Arizona republican., 1916-02-17
PART III
DEFINITIONS OF TERMS USED

shall be accepted as correct, unless it is apparent from the context that they are used with another meaning:
 Alteration means any change or ad ditiOn
 Appendages means dOrmer windows, cornices, mouldings, bay windows, spires, Ventilators, etc.
 Apartment house or tenement house is a building containing sepa- rate apartments for three or more families, and having a street entrance common to all.
 Assembly halls are buildings or parts of buildings not included under ''Theaters," where one hundred or more persons assemble for entertain ment instruction, worship or dining purposes. A private assembly hall is enc built in connection with a school, hotel, club, church or society build ing, and used only by the members for private gatherings. and not rented for public use. Every other assembly hall is public assembly hall
 Awnings, construction intended solely as roof. or shelter from the sun or rain, not having a separate floor.
 Building or structures: Any con- struction with or without a roof, for residence, business or public use, or for the protection of persons, animals or plants, or storage or protection Of goods or materials and designed for use in the position in which it is fixed
 Rearing wall is q wall carrying a portion of the interior load of d building
 Basement is that story of a build ing or structure the floor of which is more than one fourth of it's height below the grade of the street upon which the principal entrance of the building or structure opens. Balcony: A projection from the walls or partitions of a building, hay ing a floor and enclosed only by rail- ing or balustrade. Boarding or lodging house: A building used for lodging or boarding purposes, containing not less than five or more than twenty rooms or table facilities for guests. Cellar is that story of a building below the ground story. used solely for storage purposes. (See also basement.
 Cement shall be deemed to be Port 1 lard Cement.
 | Concrete: For the purpose of this | ordinance, shall be deemed to be a mixture of Portland cement, sand, rock and clean water. Concrete plain or reinforced, shall be deemed to be concrete in which no iron or steel is imbedded. and shall be used only in compression. Concrete reinforced, shall be deem ed to be concrete in which iron and steel, or either, is imbedded in such manner that the combined concrete and iron or steel shall sustain all l the stresses imposed thereon. Division wall means any masonry or concrete wall other than an eX- terior wall or a party wall which ex- tends the full height of the building {, and through the roof | Dwelling means building intended l for the residence of not over two l families.
 | Exterior wall means every oute, or vertical enclosure of the building ether than a party wall
 Flats is a building containing two or more independent dwellings, each having it's own street entrance. | of which is used for manufacturing purposes.
 Fire wall is that part of a masonry or concrete wall extending above the roof immediately adjoining such wall Fixtures: Shelving, display racks showcases, counters, balconies moi over one-fifth of the floor area of tho
 room in which situated. portable lad ders or similar devices; chairs, seats
 or benches; or any similar article O. secondary structure for purposes O
 storage, display or convenience il
 connection with the operation of an!
 establishment or office, and which ar,
 not a structural part of the building
 in which such apparatus is installed | or used.
 Gravel unscreened: Unscreenet
 bank or river gravel shall be wei
 graded and contain not more thai fifty per cent of sand, which san,
 shall meet the requirements of thi
 ordinance.
 Gravel, screened: Screened grave shall be hard and clean. and a wei
 graded mixture of whole stone run
 ming from a quarterinch diamete
 to three inch diameter. and shall b free from any coating of clay, oil o
 other material.
 Hotel means a building used as place of entertainment for transfer guests, having more than twent
 sleeping rooms.
 fl Hospitals Sanitarium, Sanatorium o
 asylum is a building in which sick demented. injured. infirm. aged O f orphan persons are housed or in tended to be housed, and having ac commodations for more than five sue persons.
 I Masonry means brick. tile. terr
 cotta or other similar substance ap I proved by the City Inspector ( , Buildings.
 Office building shall be taken t , mean and include every buildin
 which shall be divided into room f above the first story and used or in