought iron brackets, built into
the wall ut distances not to exceed
! feet apart; and in every instance
, the greatest weight of stone, iron o.
other material of which they shall b,
. composed, shall be on the inside o
, the outer line of the wall ON which
they may rest, in the proportion o
of wall to of cornice in weight
allowance must be made for the ex
, cess of leverage produced by TIN
projection of cornice beyond tn
, face of the wall: all cornices shall