The daily sentinel., 1907-01-16

FOR CITY
THE PROTECTION
Of Private and Public Prop
erty Further Provide for. =
Important Ordinance Pre-
pared by City Attorney
Coles.

AT AIt neat meeting VI ALe NlNA
council there will be introduced an
ordinance creating the office of
building inspector for the city OF
Grand Junction, regulating the con
struction and removal of all build
ings and repeating all ordinances in
conflict with the proposed new or
dinance.
City Attorney Coles has just com
pleted the work of preparing this
proposed ordinance. He gave a great
deal of time and care to the work AMI
he. with Fire Chief Rogers, and sew
eral other city officials who are fami-
liar with the provisions of the ordin-
ance. believe that it will meet all re
quirements and prove very satisfac-
tory.
There is no question that Grand
junction needs a competent build
/ ing inspector and more stringent reg
ulations regarding the erection of
BUILDINGS and this ordinance fills both
wants.
The ordinance provides that the
building inspector shall be paid from
fees and a certain amount from the
city funds. Before the erection, al
teration or construction of any build
ing or part thereof in the city cost
ing over certain sum. the owner or
builder must file with the building
inspector full and complete set of
the plans and specifications. etc.
All requests for building permits
shall he made in writing, and no work
of erecting or altering or removing a
building shall be done until a per
init is secured from the inspector,
Every permit shall designate the time
within which said building shall be
constructed.
The use of any part of the streets
or sidewalks during the erection of
building is regulated by ordinance.
The ordinance provides that the
council at the annual meeting each
year shall elect inspector whose term
of Office shall be one year, or unless
reasons by council The inspector
must be a practical architect, builder
or civil engineer who has been engag-
ed in the active business of his occu-
patton for at least five years. He shall
have the power to appoint a deputy
but no additional salary shall be al
lowed for this deputy.
The building inspector must give
bond in sum of $1,000 for the faith
full performance of his duties.
The duties of the inspector are de-
fined in detail.
Regarding the fees the ordinance
states that for building permits when
the estimated cost of any building or
its Improvement shall not exceed the
sum of $50 the fee shall be 80 cents
for the permit, for over $500 and not
exceeding $1,000. the fee shall be
one dollar and for every additional
thousand dollars or I-action there
of, the applicant shall pay the addi-
tional sum of one dollar for such per-
nit.
Fees shall also be collected for in
specting electric wiring, plumbing,
gas piping. etc.
Provisions are made for the inspec-
tion of cd buildings. boilers. etc.
All fees collected must be turned
over to the city treasurer.
The ordinance fixes the thickness
of walls for all buildings. and goes in
to detail regarding the manner of err
Getting buildings.
The erection of chimneys or smoke
stacks are also regulated.
Strict regulations regarding build
ings within the fire limits are made
1t is provided that no wooden build
ing shall be erected within the fire
limits. building of wooden frame
whose side walls shall be covered
with sheet iron or metal shall be
deemed a wooden building. Many
other regulations are fixed along this
line
Much attention is devoted to cleo
trio wiring and 1t is declared that all
electrical construction, all material
and all appliances used in connection
| with electrical work, and the operat-
ing of all electrical apparatus in or on
any building in the city shall be in
conformity with the rules and re-
qurements set forth in what is known
as "The National Code" the accept
ed set of regulations for the install
lation of electrical wiring and ap-
paratus, throughout the country.
Plumbing, the laying OF gas pipes.
the erection of elevators, the Install
ing of boilers and steam pipes, are
dealt with at length.
The moving of buildings from one
location to another must be done with
the consent of the building inspector
and no trees may be cut down or its
branches trimmed to allow building
to pass without consent of the street
and alley committee.
The ordinance demands that satls-
factory appliances shall be installed
and kept in readiness in all theatres