Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-02-16
City Council.

a called met ug OF the City C,u1cil
| YES held lsst night for the purpose OF
considering the new !ding Law. The
! Board Of Aldermen vas in session | II 8
few minutes, but tae Common o. uncll,
to which board the law was report ID by
The commit ee, vas in session |
about $3.50 O'Clock.
BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
All The Aldermen were present, srd
af,ei ae mayors communication giving
bis ressous tor calling Gu icil had been
read and The action of the lower board
contu red in On several papers which
had ceeE sent in at the lat regular
Il eeliny, tie Aldermen aej u.ned with :
tu waiting for the Common Q u,cil to
act upon tis building law, 1t being
sereed that The Aldermen could consider
1t st the next res II ar meetirg.
COMMON COUNCIL.
Council 8ss called to order at 1850
O'CLOCK, with len members preEent. Two
msm bers came in 1t r.
The clerk read The mayors call Tor
the meeting. This call stated that the
meeting wss to consider tlc building
law.
City Engineer Tu.n was reqne' I'd to
ait aIth the president aud explain any
section of the ordinance which was not
understood.
The clerk then ftMt,d reading The
proposed ordinance.
Paragraph one fixed the Ere limi's.
The ctai. thought the limti should DO
extended and the memh ers agreed. The
limts we're fnslly fixed as follows:
From the river west on the north eide
of Wilkes street TO West street; thence to
Peudleton street and thence to the river.
No frame houaes can be built within these
Limits without the cocsen! of all adj 1in.
ing property oBners snd the permission
OF Otu1cil.
M. Leadteater spoke In favor of the
extended limits.
Mr. Smith though The proposed ex.
,nsiou might bs TO far, but opposed no
obi cLion.
No other portion Of the law caused
any distulsioc.
Some ofths provisions OF the ord-
nance srs:
Plaus aud specifications of proposed
baildings or cit rations are 10 be submit.
ted to the city engineer.
The thickness of walls, The height Of
stories and the strength of material, are
regulated. Iu any case net covered by
This law the city engineer and commit
lee on streets are to have hority, sub.
jet, however, to an appeal to commit.
tee of t|o builders aud che architect 10
be appointed by the mayor.
After the reading the city engineer in
| reply 10 question from the chair said
the cost OF building under the law just
| read would be less than uader the old
law. The committee having the ord
| nance in charge had tried to so aimplify
the requirements that The difficulties OF
building would be greatly 'essened.
The chair expressed bis approval Of
this and further stat ID that the ordinance
bau Uceh iGtSSiJ oihrh iiuui lJS Soho
ing code of the Na,ioral Beard OF Fire
UnderHr.t 3rs and the building laws OF
Washington; such of the present build
ing laws of this city as were suited to
present conditions we're retained.
The ordinance Tas then passed, ayes
l3, noes 0.
Mr.. Lesdbeater sugge: ted 10 the city
engineer to repo;t 10 Council the cost of
printing the building code with tae view
of furoiabipg copies ID architects, can
tractors ard Others interested in oder
thai Ia the Ire there may be 10 such
| misuaders andlngs as there Lave been in
the past.
Unanimous consent wss granted Mr..
Burke to present petition from The relief
committee OF the Cooperative Chsrit CO
sssisg an additional appropriation of
$500, as on account OF ''the Increased
coat of living the original appropria-
:ion of $3.50 had become exhausted.
This was referred to he committee on
inance.
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