The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-08-27
RHODE ISLAND LAWS.
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shall make such return OF said marklnt
of line and grade to the inspector as shal
be necessary for the inspectors informa
tion.
Tie INSPECTOR shall not issue any per-
init for building until he Is satisfied that
the applicant has complied with the pro-
visions of the foregoing section.
No person shall obstruct any street In
said city or any part thereof. by building
or placing therein any temporary or per-
manent structure, or any portion or such
structure, except In conformity with the
provisions Of this act ANY person thus
9bstructing any street as aforesaid. or
aiding or assisting therein, shall be fined
twenty dollars for such obstruction, and
shall also be fined not exceeding twenty
sokars for each day that such obstruc-
tion shall continue.
PROTECTION OF ADJOINING PROP
ERTY WHEN EXCAVATING, ETC.
Sec. 9. Whenever an excavation OF ell
ther earth or rock for building or other
purposes is intended to be- or shall be,
carried 10 a depth of more than eight
feet below the street curb. the owner or
owners causing such excavation TO be
made shall at all times. from the com
mencement until completion thereof, II
afforded the necessary license to enter on
the adjoining land, and not otherwise, at
his or their own expense, preserve any
adjoining or contiguous wall or walls
from injury, and support the same by
proper foundations when necessary, so
that the said wall or walls shall he and
remain practically as safe as before such
excavation was commenced, whether the
said adjoining or contiguous wall or
walls are down more or less than eight
feet below the street curb.
In case an adjoining party wall Is In
tended TO be used by the owner or owners
causing the excavation TO be made and
such party wall is in good condition and
sufficient for the use OF the adjoining
building, then, and in such case. the said
owner or owners causing the excavation
TO be made shall, at his or their own ex
pense, preserve such wall from injury
and support the same by proper founda-
fions when necessary, so that such wall
shall be and remain practically as safe
as before the excavation was commenced.
Should any such wall or walls or party
walls specified under the above provi-
sions. or any wall or structure connected
Herewith, become dangerous to public
travel, and the owner or owners or his
or their agent whose duty ii is 10 pro-
tect or make the same safe and secure
shall neglect or fail so to do for twenty
four hours after notice i'm writing from the
inspector TO the owner or owners or some
one Of the owners or his or their agent,
said Inspector may enter upon said prem
tses and employ such labor and use such
materials and take such other steps as In
his judgment may be necessary to make
said wall or structure safe and secure,
and the inspector or any person doing any
work or furnishing any materials by his
order upon or for said walls or structure
shall have a lien against the estate of
the owner or owners whose duty II Is to
protect or make the same safe and Sc
cure, for the value of such work or ma
terials.
PROTECTION OF STREETS AND THE
PUBLIC.
Sec TO- Whenever any owner or owners
shall be about to erect building or alter
the walls of any building that is located
within five feet of the line of a fire.
quently Travelled street. the said owner
or owners shall cause the portion OF the
site of said building bordering upon said
street TO be enclosed by a tight board
fence not less than four feet high, and
such distance out from the line of said
building as the inspector may determine,
and IL such fence shall prevent passage
on the sidewalk the said owner or owners
shall lay a plank walk around the same
not less than thirty inches wide; and said
fence shall be as much higher and the
walk as much wider as the inspector may
direct. and the said fence and walk shall
be maintained In good condition until all
liability TO accident from falling mate
rails or the work being carried on shall
be terminated. In lieu of such walk. IL at
any time during the erection or alteration
street or sidewalk can be better secured
by the erection of a sufficiently strong
tight hoored platform over the sidewalk,
the inspector may require the owner OF
owners to erect such a platform shall
be satisfactory to him, and TO maintain
the same in good condition as aforesaid
In case any sidewalk or part thereof shall
be damaged in connection with any work
OF building on the adjoining land. the
same shall be repaired or restored to as
good condition as at the time of the be-
ginning OF such work by the owner or
owners OF such adjoining land
No person shall erect, or continue when
erected, any staging in any highway for
the purpose Of repairing or erecting a
building without first obtaining permis-
sion from the inspector, and all such
staging shall be so erected and secured
as TO be safe and sufficient for the pur-
pose for which IL was erected
In the erection or alteration OF any
building, no person shall place. deposit
or suffer to remain in any street or high
way any lumber or other building mate
rial, for Wnger period than may be
absolutely necessary for the prosecution
OF the work which may be going on; and
In case such material shall necessarily
remain after dark, a sufficient light or
lights shall be placed over or near the
same, and kept from sunset TO sunrise.
No such material shall occupy any more
Of street than is permitted by the in
spector, and in no case shall extend be-
yond one-third the width of the street
between curb lines, and in all such cases
shall be so placed as not to obstruct the
natural flow Of water In the street gutter
All rubbish deposited in the street from
the erection, alteration, or repairing OF
any building, or the removal of an Old
building, shall be carried away by the
owner or owners OF said building. other
person or persons depositng or causing
the same TO be deposited, Immediately
after depositing the same or upon notice
from the Inspector; and in case Of neglect
or refusal so 10 do the inspector shall
notify the commissioner Of public works
of the city, who shall remove the same
at the expense of such owner or owners.
or other person or persons.
No post or dead man" for the use OF der
rick or other guy ropes or wires needed for
building purposes Shall be placed In any
highway by any person without a permit
from the inspector. Such permit shall
not. however, be issued until said person
has deposited with the commissioner OF