Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-03-19
BUILDING ORDINANCES
Recommendation by Committee.
 men Minor and Lewis.

Acting under authority of the board of aldermen, the committee of the department of safety to whom was referred the matter of consider ing changes in the building ordinance reported last night.
 The text of the recommendation follows.
 Recommendation to the building ordinance committee, by the build ing committee of the board of com missioners of public safety.
 1. The establishment of a de- partment to be known as the build ing department. Said department to be under the direction of the board of commissioners of public safety.
 2. The appointment of compe- tent architect as the head of such de partment, to be designated as super, intendent of buildings.
 8. The appointment of said su- perintendent of buildings to be made biennially by the board of commis- sioners of public safety, and approv- ed by the mayor.
 4. Said superintendent to be re- moved from office at any time for cause, after a hearing, and whose salary should be fixed by the board of commissioners of public safety, and approved by the board of finance.
 5. Said superintendent of build ings should give his whole time to the service of the city, be required to draw plans and supervise the erec- tion of every public building, school or park at the request of any munici pal board, concurred in by the anayor. By this plan, this additional service would cost the city nothing, as we are already paying out for architects services more every year than the salary of superintendent of buildings could possibly amount to.
 6. His duties shall be to approve or disapprove of all plans for new buildings or the removal or altera- tions of old ones, to carefully inspect all such buildings and keep records of such inspections and the results thereof, and of all plans submitted to him and permits issued; to refer all applications for buildings or al- terations which might be unsafe for use by reason of improper fire pro- lection, to the fire marshal, with his concurrence to refuse to issue per- init for such buildings or altera- tions; to inspect, together with the fire marshal, at least twice a year, all public buildings, schools, halls, theaters, lodge rooms, and churches in the city of Waterbury, and report in writing the results of such inspec- tion to the mayor together with proper recommendations to require all buildings more than three stories high to be fitted with proper fire es- capes and other fire protection, and perform all other duties that may be proper and incidental to such of- flee, subject, as the charter pro- vides, to the supervision of the board of public safety.
 z. The superintendent of build ings and the fire marshal, in concur renee, shall have the power to close any public building, school. hall. thu ater, lodge room or church, if in their opinion it is unsafe for public occupancy, and to require it to re- main closed until such recommends tions as he and the fire marshal should make in regard to its safety shall be carried out.
 8. The building inspector and the deputy building inspector shall be subject to the instructions of the superintendent of buildings. He shall appoint and remove them at his pleasure, subject to the act of the general assembly continuing the present building inspector in office during good behavior: shall fix their compensation, subject to the ap- proval of the board of finance, and shall define their duties.
 g. Providing for an appeal from any act of the superintendent of buildings to the board of public safety.
 10. Repeating all ordinances in- consistent herewith.