The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-22

Inches of tre-proof material or filled in the thickness of the studdng With such material, and covered on the outside with metal inGlud- ing sides and edges of doors. Covers on top of water tanks placed on roofs may be of wood covered with tin. The planking and sheathing of the roof of every building hereafter erect ed, except wooden building shall in no case be extended across the front, rear side, end or party wall thereof, Every such building and the tops and sides of every dormer- window thereon shall be covered and roofed with slate, tin copper, iron, gravel or such other quality of fre-proof roofing as the Inspector Of Buildings, under his certificate, may au- thorizo and the outside Of the frames of every dormer- window hereafter placed upon any building as aforesaid shall be of fire-proof ma terial. No wooden building within the fire limits more than two stories or over twenty feet in height above the curb level to the high est part the roof, which shall require roofing, shall be roofed with any other roofing or cover Ing, except as aforesaid Nothing in this sec tion shall be construed to prohibit the repair Ing of any shingle roof, provided the building is not altered in height, All buildings shall have scuttles or bulkheads, covered with fire proof material, with ladders or stairs leading thereto. No souttle shall be less in size than two by three feet. All skylights having a su- perfcial area of more than twelve square feet placed in any building, shall have the sashes and frames thereof constructed of iron and glass. Every tre-proof roof hereafter placed on any building shall have, beside the usual sCuttle or hulkhead, a skylight or sky lights of a superficial area equal to not less than One-hftieth the superficial area of such hre-prOOf roof. All buildings shall be kept provided with proper metallic leaders for con- ducting water from the roofs in such manner as shall protect the walls and foundation of said buildings from injury. In no case shall the water from the said leaders be allowed to flow upon the sidewalk, but the same shall be conducted by pipe or pipes to the sewer. Ii there be no sewer in the street upon which such buildings front, then the water from said leader shall be conducted by proper pipe or pipes below the surface of the sidewalk to the street gutter.
 Sec, 49 It shall not be lawful for the own- CT or owners of any brick dwelling house with elght-inch walls, or of any wooden building al- ready erected that has peaked roof, to raise the same for the purpose of making a flat roof thereon, unless tho same be raised with the same kind of material as the building, and un- less such new roof be covered with some of tho articles mentioned in section forty-eight of this title, and provided that such building, when so raised. shall not exceed forty feet in height to the highest part thereof All such buildings must exceed twenty-five feet in height to the peak of the roof before the said alteration and raising, If any such build ing shall have been built before the street grade is altered, such building may be raised or lowered 10 meet the requirements of such grade. No frame building more than two stories in height, now used as a dwelling
 
 as factory, warehouse or stable. No brick or wooden building shall be enlarged or built upon unless the exterior walls of said addition or enlargement be constructed of fire proof materials; provided however, that such brick or wooden buildings may be raised lowered or altered, under the same circumstances and in the same manner specially provided for in this section. No wooden building shall be moved from one lot to another until sworn petition setting forth the purposes of said removal, and the uses to which said building is to be ap- piled, is filed in the office of the Inspector of Buildings, and the written consent of said In spector is first obtained therefor. No wooden building shall be moved from without to with in the fire limits
 Sec. 5O.-Every wooden or frame building, with a brick or other front, which may here after be damaged to an amount not greater than one-half of the value thereon, exclusive of | the value of the foundation thereof at the time | of such damage, may be repaired or rebuilt; 1 but if such damage shall amount to more than one-half of such value thereof, exclusive of | the value of the foundation, then such build | ing shall not be repaired or rebuilt, but shall | be taken down. The amount and extent of | such damage shall be determined upon an eX- | animation of the building, by one surveyor | who shall be appointed by said Inspector of | Buildings, and ono surveyor who shall be ap- pointed by the owner or owners of said premi- ses. In case these two surveyors do not agree, they shall appoint a third surveyor to take part | in such examination, and decision of a ma l lOrlty Qt thenl reduced 10 WflUng ana sworn l to shall be conclusive, and such building shall | in no manner be repaired or rebuilt until after | such decision shall have been rendered. If the | damage by fire, or lightning or wind storm
 and such damage is insured against, then the | third surveyor provided in this section shall be | appointed by the New Haven Fire Underwrit- | CTS Association or the New England Insur-
 ance Exchange. .u
 Sec. 5l,-No dwelling house hereafter erected | shall be occupied by more than one family OF | each floor, nor shall any frame building al ] ready erected be altered to be occupied by ] more than three families. Temporary one | story frame buildings may be erected for the | use of the builders, within the limits of lots
 whereon buildings are in the course of cree. | tiOn, or on adjoining vacant lots upon permits i issued by the Inspector of Buildings. Fences | of wood shall not be erected over eight feet
 high. Signs of wood shall not be erected over l two feet high on any building Sheds of wood | not over fifteen feet high, open on at least one | side, with the sides and roof thereof covered
 with fre-proof material, may also be built | but no fence shall be used as the back or sidC | of any such shed. Any bay oriel window | that does not extend more than three feel above the second story ceiling line of any dwelling house may be built of wood Exterior l pryes and wood or coal houses, not exceeding | one hundred and fifty square feet In superficial | area and eight feet high, may be built o | wood but the roofs thereof must be covered | with metal, gravel or slate. Sheds erected ol | piers, wharves or bulkheads on water front | not exceeding twenty-five feet in height shal | be covered on the outside with slate tile met | al or other incombustlble material. Coal ele | vators or pockets for the storage of coal, ant l trestle work in connection herewith shall b, ! in mode of construction and location as may be approved by the Inspector of Buildings | Grain elevators may be constructed of wood but all the external woodwork shall be GOV cred with incOmbustibe material and Wher such building exceeds sixty feet in height tho two lower stories shall be of brick. Lumber or other wood, or second hand combustiblt material, shall not be piled at any lesser dis tance from the nearest dwelling house thar
 double the height of such pile.
 Sec 52.-Outside of the fire district before prescribed herein, buildings of frame or woOC may be erected, but no frame building to bt occupied or used az a stable, workshop or man ufactory, shall be built more than two storie or twenty-five feet In height, nor shall an, wooden tower or spire be built or rebuilt to greater height than sixty feet. No frame o | wooden dwelling house hereafter erected shal I exceed three stories or thirty-fve feet il height In no case shall a wooden buiIdins be erected within three feet of the side or req line of q lot, unless the space between thu studs on any side be filled in sclidly with no loss than four Inches of brick work. WheI two or more such houses are built continuous the party or division studding shall be not les than four inches thick and filled In soidly witt l brick work or the division walls may be o brick not less than eight inches thick abov the foundation wall; and the ends of thu floor beams shall be 50 separated that fou inches of brick will be between the beam 1 where they rest on said walls. All frame O | wooden buildings exceeding a height of if teen feet shall be built with sills, posts, studs l plates and rafters, all of suitable size ant l fror n1 and brared and with suita h