The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-10-22
COMMON COUNCIL
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: INCHES OF solid masonry work out
Sec. Is. Walls around shafts.
n All walls .sn,, AROUND light vent or
section OF the shaft Ia Twenty-Five
3 s56) square feet or greater. shall
% built Of incombustibie ma
small apartments, vent, pipe or
rxht shafts. where less than
! twenty-five (35) square feet In
J horizontal section. and used to
= Hight interior bath rooms, may
8 ed on SHAFT side with metal lath
! and plaster or one inch thick nre-
proof composition block and plas-
3 ter. Shafts built In this manner
shall not be over twenty-five GOD
t3) feet above the adjoining roof
and may be covered by venuiat'
Sec. Is. Veneer buildings. Out
side. of the nre limits; frame
inch brick. stone or concrete
No such veneer building shall
be built within the fire limits ex-
cept that existing frame ouiidings
veneered, provided all other re-
Qutrements are complied with.
Such veneer buildings shall ha
limited as to height and width
for frame buildings in Article vi.
OF this ordinance.
The outside basement walls OF
all veneer buildings shall be OF
solid masonry and net less than
'T Sec. a.: a. Joisis '" and beams
anchored. All joists and beams
above the frst floor level shall be
anchored to all walls anu piers
with wrought iron anchors of not
(s-l6) Inches by one and one-half
uh) inches by twenty-four CAD
inches long and spaced not over
six co. feet apart.
In mill construction every
ed to all walls and piers: and the
inner ends Of all girders. and
beams shall be butted and tied
together with wrough iron straps
of not less size than three-slx,,
one-half Uh) inches.
Wall anchors shall extend at
7 least within four 90 inches OF
the opposite face Of the wall.
All trusses shall be anchored
wrought iron anchors In similar
manner as required for girders
and beams.
Joists in any construction shall
never extend more than four a!
inches into a masonry wall and
shall be properly beveled. No
Joists or other timbers will be al
lowed to extend through any
division wall and toists extend
ing into the wall from opposite
sides must be separated by at
Sec &C. Minimum thickness OF
wood joists. No wood floor joists
or wood roof joists when In any
building. hereafter erected. shall
and three-quarters I%) inches
in width actual measurement.
Sec. 33. Trimmer and header
beams. and tial heamA All wood
trimmer and header beams shall
be. proportional to carry with
safety the loads they are intend
ed to sustain. and shall not be
less than twice the thickness OF
the beams. -
The ends Of all tall beams snail I
Sec. "a. stirrup irons Every
wood header beam more than four
90 feet long. used In Class !
and hung to the trimmer beams
in stirrup irons Of proper thick
ners for the size Of the timbers.
When II Is not practicable II
frame the ends or tail beaps into
header beams. the ends OF the tall
er beams by stirrup irons OF
proper size and strength.
Sec. IS. Bearing for wood
beams. Every wood beam. except
header beams. shall rest at one
end four inches in well. or upon ,
girders Of a size given in this or
I dinance. unless the wall IL prop
erly corbelled out four inches, In I
which case tho brick work or !
corbeliing shall extend to the top
Of the floor beams.
Sec. SO. Bevel ends for wood
beams. The ends OF all wood floor
and roof beams. where they rest
on brick walls. shall be cut TO a
level of three g inches on their
Sec. a.. Ends of wood beams
not TO rest on stud partitions. In
no case shall either end OF floor
or roof beam be supported on
stud partitions. except in frame
Sec So; cros. bridging for
roof beams shalt be properly
hridged With cross s.n br hr'dn,ny and nd
between bridging and walls shall
Sec. 80. Beams near flues. All
wood beams shall be trimmed
away from Uue ana CuIUlUeNS
whether the same be q smoke. air
or any other fiue or chimney. The
trimmer beam shall not be less
: than twelve t12) inches from the
inside face OF n fiue and four tD
inches from the outside OF a
beams not less than two inches
from the outside face OF the brick
or stone work of the same.
For the smoke. fiues OF boilers
and furnaces where the brick
eioht ts) inches In thickness. the
trimmer beams shall be not less
than four az inches from the out
side Of the brick work and head
beam shall not be less than two
the brickwo~k.
ARTICLE XVII.
Sec. s. Height ABOVE roofs. No
chimney shall be less than one
foot, six inches above the parapet
roofs o nor iG sss than one aS SnS
pitch roofs. No chimneys con-
nected to iron cupolas OF foun.
dries. or OF similar service, snail
the highest point Of any roof
within a radius Of 100 feet.
ARTICLE XIX.
Sec. 8. Clearance aud protcc-
ton. The distance from the top
Of any boiler, furnace. oven, COT
fee roaster or other appliance In
which similar fires are maintain
ed to a ceiling OF wood or other
uncomfortable material shall be
not less than two CO. feet.
For furnaces or boilers In resi-
dences lis distance may be re-
duced to ten (10) inches. provid-
Ing the ceiling over the furnace
or boiler and twenty (20) Inches
all around, Is covered with as.
metal, kept at least one Cd inch
below the wood or plaster.
Y For large furnaces or boilers,
or for ovens. coffee roasters, and
other similar appliances In which
fires are maintained the ceiling
above. II within thirty-six 1850
inches shall be protected by two
(2) separate metal shields, or by
double ceilings made OF p1astering
on metal 1ath, or other incOmbus \