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

| combustible roofing. and when such build
! ings exceed sixty feet in height the lower
| half shaI! he built OF brick or similar con-
| structiOn.
] WOODEN BUILDINGS IN SECOND
DISTRICT.
In the second district no wooden build
| ing except dwellings. and except az here
| In otherwise specified shall hereafter be
erected or altered so as To exceed thirty
| five feet In height or two thousand feet
In area.
Apartment houses may be built not
ceeding twenty-five hundred feet in area.
Sheds may be built exceeding two thou
sand feet In area, provided the height
does not exceed twenty-five feet and the
roofs are covered with incombustible roof
ing. Coal elevators and pockets and
grain elevators may be built under the
same conditions as In the first district.
Ice houses may be built exceeding two
thousand feet In area when not located
nearer than seventy-hve feet from any
other building used for any other pur-
pose. provided. that when any such build
Ing Is erected or altered TO exceed
four thousand feet In area the roof shall
be covered with incombustible roofing.
Greenhouses. or buildings for the prop
agation OF plants. ma be built exceeding
two thousand feet In area, provided that
two-thirds OF the exterior walls and roofs
are OF glass. and provided. further that
the head house built in connection there
with for office OF working purposes does
not exceed the limit for height nor one
thousand feet in area.
Temporary buildings or structures for
fair, exhibition, or convention hall pur-
poses may be erected Of more than two
thousand feet in area and thirty-fve feet
In height. provided that such buildings
are satisfactory in construction to the in
"A AZ taas ~ faAf Iista
from any other building, and that such
structures shall be entirely removed with
In two years from the date the permit is
Issued, or sooner upon order Of the city
council Of said city.
Church spires or towers may be built
not exceeding eighty feet in height from
the sidewalk or ground. and ventilators
or cupolas TO stables or other buildings
not exceeding fifteen feet. and stairway
bulkheads TO tenement or lodging houses
not exceeding ten feet above the roof:
provided that all roofs OF said spires
towers, ventilators, cupoas and bulk
heads shall be covered with incombusti-
BILE roofing
FIRE STOPS. VENT DUCTS. ELEC-
TRIO INSTALLING. ETC.
All wooden buildings, excepting sheds.
one-story buildings built on piers or posts
coal or grain elevators and wooden build
ings built on wharVes, piers, or bulkheads.
If built within two and one half feet OF
an adjoining lot line or an adjoining
building on the same premises. shall have
the external wall on such side or sides
built Of brick at least eight inches thick
When any such building is not within two
and one-halt feet. but is within five feet
of an adjoining lot line or building, said
external wall on such side or sides shall
be built of brick at least eight inches
thick or the space between the studding
filled in flush full with brick and mortar
or other equally incombustible material
from the sill TO the plate or to the peak
OF a gable. as the case may be.
Every non-firepToof building and all
wooden buildings, except dwellings in the
second district. shall have an incombusti-
bic fire stop at each floor from the bot
tom of the floor joist to five inches above
the top of the same. Said fire stop at
each floor shall fill the space full between
the studding or furring entirely around
the external walls of the building and
through the interior wherever the floor
joists have a supporting partition All
dwellings in the second district shall have
fire stop similar to the above at the
first floor. and each floor above the
first shall have a smoke stop OF wood the
full depth of the studding and not less
than two inches thick.
An incombustible fire stop shall be put
around all steam, hot water. gas, soil,
hot air or other pipes at each floor in all
buildings not fireproof. from the bottom
OF josts to five inches above the tops OF
same. Said fire stop shall extend to the
outside OF all studding between which
said piping is located whether there be
two or more of said studding and at the
bottom of the floor joists or other tim
bers where said piping fire stops are To-
Gated there shall be metal pieces or strips
well fastened on, to securely hold in
place the said fire stops
All ventilating ducts or pipes shall be
of incombustibe material
ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS.
The installation Of electrical apparatus,
wires. conduts. and all other footings or
furnishings for electric lighting heating,
power in all buildings shall be exc
cuted in accordance with the rules and
requirements of the insurance association
OF Providence in force at the time the
work is done. A copy OF said rules and
regulations shall be kept in the Office of
the inspector for inspection by any per-
son concerned.
INSPECTION BEFORE LATHING.
No building shall be covered by lathing,
sheathing. or otherwise until the inspector
has by examination ascertained that said
building Is In compliance with the above
provisions. Said inspector shall be noti-
fed by the owner. agent, or builder before
the building Is covered by lathing sheath
ing, otherwise.
WALLS FOR DWELLING HOUSE
CLASS
Sec. l6. The expression walls for dwell
ing-house class" shall be taken to mean
and include walls for the following
buildings:
Apartment houses. Hotels
Apartment hotels. Lavatories
Asylums. Lodginghouses
Club houses. Parish buildings.
Converts. Schools.
Dormtories Studios.
Dwellings. Tenement houses.
Hospitals
For buildings hereafter erected in the
dwelling house class, the minimum thick
{ ness of all independent surrounding and
dividing walls in the same. carrying the
4 loads Of floors and roofs, shall be made
in accordance with the following table:
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