Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-06-13

lidLu6 UuilullS WllAih CAS nv iAnAtS,
which may hereafter be damaged by
fire, decay or otherwise to an amount
greater than one-half of its present
value, exclusive of the foundation,
shall not be repaired or rebuilt, but
shall be removed.
Section Buildings Having Prohib-
tied Occupancies Within Fire Limits. .
No building shall be used for a plan,
ing mill or dry-cleaning establishment
within the fire limits, unless it be Of
fre-proof construction.
Section Z Limits of Height and
Area Except as specified in Section q,
no building hereafter erected within
the corporate limits, having walls Of
hollow terra Gotta or concrete blocks.
shall exceed three stories, or 40 feet
in height; and no building hereafter
rected or altered shall exceed four sto
ris or So feet in height, unless it be OF
fre-proof construction.
The floor area between fire walls of
non -freproof buildings shall not ex-
coed the following: When fronting on
one street, 5000 square feet; when
fronting on two streets. 5000 square
feet, and when fronting on three
streets, 1900 square feet. These area
limits may be increased under the fol-
lowing conditions as indicated:
For non-freproof buildings, fully
equipped with approved automatic
sprinklers, 500.
For fireproof buildings, not exceed
ing 125 feet in height 500.
Flireproof buildings not exceeding
125 feet in height, fully equipped with
approved automatic sprinklers, 1907.
Section s. Walls-All exterior, or
division walls of buildings hereafter
erected shall be of sufficient thickness
to support the load to be carried; but
in no case shall brick, stone, con-
crete, or hollow block wall be less
than u inches thick.
Bearing walls, excepting party and
fire walls, for all buildings OF other
than the dwelling house class, not ex-
ceeding five stories or SO feet IN
height shall have the upper stories no;
less than 10 inches thick, increasing
inches in thickness for each two sto-
ries or fraction thereof below. Fol
such buildings in excess of five stories
but not exceeding ten stories or IL
feet in height, the top story SHAH 81
not less than IL inches thick, increas
! ing 4 inches in thickness for each two
stories or fraction thereof below. NJ
two-story increment shall exceed 81
feet.
For all walls of buildings OF th'
dwelling house class, the upper thre'
stories shall be not less than IL inches
thick, increasing 4 inches in thickness
for each three stories or fraction there
| OF below. No three-Story 1ncreIhen
shall exceed As feet in height.
Enclosure walls in skeleton con
struction shall be of brick, brick-tile
stone or stone concrete. They shall
be supported by Orders, at each story
shall be laid in Portland cement mortal
land shall be not less than IL inches
thick.
In all buildings, except dwelling
frame buildings, and skeleton construc
;ion, party walls and fire walls which
serve as bearing walls ON both sides
shall be not less than 16 inches thicl
in the two upper stories, or upper y
feet. increasing 4 inches in thickness
for each two stories or fraction there
of below. All other fire walls shall b.
not less than 16 inches thick in thu
upper four stories or upper 80 feet. in
creasing 4 inches in thickness for eaci
two stories or fraction thereof below
No fwo-story increment shall exceed
! 80 feet in height Portland cement NOR
| tar only shall be used in such walls
Except for fire walls, reinforced
stone or gravel concrete walls, wit
| tile steel reinforcement running bott
horizontally and vertically and weigh
ing not less than one-half pound pei
square foot of wall, may have a thick
ness 4 inches less than that prescribed
for brick walls.
! Stone or cement block walls shat
be inches thicker than required fol-
brick walls.
The foundation walls of all buildings
over two stories in height shall be
inches thicker from footing to grade
than required for the remainder of the
wall.
Hollow blocks of terra Gotta or con
crete when used for bearing walls shall
have not more than 500 of cellular
space. Portland cement only shall be
used in the manufacture of concrete