Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-05-20

AN ORDINANCE Providing for the INSPECTION
of Buildings. and Regulating the C0nstruc
tion and Repairing of Buildings within tn,
City Limits.
Be it ordained by the Ci Council of Alex
andiia, Virginia, That no person or person:
shall construct, altar or repair any building
within the city limits, except in conformity
with the provisions of this act
Regulations for the Location OF Foodel, o.
Frame Bulldogs.
SECTION i. 1t shall not be lawful FOL
! any person or persons without The consent
of the Mayor and City Council fist had aud
obtained, to erect or build, or TO cause to be
erected or built, any wooden or frame build
ings except IS hereinafter provided within
the following limits, viz: From q line run
ming through the middle of Wolfe street from
the river to the middle of Fayette street
thence north through the middle of Fayette
street to Princess street, thence cast to the
middle of Columbus street, thence north to
tho middle of 0ronoco street, thence
east to ST. Asaph street, thence south to
Queen street. thence cast to the river
2. Any riding erected or put up within
said city limits having more wood oa the
outside than is necessary for door and window
frames, roofs, caves, cornices, doors shutters,
porticos. and wooden steps to the first floor
above the ground or which shall have wood
en- frames or posts sunk in the earth
or placed on any other material for the pr.
pose of covering the exterior thereof by lath-
ing and plastering, corrugated iron, tin or
| other material shall be deemed wooden or
irame building.
3. No person shall remove any wooden or
| frame building from one place without the
| Limits prescribed above in the first paragraph
Of this section to another place within the
said limits, or within one square thereof,
! without the permission of the Mayor and
| City Council.
4. 1t shall not be lawful for any person to
enlarge or cause to be enlarged, any wooden
or frame building of any kind within the
| limits mentioned in the first paragraph of
this section, by elevating the height of such
| building or otherwise, without the consent OF
the Mayor and ity Council first had and OBJ
| tanned.
Nothing in this section contained shall
| be construed to prohibit the erection OF frame
| privies not more than two stories high and
not exceeding eight 49, feet square nor to
embrace or extend to any bath room that may
! be constructed in such manner as to project
| from the second or other upper story Of the
house to which 1t may be attached.
6. Any person or persons who shall violate
any of the provisions of this section relative
| to wooden or frame buildings, shall forfeit
| aud pay fine of ten dollars, and a further
| fine OF i've dollars per day. for each snd
every day such violation shall continle, to be
| recovered in the usual manner in the name
| and for the use of the City Council of Alex
| andria.
T. 1t shall the duty of the Building In
spector when informed of violation of the
foregoing provisions TO order the persons
erecting or attempting to erect such bnildiug
| to pull down the same forthwith; and if the
same shall not be pulled down in reasonable
| time thereafter, he shall cause the same to be
| pulled down at the expense of the city, and
| The person erecting or attempting to erect the
| same shall be compelled to reimburse the ex-
pense to the city with 20 per centum damages.
Quality and Strength Of Material.
SECTION III All buildings hereafter
erected costing over two hundred dollars
! 5000 shall be of sound materials of good
| workmanship and abundantly strong for the
] purposes intended.
| 2 In all questions as to the strength of any
materials to be used in any building, or the
requisite dimensions of any piece of material,
| the sizes are be decided by computation by
the rules of standard authorities on the
strength Of materials.
| Excavation for Foundations and Unde1piming of
| adjoining Walls
! SECTION I'LL. All excavations for foun-
dations or other purposes shall be properly
guarded and protected SO as to prevent the
same from becoming dangerous to life or
| limbs. and shall be she. piled when Deces.
sary, to prevent the adjoining earth from cav
ing in, by the person or persons causing the
| excavation 10 be made.
/ - for hrIld dtr,tr Or
other purposes shall be carried to the depth
of more than eight (S) feet below the curb,
| TIE person or persons causing such excavations
| 70 be made shall at all times, from the COM
| mencement 70 the completion thereof (if oiler-
| ed the necessary license to enter on the adj
\ Joining land and not otherwise), at his or
| their own expense, preserve any adjoining or
| contiguous walls ION injury, and support the
sime by proper foundations SO that the said
| wall or walls shall be and remain practically
\ as safe as before Such excavation was COM
menced, whether the said adjoining or con-
| tiguous wall or walls are down more or less
than eight (S) below the curb.
| g. If such excavation shall not be intepded
to be or shall not be carried to depth Of
more than eight (S) feet below the curb, the
owner OF owners Of such adjoining or con-
tiguous wall or walls shall preserve the same
! from injury and so support the same by prop
| er foundations that it or they shall be anG re-
main practically as safe as before such excaya-
| ton was commenced, and shall be permitted
to enter upon tie premises where such exca-
vatlon is being made for that purpose when
necessary.
4. If the person or persons whose duty it
| shall be to preserve or protect any wall or
walls from injury shall fail to do so after hav-
| ing had a notice of twenty-four hours from
| the Building Inspector, then the Building In
spector may enter upon the premises and en-
poy such labor and furnish such materials
and take such steps as in his judgment may
| be necessary to make the same safe and se-
cure, or to prevent the same from becoming
| unsafe or dangerous at the expense OF The per-
| son or persons last herein referred to.
Any party doing the said work, or any part
thereof, under and by direction of the said
Building Inspector may bring and maintain
an action against the person or persons last
| herein referred to to recover the value of the
| work done and materials furnished in and
about the said premises in the same manner
as if he had been employed to do the said
| work by the said person or persons,
Foundations.
SECTION W.. Every permanent build
| ing, except buildings erected on wharves or
piers on the water trout, shall have It's found
alton walls resting upon solid ground or upon
concrete, piles, or other solid substructure.
9 Whenever piles shall be required TO be
driven for foundation wall to rest on, they
shall be driven to q firm and solid bearing,
and the tops shall be cut off at such an eleva-
| ton as to insure constant immersion.