The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-01-12

feet in height;
(g) Grain elevators, coal pockets,
or ice houses, as usually constructed,
No frame building shall be moved
from without to within the fire limits
Sec. II. Repairing Frame Build,
ings Within Fire Limits.-Any ex,
isting frame building within the fire
limits, which may hereafter be dam.
aged by fire, decay or otherwise, to
an amount greater than one-half Of
its present value, exclusive of the
foundation, shall pot be repaired or
rebuilt, but shall be removed.
Sec. IS. Buildings Having Prohi,
bited Occupancies Within Fire Linn
its.-No building shall be used for a
public garage, coffee rooster, bakery,
or dry cleaning establishment, within
the fire limits, unless it be of fire,
proof construction.
Sec. 10. Limits of Height and Area
No building hereafter erected OF
altered shall exceed four stories OF
SIS feet in height, unless it be OF
fireproof construction, when it shall
not exceed ten stories, or 125 feet
Except as specified in Section At, nc
building hereafter erected having
walls of hollow terra Gotta or con
crete blocks shall exceed three stor.
les, or 40 feet in height.
The floor area between fire walls
of non-freproof buildings shall moi
exceed the following: When front
ing on one street, 5000 square feet
when fronting on two streets, 5000
square feet and when fronting or
three streets, $500 square feet
These area limits may be increased
under the following condition as in.
dicated:
For non-tireproof buildings, fully
equipped with approved automatic
sprinklers, so per cent.
For freproof buildings, not ex.
~oeeding 125 feet in height, SO pei
cent.
For freproof buildings not exceed
ing 125 feet in height, fully equip
ped with approved automatic sprink'
lers, 100 per cent.
Sec. 20. Thickness of Walls.-The
walls of warehouses, stores, factor.
les, livery stables, hotels, or othe,
brick or stone buildings for business
purposes in cities or towns where
this ordinance applies, except fire.
proof buildings where the framework
is of steel, shall conform to the fol-
lowing schedules:
Minimum Thickness in In. OF
Wall. Height of. Building 1st, I'd. Sd
4th. 5th..
1-story building IS
2-story building = II 13
3-story building II II IS
4-story building 22 II II 10
5-story building = 26 % II II 13
The walls OF all brick or stone
buildings over five stories high shall,
be thirteen inches thick for the tor
story and increasing four inches ir
thickness for each story below to
the ground, the increased thickness
of each story to be utilized fol
beam and girder lodges. All tor
story walls must extend through anc
eighteen inches above the roof in
parapets not less than thirteen inch
es thick and COPIED with terra Gotta
stone, %cast-iror, Or cement. Upon
written application, approved by the
Inspector, the Insurance Commits
sioner may, where he deems it ad'
visable, allow decreased thickness
in walls of concrete, or in bricl
walls where such thickness is com
~pensated TO rby pilasters. The roof Of
all buildings named in this section
shall be of metal, slate or tile OF
gravel or other standard freproo1
roofing.
Reinforced stone or gravel con-
crete walls with the steel reinforce.
ment running both horizontally anc
vertically and weighing not less
than one-half pound per square foot
of wall, may have a thickness 4 in.
ches less than that prescribed fol
brick walls.
Sec. FL. Foundation of Walls
Openings in Walls; How Doors Pro.
tectcd.-In all buildings mentioned
in the preceding section there shall
be prepared a proper and substantial
foundation, and nc foundation shall
be less than one foot below the ex.
posed surface of the ground, and no
foundation shall rest on any filling OF
made ground, and the breadth Of
the foundation of the several parts
of any building shall be proportional
so that, as near as practicable, the
pressure shall be equal on each
square foot of the foundation, and
cement mortar shall be used in the
masonry of all foundations exposed
to dampness.
Sec. %. Protection of Wall Open
ings.-No opening in an interior ma
sonry wall shall exceed 8 feet by 10
feet. If the opening be in a party or
fire wall, it shall have a standard au-
tomato fire door on each side of the
wall. If an opening in a fire wall is
made to serve as an emergency exit,
it shall not exceed 48 square feet in
area, and a self-closing fire door
shall be substituted for n of the
automatic fire doors. The total open
ings in a fire wall shall not exceed
25 per cent. in linear length of the
wall.
Every building within the fire linn