The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-05-23

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ing; n such building be not repaired
within 60 days from injury, II shall
not be repaired. but removed within
80 days. II the injury renders the
building unfit for occupancy Al
buildings damaged more than 80 per
centum Of the value Of the building
excluding the foundation, shall be
removed within 80 days from the fire
limits.
Section 7. New Buildings hous.
ing certain Occupancies within fire
limits. and changes required In ex-
isting Buildings with such Occu-
pancies; No building hereafter cree
ted within the fire limits shall be
used as a public garage, automobile
repair shop. or dry cleaning estab-
lishment unless il be Of fire proof
construction; provided. that buildings
now used as public garages. automo-
bile repair shops, or dry cleaning es-
adjustments and situated within the
fire limits designated in this ordin-
ance, or hereafter placed therein,
shall, within IL months from the tax
ing effect hereof, or ~ months from
the inclusions within said fire limits
Of the said property II now without
such limits, have each and every floor
used as a public garage, or for auto
mobile repairs, or for dry cleaning
purposes, constructed Of concrete or
other good fire resisting material,
and all buildings 80 occupied and all
floors therein shall be kept thorough
ly clean, and accumulations Of rub
bish. greasy waste or rags, or other
inflamable refuse, shall no the per-
mitted.
Section s. Limits Of Height and
Area: No building hereafter cree
ted or altered shall exceed four stor-
les or 55 feet in height, unless IL be
of fireproof construction, then IL
shall not exceed ten stories or 1876
feet; except as specified in Section
%, no building hereafter erected
having walls Of hollow terra Gotta
| blocks, or concrete blocks shall ex-
coed three stories or 40 feet in
heighth.
The floor area between the fire
walls of non-fireproof buildings shall
mot exceed the following: When the
| building fronts on one street, 5000
square feet; fronting on two streets,
5000 square feet; when fronting on
three streets, 1900 square feet; these
areas may be increased under the
following conditions:
Non-fireproof buildings, fully
equipped with approved automatic
sprinklers, so per centum;
For fire proof buildings, not ex-
ceeding 1875 feet in heighth. so per
Icentum;
For fire proof buildings, not ex-
feeding 1875 feet in height fully
| equipped with approved automatic
! sprinklers, 100 per centum
Section 9. Walls. All exterior or
division walls Of buildings hereafter
erected shall be Of sufficient thick
ness TO support the load TO be carried,
but I'M no event shall q brick. stone,
concrete or hollow block wall be less
than II inches in thickness.
Walls, excepting party and fire
walls for all buildings Of other than
the dwelling house class not exceed
ing five stories or 55 feet in height,
shall have the upper two stories not
less than I , inches thick increasing
4 inches in thickness for each two
stories or fraction thereof below
for SUCH buildings in excess of 3
storieg. but not exceeding ten stories
|or rs feet In height, the top story
sh9H not be less than ] . inches OF
IT, walls, increasing inches in
/ thickness for each two stories or
Traction thereof below No two
story increment shall exceed 80 feet
/ in height
For all walls Of buildings Of the
dwelling house class the upper three
stories shall not be less than - inch
gs thick, increasing Z inches in
thickness for each 3 stories or frac-
ton thereof below No story in
crement shall exceed As feet in
height.
Walls in skeleton construction
shall be of brick. stone, or concrete,
they shall be supported by girders az
each story, shall be laid in Portland
cement mortar and not less than ~
inches thick.
In all buildings except dwellings.
frame buildings and skeleton con-
struction, party walls and fire walls
which serve as bearing walls on both
side, shall be not less than 16 inches
thick in the upper two stories or up
per 30 feet, Increasing inches in
thickness for each stories or frac-
ton thereof below; all other fire
walls shall be not less than IS inches
thick in the upper stories or up
per so feet, increasing inches in
thickness for each stories or frac-
ton thereof below No . story in
crement shall exceed 80 feet in
height Portland cement mortar on
~ shall be used in such walls.
Reinforced stone or gravel con-
crete walls with the steel reinforce
ment running horizontally and YER
trcally and weighing not less than
one half pound per square foot of
wall, may have thickness Of inch
es less than that prescribed for brick
walls Stone walls shall be inches
thicker than required for brick walls.
The foundation walls for all
buildings over two stories in height
shall be 4 inches thicker from foot
ting 20 grade than required for the
remainder of the wall.