Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-07-28
OEFICEAL.

pond with those of granite. All brick ffers
All arches shall have good and sufficient piers
or abutments, Of strength required 30 bear the
thrust of the arch; and all arches over openings
and be well keyed. All foundation walls shall
be st least four az inches thicker Than the wall
next above them to dep'h of twelve (12) feet
below the curb level, as lawfully fixed, and
shall be increased four (4) inches in thick
ness for every additional five (5( feet
In depth below the said twelve (12) feet
Foundation walls in dwelling houses shall be
four l4) inches thicker below the basement
floor beams, than the walls next above them
The depth of twelve (12) feet below the curb
level of the street 10 hereby fixed as the stand
ard depth OF found tions for brick or stone
buildings. Any person excavating for or COM
mencing foundations at greater depth than
the above standard, shall be responsible for all
damages resulting to adjoining buildings, the
foundations of which have been constructed at
the proper depth No person constructing
foundations to the proper or standard depth
ings, the walls of which have not been con-
structed to the standard depth
WALLS, wALLPLATEs, ANCHORAGE, ETC.
SEC. As In brick walls every sixth course
shall be headers. All walls shall be anchored
securely to the timbers and joists resting upon
them All wall plates shall be secured to walls
by bolts every six +. ct or less these bolts to be
set into the wall when the wall is laid, to be at
least twelve (12) inches long and to have large
plates at the head.
HOLLOW WALLS; RECKoNINGs, ETC.
SEC. 46 Hollow walls not bearing walls
may be used In all cases; but all hollow walls
shall be bonded or tied together with incom'
bustible an chors placed not more than three
feet apart. If used as bearing walls, the thick
ness shall be reck oned by their solid masonry
unless either part is at least eight t9l inches
right directions, not less than twelve Q2)
incdes wide, nor more than eight (S) feet apart
from the centers In such cases two thirds of
the hollow spaces shall be counted with the
solid prpVidad haf n mr. shall the
ends of the joists or other woodwork be
allowed to come within four az inches of the
hollow space.
IRON FRONTS, TERRA GOTTA KTC.
SEC. AT. The backing of any iron front, that
is not wholly self-supportlhg, shall be treated
as an independent wall. If the iron wall is
self.supp9rting the party wall shall be extended
cancies shall be filled with grout to insure a
com plete sepai alton of adjoining buildings. All
honey. comb openings in terra Gotta shall be
filled with concrete.
CARE OF WALL IN CONSTRUCTION.
SEC. 4S. During the construction of any
building, no wall shall be carried to greater
height than one story above any other wall of
the same structure.
COMPOSITION ROOFING.
SEC. 40 The weather covering of all roofs
constructed in fire district No. and OF the
general fire limits of the city Of Los Angeles
shall be made of incombustible material Com
position roofs shall be made of not less than
tnree ply NO. lelDuR, winch bndll De wen
cementtd d together and be covered with distilled
C mpo ition and clean screened gravel, well
bedded. Such roofs on all buildings that al e
more than two stories high shall have four-ply
felting, to be swept off and treated to
second coating OF distilled composition
and simi ar gravel. The pitch of com position
roofs shall not exceed two inches to the foot.
EXPOSURE OF coMBUsTIBLE ROOFING.
SEC. so. No uncovered tar composition,
resin, felt or woodwork k, shall be exposed IN
any way on any roof or it, appe ndages.
BUILDING APPENDAGEs, coRNIcss, SPIRES, ETC
SEC. 81. The appendages 10 any business
building above the first story and above thirty
800 feet. and appendages to any other building
il not of incombustible material, shall be en-
veloped with metal. Dormer windnws, spires
cornices. ventilator., moul ings, balconies, bay
windows, towers, etc, shsn be con, ide!en as
appendaees. Thi. section applies to di,t'ict
No L of the fire limits of the city OF Los An
geles.
BAY AND oRIEL WINDOWS, BALCONIES. ETC.
SBC. So No person shall build bay or orie
window or balcony W hich shall project over the
line of any street more than three feet, and moi
more III eight (S) feet in width on ihe eX
treme lines; nor shall the bottom of such bay
or or el window or balcony be les tn an thi teen
feet from the ground or sidewalk. The mate
rials cover ng the exterior framework of such
bay or oriel windows or balcony constructed
within the fire limits No shall he firepIoof.
PrOpided, that no bay or orie window or bal
ony shall be built on any street, lane or alley
which is less thsn thirty (3O) feet in width Nc
swell front, shall be erecteu unless the wslle be
of fireprOof material. and no bay or oriel win
dow or balcony shall project from any swell
front If bay window is two stories or more
In height, the joists Of each story shall be
full width of the walls, and shall rest
on a corbel of four inch projection of the width
of the wall and securely anchored to each pier;
with a brick or stone arch No bay window
shall be erec' ed on the corner or angle of sny
building unless said bay be of masonry. When
more than one bay window is erected on any
front or side OF building, the piers or spaces
between the bay windows shall not be less than
six feet for two-story building, and not less
than eight feet for four-story building; and
no bay window shall be erected at a greater
height than four stories above the line of the
sidewalk, unless said bays are of masonry and
not TO exceed thirty inches projection over the
building line.
sKYLIGHTs DIMENSIONS, FRAMES, ETC.
SEC So. All skylights exceeding fifty go
supe' fetal feet shall have flame of sashes con
structed entirely of iron. The glass in al
lights, if not prismatic lights shall be pro
teuted by screens of No. TO- or heavier, wire
with meshes not exceeding one and one-hal
inches; such screens to be secured to the sashe.
and kept at least four inches above the glass.
ROOF DRAINAGE.
SEC. 81. ALI buildings hereafter erected
shall be kept provided with proper metal IL
leaders for the conducting of the water, from
the roof to the ground or street gutter in such
manner as shall protect the walls and founda
tions from drainage; and in no case shall the
water from such leaders, or o her conductors
be allowed to flow upon the sidewalks, but i
shall be conducted by covered drain pipe Il
the gutter.
coRNIcEs, CUTTERS. ETC; HEIGHT MATERIALS
ETC.
SEC. SIS. All cornices cutters, caves and par
apets in District No. l, above the first story o
business bui dings and above thirty (30) fee
from the grade of sidewalks in other buildings
shall be made of incombustible material Al
me al coInices shall be riveted together will
rivets not more than two (2) inches apart, and
they shall be supported by iron brackets O.
Hxll4 inch iron, or heavier, placed not more
than four feet apart and firmly secured to the
wall. The roof or covering OF all corDices may
be shesthed by wood; provided, that such
sheathipg shall be entirtly covered with metal
or where compost ion roof is used, 1t may ex
tend within six inches of front edge of the cor
nice and this space of six inches shall be o.
metal.
sCUTTLEs; MATERIALS, FRAMES, ETC.
SEC. Sc. All roofs shall he so constructed ~
to be reached by scuttles or by iron steps fast
ened to the outside of the outer wall. If they
contain scuttles, the same shall be at leas
twenty-four (24l by thirtysiX 1867 inches In
size, the frame and lid covered with metal. and
there shall be stationary ladders communicat
ing with such scuttles
GIRDERs IN BRICK WALLS; FIREPBooF COLUMNS
ETC.
SEC. 81. All girders supporting brick WALL
shall be of iron supported on piers of masonry
or on iron columns; and all interior IL on col
umns i'll buildings that are more than forty