Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-06-20
A NEW CITY PORCH LAM
Enacted Yesterday Afternoon
by the Street and Sewer
Department.
IT GIVES CERTAIN PRIVILEGES
With Respect to Buildings
Used as Dwellings.
Street Porches Are Permitted in Front OF
Buildings Whicn are Now Ia Existence
Part Of the Old Law Ke-enactod.

The Street and Sewer Directors held
an adjourned meeting yesterday after-
noon and adopted the following roso-
lutions relative to porches:
Sec. l. No oriel or bay windows.
balconies or porches projecting beyond
the true building line Of any street
shall hereafter be erected upon the
first story of any building, except that
porches may be built and maintained
in connection with the fronts OF build
ings used exclusively as places of resi-
dence and which have been erected
and completed prior to the passage Of
this ordinance; provided, however,
that such porches shall not extent out
over the sidewalk and beyond the
building line more than one-third the
width Of said sidewalk, but IN no in
stance shall such porches extend more
than four feet over the line OF said
sidewalk; provided further, that no
porches shall be erected over any part
Of the sidewalk in front of any new
existing building If q majority Of the
buildings on the same front Of the
building block shall be used as places
Of business, but the provisions Of this
ordinance are only intended for and
shall be availed Of for the benefit of
residences in front of which no porches
now exist.
Sec. >. Oriel or bay windows, bal
comics or porches may hereafter be
erected upon the fronts, sides and rear
ends Of buildings extending over the
pavements Of the streets from any
story, excepting the first, provided
their outside faces shall be built
within lines drawn from the interseo-
tion Of the division walls of such
building and the true building line,
and at an angle of twenty degrees with
the latter, and at distance Of not
more than three feet beyond il, and
that all mouldings, cornices and other
projections shall not extend more than
six inches beyond such lines. Pro-
vided that the sides of such oriel or
bay windows, balconies OF porches
shall make an angle with the afore-
said true building line Of not more
than tifty-five degrees; and provided
the bottom Of such construction shall
be at least ten feet above the pavement
or sidewalk at its proper grade.
Sec. 3. Oriel or bay windows, bal
comics or porches may hereafter be
erected on the corners of buildings
beyond the true building line of the
~
first, provided their outside faces shall
be built within true circle whose
circumference passes within lines
eighteen inches outside of said true
building line and parallel Herewith,
and that all mouldings, cornices and
other projections shall not extend more
than six inches beyond said circum-
ference, and provided the bottom of
such construction shall be at least
ten feet above the pavement or side
walk at its proper grade.
Sec. 4. All areaways or cellarways
now existing OF hereafter built into
the sidewalks shall be enclosed with an
iron railing, not less than three feet
high and all gates used therefor, and
all fence gates, alley gates or doors
hereafter built upon or sufficiently
near unto the true building line that
their opening would cause them to
project beyond the said line shall be
so nung as to open entirely within or
towards said line.
Sec. 8. 1t shall not be lawful for
any person to hereafter erect over or
across any sidewalk, any flap wing or
side awning Of any description.
Bee. 9. Any person violating any
Of the provisions of this resolution
shall be guilty Of a common nuisance
and shall be liable to a fine of five
dollars and an additional fine of five
dollars for every twenty-four hours
that such nuisance is continued.
Sec. Z. All ordinances and resolu-
tions inconsistent herewith are hereby
repealed.
The following communication was
received from ii. W. Cause:
John G. Gray, Esq. Street and Sewer
Experimentation Sir: / beg to call
your attention to the condition of the
paving Of Clayton street between
Eighth and Fourteenth streets. which
happens to come particularly under my
notice.
1t is my understanding that the
Peoples Railway Co. Is bound to prop
erly pave and keep in repair the
street bed between its rails and for
Two feet on each side. Between the
streets above named, this has never
been done and the conditions are now
so bad that wagons, following the
tracks, make such a noise by reason of
the wheels falling in between the rails
and the paving that the noise is simply
lntolerable. Besides this, the COM
pany runs cars with fiat wheels and
oaaiy working machinery, this adding
to the annoyance of the people living
along the line.
l call your attention to these mat
ters and beg that you will take some
steps to force the railway company to
give me relief
The secretary was instructed to refer
the letter to W. S. Hilles, counsel for
the company, with the request that he
try to adjust the matter.
A resolution was adopted to change,
Tx and establish a portion of the line
of the curb on the westerly side of
Benson street between Willard sire ct
and the Park drive.