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

4 they shall have wire screen of not
more than IL inch mesh securely at
tached to the under side.
! Section 81. Frame Buildings-No
frame building hereafter erected, or
altered, shall exceed two stories, or
80 feet in height, except that private
dwellings may be three stories or 40
feet high This provision does not ap,
ply to grain or coal elevators.
No frame building hereafter erected
for any occupancy other than grain
elevators, coal elevators and pockets,
| ice houses and exhibition buildings not
over 40 feet in height, shall cover a
J ground area exceeding the following
One-story building 1900 square feet :;
two story building, 5000 square feet.
/ In no case shall frame building be
Ell ected within feet of the side of rear
flo1 line, nor within feet of another
4 building, unless the space between the
studs on such side be filled solidly
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j brickwork, or other equivalent incom-
bustible material.
Buildings with wooden framework
clad with sheet metal, or veneered with
] brick, shall be .classed as frame build
ings.
/ Outside the fire limits, when any
building is to be erected of brick.
stone, hollow block or concrete, that
could under this ordinance be con-
structed of wood, the chief of fire de-
partment or other designated official
is hereby authorized and directed to
allow reasonable notifications of this
ordinance relating to brick buildings,
in consideration of the use of incom-
bustible material instead of wood
Such notifications, however, shall not
permit variations from the require
ments of Sections IL, IS and "a of this
ordinance.
Section %. Electrical Installations
All electrical installations shall be in
accordance with the National Electro
cal Code, and no installation or cleo
trical equipment shall be made, except
in conformity thereto
Section 23. Chimneys, Flues and
Fireplaces- Except as herein provided
all chimneys in every building hereaf
ter erected, and ali chimneys hereaf
ter altered or rebuilt, shall be con-
structed of brick, stone or reinforced
concrete. No masonry chimney shall
have walls less than inches thick,
unless it be lined on the inside with
weli-burned terra Gotta or fire clay
chimney tile set in Portland cement
mortar, in which case the wall shall
be not less than 4 inches thick. The
lining shall be continuous from the
bottom of the fiue to it's extreme height
No chimney shall be corbeled out
more than inches from brick wall
and such curbeling shall consist of at
least five courses of brick.
Brick set on edge shall not be per-
mitted in chimney construction.
Chimneys of all low-pressure boil
ers or furnaces, also the smoke fues
for bakers ovens, large cooking ranges
large laundry stoves, and all fiues used
for similar purposes, shall be at least
s inches in thickness and be lined con
tinuously on the inside with we'll
burned terra Gotta or fire clay chimney
tile set in Portland cement mortar
All such chimneys shall be capped with
terra Gotta, stone, concrete or cast
iron.
The smoke hue of every high pres
sure steam boiler, and every appliance
PRODUCING a ponding tempera-
ture in a fue, if built of brick, stone,
reinforced concrete or other approved
masonry, shall have walls not less than
10 inches thick, and the inside 4 inches
of such walls shall be of fire brick,
laid in fire mortar, for distance OF at
least 25 feet from the point where the
smoke connection enters the boiler
flue.
All chimneys shall project at least
feet above the point of contact with
fiat roof, or 2 feet above the ridge OF
pitched roof.
Portland cement mortar only shall
be used in the construction of Chin
neys.
No chimney in any building shall
have wooden supports of any kind
Supports shall be incombustible. and
shall rest upon the ground or the foun-
dation.
All chimneys or fiues which, in the
opinion of the Chief of Fire Depart
ment, are from any cause considered
dangerous or unsafe, shall be repaired
and made safe, or taken down.