The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-22
City Aancrttsc.ments,
NEW BUILDING ORDINANCES.

NEW B0ILDlEd UEUiEANGtS.
 Be 1t Ordained by the Court of Common
 Council of the City of New Haven;
 Section l. The Mayor shall appoint Nn Inspector of Buildings, who shall hold hia office until his successor Is duly appointed and qualified, Said Inspector shall be elth- CT all Architect Civil Engineer or Builder of ability, and must have had at least five years practical experience in hlS pattlcu- lar occupation. Said Inspector shall not be employed or engaged iu any other business or be interested ln any way Whatsoever m any contract for building or furnishing ma ferlals. Said Inspector Of Buildings shall re- ceiVe such salary or compensation for his services, and such compensation and indem- nity for moneys paid out or expenses incur red In the discharge of his duties under this Ordinance, as the Court of Common Coun- Gil may by ordinance or otherwise prescribe Said Inspector Is charged with the duty of executing the provisions Of this Ordinance, anu shall keep a record of his dOlngS, re- port all violations of said Ordinance to the City Attorney for prosecution, and shall an nually, and as much oftener as he may be required by the Court of Common Council, make return to said Court of Common Coua- ell of his doings hereunder. He shall eX- anime all buildings in course of erection, alteration or repair, and any platform, stag ing or flooring to be used for standing or sitting purposes, as often as practicable and shah make a record of all violations of said Ordinance, together with the street and number where such violations are found the name of the owner lessee, occupants architects and master mechanics, and all other matters relative thereto,
 Until an Inspector of Buildings shall be appointed, as is hereinbefore provided, the Fire Marshal shall act as such Inspector, and is hereby vested with all the powers, duties, responsibilities and authority here tofore or hereinafter given such Inspector of Buildings.
 Sec 2 Whenever in the opinion of the Inspector, any building wall or part of any building, on account of any cause or defect, is dangerous, or when any building shall be deemed unsafe for the purpose for which 1t is used, or shall be in danger of being set on fire from any defect in it's construction, or when doors or stairways in any puDAc hall, theater or factory are insufficient for the escape of people in case of fire panic or accident, the Inspector shall notify the owner or his agent, In writing, specifying wherein such danger consists, or wherein such building is unsafe or defective: If the owner or agent neglects to proceed to put such building in safe condition or forth with to pull down or secure such building wall or dangerous parts, or remedy the de- feet, he shall be deemed guilty of mlsde- meanor.
 Sec. 8. In case the decision of the Inspec- tor upon the safety of any building or m any urgent that the failure to promptly carry out hls order to demolsh or strengthen such building, or part thereof, may endanger life and limb, the decision and order of the h. spector shall be absolute and final, and no appeal therefrom to an arbitration shall be permitted.
 
 spector of Buildings and the Superintendent of Fire Department shall determine that there Is actual and immediate danger of the falling of any building, or part thereof, so as to endanger life, such building or part thereof, shall thereupon be deemed to be a nuisance, and the Inspector shall cause such work to be done as may be necessary to render said building, or part thereof safe or may cause said building, or such part thereof as may be unsafe, to be torn down and removed.
 Sac K Rafora yronaedino with tho oro, tion or alteration of any building, or any part of any building, or any platform, stag ing or flooring to be used for standing or sitting purposes, 2 permit for such erection or alteration shall be first obtained from the Inspector of Buildings by the owner or his agent, and 1t shall be unlawful to pro- ceed with the erection or alteration of any building, or part of any building, or any such platform, staging or flooring, unless such permit shall first have been obtained from the Inspector of Buildings.
 The applications for such permits shall be in writing, on blanks or forms to be fur nished by the Inspector. of Buildings, and shall state clearly and fully the work con- templated to be done, and shall give the cor rect or estimated value of the building for which such application is made, to be yer flied by the affidavit of the applicant when required by said Inspector.
 If the matters mentioned in any applica- ton for q permit, or in the drawings or specifications accompanying and Illustrating the same, indicate to the Inspector that the work to be done is not in all respects in ac- cordance with the provisions of this ord- nance he shall refuse to issue q permit un- til such application, drawings and Specifica- tions shall have been made to conform in every respect to the requirements of the ordinance; and when such application and drawings and specifications conform to this ordinance, the Inspector shall issue g per init and shall file said application, and shali apply to such drawings and specitica tions an official stamp. The drawings and spec- t1catons so stamped shall then be returned to the applicant for permit, excepting in cases where said drawings and specifica- tions are required to be filed with the In spector
 Sec. 6. The fee for, permit for each build ing costing $5,oo6 or less shall be $1.00; for permit for each building costing from 5000 ing costing from $1o,00O to $250O0, $500; for permit for each building costing from $25,0oo to S50.o00, $4o0 for permit for each 5000; for permit for each building costing from $75G0o to $100,000, S6.00 and for each building costing $100,000 or over, $7.00
 Sec. z. Permits for the obstruction of streets shall be paid for in proportion to the street frontage occupied at the rate of $1.00 for the first month, $2.00 for the sec ond month, and $500 for the third month. and so on, increasing at the rate of $1,6O per month for each successive month for each fifty feet of frontage or fraction there of so occupied.
 If the written consent, and a waiver of claims for damages against the City of New Haven, of the owners of properties abut- ting upon the site of any proposed building is obtained, and filed with the Inspector of Buildings, the permission to occupy the roadway and the sidewalk may be extended beyond the limits of such building, upon the same terms and conditions as those herein fixed for the occupation of the sidewalk and street in front of the building itself
 The permission to occupy streets and sidewalks for purposes of building Is in tended only for use in connection with the actual erection, repair or alteration of build ings, and must terminate with the comple- tion of such operation. It shall be unlaw- ful to occupy any sidewalk or street after the completion of the operation for which such permit has been issued by the Jnspec- tor of Buildings. It shall also be unlawful to OCCUPY a street or sidewalk, under au- thorlty of such permit. for the storage of 7 articles not intended for immediate use in connection with the operations for which such permit has been issued.
 Sec 8. The said amounts for building and street permits shall be paid to the Collector, and the Building Inspector shall not issue a permit until building and street fees have been paid.
 Sec g. Every permit shall be considered cancelled If active work is not commenced within the period of six months from the date of it's issue.
 Every permit shall be subject to revoca- tion should the Inspector become convinced that the work done under said permit is proceeding in violation of law, or done in reckless or careless manner. Revocation of a permit shall be in writing and shall be served on the owner or his agent, or in their absence, on any one doing any of tho work; and from and after such revocation of a in