The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-12-14
SPECIAL NOTICES.
PROPOSED BUILDING CODE
To BE Considered at Special Meeting of the Village of
BrattlebOrO Friday, Dec 49, 1914

visions of this section, but under which
20 work is commenced within one year
rom the date of issuance, shall expire
" limitation.
Ordinary repairs of buildings or struc
ures may be made without notice to
he Inspector, but such repairs shall
.ot be construed to include the cutting
way of any stone or brick wall or any
ortion thereof, the removal or cutting
f any beams or supports, or the re-
loval, change. or closing of any stair
ase.
See. When plans and detailed
tatements are filed with the Inspector
or the erection of a new building, if
II existing building or part of an ex-
sting building is to be demolished, such
act shall be stated in the statement SO
lied.
See. 8.--A frame building shall be
aiken to mean building CT structure
+ which the exterior walls or a portion
hereof shall be constructed of wood.
Buildings sheathed with boards and
,artially or entirely covered with four
inches of brick or stone work shall be
ieemed to be frame buildings.
See. An structural material of
thatever nature shall be subjected to
uch tests or inspection to determine its
haracter and quality as the Building
Inspector shall require and in no case
hall materials rejected by the Inspec-
or for any particular building be used
herein.
Sec. IO.-All excavations for build
ngs shall be properly guarded and pro
| ected so as to prevent the same from
becoming dangerous to life and limb
| nd shall be sheath-piled by the person
| r persons causing the excavations &c
| )e made, when necessary to prevent the
| tdjoining earth from caving in.
Sec. 1.-THE walls of all buildings
,ther than frame or wood buildings
| hall be constructed of stone, brick,
| Cortland cement, concerto, iron or steel
II if approved by the Inspector other
| lard incombustible material, and the
,everal component parts of such build
ng shall be as herein provided.
Sec. l2.-No building or structure
| hereafter erected except church spires OF
elevator buildings, shall exceed in height
| 20 times the width of the widest street
| Ipon which it stands, but in no case
shall any building exceed 100 feet il
| height, or if to be used above first story
IS a factory, warehouse or store, shall
It exceed 50 feet in height.
| See. 13.-Every building hereafter
erected or altered for use as An apart
ment house or a tenement house exceed
ing four stories and basement in height
house and tenement house four stories
in height above the cellar, shall be bull
fire proofed. Behind every apartment
house and tenement hourse four stories
lin height hereafter erected on an in
side lot. there shall be n yard not les
than y feet in depth extending acTos
the entire width of the lot and at every
point open from ground to sky unob
structed. Said yard TO be increased il
depth two feet for every added story il
height 10 the building and may be de
creased one foot for every story il
height of the building less than fou
stories. ..
Sec. 14,-No separate tenement hous
or apartment house shall hereafter b.
erected upon the rear of a lot 80 fee
or less in width where there is a
apartment house or tenement hous
! on the front of the said lot, not upo
the front of any such lot upon the rea
= Of which there is Snch a house.
If any building is hereafter place
on the same lot with a tenement hons
: or an apartment house, the space be
2 tween the said building shall AWAY
T. be of such size and arranged in sue
+ manner az is prescribed for yards i
e rear of apartment houses and tenemen
+ houses, and no building of any kin
y shall be hereafter placed upon the sam
a lot with a tenement house or apartment
n house SO as to decrease the minimum
e size of courts or yards as hereinbefor
J. prescribed.
Sec. l5.-No tenement house nc
apartment house or. any part thereo
; shall be used as a place of storage fc
r any article or material dangerous t
t life or health for the storage of fec
! hay, straw, excelsior or cotton, nor fc
d the storage or handling of rags, exceT
i under such conditions as may be pr,
f scribed by the Inspector in write
e order. --.-N
3 See. l6.-No bakery and no place {
business in which fat is boiled shall /
maintained in any tenement house
apartment house which is not freproC
= throughout, unless the ceiling and sid
: walls of the said place where fat boi
= ing is done or baking ovens are use
= are made safe by freproof materia
q around the same. There shall be I
openings either by door or windoy
a lumb waiter shafts or otherwise b
:, tween said bakery or said place whel
\ fat is boiled in any tenement house