The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-06
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IneQlaIelN, upon notice received from
the inspector. cause the same to be
made safe and secure or taken down:
and when public safety requires i'm
mediate action. the inspector may en-
ter upon the premises, with such as
sistants as may be necessary, if so
directed in writing by the Mayor, and
cause the said structure to be secured
or taken down without delay, AT the
expense of such owner or party in
Jerested. No staging or stand for OBJ
servation purposes shall be constructed
or occupied upon the roof of any build
ing in said city.
Sec. So Every building which shall
appear to the inspector to be especially
dangerous in case of fire. by reason Of
bad condition Of walls, overloaded
floors, defective construction. decay or
other causes. shall be held to be un-
safe; and the inspector, besides pro-
ceeding as provided in the preceding
section. shall also affix a notice of the
dangerous character of the structure
to a conspicuous place on the exterior
wall of said building: any person re-
moving such notice so affixed. shall be
liable to punishment as hereinafter
prescribed.
Sec. 54. The owner. or party hav-
ing an interest in the unsafe building
or structure mentioned in the two pre-
ceding sections. being notified there
of in writing by the inspector. shall
be punished as hereinafter prescribed.
Sec. So. No building now or here
after built shall be altered until it has
been examined and approved by the
inspector as being in a good and safe
condition to be altered as proposed
and the alienation so made shall con-
form to the provisions of this and any
ordinance of the city of Savannah in
relation thereto.
Sec. Sc. All brick walls and but
tresses shall be of merchantable. well
shaped bricks. well laid and bedded
with well filled joints. in lime or ce-
ment mortar, and well flushed up at
every course with mortar; and all
brick used during the warm months
shall be wet at the time they are
laid, and shall be dry at time they
are laid during the cold months.
Sec. 81 No continuous vertical re-
cess, chase or fiue shall be made in any
party wall so deep that it will leave the
thickness at the back less than eight
inches at any point, and no recess of
any kind shall be made in any eight
inch wall. No horizontal recess shall
be made in any wall except by a spe-
cial permit from the inspector. No
continuous vertical recess other than
fues in stacks shall be nearer than
seven feet to any other recess.
Sec. IS. In the erection or alteration
of any building within the fire limits
the material of which, in whole or in
part, is other than brick, stone or
wood, the thickness of walls, of such
material, and the method of construc-
ton. shall be such as the inspector
shall approve.
Sec. SO. Partitions in hotel buildings
and tenement houses made of scant-
ling to be lathed and plastered shall
be filled with brickwork eight inches
high in the best manner. Scantling
partitions shall not be employed as
supporters of any floor or roof Except
dwelling houses.)
Sec. so. Stairways shall not be en-
closed with partitions made of plank,
boards, flooring or scantling, unless
plastered on both sides or covered with
metal.
Sec 81. Hosting openings shall
have trap doors covered with metal
on the underside) on all floors except
where elevators are used. with suffi-
cient guards for protection during the
hours of business. and said doors shall
be kept closed at all other times.
Sec. 81. All stores, storehouses,
mills and manufactures that may
| hereafter be erected in Savannah,
! which are. more than two stories high,
| shall have doors,tt blinds or shutters
made Of fire-proof metal, on every
window or entrance where the same
do not enter upon street, unless
! fire-proof glass is used. When, in any
such building, the shutters, blinds or
doors cannot be put on the outside
they shall be put upon the inside,
| and hung upon iron eyes or frames
| independent of any woodwork; shut
ters above the first story to be ar
ranged so that they can be opened
from the outside. Prismatic lights in
iron frame shall be regarded as an
equivalent to iron shutters.
Sec. So. That all buildings in said
city three stories or more in hight,
not including Easements. used as a fac
tory, workshop, lodge room, hotel de-
partment store, boarding house, pub
lie hall, or sleeping place, or apart
ment, shall have thereon suitable and
substantial fire escapes of the follow
ing character and material: Brack-
cts must not be less than 1kx1&
inches, wrought iron, placed edgewise,
or %-inch angle iron, well braced,
and not more than three feet apart,
and the braces to brackets must not
be less than %-inch square, wrought
iron, and must extend two-thirds of
the width of the respective brackets
or balconies. In all cases the brack-
cts must go through the wall, and
be turned down three inches.
Brackets on new buildings, must be
set as the walls are being built. When
brackets are to be put on old houses,
the part going through the wall shall
not be less than one inch in diameter.
with screw nuts and washers, not less
than five inches square and one-half
inch thick.
Top Rails-The top rail Of balcony
must be 1%xl2, inch, wrought iron.
and in all cases must go through the
walls, and be secured by nuts and 4
inch square washers, at least q inch
thick
Bottom Railss-'Bottom rails must be
1Ads inch wrought iron, well lead
ed into the wall. In frame buildings
the top rails must go through the
studding and be secured on the inside
by washers and nuts as above.
Filling-in Bars.-The filling-in bars
must be not less than one-half inch
round or square wrought iron. placed
not more than six incnes from CEN
ters, and well rivted to the top and
bottom rails.
Stairs.-The stairs, in all cases. must
be not less than is inches wide and
constructed of ifx3b inch wrought
iron sides or strings Steps to be Is
inch round iron. doubt rungs. Mx3
inch fat iron, and well riveted to the
strings. The stairs must be secured
to "A bracket on top, and rest on and
be secured to a bracket or extra cross
bar at the bottom. All stairs must
have q inch hand rail of wrought
iron we'll braVad