Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-06-07

AN ORDINANCE to amend an ordinance en-
titled ordinance to regulate the con-
str ,ls, repair; ths ai e,ta 10 Ns sna rk re New Ter.
sey,' appro December thirty-frst. nineteen
hundred and ten.
Council of the City OF Newark, as follows;
Section /. That paragraph 2 to Section 81 OF
city Of Newark, entitled An ordinance to
regulate the construction, repair. alteration
and removal OF buildings within the City OF
thirty-nrst, nineteen hundred and ten, be and
the same is hereby amended go as TO read as
follows:
section 81, paragraph 2:
All steam or hot water heating pipes passing
through floors and ceilings or lath and plas,
tered partitions shall be protected by a metal
tube passing entirely through floor and cell
ings or partitions one inch larger in diameter
than the pipe. having a metal cap at the
floor. and where they are run IN a horizontal
direction between a floor and ceiling a metal
shield or other approved non-combnstihle COW
ewing shall he placed on the underside Of the
floor over them and on the sides OF wood
beams running parallel with said pipes. -,
o nance be and the same is hereby amended
so as to read as follows:
Section 20. paragraph g:
Metal ceilings shall not be used over beams
and studs unless said beams and studs are
first covered with tongued and grooved or ship
Tapped solid boarding not less than seven
eighths of an inch In thickness. or with plss-
ter boards or other approved fire resisting ma
terisi not less than three-eighths of an inch
8. That paragraph of Section rs of said
ordinance be and the same is hereby amended
SO as to read az follows:
Section rs. paragraph u
Should said adjoining owner. tenant or
S ssiseg roofs and s%Rylfghts so protected such re.
fusal by said owner. tenant or lessee shall
relieve the owner and contractor or the build
ing in course of construction from any re-
sponsibllity for damages done TO persons or
property on or within the premises effected.
I. That paragraph 5 of Section 03 of said
ordinance be and tho same is hereby amended
so as to read as follows:
Section 90, paragraph D:
Nothing in this section shall be construed
10 prohibit the repairing Of any shingle roof
within or without the Are limits, provided the
building is not Uttered in height, but this shall
not be construed to permit the renewal OF
a shingle roof within the FIRE limits; -.
3. That paragraph / OF Section 100 OF said
ordinance be and the same is hereby amend
ed 80 as 10 read as follows;
In all stores. warehouses and factories here
after erected or altered the staircase halls
shall he enclosed with suitable walls of brick.
or with burnt clay blocks set in iron frames,
except that the enclosure walls in such build
ings exceeding three stories In height shall
be OF brick. said walls or construction shall
be continuous and extend at least three feet
above the roof. The roof over the stair hall
enclosure shall be covered with a metal and
glass skyllght at least three-eighths of the
area OF the enclosure and constructed anu
enclosures. All door openings IN such stair
hall enclosure shall be provided with self
closing nreproof doors and frames. and all
window openings shall have window frames
Of metal. and the window sash shall be liked
sash and glazed with wired glass, but no one
pane shall exceed seven hundred ana twenty
square inches In size.
6. That paragraph 4 OF section 1o2 of said
ordinance be and the same is hereby amended
go as 10 read as follows:
Section 1902. paragraph 4
And every building three stories and over
in height used or occupied in whole or in part
as a store or Workroom.
1 That paragraph u OF section io2 OF said
ordinance be and the same is hereby amended
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Section 102, paragraph Il;
The balconies on the top aoor. eNcept IN
case OF a front fire-escape, shall be provided
with a goose-neGk ladder leading from said
balcony to and above the roof. In all build
ings on which dre-escapes are required direct
exits to said fre-escapes shall be provided on
3. That paragraph 5 OF section Jos Of said
ordinance be and the same is hereby amended
80 as to read as follows.
Section los. paragraph o
Machine mixing shall be used when condi-
tons permit. and tho mixer shall be OF a type
which insures the proper mixing of the ma
torials throughout the mass. When necessary
a water-iight platform and special precau-
tons must be taken to turn the materials
until they are homogeneous.
ordinance he and tho same Is hereby amended
so as 10 read as follows
Section i41. paragraph 10.
Within the FIRE limits no frame building
more than two stories in height, now used as
a dwelling, shall hereafter be raised or altered
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store. warehouse or stable.
10. That paragraph - of section i4t OF said
ordinance be and tho same is hereby amended
so as 10 read as follows;
Section 141, paragraph 10.
Within the fire limits no brick building shall
be enlarged or built upon unless the exterior
wallis OF said addition or enlargement be con-
etructed ot uncomfortable materials. provided.
however. that such brick building may he
raised. lowered or altered under the same cir
cumstances and IN the manner provided for
in this section.
so dwelling house within OF without the
FIRE limits shall be altered to be used as a
store. nor shall there be any alteration or
change in any store IN any building used for
dwelling purposes unleCs tho store DO com
pleteiy isolated by hre-prooing the walls, cell
jngs and floors with incompatible material TO
protect the building from FIRE IN or under such
stores.
No alterations or changes shall be made in
four-story frame buildings within or without
the fire limits.
II. That paragraph : Of section 142 OF said
ordinance be and the Same is hereby amended
30 as to read as follows
Section 142. paragraph 5
The said fire limits OF the city OF Newark
shall also include ali that district embraced
within the space OF 100 feet on the south side
Of Bloomfield avenue. from Clifton avenue TO
Lake street, and also those districts contained
within the space of 100 feet beyond the out
sida lines of the following named streets or
avenues lying between the fire limits herein
before described and the point or place here
fire limits upon said streets or avenues. to
wit, on each side Of Orange street. from the
~ rsrlimits TO the city line on each side OF
X avenue. from the FIRE limits to South