The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-06-01
BY AUTHORITY.


To REGULATE ERECTION REPAIRING BUILDINGS IN
CITY Honolulu WITHIN PRESCRIBED FIRE LIMITS.
Be At Enacted bu the King Legislature assembly Of the
Legislature ofhs Kingdom Assembled
SECTION l. That part of the City of Honolulu which is
bounded as follows to wit: by the easterly
side Maunakea extending from the front to the
King thence alone the makai side of King
street point inersecng the eaery line of Konia formerly
Smth) street. where said line extended thence along the
eaery side of Kona formerly Smith street to point eighty
of Hotel street. thence easey along line eighty
feet parallel with said Hotel point eighty
easy the eastery line of Aakea street and thence
along eighty eastery parallel with said eastery
line of Aakea the 'front.' including all the land
now or hereafter the said limit also both
between Hotel and Beeana
distance eighty feet from each side shall be known
the limits of Honolulu On all streets where side
only limits the buildings the opposite side
f re-proo story of 16 feet
height and the highest point ridge pole of the roof shall
not be 80 feet above the street grade
Every building structure, water closets
pves hereafter built within the fire limits of Honolulu shall
the walls thereof constructed of brick stone
other approved epoof material provided that If
iron the framework shall also be of on and the rafters and
timbers covered with approved eproo material
be of wood The interior of epoof buildings shall be ceiled
with reproof material athed and pasered The provisions
this Act shall apply such sheds have been
be hereafter erected by the Hawaiian Government the
wharf frontage, for wharf accommodation.
SECTION 3. No wooden building structure erected
limits of Honolulu shall be altered repaired
changed without permission in writing signed by the Minister
of Interior which permit shall only be granted upon APP
pcaon writing accompanied by particulars sufficient to
alterations repairs and changes
contemplated and such permission shall be granted when
cb alteration repair or change amounts to renewal of
third the original structure and such permission shall
void unless the work for which it issued begun
within days and completed within ninety days after the date
of said permission.
SECTION person owning occupying any building
ing any street, ane alley place within the fire limits of Homo
lulu constructed maintained any
awning shade balcony except accordance with the following
provson Such awning shade balcony should be securely
supported wroughtron brackets built into the walls and
shall be supported without posts and shall be not less than
line of the curb levels of the sidewalk and
gutter formed carry off the the line of
the building and from thence the gutter; provided,
cutters will be required be constructed cloth
awnings shades Also provided that the height of
all movable cloth awnings shades hereafter
ucted shall not be less than seven and halt feet above the
line the curb level the sidewalk No awning shade bal
shall extend beyond the line of the curb No awning shade
balcony ncosed greater height than three feet six
inches provided that awning shade balcony shall be
erected building facing street. ane alley place
thirty width and awning shade
balcony be constructed the sides of building
within the fire limits unless there clear not less than
thirty building and adjacent buildings and
they be constructed of eproof materials No signs
shall placed sides of any building higher
blocking fire wall and sign made of wood,
cloth shall exceed three feet height All signs
securely bolted the building upon which they
placed framework shall be placed above any
building and covered with inammabe material for signs
any other purpose.
SECTION No cornice enabaures, belt other
ornamental projections of wood shall be placed repoof
building within the fire limits of Honolulu. All exterior
conce entabature belt and other projections
character shall be constructed of reproof
material if to be rveted together with
than inches apart and shall be supported wroughron
brackets built into the wall distances exceed feet
apart every instance the greatest weight
other material of which they shall be composed shall be
the inside of the line of the wall which they may
in the proportion of ofwa to of cornce weight allowance
be made orhe of leverage produced by the
lection of conice beyond the face of the wall all conces shall
be we'll secured the wall with iron anchors Independent of
wood work and in all the wall shall be carried
the pankng the roof and when the below the conce
then the wall shall be carried the top of the cornce the
blocking the and shall be COPIED reproof
material All wooden cornces cutters reroo buildings
that hereafter become unsafe shall be taken
down and reconstructed of feproof material upon
order from the Minister of Interior
SECTION g. All openings in side party walls must be pro-
teced by ron oncovered shutters be approved by the
Minister of INTERIOR and all side party and front and
walls of building Is feet high shall be built up
extend at least 80 inches above where the roof meets
wall. and such shall he nchps in