The Tupelo journal., 1910-04-01

ait W In HIS compensation, dLu uOW
| he shall be paid. and also to- provide
the rules and regulations for the con-
struction, erection and alteration OF
buildings or structures within the
Corporate limits of said City of Tu-
pelo. MISS, and to provide a penalty
for the violation of said Ordinance.
Section 1. Be it Ordained by the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the
City of Tupelo. Miss, that the Office of
Inspector of Buildings for the City of
Turelo is hereby created.
Sec. 2. Said Inspector of Buildings
shall be appointed or elected by the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen of said
city, and shall hold his Office for two
years from the date of such appoint
ment, or until his successor shall be
appointed and qualified, or until re-
moved as provided hereafter.
Sec. 8. That when any person. firm
or corporation shall desire to construct.
erect or materially alter any structure
or building within the corporate limits
Of the City of Tupelo, Miss. they shall
make application to the Inspector of
Buildings of said City of Tupelo, Miss,
for a permit for that purpose, and
shall furnish said Inspector with a
written statement of the proposed To-
| cation of said building or structure,
where situated upon the lot, the mate
| rails to be used, and shall either sub
nit the plans and specifications there
for, or furnish said Inspector with a
copy thereof, as said Inspector may
| desire.
Sec. a. That said application. state
ment and plans and specifications shall
be presented to said Inspector at least
| FIVE s. days before the time specified
at which work shall be begun on said
building or structure, in order that
said Inspector may have a reasonable
| time in which to examine same, and if.
after examination, it appears tosaid In
| spector that the ordinances of the said
| City of Tupelo, Miss, in preference to the
| erection, construction or alteration of
| buildings and structures are complied
with in said statement, plans and spec
ifications, said Inspector shall issue a
| alteration of same.
entitled to receive from the party so
erecting, constructing or repairing said
building or structure, the sum of &. 100
for an inspectors fee for every build
ing or structure to cost not more than
S.. 600, and for every 81, 500 or part
thereof over SIS, 600 shall receive an ad-
| ditonal sum Of 81. SO as such inspectors
fee, which fees he shall have the right
to demand and have paid at the time
of the filing of the application with
him
Section 6. The records of said In
spector shall be kept in the City Hall
or Mayors office in said City of Tupelo,
Miss. Said Inspector shall keep a rec
ord of all permits issued, which shall be
numbered consecutivelv in the order of
| their issuance, and which said record
| shall also show the materials and cost
of said buildings or structures, the ma
ture thereof, for what purpose intended
to be used and of what race the owner
thereof is a member and shall make a
report to the Mayor and Board of AL
dermen at the December meeting of
| said Board unless otherwise ordered.
Section z. 1t shall be the duty of
| said Inspector to inspect all buildings
or structures for which he issues per-
nits during their construction or alter
| alton and to see that the ordinances in
reference to samu are complied with,
and upon their completion issue to the
owner or contractor a certificate show
ing that the ordinances in relation
thereto have been complied with.
SIC. 8. The walls of all brick bust
ness buildings hereafter constructed
| shall be of not less than the following
~thicknesses, to-wit:
One-story building, Ii inches.
Two-story building, first story II
inches, second story 10 inches.
Three story building, first story II
inches, second story II inches, third
story 10 inches.
Parapet walls shall rise not less than
| Is inches above the roof and be not
less than Is inches thick. All such
buildings shall be set upon foundations
If sufficient depth, width and strength
to safely support the structure.
See. 9. The term business build
ing" shall embrace all buildings used
principally for business purposes, in
GLIDING therein hotels, theatres. office
buildings, banking houses and all build
ings used or intended to be used tx
clusivcly for mere antile purposes or for
the storage of merchandise.
Section 10. No chimney or iue shall
be tuilt otherwise than Of brick laid
dat and all flues shall be hung on metal
>tirrups or brackets, unless same are
built into a brick wall or from the
ground.
Sec. IL. All buildings or structures
hereafter constructed shall be provided
with proper metallic leaders for con
Quoting the water from the roof to the
street gutter in such name to protect
their foundations from such water, and
in no case shall the water from such
leaders or otherwise he allowed to flow
upon the sidewalk, but shall be con-
Quoted by drain pipes to the street
gutter.
Se:. II. All roofs on buildings here
after constructed shall be so construct
ed as to be reached by a scuttle or by
iron sters fastened to the outside of
said bui ding. If by scuttle. the same
shall be al least 20x30 inches, the lid to
be so COZ structed as to be readily re-
moved.
Sec. 10 The Inspector of Buildings
shall have the right to require the
owner or person having charge of any
building or stru, ture within the corpor-
ate limits of the City of Turelo, MISS,
which in his opinion i dangerous to tn
public, to cause said building or struc-
ture to be made safe or to be removed
And in the event of the failure. refusal
or neglect of such owner or person hay
iTg charge of said building or structure
50 to do, after five (5) days notice given
I'M by said Inspector, said Inspector
shall remove or cause 20 be removed