Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1916-01-30
NEW BUILDING
LAWS ADOPTED
After Considering Lengthy
Measure for Several Days
City Commission Finally
Passes New City Building
Ordinance.

Concluding consideration of the pro-
posed new building ordinance, a pro-
ceedinG that has occupied nearly
week and several sessions, the city
commission yesterday morning gave
third and final reading to the measure
and then voted unanimously for its
adoption. At the expiration of thirty
days rom its publication it will be
come the law OF the city relative to all
manner of building construction in the
city limits, defining the various classes
of construction and fixing special and
general fire limits.
The ordinance as adopted, while COW
ering approximately ninety-six type
written pages, is not much more vol
luminous than the one which it will
supersede. 1t brings to the. aid of the
building inspector such modern regula-
! tons as have been needed for many
| years. While the old ordinance adopt
ed in 1904, was then applicable to that
/ period and was calculated to cover the
requirements for many years in advance
Of that time, it was long ago found
to be entirely inadequate. 1t was 50
Out-of- date in the later years that
its text would have prohibited the
/ erection of concrete buildings in Phoe-
| nix In the new ordinance an entire
| section is devoted to concrete con-
Struction.
Without going into the details of the
! different claSSificatiOnS it can be said
| that there are four segregations They
are designated as Glasses A, b, and
! d. Such buildings as the Doris
! Heyman. korrick, Hotel Adams and
| Ackel buildings would come under
/ Class A construction. The Y. NJ. c. A.
! building comes under Glass b. The
Jones building is Of the Glass C type
! All buildings not coming under one Of
these three ciassifications are desig-
mated as Class u structures.
In the new special fire limits includ-
ing approximately that section of the
business district bounded by Third
street and Fourth avenue and Madison
{ and Van Buren, setreets. Classes A and
Is are permitted. Glass is practically
| fire proof, while Glass 3 allows wood
floor joists, wood floors and wood
studding.
| Glass c provides that floor loads can
] he carried on interior bearing parti-
| tons having wood studs, while in Class
! b all the interior loads must Be carried
to the foundation by the exterior walls
and by columns and Orders of iron,
masonry and concrete
The general fire limits allow the
| erection of Glass a, b, and C buildings
| These limits are now approximately
| Ninth avenue to Ninth street Fillmore
street on the north and Lincoln on the
south, with some slight joys at the
! extreme boundaries.
Fire escapes, awnings, gasoline
tanks, theaters and garages each re-
ceive special attention. The theater
provisions are practically UNCHANGED
while the garage regulations are en-
tirely new, those buildings having been
unknown at the time of the adoption
of the old ordinance. Hereafter all
| stationary awnings must be of non
cOmbuStible material and not support
| ed by posts.
There are no standard building reg
| ulations. but those of the fire under
writer's have been consulted and fol
lowed as far as applicable to local
conditions. 1t is believed that the
| adoption of this new ordinance will
| have the effect of another step in the
direction Of securing lower insurance
rates throughout the city. Building
Inspector Herbert j. Mann is well
pleased with the adoption of the
measure upon which he has been work
ing for many months and in which he
has had the cooperation of the under
writers, business men and contractors
generally.