The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-06
REAL ESTATE.


cut off or altered below to be supported in
any manner, in whole or in part, BY wood,
put snail be wholly supported by brick, stone
Section 24.-No wall already built shall he
used as a party wall for the support of a
building TO be hereafter erected, unless such
wan CONFORMS in every particular to the sec
lions and provisions of this Ordinance.
section 25-All openings for doors and win
COWS In all buildings shall have good and suf-
hclent arches of stone and brick, well built
ana Keyed and with proper abutments, or a
intel OF stone or iron of sufficient strength
to bear the weight upon it; and where the
Intel is less than the thickness of the wall
to be supported, there shall be a double ro-
lock brick arch behind it. which shall be
turned on a suitable timber Intel.
Section 26.-All wooden cornices and cutters
shall be firmly secured and fastened to suit
able brackets built into the wall and anchored
to root beams.
Section 27.-AlI. buildings over. ffty-hve feet
in height shall have metal or other freproof
corniees and shall be anchored with iron an
chors. "
Section 2S.-AH walls shall be carried up
20 the planking of the roof, and to the plank
ing OF all and gables, and where
the cornice projects above the roof the wall
snail be carried up to the same height as the
eornlee. In all buildings, except dwelling
houses, the party walls shall be carried up
We've inches above the roof, and shall have
a coping of stone or iron.
Section 29.-AH buildings and the top and
sides of dormer windows. ~scuttles, gables,
pediments and cornices shall be covered and
rooted with tin, slate. iron. zinc or other fire
proof material. and all roofs shall be provided
with cutters properly lined and with metal
leaders. Every. building shall have a scuttle
or door leading to the roof, and a stationary
step-ladder, which shall be SO placed that it
is of easy access.
Section 30.-In all buildings used and oc-
cupied as tenement houses or French fats,
all the hall partitions shall be built of brick.
Section 3i-No building erected for the pur-
pose of a dwelling shall be altered so as to be
used for any other purpose without the con-
sent of the Inspector of Buildings.
Section S2.-No roof known asa mansard or
french roof, ora nv roof forming one or more
sides of a story. shall be placed upon any
dwelling house in the fire limits more than
hfty-five feet high, measuring frim the curb
level to the highest point of such roof, unless
the same be constructed wholly of fireproot
materials. Nor shall any such roof be placed
any building other than a dwelling, or upon
any building in a street less than fifty feet
wide, unless such roof is constructed %freproof
and where such roofs are built of material
other than fireproof, the side or party walls
shall extend through the lower slopes at least
six inches .beyond and parallel with the roof,
and at least twelve inches above the upper
slope or fat Of said root, and shall be covered
with a coping of stone or iron.
Section 33. mo building within the fire limits
shall be raised, enlarged, altered, built upon
or removed from one lot to another within
the fire limits without a permit from the In
spector of Buildings for such purpose first
had and obtained.
Section s4.-An ash holes or houses within
the city limits shall be built of stone. brick
or iron, without the use of wood in any part
thereof.
Section wooden or frame building
with a brick front within the fire limits of Jer-
sey City which may hereafter be damaged
by fire to an amount not greater than one
half the value thereof, exclusive of the foun-
dation, before such fire, may be repaired or
rebuilt; but if such damage shall amount to
more than one-haIf of such value exclusive
of the foundation, then such building shali
not be repaired or rebuilt, but shall be taken
down or removed.
Section s6.-The amount or extent of such
damage by fire mentioned in the foregoing
section of this Ordinance shall be
by two disinterested persons residing in TINS
-. e ,-lo-a -l,o1I ~ annnfnta6 w the
owner or owners of said building and the other
by the President of the Board of Aldermen;
and in case such two disagree, they shall
select a third disinterested person, and the
decision in writing of any two of them snail
be final and conclusive in the premises. ana
said building shall not be repaired or rebullt
until after the decision aforesaid shall have
been made in writing. finding that sueh dam
age does not exceed one-half OF the value
of such building as it existed Immediately
prior to such fire, exclusive of the foundation;
and such arbiters aforesaid shall each receive
five dollars for such service, WHICH Zee snail
be paid by the owner or owners OIL such puiia-
ing.
Section s7.-No brick or stone dwelling house
or other building within the fire, limits OF
Jersey City shall be raised, altered, enlarsed
or built upon in such manner that such dwell,
ing house or other building, if the same naa
been wholly built or constructed after the
passage of this Ordinance, would pc IN Nio-
lation of any provision OF TINS oFain ma eSs,t
Section SS.-The owner or owners OF any such
dwelling house or other buildings, anu every
architect. master builder or master carpenter
who may be employed IN the ereGtloh' deaioNa a.
or alteration of any such Dwelling mouse or
other building mentioned and described IN
this Ordinance, in violation S Of any qyr OF eya the a pre-,
sioiotion resnectiyely forfeit and pay the sum
Of ten dollars for each and every day that
any such prohibited dwelling house or other
hnildins. whether complete or not, stands
ar remains within said prescribed city limits
after notice in writing, signed by the Inspector
If Ruildings. shall have been given, by leav-
to at the residence or place of business of
the owner or owners. or any one of them,
or builder, carpenter or occupant. or by serv-
ing fine same personally. or by leaving the
san,s with a person or member of the family
of either of them of the age Of f%ourteten years,
enes aud nenalties to be enforced by an ac-
ton or actions to be brought in the corporate
name or Jersey City in any court OF record.