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

122, l23, l97, l3S, l5a. l56, l5S, lGl. 162, l6G, l67, lGS, l60, tf0, III, 172, l74, 17b, lSl, lS2, lS3, 1884, 1885, lSG lS6 15l and ITO of tho Ordinances of the City of New Haven concerning Build ing Ordinances
 In compliance with sections S6 and 129 of the Charter of tho City of New Haven. notice Is hereby given of the adoption and approval of the f0llow- ing amendments to Building Urdi- nance of the City of New lIayon
 Be 1t ordained by the Board of AL dermen of the City of New Haven: NS3. 102. 1O3. l0i, l06. 107, l0s. 109, III, IF, 119. 120, l22, l23, 127, lSS, 15S. 156, 15S. 16l, 162. l66. l67, 16S 169, l7O. I'll. 172, 174, l75, lSl, lS2, 1s3. 1S4, 1855, tS6, lS7, 19l, ITO, of the Ordinances of the City of New Iia- ven, revised 10 August 1, 1905, be amended as follows.
 Sec. 51. Omit except frame build ings costing less than $S,5O00O" in third and fourth lines, so that said amended section shall read as follows!
 Sec. 5l, Drawings and Specifies tions.--Whero an application is made for the erection or alteration of any building, or any part thereof. draw ings and specifications sufficient to en- nble the Inspector to obtain full and complete information az to the extent and character of tho work to be done shall be submitted with such applica- tion, and all such drawings and spe- cifcations shall be filed with the In epector, and remain on Ale in hls 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 $l.00. For building costing from
 si,OOo.OO to s2,oOOoO the permit shall cost s2.00;
 s2,000.00 to s3,000.00 the permit shall cost s3.00;
 sS,OOO.oO to $4,Ooo.OO the permit bnall cost S4,uU,
 s4,OOO.oo to s5,ooo.oo the permit shall cost $500;
 and so on. being at the rate of $1,00 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. S1.00 for the first month, S2.00 for the second month and $500 for the third month, and so on, increasing at the rate of S1.00 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, 2 12 parts of clean, sharp sand and parts of clean broken stone, or one-half of the 5 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 in any direction, so 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 im- 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 ono 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. 2 1-2 parts of clean sharp sand and 5 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 a in. ring in any direction.
 Add to end of section 63: Laid ur 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 supports for walls, piers, columns 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 "Constructior of footing, underpinning, etc, Ado the following to end of section: Pro. vided, however that frame building, three stories or less in height or brick buildings not over two stories in neigh may have the foundation walls start ed without footngs if they do not eX. ert bearing pressure of over foul tons per square foot on good sand ol gravel Underpinning of foundation walls may have footings of hard brick laid in Portland cement mortar" SC that said section as amended shal 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 sufli cient thickness and area to safely beal the weight to be imposed thereon; 1 the footing or base course be of con. crete, the concrete shall not be les! than twelve inches thick, if of stone the stones shall not be less than two by three feet and at least eight inche. in thickness for walls, and at eas 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 tn, bottom width of said piers, columns or posts. All base stones shall be wei bedded and laid crosswise, edge tt 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 startinP with the hrckWnrk contnrin,