The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1907-05-04
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Sec. 6. All footings to be twice the width of
the basement walls, and the depths of the foot
ings shall be one half of their width.
Sec. I. The footings and foundation walls
shall be laid in cement mortar at least IL inches
above the grade line.
Sec. S. All floor joists shall rest on AZ inch
projections as provided for, and all covering
the thickness of the walls.
Sec 8. All bricks shall be laid with joints
broken and all filled with mortar. and every
fifth course shall be laid with headers.
Sec ~ ALI PARTY Ta ans sna na be
as may be necessary to carry full joists.
Sec IL. Front, rear and side walls shall be
built up at the same time.
SeS II. Whenever the space between side
walls shall exceed twenty-five feet and not sup
ported with partition walls or girders, sup
ported on iron, stone, hardwood or brick piiast-
ers, the thickness of wall shall be increased
four and one-half inches for every five feet or
fraction thereof in width, except as hereinafter
provided
Sec 10. All elevators shall be automatically
trapped at each floor and hoists shall have
closed trapped doors.
Sec IA. No cornices shall be built on any
building except of fre-proof material.
Sec Is. Parapet walls must extend above the
roofs at least three feet and shall be at least
nine inches thick. The last four courses shall
be laid in Portland cement mortar and covered
with same mortar one inch thick.
Sec. 49, Stone or terra Gotta coping may be
used instead of the foregoing, in which the stone
or terra Gotta shall extend at least one inch
over each side of the wall and all joints shall
be well filed with Portland cement mortar.
Sec. II. External and party walls above the
ground floor shall be securely anchored at least
every twelve feet to each tier of ioists with ap-
proved appliances, which shall allow the loists
to fall out without injuring the walls
Sec. Is. When joists are supported by girders.
the anchorage OF the ioists must be made con-
tinuous by approved anchorage of proper pro-
Sec, 10, The bricks used in all buildings shall
be good, hard, well burned bricks; no sweIIed,
refuse or soft bricks shall be used, and in all
brick walls every fifth course shall be- head
ing course except, however, where walls are
faced with brick in running bond, in which case,
every fifth course shall be bonded into the back
ing by cutting the course of the face brick and
putting diagonal headers behind the same, or
by splitting the face brick IN half and backing
the same with a continuous row of headers.
Sec. 20. Ali bricks shall be well wet before be-
ing laid.
houses and manufacturing establishments.
Sec. 22. Ali lime mortar shall be thoroughly
mixed in the proportions of oae part of fresh
unsIacked lime to three parts of clean sharp
sand, free from loan.
Sec. q. Ali lime mortar shall be at least two
days old before using.
Sec. "a. Louisville cement mortar shall be
mixed in the proportion of two parts of fresh
Louisville cement and five parts of clean, sharp
sand, free from loan, the same to be used when
mixed
Sec. %. All Portland cement mortar must be
one part of fresh Portland cement to five parts
of fresh, sharp sand, free from loan.
Sec. rs. All Portland cement mortar shall be
used at once after mixing.
Sec. II. Iron posts in front of party walls
shall be filed up solid with masonry, and made
perfectly tight between joists and walls to eff
fectually prevent the passage of smoke and fire.
Sec. q. Cast iron columns and posts which
are to be used for the support of the wooden or
iron girders or brick walls, not cast with one
open side or back, before being set up in place
shall have three-eighths of an inch hole drilled
in the shaft of each post or column by the man.
ufacturer or contractor furnishing the same, to
exhibit the thickness of the castings, and any
other similar sized holes which the mayor or
his duly authorized representatives may re-
Quire shall be drilled in the side of the posts or
columns by the said manufacturer or contractor
at his own expense. and at any time prior to
the setting of said posts or columns. Iron posts
or columns shall have solid iron plates on top
of each to prevent the passage of smoke or fire
through them from one story to another, and
the bottoms and tops of all iron posts and
columns, caps and bases, shall be made true.
Sec. 20. All posts or columns shall be used in
any buildings of less average thickness of shaft
than half an inch.
Sec 80. In all buildings ali floors shall be of
sufficient strength in all its parts to bear safely
upon every superficial foot of its surface sew
enty-five pounds and if used as store. factory,
warehouse or for any manufacturing or COM
mercial purposes, from one hundred and fifty
pounds or upwards; and in every building used
as place of public assembly the floors shall be
of sufficient strength to bear safely upon each
superficial foot of its surface at least one hum
dred and twenty pounds and every floor shall
be of sufficient strength to bear the weights
aforesaid, in addition to the weights of the
materials used in its construction; and every
column. post. or other vertical support shall be
of sufficient strength to bear safely the weights
of the portion of each and every floor depend
ing upon it for support, in addition to the
weight required as above to be supported safely
upon said proportions of said floors.
SAc. 81. No building FeuuIrAd tn he hnfit 0f
brick already erected or hereafter to be built in
the fire district of the town shall be raised,
such building wholly built or constructed after
the passage of this ordinance, it would be in
violation of the provisions of this title.
Sec. 81. Before any building shall be enlarged,
raised, altered or built upon, the same shall
first be examined by the mayor or his duly au-
thorized to ascertain il the build
ings are in good, safe condition to be enlarged,
raised, altered or built up and the decision of
said inspection shall be made without delay.
Sec &c. Ali buildings that are now erected or
that hereafter may be erected, three OF more
stories in height; and every building already
erected or that may hereafter be built, three or
more stories in height, occupied or used as a
hotel or boarding house, having more than
fifteen rooms and every factory, mill. office
building. mandatory or work shop, hospital.
asylum or institution for the care or treatment
of inyalids; and every building, If in whole or
in par occupied or used as school or place OF
instruction or assembly, shall be provided with
such good and sufficient ire escapes, or other
| means of egress in case Of fire, as shall be di-
rected by the mayor or his duly authorized re.
preventative, who shall direct such means of
egress to be provided in all cases where he shall
; deem the same necessary. And In ali cases the
town council shall be the ultimate authority to
determine the number, efficiency and sufieiency
/ of fire escapes on all buildings.
| Sec. 81. The owner or owners of any buildings
upon which any fire escapes now are or may
| hereafter be erected, shall keep the same In
| good repair and well painted, and no person
| shall at any time place any incumbrance of any
| kind whatsoever before or upon any fire escapes
/ from any building in this town.
Sec 80. It shall be the duty of all tiremen
policemen or any officer of the town who shall
/ discover any fire escape, balcony or ladder oil
any fire escape encumbered in any way, to forth
with verbally notify the occupant Of the
| PREMISES or apartment to which the said fire
! escape, balcony or ladder is attached, and fol
/ whose use the same is provided to remove said
| encum br8nce and keep the same clear.
/ Sec. IS. Failure to remove any eneumbrance
/ or obstruction to fire escape after notice, Is
/ hereby declared misdemeanor, and upon con
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