Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-18
BUILDING PROJECTIONS
Owners of Property May Hereafter Be Gov
erned by New Rule.
Plat of the Entire Lot to BE Filed,
i'm Addition to Plan of
Building.

If TIE recommendations of the inspector
of buildings meet with the approval OF
Colonel Bingham, the United States engi
neer officer in charge of public buildings
and grounds, all owners and builders OF
houses requiring projections beyond the
building line will hereafter be required tC
furnish, in addition to the plan of The
building projections. a plat of the entire
lot, showing the location of the building
thereon and giving the width of the pro-
posed parking and sidewalk.
This is the result of a request on the
part of Colonel Bingham for addition;ll
regulations governing applications for pro-
jections. in order to give his office addi-
tional information in prosecuting the neces-
sary inquiry.
Col. BinEham's Letter.
In letter to the Commissioners upon the
subject. Colonel Bingham says:
THE examinations made by this office
before approval of permits for projections
are very often rendered unsatisfactory and
inexact by the fact that ground has not
yet been broken for the new building. 1t
is, therefore. respectfully suggested that
it would be a good plan to lave all new
buildings staked out before permit is sub
mtted, in order that the inspection before
approval may have actual lines upon which
to base decision. Such provision would
be of very great assistance to this office In
it's reports upon building projections"
The letter was referred to the inspector
of buildings, and he made report which
was approved by the Commissioners and d
copy sent to Colonel Bingham.
Building Inspector Reports.
1t reads as follows:
Respectfully returned to Captain Burr
with report that as the special appica-
ton for projections beyond the building
line is the first step in the process of OBJ
tanning a permit, and as all subsequent
work on plans depends On the approval of
the projections applied for, cannot recon-
mend that owners or builders be put to the
extra expense of a survey before the loca-
ton of the building, in respect to the build
ing line, has been decided Upon But l
would respectfully suggest that in order
to afford the honorable Secretary Of War a
practical means of ascertaining the exact
location of the building and the area cover
ed by the projections, all applicants
be required to furnish, in addition to the
plan of projections a plat of the entire lot,
showing the location of building thereon.
ard giving the width of the parking ami
sidewalk. The revised regulations require
a section through the building showing the
projections and the grade of proposed ter
race.
Serious Objection.
Il beg to submit herewith a plat and Sec
ton to ascertain if such an application
would afford the required information. l
am also of the opinion that the most seri-
Gus objection to the proposal TO stake out
the building On the ground would arise
from the fact that if projections are ap-
proved in thi@ manner. it would involve the
location of the building, and the respon-
sibility for the proper location would fall
on parties approving such application, and
not upon the surveyor or owner.''