The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-08-27
CHAPTER 40

titled An Act In Relation 10 building
In the City OF Providence and For other
Purposes" Passed at the January SEES
sion. A. y. 1878, and the Acts In Amend
ment Thereof and In Addition Thereto.
PASSED April 30. 1907
II is enacted by the General Assembly as
follows
Section /, Buildings and structures be-
longing 10 the United States. or TO this
State. are exempted from the operations
OF this act
BUILDING DISTRICTS.
Sec . The city OF Providence for the
purposes OF this act is divided into two
! building districts. the first or close dis
trict. and the second or outer district.
Sec 3. The first building district shall be
all that part OF said city lying within the
following lines, viz: Beginning at the
harbor line on the westerly side OF the
river one hundred feet south OF Point
street and extending westward. holding
the distance OF one hundred feet south of
Point street. 10 a point one hundred feet
west OF Chestnut street; then extending
northerly. holding the distance OF one
hundred feet west OF Chestnut street; To
n point one hundred feet south OF Broad
street; then extending westerly. holding
the distance OF one hundred feet south
OF Broad street. 10 a point In range OF
line drawn one hundred feet west of
Fenner street; then northerly holding
the distance Of one hundred feet west of
/ Fenner street. to High (Westmnster)
street: then crossing High (Westminster)
street 10 a point on it's northerly side one
hundred feet west OF Jackson street; then
/. extending northerly, holding the distance
OF one hundred feet west OF Jackson
street, To point one hundred feet north
OF Washington street; then extending
easterly holding the distance OF one
hundred feet north OF Washington street,
10 a point one hundred feet west OF
Aborn street; then holding the distance
OF one hundred feet west OF Aborn street,
then extending northerly TO "A point one
hundred feet north OF Sabin street; then
northerly I'm a direct line To the easterly
corner OF Park and Promenade streets,
and extending on said Park street one
hundred feet: then extending easterly.
one hundred feet from Promenade street.
10 a point one hundred feet west OF
Gaspee street: then extending easterly
and northery. holding the distance OF
one hundred feet north and west OF
4 Gaspee street, TO a point one hundred
feet north OF the north line of Smith
street; then extending easterly. holding
the distance OF one hundred feet north OF
Smith street. to a point one hundred feet
east of North Main street then extend
ing southerly holding the distance OF one
hundred feet east OF North and South
/ Main streets. until the harbor line Is
I reached at the foot OF South Main street.
Sec T. The second district shall com.
prise all portion Of the city not included
in the first or close district.
ANY building erected or hereafter erect
ed situated upon the line dividing the
two districts. shall be included In the
close district.
The city council OF the city from time
to time by ordinance may change the
lines Of the first district, and may also,
for fire protection, establish within the
Ngl,
shall be considered as within the first OF
close district and shall be subject To all
the provisions OF this act pertaining TO
the first or close district
DEFINITIONS.
Sec 5. In this act the following terms
shall have the meanings respectively
signed 10 them, as follows:
Alterations: Any change. addition, OF
modification in construction. or the build
ing in. or installing, any new fireplace or
elevator.
Apartment House: Any building or any
portion thereof designed or used as the
home or residence OF three or more fam.
lilies or households living Independently
OF each other. and I'm which every such
family or household shall have provided
for IL n parlor or sitting-room. a dining
room not less than one bedroom, a
kitchen and toilet room containing n
set bath-tub and a water-closet, each
room being separate and apart from each
other,
Apartment Hotel: Shall be taken 20
mean and include every hotel in which
the apartments are rented or are intend
cd or designed 10 be rented in suites and
for terms not less than one month. and
in which there are no kitchens, dining or
serving rooms within the apartments, but
where a common dining room is provided
for the use Of the tenants.
Assembly Halls. Includes all churches
convention halls. auditoriums. exposition
buildings music halls. railroad depOts. or
that part Of any building containing an
assembly room for "A concourse OF one
hundred people or more.
Building Line: The line formed by the
intersection Of the outer face OF the en-
closing walls OF a building and surface
OF the ground.
Base Course or Base OF a Building:
The course or courses OF masonry next
10 the grade or ground line. or that part
In a wooden building. between the sill
or bottom timbers and the gyade or
ground line. commonly called the under
pinning.
Brick Building: Any building whose en-
closing walls are of brick stone. terra
Gotta concrete. iron, steel, or other Ike
material or any OF the same In combina-
tion with any other or others OF the same.
Basement: That portion Of n building
IN which the floor is located below the
level OF the sidewalk or ground. but ~
below the sidewalk or ground less than
one-half the average height from the
floor 70 the ceiling of said portion
Cement: Portland cement shall mean a
cement which consists OF a mixture %
argillaceous and calcareous materials.
ealcined together and then ground 90 an
impalpable powder and 10 receive no adj
ditional substances except a maximum of
two per cent. Of gypsum or lime for regu-
latinR the setting Clements other than
Portland shall mean such az will when
tested neat. after one day set In air be
,aeable of sustaining without rupture a
tensile strain Of 90 pounds per square
inch. and after one day In air and six
DAYS IN water will show a tensile strength
% not less than 10 pounds per square
inch without rupture.
Cellar. That portion % a building below
the first tier % floor beams or jolsts Of
which one-haf or more Of the average
height from the floor 20 the ceiling is
below the sidewalk or ground
Division Wall Any wall or portion OF