The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-24
CITY ORDINANCES.

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 Sec. 172 to be amended so that said | section AhaIl rad folinwa,
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 Sec. l72. Every cornice within the fire limits except on private residences not more than 2 1-2 stories high, and also excepting as designated in section | 1S1. shall be of metal or other non-com- | bustible material. Main cornices of all brick buildings over 37 ft. high outside of the fire district shall be of metal or other non n-combustible materials.
 All flreproof cornlces shall be well se- cured to the walls with iron anchors. wall Is finished with a cornice of stone. terra cotta or similar material. the greatest weight of the material of such cornice shall be on the inside of the face of the wall unless supported | by iron construction, so that the cor nice shall firmly balance upon the wall. | In all cases the walls behind the cor nlces shall be carried up to the plank Ing Of the roof. and where the cornice projects above the roof, the walls shall | be carried ID above the planklng of the cornIce and be coped. All exterior wooden cornlces that may now be or that may hereafter become unsafe or rotten shall he taken down, and If re- placed shall he constructed in accord ance as above provided. All exterior hereafter be damaged by fire to the ex- tent of one-third shall be taken down, and if replaced shall be constructed according to this section, but if not dam- aged to the extent of one-third, tho same may be repaired with the same kind of material of which they were originally constructed
 Sec. 1H. To commence as follows:
 ROOF OF WOODEN BUILDING.
 No wooden building within the fire limits which shall require roofing shall covering except as provided in this chapter
 Omit the sixth and seventh lines and the first three words in the eighth line.
 On page 2i4 omit the third. fourth. on page. 214 to read mine" instead of amended shall read as follows
 Sec. l74.-Roof of Wooden Building No wooden building within the fire i'm Its which shall require roofing shall be roofed with any other roofing or cov- ering except as provided In this chap ter All buildings shall have scuttles or bulkheads. covered with freproof material. with ladder or stairs leading thereto. No scuttle shall be less in size than two by three feet. All sky lights having superficial area of more than nine square feet. placed in any building. shall have the sashes and frames thereof constructed of iron and glass. All buildings shall be kept pro- vided with proper metallic leaders for conducting water from the roof in such a manner as shall protect the walls and foundations of said buildings from in- jury Tn no case shall the water from the said leaders be allowed to How up- on the sidewalk, but the same shall be conducted by pipe or pipes to tho sewer. If there be no sewer in the street upon which such buildings front, then tho water shall be conducted by proper pipe or pipes below the surface of tho sidewalk to tho street gutter
 Sec. 175. To read as follows: