Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-08-06
CHAPTER 1899.


An AcT In Amendment Of Chapter 6ss Of the
Public Laws, Passed at the January Session,
A. ID. 1873, Entitled An Act In Relation to
buildings In the City Of Providence and For
Other Purposes"
II Is enacted by the General Assembly as fol-
lows:
sEorIosl L Section Q of Chapter ess Of the
1873, Is hereby amended 90 as TO read rs fol-
-wws:
SEQ O. The city Of Providence for the pur-
poses Of this act Is divided into two building
districts, the first or close district, and the sec
ond or outer district"
SEQ. 2. Section 4 Of said Chapter o8S is here
by amended so as TO read as follows:
.SEo l. The second district shall comprise
all that portion Of the city not included In the
first or close district.
Any building erected or hereafter erected
situated upon the line dividing the two dis
tricts shall be included In the close district.
The city may from time 20 time, by ordi-
nance, change the lines Of the close limits In
said city, and II said city shall have squares
blocked for fire protection, the same shall be
considered TO mean close limits under this act,
and within those limits every building bereaft-
er erected shall have Its external, party, and
partition walls built Of brick, stone, iron or
other substantial and incombustible materials,
and only the following wooden buildings shall
be allowed, viz: Sheds or buildings not over
fifteen feet high, nor moro than ten hundred
feet In area, TO be used for market or storage
purposes; and elevators of any height for the
storage Of coal OF grain; all external parts Of
which sheds, buildings or elevators shall be
covered with incombustible materials Tenn
porary sheds not over fifteen feet high, for the
use Of builders while at work upon building
sites may be erected"
SEC. q Section of said Chapter eSs 10 here
by amended so as 70 read as follows:
'Seo. g. No work except necessary repairs
shall be done upon any structure or building In
said city without permit from the inspector
Of buildings, nor except In conformity with the
such inspector shall issue such permit In ac-
cordance herewith. Any one commencing or
having work performed before obtaining said
permit shall. after q written notice, forfeit and
pay penalty OF five dollars per day for each
day such violation continues.
All permits granted for building operations
that are not commenced within period OF six
months from the time Of issuance, shall expire
by Limitation. The said inspector shall not
grant any permit for the commencement Of
any building operations until the owner or
owners, or the duly authorized agent or archi-
tect Of the same, shall have filed out and
signed blank application giving full partic-
ulars OF where and Of what such building op-
eraions are TO be, every such application
which shall be thought Of Sufficient impor-
tance by the inspector of buildings. shall be
accompanied by a copy Of the plans or spech-
cations, or both, as may be required"
SEC. T. Section 20 of said Chapter eSs is here
by amended so as TO read as follows:
SEC. 20. No bay or oriel window or other
structure shall be placed upon any building so
as to project over any public way or square
more than four feet, and then only In such
manner as shall be approved by the inspector
Of buildings. but in no case shall any such pro-
lection extend below q line drawn at an angle
or forty-hve degrees, starting at o point eight
feet above the sidewalk Immediately beneath;
nor shall any oriel or bay window or other
structure extend beyond line drawn horison-
tally from the nearest corner Of the adjacent
lot, at an angle of Thirty degrees with the street
line. All such projections shall be provided
with cutters and conductors TO prevent as far
as possible any water from dripping or flowing
on 20 the sidewalk.
The roof Of every brick, stone or iron build
Ing, all roofs TO tenement and lodging houses
and the roofs OF all wooden buildings In the
first district shall be covered with incombusti-
BILE material.
cd TO the walls independent of any wood
work. and in all cases the walls shall be CAR
ried up TO the planking Of the roof behind the
cornice, and where the oornice projects above
the roof the wall shall be carried mp 20 the top
Of the cornice; and all exterior wooden cornices
on brick, stone or Iron buildings that shall
hereafter require TO be replaced, shall be con-
structed Of some non-combustbls material, a.
required for new buildings; and every exterior
wooden cornice or gutter on brick, stone or
Iron buildings that may hereafter be damaged
by nre TO q greater extent than one-half the
whole thereof, shall be takon down, and II re-
placed shall be constructed In accordance with
the provisions Of this act
Buildings fronting on . street shall Be tept
provided with proper leaders for conducting
the water from the roof 10 the ground, sewer,
stre@t suffsr. or tiry we'll In suoh manner a.