The San Francisco call., 1906-05-17
Definite Limit Placed
on All Classes Of
Structures.
Electric Wiring Rules
Remain Virtually
Unchanged.

stS-I-l la1 : heetlnS OF the COM
ulittee appointed TO revise the build
ing laws il was decided TO rescind the
action taken The previous day in re-
spect 20 the height OF fireproof build
ings. After mucn discussion a resolu-
tion Vas favored permitting the erec-
ton OF class A structures 10 the height
q two and One-half times the width
OF the street on which the building
: ces- Class 5 buildings may rise 10 a
y .glt pf lO9 feet or nine stories. Class
- structures with steel laths may be
built seventy feet high, and with
wooden laths ffiy-fve feet high.
Frame buildings may consist Of three
stories and be forty-five feet high
Class 8 buildings must be made Of
inc0mbustibIe material with steel
frsmes. Class B structures must be
Constructed in the same general way
except that concrete or other incom-
bustible reinforcenents may be used
in- place Of steel The class Z build
ing IS of ineombustfble exterior with
81 OGDEN floors and fittings A PROPOSE
rion 10 restrict building ia a certain
area 10 classes A and B wss voted
down. Max Msulock reported that he
favored the existing ordinances on
should be required instead Of $500, as
81 present The report was adopted
The new fire limits as approved by
the committee VIII be as follows:
Commencing al the intersection Of
TIE easterly lire Of Hyde and East
streets north. thence southerly along
The easterly line q Hyde street TO the
Iosthessterly line Of Montgomery ave
rue. thence along the northeasterly
iiue Of Montg tgorlery avenue 70 e point
13T 6eE min. south al right angles
from the e0utherlv line Of Bay street.
thence easterly and parallel with said
southerly line Of Bay street 70 a point
137 deg 6 min westerly st right an
Eies from The westerly line OF Kearny
\ tree-. thence south and parallel with
sid west line Of Kearny street TO a
point OF the northerly line of Chest
1ut street thence easterly along the
northeriy line Of Chestnut street 10
-ne westerly line OF Montgomery
street. thence southeriv along the
westerly line Of Montgomery street
20 point l37 deg. min. northerly
lt1m rae no~lneriy line Of Greenwich
street. thence easterly on q lire par
aHel win Greenwich street and dis
tant aor-herly 1hercfrom 137 deg.
min. - 2 point distant 49, deg s min.
westerly Al rigat angles from the
westerly line Of SsnsOme street
thence southerly and parallel with
said westerly lire Of Sansome street
90 tho northerly line Of Broadway,
thence westerly along said sOutherly
lire OF Broadway 20 a point I3E deg
s mi-. westerly from the westerly line
cf Stockton street, thence southerls
and parallel with said westerly line
- Stockton street 10 the soUtherly
line ~ Pacific. thence westerly along
said southerly line Of Pacific street to
2 point distant thereon l37 deg. min
westerly from the westerly line Of
Powell street. thence sOutherly and
parallel with said westerly line OF
Powell street 10 q point l37 deg. min
southerly from the southerly line OF
California street. thence westerly and
nzrallcl with said southerly line oi
California street TO a point 137 deg.
!, min. easterly at right angles from the
easterly line OF Polk street, thence
northerly and parallel with said east
aerlv line of Polk street TO the south
CRY line Of Pacific avenue. thence
westerly along said sOutherly line oi
Pacific avenue 10 point distant 19s
6eR 2 min westerly Of the westerly
lire OF Van Ness avenue. themes
southeriy and parallel with said west
eriv line Of Van Ness avenue 70 the
southeriy lire Of Fell street. Themes
westerly along said southeriy line o.
FelI street 10 the westerly line OF
Franklin street. thence southeris
along said westerly line Of Franklin
street 10 the northerly line Of Page
street. thence westerly along saic
northerly line OF Page street 10 the
westerly lire Of Cough street. themes
southerly along said westerly line a
Cough street to the Dorthwesterls
line of Market street. thence south
westerly along said northwesterly iin'
~ Market street TO the westerly line
~ Valencia street produced. Themes
southeriy along said westerly line oi
Valencia street produced and the
westerly line Of Valencia street to the
norrheriy line of Thirteenth street
thence easteTly along said northerly
N ne Of Thirteenth street To the west
erIy line Of Howard street, thencs
northeriy and northeasterly along said
linc ~ Howard street to the south
s,-o1terly lire Of Ninth street. thence
sautheas steriy along said southwest
rriT lire ~ Ninth street 20 q point
distant thereon 197 deg. min. south