The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-22
CITY ORDINANCES.

l62, l66, l67, l6S, l69, ITO, l72, l14, 176, lSl, ls2, lS3. 1884, lS6, lS6, lSI 1sl and l79 of the Ordinances of the City of New Haven concerning Build ing Ordinances.
 In compliance with sections 35 and | 129 of tho Charter of the City Of New Haven, notice is hereby given of the I adoption and approval of the follow ing amendments to Building Ordl- nance of the City of New Haven
 Be it ordained by tho Board of AL dermen of the City of New Haven.
 That sections 5l, 54, 5b, Go, 67, 73, | S3, 102, l0S, 104, 106, 107, lOS, l09 | Ill, IF, ll9, l20, l22, l2S, l2i, l38, I 1b3, 156. 15S, 161, 162, 166, l67 l6S 169, 170, III, 172. 174, To, lSl, 1S2, | 1S3, lS4, lS5, lS6, lS1, l9l, l19, of ' the Ordinances of the City of New Iia- ven, revised to August 1, 1905, be | amended as follows.
 Sec. 5l, Omit except frame build | ings costing less than $3,5O0,0O' In third and fourth lines, so that said | amended section shall read as Iollows Sec. 5l, Drawings and Specliica- tions.---Where an application is made for the erection or alteration Of any building, or any part thereof draw ings and specifications sufficient to en- able the Inspector to obtain full and complete information as to the extent and character of the work to ho done shall be submitted with such applica- ton, and all such drawings and spe- cillcations shall be filed with the ln- spector, and remain on file in his of flee three months after the comple- tion or occupation of said building. Such drawings and specifications shall then be returned by the Inspector to the parties by whom they have been deposited, upon the demand of said person or persons. It shall not be obligatory upon the Inspector to re- tain such drawings or specifications in his custody for more than three months after the completion or occu- patton of said building.
 Sec. 54, The first paragraph to read as follows, so that full section as amended shall read as follows:
 No fee for building permit shall be less than Sl.00. For building costing from
 s1,OOO.OO to s2,OOOOO the permit shall cost S200;
 $2,000.00 to s3,00000 the permit shall cost s3.00;
 s3,000.00 to S4,00000 the permit shall cost S4.00;
 $4,OOO.OO to s5.OOOOO the permit shall cost $500;
 and so on, being at the rate of S1.00 per thousand or fraction thereof
 Permits for the obstruction of streets shall be paid for in proportion to the street frontage occupied, at the rate of 100 for the first month, S2.00 for the second month and $500 for the third month, and so on, increasing at the rate of $1.00 per month for each successive month for each fifty feet of frontage or fraction thereof so occupied.
 Sec. 55. Fourteenth line to the end of section to read: Concrete for foun- dations shall be made not poorer than one part of Portland cement. 1-2 parts of clean, sharp sand and parts of clean broken stone, or one-half of the parts may be clean gravel, and the other half clean broken stone, all carefully mixed" The stones not to be larger than will pass through a in. ring fin any direction. 30 that said section as amended shall read as fol- lows:
 Sec. 55 Character of Brick, Sand and Mortar.--All brick laid in non freezing weather shall be well wet inn mediately before being laid The brick used in all buildings shall be good, hard, well burnt brick The sand used for mortar in all buildings shall be clean, sharp sand, and shall not be finer than the standard sam pies kept in the office of the Inspector of Buildings Cement mortar shall be made of sand and cement In the pro portion of not more than three parts of sand to one of cement, and shall be used Immediately after being mixed. Lime mortar shall be made of not more than four parts of sand to one part of lime. and shall not be used un- til thoroughly slaked. Cement and lime mortar shall be made of one part of lime, one part of cement and three parts of sand to each.
 Concrete for foundations shall be made not poorer than one part of Portland cement, 1-2 parts of clean. sharp sand and parts of clean brok- en stone, or one-half of the five parts may be clean gravel, and the other half clean broken stone, all carefully mixed. The stones not to be larger than will pass through az in. ring in any direction.
 Add to end of section 63 Laid up in lime and cement mortar" so that said section as amended shall read as follows
 Sec. 63. Foundation walls shall be construed to include all walls and piers built below the curb level or nearest tier of beams to the curb, to serve as
  girders, posts or beams. Foundation walls shall be built of stone or brick laid up in lime and cement mortar.
 Sec 65. Title to read Construction of footing, underpinning" etc. Add the following to end of section: "Pro- vided, however, that frame buildings three stories or less in height or brick buildings not over two stories In height may have the foundation walls start n1 tx,itl Ia .t crt 8 bearing pressure of over four tons per square foot on good sand or gravel. Underpinning of foundation walls may have footings of hard brick laid in Portland cement mortar" so that said section as amended shall read as follows:
 Sec. 65 The footing or base course of foundation walls shall be of stone or concrete or both or of concrete and stepped-up brick work, of sufii- cient thickness and area to safely bear the weight to be imposed thereon; fl the footing or base course be of con. crete, the concrete shall not be less than twelve inches thick, If of stone the stones shall not be less than two by three feet and at least eight inches in thickness for walls and at leas twelve inches wider than the bottom width of said walls and not less thar ten inches in thickness if under piers columns or posts and at least twelv, inches wider on all sides than tho bottom width of said piers, column, or posts. All base stones shall be wei bedded and laid crosswlse, edge tc edge. If stepped-up footings of bricl are used In place of stone, above tn, concrete, the offsets, if laid in singl courses, shall each not exceed one anc one-half inches, or if laid in doubl courses shall not exceed three inches starting with the brckwork covering the entire width of the concrete, so a