The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-20
OFFICIAL.

tHC same tlIle the salaries OF other
city officers are fixed, and his duties
will be as set out in the following:
Sec. 2. When any person shall he
desirious of erecting, changing or alter
ing any building or structure within
the limits of the city of Savannah. he
snail make application at the office of
the tax assessors for a permit for thar
purpose, and shall furnish said tax as
SCISSORS with a written statement of
the proposed location, dimensions and
manner of construction of the proposed
building or structure, and the materials
to be used, and with plans and speci-
hcatlons of the proposed building or
structure, which shall be delivered nv
said assessors to the building inspector.
and remain in his custody a sufficient
length of time to allow the necessary
examination to be made of the same.
and If required by him, a COPY of said
plans and specifications shall be filed
In the office of Said inspector. bv
said applicant, after which, if it shall
appear to said inspector that the laws
and ordinances of the city are COM
piled with, a permit will be issued by
him, to be approved thereon by the
Mayor, before it becomes effective
Blank forms for the detailed state
ment, as herein required, may be OBJ
tanned at the office of the building in
spector for applicants to fill out. de-
scrlblng location of the proposed struc-
ture, number and hight of stories
dimension of joists and timbers and
distance apart, dimensions of support
ing iron work Cf any, for what pur-
pose the building or structure is design
ed, and other information applica BILE
to the proposed improvement which
statement being so properly filled out,
the owner or owners, his or their archi-
tect or agent, shall sign the agreement
contained in said detailed statement
that he or they will in all respects con-
struct the work in accordance with such
detailed statement, plans and specifi
cations, and in compliance with the
laws and ordinances of the city of Sa
Vannah, and it shall not be lawful to
proceed to construct, alter or repair
any building or structure within the
limits of said city of Savannah with
out such permit Every such per
nit shall be considered cancelled, if
active work is not commenced within a
period of three 90 months from the
date of its issue.
Sec. 3. The said inspector shall keep
an Office in the City Hall, or such other
place as shall be provided by the
Mayor and Aldermen, where it shall be
the duty of said inspector to keep A
record of all permits issued, which shall
be regularly numbered in the order
of their issue, and also record
or the statements upon which
permits are issued. He shall also keep
record of, and report to the City
Council, on Dec. 81, each year, a full
and complete register of the mum
Der, description and size of every
building erected, changed, altered or re-
paired in the city during that year. OF
what material constructed, with the
aggregate of the number, k7sAe
and cost of all buildings c1
ether structures SO erected, changed.
altered or repaired
Sec. 4. 1t shall be the duty of the
inspector to visit and inspect each
house, structure or building which may
be in the course of erection, construc-
tlon or alteration. within the limits of
the city, and to see that each house.
structure or building is being erected,
constructed or altered according to the
provisions of this ordinance, and all
ordinances in force in said city, and
the manner adopted for the security
thereof against fires, and the safety Of
the occupants; that the materials used
are suitable for the purpose (and that
the work is done in a substantial and
workmanlike mannerJ, and is of suff1-
cient strength and solidity to answer
the purpose for which it is designed;
and before the foundations are laid. he
shall examine the trenches dug for the
same, and be fully satisfied that the
soil or substratum is sufficient for the
structure, or at least the best that can
he obtained. And should the nature
of the soil be such. and the work of
sufhc1ent magnitude, in the Judgment
of the inspector, as to require piling,
the same should be done as required hy
said inspector, provided, that it may
be deemed necessary by the inspector,
that his visits and inspection shall be
repeated from time to time during the
erection, construction or alteration of
such houses, structures or buildings,
until the walls shall have been com
pleted, and the same enclosed. when
his duties shall terminate.
Sec. s.. No person or persons shall
erect, or cause to be erected within
the fire limits of the city of Savannah,
as now established by ordinance. or
hereafter may be esta blished by ordi-
nance, any building or other structure,
or addition to building or other struc-
ture, the outer walls of which are not
composed entirely of brick, stone or
iron. Provided that in cases where
it becomes necessary in the judgment
of said inspector and the Mayor, addi-
tions may be made to brick buildings
and covered with metal or metallic
laths. and plaster. Every building
erected or built as aforesaid
NiAelil NC CONtIeu or TOOTe0
with slate, tiles, tin. zinc, copper, iron
or other equally fireproof roofing sat
isfactory to said inspector and the
Mayor, and if any building within the
limits aforesaid shall be DESTROYED to
the extent of one-half thereof. it shall
be unlawful to rebuild the same unless
the outer walls and roof of the portion
rebuilt shall be composed entirely of
fire proof material such as above des-
ignated. Any person who shall violate
any of the provisions of this section
shall forfeit and pay to the Mayor and
Aldermen of the city of Savannah, the
sum of twenty dollars, and the further
sum of ten dollars for each day, the
same shall be permitted to remain
without being made to conform to the
laws and ordinances of the city; such
building shall be a public nuisance.
Sec. s. Whenever any frame or
wooden building or structure within
the fire limits shall have become dam
aged by fire or decay, the extent Of
which. in the judgment of the inspec-
tor, exceeds so per cent. of the value
of the same, 1T shall be unlawful to re-
pair or rebuild the same as a frame
building.
Sec. T. The hight for stories for all
given thickness of walls must not ex-
coed II feet in the clear for baseme nt,
IS feet in the clear for first story, 10
feet in the clear for second story, 10
feet in the clear for third story, IL feet
in the clear for fourth story, and IA
feet in clear average hight of upper
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