Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1919-01-23
FIRE ORDINANCE

limits Any existing frame building within the fire lin
its, which may hereaferbe damaged by fire, decay or
otherwise to amount geater than onehaf OF its pres
ent value exclusive of tie foundation, shall not be re
paired or rebuilt but shall be removed.
Section 9. Building having prohibited occupancies
within fire limits No building shall be used for public
garage coffee roaster bakery or dry cleaning establish
men within the fire imis, unless be OF freproof con-
struction
Section TO- Limits If height and area Except as
specified in Section "a no building hereafter erected
within the corporate Limits, having walls OF hollow terra
Gotta or concrete blocks sail exceed three stories, forty
feet in height; and building hereafter erected or al
tered shall exceed four stDres of ffyve feet IN height
unless it be of frepoof construction, when it shall not
exceed ten stories, on 125 feet.
The floor between fire walls OF non-flreproof
buildings shall not exceed the following: When fronting
one street. 5000 square feet when fronting on two
Streets 5000 square feet and when fronting three streets
$500 square feet These area limits may be increased
undr the following conditions, as indicated
For nOn-fireprof buildings fully equipped with APP
proved automatic spiinklers, so per cent.
For freproof buildings, not exceeding 125 feet in
height, so per cent.
For fireproof buildings, not exceeding 125 feet in
height, fully equipped with approved automatic sprnk
lers, 100 per cent.
Section H. 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 concrete hollowbock wall be less than
twelve inches thick.
Walls excepting party and fire walls, for all build.
ings Of other than the dwelling house Glass; not exceeding
stories, or % nave upper TWO
stories not less than twelve inches thick increasing -four
inches in thickness for each two stories fraction heree
below For such buildings in of five stoes but not
exceeding ten Stories 125 feet in height the top story
shall be not less than twelve inches thick increasing four
inches in thickness for each two stories fraction there
of below NotWostory increment shall exceed thirty feet
in height
For all walls of buildings of the dwelling house class
the upper three stories shall be not less than twelve inches
thick increasing four inches in thickness for each three
stories fraction thereof below No threestory increment
VANS III sRei5t6h construction shall be Of brick stone
or stone concrete They shall be supported by grders at
each story, shall be laid in Portland cement mortar and
shall be not less than twelve inches thick
In all buildings, except dwellings, frame buildings
and skeleton construction party walls and fire walls
which serve as bearing walls on both Sides shall not be
less than sixteen inches thick in the upper two Stories orr
upper thirty feet increasing four inches in thickness for
for each two stories fraction thereof below All other
fire walls shall be not less than sixteen inches thick in the
upper four SOres upper fifty feet increasing fOur
inches in thickness for each two stories or fraction thereof
below No tWosto1y increment shall exceed thirty feet
height Portland cement mortar only shall be used in such
walls.
Reinforced stone or gravel concrete walls with the
steel relnforcements running both horizontally and ver
cally, and weighing not less than onehaf pound perl
square foot OF WALL may have thickness of four inches
less than that prescribed for brick walls
Stone walls shall be four inches thicker than re-
CURED for brick walls.
The foundation walls of all buildings over two stories
in height shall be four inches thicker from footing to
grade than required for the remainder of the wall
All exterior and division party walls over one story
high shall extend the full thickness of top story to at least
two feet above the roof facing of building as para
pet and be properly copd excepting walls which face on
street and finshedwith incombustibe cornices gut
ters or crown moudings excepting also the walls of de-
tached private dwellings with peaked or hipped roofs
The parapet walls ofWaehouses and all anufactrino or
buildings shall extend three feet above the
roof
Fire walls shall be continuous from foundation to
three feet above roof levi, and be COPIED.
Hollow blocks of terra Gotta or concrete when usod
for bearing walls shall have not more than so nnr
cellular space Portandcement only shall be used in
OF concre blocks. The coarse aggregate
shall be of suitable matefa graded in SIZE but in no
shall the maximum dimnsion exceed one-haf the min