Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-08-07
CHAPTER la5p.


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"
n Is enacted by the General Assembly as fol-
lows
SECTION 1. Section Q of Chapter ess Of the
Public Laws, passed at the January session,
1873, Is hereby amended 90 as 10 read as fol-
ISws:
"SEo. q The city Of Providence for the pur-
poses of this act Is divided into two building
Districts the first close district, and the sec
ond or outer district"
SEQ e. Section of said Chapter eSs Is here
by amended so as TO read as follows;
"SnC. 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 tho line dividing the two dis
tricts shall be included In the close district.
The city may from time 10 time, by ordi-
nance, change the lines Of the close limits in
said city, and II said city shall have squares
blocked for ire protection. the same shall be
considered to mean close limits under this act,
and within those limits every building hereaft-
or 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
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 or grain; all external parts of
which sheds, buildings or elevators shall be
covered with incombustibls materials. Tenn
porary sheds not over fifteen feet high. for the
use Of builders while at work upon building
sites may be erected.~
sBo. 3. Section Of said Chapter 6ss is here
BY amended 80 as TO road - follows:
SEQ. . 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
provisions Of this act and upon apolicat ation
such inspector shall Issue soch permit In ac-
cordance herewith. Any one commencing or
having work performed before obtaining said
permit shall, after . written notice, forfeit and
pay penalty of Ave dollars per day for each
day such violation continues.
All permits granted for building operations
TINT are not commenced within period Of six
months from the time of issuance, shall expire
by limitation. Tho said inspector shall not
grant any permit for the commencement OF
any building operations until the owner or
owners, or the duly authorised agent or archi-
tect of the Same, shall have filed out and
signed blank application giving full partic-
ulsrs Of where and Of what such building op-
erations are to be. every such application
which shall be thought of sufficient impor-
tance by the inspector of buildings shell be
accompanied by copy Of the plans or specif.
cations, or both, as may be required"
SEQ. 4 Section 20 said Chapter ess is here
by amended so as to read as follows:
SEC. 20. No bay or oriel window or otbe,
structure shall be placed upon any building "a
as TO project over any public way or squar,
moro 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
SSsfA ls.l. H.. Il
Of forty Ave degrees, starting at . point eight
feet above the sidewalk Immediately beneath;
nor shall any oriel or bay window or other
structure extend beyond q line drawn horizon
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 10 prevent as far
as possible any water from dripping or flowing
on to the sidewalk.
The roof Of every brick, stone or iron build
Ing, all roofs 20 tenement and lodging houses,
and the roofs OF all wooden buildings in the
first district shall be covered with incombusti-
BILE material.
Incombustible cornices shall be well secur-
cd 70 the walls independent Of any wood
work. and In all cases the walls shall Be car
ried mp 70 the plankinR of the roof behind the
cornice, and where the oornics projects above
the roof the wall shall be carried mp 10 the top
Of the oornioe: and all exterior wooden cornioes
on brick. stone or Iron buildings that shall
hereafter require 70 Be replaced, shall be con-
structed Of some non com bnstfbls material, as
required for new buildings and every exterior
wooden cornice or gutter on brick, stone OF
Iron buildings that may hereafter be damaged
BY IRE 70 = greater extent thar one-half the
whole thereof. shall Be taken down, and n re-
placed shall be constructed In accordance with
the provisions Of this act
Buildings fronting on street shsll be kept
provided with proper leaders for CONDUCTING
the water from the roof 10 the ground. sewer,
sfreet suffsr. or dry wall IN suoh mannsr a.