The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-24
BIG RUSH TO FILE PLANS.
BUrLDERs TAKE <DTANTlGE OF TIE
LAST DAY UNDER OLD LAW.

S.v Building Code which suppinnts II II
More stringent in Its Provisions and
Greatly Extends the Former Fire Limits.
The rush OF builders yesterday to avail them
calves o { the last day under the old building
code. broke all records in the Building Depart
n.nt for the fling OF plans for new buildings
and improvemen ts TO existing edhces. The
mans fled represented In the neighborhood OF
twelve million dollars worth OF projected con-
structlon The crush at the Building Depart
ment was 90 great that Commissioner Brady
ed twenty clerks to night duty to classify.
number and docket the great heap OF plans and
notifications II was the busiest day the de-
partm ent had had since its establishment.
Tho new Building Code was adopted hy the
Municipal Assembly and approved by Mayor
Van WICK on Oct ~. II makes q number OF
changes In the law Of 1892.
The first change is the extension OF what are
known as the fire limits" OF the consolidated
CITY. within which II is made unlawful to erect
any frame buildings other than open sheds and
TEMPORARY structures for the use OF citizens
engaged In building operations. The old law
Of 80 axed the fire limits to the territory ex-
tending from the Battery to 105th street on
the West Side and from the Battery to 14pth
street and northerly to Westchester avenue on
the East Side. The new code extends the
Iults eO 'Hnh 'hVt 'oNV IA b'ee 5000
the whole area OF Manhattan Island.
being extended on the West Side two
md three.quarter miles beyond the old
limits, clear to tho Harlem RIVER TO West
22Oth street. The only territory exempted In
this vast area Il tho high ground OF Washing
ton Heights ard Inwood. west OF that part Of
broadway formerly known as the boulevard.
This was exempted because OF the fact that II
Is AL restricted property OF fine residential
-. r,ba,, tho IanI ia so laid on, that the re
c'a9@' "nere 'ne anu y ~ a'' '"r nv
risk ls reduced 10 minimum lho 'oue re-
tairs the provisions OF the old law prohibiting
tue teou''u'hs' within '"v ~ y, 80. ~
wooden structure that eAis'ed before io"<'
,'' ',.,,h, h,,d,re, Ia In,m,aj Inv d,mas Tho
, oh, a. IA mon owners under the Code, to
,anIore such FIRE damaged structures with
modern buildings OF brick or stone. Fire
The Bronx and the borough o. brooklyn.
,,o,hsr Imror,ant change made by the
code is the modification OF the old provision
restricting every non-frerroo' apartment
house. tenement or DWELLING to- maximum
height OF s-venty-hve feet above the curO,
where the first story OF the building is occu-
pied as store The new code permits such
buildings TO be erected TO a maximum height
o, t.shu.nve lee. T Sy, ','e h,,' at
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thoroughly areprpot construction. Another
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