The Detroit times., 1910-10-05


for providing .lssp!ns secommoda'
ti9 s.s. only 'of ofF Sisss BUILDINGS
The term office. building" shall M
? clude every building wn nsn sG ,0se
! r rns nr' ds .HD and used for susi-
ness s:e purposes r. tpfGnssEElc syrLprNos
The term - ~public building shall
plsss Of . ":"sypSias sa or az place
OF public resort Any store build,
ing devoted TO retail trade and
I covering q ground area Of s.oSo
8 square feet shall be deemed pub
nc ss D &C. RESIDENCES. This
2 term residence" shall include
3 every building designed for or used
sxciusively as home or :. r r. ss ss
"V sse. So, STORES The term
:iors shall ALI Include mel s,s every ~ s sSiS
Sec 30. vENEERED BUILD
2 INOS. The term 'veneered build
3 ings" shall include every building
terior walls OF which are sheathed
6 with boards and faced with at least
7 four inches OF brick. concrete or
Sec. Al. WAREHOUSES. The
term warehouse" shall include
every building used for the storage
4 Of goods. wares and merchandise
ARTICLE v.
Fire Limits.
Section I BUILDINGS WITHIN
8 in the are limits OF the city OF
= Detroit. except as otherwise pro-
. vided. all structures, buildings or
9 parts thereof. which shall here
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8 or repaired. except as provided I'm
. Article VI. OF this Ordinance. shall
10 have all foundations and enclosing
II walls OF stone. brick. terra Gotta.
ID cred with incombustible material
Sec, 2. FRAME BUILDINGS
2 REPAIRED. Existing frame build
> fnss within the fire limits. may be
ordinary wear and tear. by fre or
Q otherwise, provided such repair
Z shall not exceed one-haif (h) the
= cost of like new building. and
y also provided that such repair shall
10 not add TO the size OF the building,
II nor to any OF It's parts as existing
~ before such repair became neces-
IL sary
Sec. 8. FRAME BUILDINGS
2 WALLS RAISED. The gable or
3 hip rocf OF an existing frame build
: Ing Within the fire limits. II at least
s sessn , CD feet Is available LIABLE, for
! changed to fiat roof and the walls
raised as an incident to such
change. provided the cubic area Of
10 such structure Is not increased.
ARTICLE VI.
Frame Buildings.
Section I. HEIGHT. All frame
2 buildings outside the fire limits
may be erected. altered or Saised to
: height not exceeding 40 feet from
. the sidewalk or grade line to the
nj NJ hA Lac
z provided with a basement story of
8 brick, stone or concrete. when the
height above the sidewalk or grade
~ line may be as feet
z buildings shall not be built within
two feet OF any dividing property
: line, street and alley lines excepted.
II more than one frame building
I depth of any one lot there shall
s be a distance OF not less than 10
y Feet between each building.
~ The minimum open spaces be-
II tween frame buildings herein pro-
IL vided for shall not be occupied by
IL bays, porches. or other obstruc-
- tions; but one story bays not over
is more than Is inches and regular
~ house cornices projecting not more
Is than IL inches may be constructed
IL therein.
Sec. 8. DIVIDING WALLS. In
2 every row OF frame buildings the
walls between dwellings shall be
: made or incombustibie materials,
8 not less than eight (S) inches thick.
6 and carried up to the underside of
SEC. 4. CELLAR WALLS. The
enclosing walls OF Easements and
3 cellars OF frame buildings shall be
: OF masonry, and 4 the area OF the
basement and cellar does not ex-
8 coed s32 square feet the walls may
Z be eight inches thick. provided they
3 nae buttresses OF the. same ma
10 than 4 inches by IL inches, spaced
y not more than eight feet apart. In
IL All other cases the walls must be
Sec. s. VENEER. Existing
!. frame buildings may be veneered
) with four ca inches OF brick. stone
or concrete on new foundation.
Sec. 6. SHEDS. Sheds OF wood
3 height OF IL feet from the ground
: to the highest point OF the roof
. and not exceeding 200 square feet
I within the. fire limits. Their sides
and roof shall be covered with in
y combustible materials, and they
10 shail not he built within Ave feet
Il street and alley lines excepted. nor
l3 within 10 feet of any other build
~ Ing. They shall not be used as
Sec. I. OPEN SHELTER SHEDS
2 Open shelter sheds of wood cor
; struction with an incombustible
roof covering, and OF n height not
exceeding 20 feet from the ground
9 TO the roof may be erected within
the fire limits.
8 II enclosed the enclosing walls
must be Of brick, or OF hollow tile
- or cement. conforming in thickness
and construction to the require
II ments herein for walls or for cor
~ rugated Iron covering on a steel
IA frame.
Sec: 8, OPEN SHEDS ON
2 DOCKS. Open sheds OF wood con-
or on the banks OF navigabie
waters, II their height from the
9 ground to the highest point OF the
Z roof does not exceed 80 feet The
roof shall have an incombustible
covering. and the shed shall not be
70 erected within 10 feet of any other
l2 and IL enclosed on any one or all
- sides. the enclosing walls must
a have an uncomfortable outside
10 covering.
Sec. g. MOVING. Frame build.
ings shall not be moved from one
lot to another within the fire linn
ire limits shall not be moved with
In the IRE limits. Frame buildings
shall not be moved to a lot unless
made to conform to the REQUIRE
mcnts OF new frame building on
10 such lot. Applications for house
moving must be approved by the
Sec. 10. TEMPORARY FRAME
2 STRUC LURES. The Department
3 OF Buildings may permit tempo
4 rary frame structures over store
5 fronts or building fronts while