Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-08
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Glass %" shall be subdivided as herein
before go, provided for buildings OF
Sec. 5s Class ID" buildings four stories
IN height shall have double floors.
STAIRWAYS
Sec. 50. BUILDINGS OF Glass ID" other
than dwellings, shall have statrWays
conforming 10 the requirements for build
ELEVATOR SHAFTS, DUMB WATERS,
CHUTES AND OTHER SHAFTS
Sec. 60. Elevator shafts, dumb walters,
Glass ~" shall be constructed as here
inbeefore provided for buildings Of Glass
sKYL1GHTs
Sec. 81. All skylights on roofs in build
less than 22ik degrees, not enclosed by a
sq5stantial SIaS sbaI, railing at least three feet
than one and one-half inches square. Sc
cured to the sash at least four inches
tnan one-fourth of an inch thick is used
the wire $ screens c,,1,ns >, may ma be omitted,
Sec. 81, All factory buildings of Glass
ID more. than two stories in height
shall be of post and grder construction
and the roof covering shall be as here
inbefore provided for buildings of Glass
.'B" or may be constructed of corrugated
iron.
HOTELS
Dtts 10, tH DulIulnBS OF CLASS ID
more than two stories in height used or
designed to be used as hotels as defined
in this Ordinance all corridors, Railways
and the under side of all stairways shall
be metal athed and plaster6d,
DIMENSIONS OF FOUNDATION
nss ss' of g. Gases Mo aopH@9q b walls T. pgd sbS
rest upon any filled or made ground.
Ihe depths Of Foundations, of buildings Of
Glasses "A, "B' and &c" shall be not
In, he
following schedules:
In one-story buildings not less thnn
one foot below natural surface of ground,
in two and three story buildings not less
than two feet below natural surface OF
ground, in four-story buildings not less
than three feet below natural surface
of ground, in. five and siX-stofy buildings
not less than four feet below natural
surface of ground, in seven-story build
ings not less than five feet below natural
surface of ground, in eight nine and ten
story buildings not less than six feet be-
low natural surface of ground.
Provided, however, that nothing in
this section contained shall prevent the
Board of Public Works from requiring q
greater depth for foundations, If, in the
judgment of said Board 1t is necessary for
the stability of said foundations and the
structure proposed to be erected thereon.
The width of the foundations of the sew
eral parts of any building shall be pro-
portioned to the load to be carried, as
hereafter specified.
No course of brick footings shall pro-
ject more than two inches from footing
or wall above and If formed of stone or
twelve inches thick. nor shall any course
project more than six inches.
The width of the. footings of every
foundation wall shall be. not less than
IS per cent greater than that of the wall
resting thereon. Foundations shall be
proportioned to the actual loads they
must sustain in the completed and oc-
RETAINING WALLS
Sec. 65. Any person making an excava-
tipn forsthee, purpose of construction shall
at once build retaining wall to sustain
the earth not less than seventeen inches
thick at the top and increasing four
inches in thickness for every four feet
in depth; II such retaining walls are
cement mortar in the proportions of one
part cement to four parts sand by actual
measurement.
Sec. g.. All walls used for underpinning
any building shall be constructed of
masonry four inches thicker throughout
In masonry for underpinning shall cor
tain not less than one-third cement by
actual measurement. All brick used tor
qqnderp5nphing n5 shall be bard burnt wei,
water OeiGyr sTANDERD uSi9E DEPTH
Sec. g.. The depth Of eleven QD feet
below the adjacent curb level is hereby
fixed as the standard depth of founda-
tions. Any person excavating to greater
depth than the above standard shall pro-
tect the adjoining property from any
damages due to said excavation. No per-
son constructing foundations to the
proper or standard depth shall be liable
for damages to contiguous buildings. the
walls of which have not been constructed
TO the standard depth
THICKNESS OF OUTER WALLS OF
MASONRY BUILDINGS
Sec. 6S: Every exterior masonry wall
of any building must be built to con-
form In thickness to the following sched-
ule except as otherwise provided for In
this Ordinance; thickness is given in
inches, to wit:
No. of Thickness OF wall at
stories in Base each. story
building. ment. l