The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-24
City Advertisements.
NEW BUILDING ORDINANCES.


 Section |. The Mayor shall appoint an Inspector of Buildings, who shall hold hs office until his successor is duly appointed and qualified, Said Inspector shall be elth- CT an Architect Civil Engineer or Builder of ability, and must have hpd at least five years practical experience Tn hlS pAiGCu- lar occupation. Said Inspector shall not De employed or engaged In any otler business or be interested In any way Whatsoever m any contract for building or furnishing ma terlals. Said Inspector of Buildings small re- ceiYe such salary or compensation TOT ms services, and such compensation and lndem' nity for moneys paid out or expenses incur red in the discharge of his duties under tills Ordinance, as the Court of Common CouA' ell may by ordinance or otherwise prescribe. Said Inspector is charged with the duty or executing the provisions of this Ordinance, and shall keep d record of hls dolhss, re- port all violations of said Ordinance to the City Attorney for prosecution, ana shall au' nualy and us much oftener as he may ue required by the Court of Common council make return to said Court of Common CouA- Gil of his dolngs hereunder. He snail eA- anime all buildings in course Of etectloh' alteration or repair, and any platform; stag, ing or flooring to be used for standing or sitting purposes as often as practlchple, and shall make a record of all violations oi said Ordinance, together with the street l utt number where such violations are louliu' the, name of the owner, leSseel occupantsSi ntsSi architects and master mechanics, and all other matters relative thereto;
 Until an Inspector of Buildings Shnl pc appointed, as is hereinbefore provided, the hire Marshal shall act as such Inspector, and is hereby vested with all the powers duties. responsibilities and authotIlIy yotor nere, tofore or hereinafter given such Inspector of Buildings.
 Sec 2 Whenever, in the opinion of the Inspector any building, wall or part ot any building, on account of any cause or ueIect, Is dangerous, or when any building sAaiI De deemed unsafe for the purpose for when 1t Is used, or shall be in danger of being set on fire from any defect in its constfuctloh, or when doors or StairWayS in any pupAc hall, theater or factory are insufficient Tor the escape of people in case ot hfe, pahle or accident, the Inspector shall nouIy tne owner or his agent, in writing speclfylng wherein such danger consists, or W4efeln such building is unsafe or defective; IT the owner or agent negleeds to Rf1Geeo o 8 fob Rhl with to pull down or secure such puilullig, wall or dangerous parts, or remedy the 9e' feet he shall be deemed guilty ot mlsue-
 See B. In case the decision of the Inspec- tor upon the safety of any building, or any part thereof, is made in case when IS so urgent that the failure to promptly carry out his order to demolsh or strengthen s9ch building or part thereof, may endanger lire and limb, the decision and order or me m spector shall be absolute and hnal, ana no appeal therefrom to an arbitration shall be permitted.
 Sec. f. Whenever, upon evidence, the In spector of Buildings and the Superintendent of Fire Department shall determine that there is actual and immediate danger or the falling of any building, or part thereon. so as to endanger life, such building, or part thereof, shall thereupon be deemed to be nuisance, and the Inspector shall cause such work to be done as may pc ns necessary a 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.
 See. 5. Before proceeding with the erec, 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, q permit Tor sueh erectlon or alteration shall be first obtained from the Inspector of Buildings by, the owner or his agent, and it shall be unlawful to, pro ceed with the erection or alteration Of any such platform, staging or flooring, unless such permit shall first have been obtained from the Inspector of Buildings The applications for such permits saali nal be in writing, on blanks or forms to be fur, nished by the Inspector of Buildings, ana shall state clearly and fully the work con templated to be done, and shall give the cor, cor rect or estimated value of the building for which such application is made to pc yer fled by the affidavit of the applicant when required by said Inspector;
 If the matters mentioned in any appnca- tion for a permit, or in the drawings or specifications accompanying and illustratlnS 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 ordi- nance he shall refuse to issue permit un- til such application, drawings and specltica- tons shall have been made to c0ulofIu III every respect to the requirements of the ordinance; and when such application and drawings and specifications conform to this ordinance, the Inspector shall issue q per init and shall file said application, and shall apply to such drawings and specifications an official stamp The drawings and speci-- fications so stamped shall then be returned to the applicant for permit, excepting in cases where said drawings and specifca- tions are required to be filed with the ln- spector.
 ing costing $5,o00 or less shall be S1.00; for permit for each building costing from 5000 to $10,000, $2,00; for permit for each build ing costing from S10,000 to $25000, $500; for permit for each building costing from $25, 600 to s50,0oo, $4,00 for permit for each building costing from $5O,OO0 to S7o0oO, from from SIS, s7 ,6oo to $ioo 1000, S6oO and for each building costing S100,000 or over, S7.00.
 Sec. T. Permits for the obstruction of streets shall be paid for in proportion to S1 % for the first month, S2.00 for the sec ond month, and $500 for the third month and so on, increasing at the rate of Sl,00 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 Bu. -uings, 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 compile 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 InSpec- tor of Buildings. It shall also be, unlawful to occupy a street or sidewalk, under aG- thority of such permit, for the storage of 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- ton should the Inspector become convinced that the work done under said permit is nroceeding in violation of law. or done in q reckless or careless manner. Revocation of a hermit shall be ill writing and shall be served on the owner or his agent, or, in their absence, on any one doing any of the work; and from and after such revocation Of permit all parties doing any work in or about said structure, building premises shall be deemed guilty of q misdemeanor within the terms of this ordinance.
 Sec 1O Permits to move buildings shall he granted when builtling has not been tpr,t