Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-06-08

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for every additional section of forty
feet of height
PARAPET WALLS.
Section GO. All exterior division,
and party walls shall have parapet
walls carried to q height of not less
| than two feet above the roof. and shall
be COPIED. No parapet wall to be less
in thickness than the wall in the top
story Of the building, except when the
parapet wall is not over three feet
| high in any part 1t may be carried
: up nine inches thick when laid In
cement mortar. Where a skylight or
structure Of any kind in roof is
located within five feet of parapet
wall the said parapet wall is to be
increased to height of at least four
teen inches above the highest point
of the skylight or structure for
/ length of twenty-five per cent. more
than the length of the said skylight
or structure.
BhlIkWORh.
Section 81. The brickwork in all
walls, piers, buttresses or pilasters
Of building shall be well bedded in
mortar, laid In single courses across
( the walls, and be well flushed up with
mortar. No more than six courses OF
strctChers are to be laid without
/ course Of headers in any part of
/ building, and the headers to extend
entirely through the wall except
where face brick are used and in one
story structures. All brickwork to
be built to line and carried up
plumb, straight and level, from the
bottom to the top of a building.
Pressed brick facings, except here
matter specified, must be bonded to
the backing with galvanized metallic
wall ties at least every sixth course,
the ties to be placed not more than
| two feet apart, or ties can be used
every sixth course, and "a row of solid
headers every ninth course; provid-
| ed, however, that In one-story struc-
lures a row of clipped and splayed
bricks every fifth course will be al
lowable as a tie for the face brick
work
Walls may be built with a facing
of stone, tile. terra Gotta or other in
combustlble material II securely tied
to backing not less than nine in
ches in thickness of hard burned
| properly laid brick. but the thick
ness of the backing shall not he less
than required for brick walls of the
same height, il the facing is less than
one-half brick in thickness.
No wall of beck or stone shall be
supported in whole or in part by
wooden posts, beams or Orders.
WALLS UNDER SIDEWALK.
Section 62. In buildings where the
space under the sidewalks is utilized,
all exterior, party or division walls
shall be extended across any side
walk basement against which they
abut, but need not exceed twelve in
ches in thickness unless they act as
restraining walls
OUTER WALLS.
Section g. All outer walls of ,ev-
cry building of Glass one shall be con-
ROOFS.
Section Ga The roof of every
building of Glass one shall be con-
structed of iireproof materials, either
concrete, brick arches or tile, the up
, per surface OF which may be covered
with cement, concrete, tile, asphaltum
. and gravel 3-ply asbestos roofing, or
other fire-resisting composition roof
ing.
!, COMBUSTIBLE ROOFING.
Section 65. The use Of wooden
shingles or other forms of combust-
ibe roof covering. upon buildings
erected or altered within the fire
limits Is prohibited.
NON-COMBUSTIBLE ROOFING.
Section sc. A roof the pitch of
which Is not more than one vertical
TO four horizontal, and the covering
of which is made with 3-ply asbestos
roofing. or a composition of felt and
gravel. shall be considered incom-
bustible under the provisions of this
ordinance. and may be used upon any
building within the fire limits: Pro-
vided. That such composition roof be
not less than three-ply felt In adj
dition to the gravel roof herein mem
toned. tile. slate, or metal roofing,
or a composition Of asbestos and 9th
er incombustible ingredients, may be
used
FLOOR AND ROOF BEAMS
Section g. No floor or roof beam
or Joist used In any building shall be
Of IA thickness less than two inches.
The ends of all floor joists or roof
beams shall have bearing Of at
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