The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-23
CITY ORDINANCES

ls@t l-hg ls tt lbot lbNt ANNI lboE lNit 162, 16G 167 l6S, l60, ITO, l71,172, l74, l75, 1Sl, lS2, lS3, lS4, lSi, lS6, 1sl, 19l and lI9 of the ordinances of the City of New Haven concerning Build ing Ordinances
 In compliance with sections 35 and 129 of the Charter of the City of New Haven, notice is hereby given of the adoption and approval of the follow ing amendments to Building Ordi- nance R the City of New Haven
 Be 1t ordained by the Board of AL dermen of the City of New Haven:
 That sections 5l, a., 55, 65. 67, 7S s3, l02, lO3, l04, lO6, l07, i0S, 109, Ill, 1l7, ll9, l20, l22, l23, 127, l3S, 153, 156. l5S, l6l, 169, l66, l67, 16S 169, ITO, l7l, l72, TIA, l7b. lSl, iS2 1SS, lS4, 1SD, lS6, 1S7, l91, l79, of the Ordinances of the City of New lia- ven, revised to August 1, 1905, be amended as follows
 Sec. bl, Omit except frame build ings costing less than $S5OO,00' in third and fourth lines, so that said amended section shall read as follows;
 Sec. 51. Drawings and Speciilca- 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 be done shall be submitted with such applca- tion, and all such drawings and spe- cihcations shall be filed with the h. spector, and remain on file In his of- fee three months after the comple- ton 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 snail not De 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 S1.00. For building costing from
 s1,OOo.OO to s2,0OOOO the permit shall cost S2.00;
 s2,000.00 to s3.000.00 the permit shall cost s3.00;
 S3,00000 to s4,000.00 the permit shall cost S4.00;
 s4,oOO.OO to s5,oOO.0O the permit shall cost S5.00;
 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 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 $100 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 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 in any direction, so that said section as amended shall read as fol- lows:
 Sec. 55. Character of Brick, Sand and Mortar. brick laid in non freezing weather shall be well wet im- mediately before being laid. The brick used in all buildings shall he
 
 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 ples kept in the office of the Inspector or 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 he made not poorer than one part of Portland cement, ? 12 parts of clean, sharp sand and parts of clean brok- en stone, or one-half of the five parts may he clean gravel, and the other half clean broken stone, all carefully mixed The stones not to be larger than will pass through a 2 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:
 CtI. Not Iphnhbllol WdllS StldH if 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, grders, posts or beams Foundation walls shall he built of stone or brick laid up in lime and cement mortar
 Sec 65 Title to read "Construction of footing underpinnng, 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 ed without footings if they do not ex- ert 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 sufF- cient thickness and area to safely bear the weight to be imposed thereon; if 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 least twelve inches wider than the bottom width of said walls, and not less than ten inches in thickness if under piers, columns or posts, and at least twelve inches wider on all sides than the bottom width of said piers, columns or posts, All base stones shall be well bedded and laid crosswise, edge to edge. If stepped-up footings of brick are used in place of stone. above the concrete, the offsets, if laid in single courses, shall each not exceed one and one-haf inches, or if laid In double courses shall not exceed three inches, \ starting with the bricliwork covering the entire width of the concrete, so as