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ORDINANCE NUMBER 376

ORDINANCE NUMBER 376
IAN ORDINANCE OF TIE CITY
OF Ell CENTRIC AMENDING
ORDINANCE NUMBER 337 EN-
TITLED IAN ORDINANCE OF
THE CITY OF Ell CENTRIC
REGULATING THE ERECTION
ETC, OF ALL BUILDINGS ETC"
The City Council of the City Of
Ell Centre do ordaip as follows.
SECTION I: That Section One
of Ordinance No. 337 in effect
establishing uniform building
code for the City of Ell Centro
shall be amended as follows, to-
wit:
That there De aGGed 70 Section
2205 Of the Uniform Building
Code, 1890 Edition, published May,
1880, by Pacific Coast Building
Officials Conference" in sal
Section l referred to, the following
provisions, to-wit:
Outdoor Screen Sleeping Rooms
Outdoor screened sleeping rooms
shall be defined as a portable
screened frame or structure de-
signed to enclose a bed or beds
which are placed in the yard
for so called outdoor" sleeping
purposes, and shall be considered
as an auxiliary structure for the
convenience and comfort of the
occupants of a dwelling, apart
ment house, hotel, or other
structure.
They shall not be used as a
dwelling nor permanently occu-
pied as a place of residence, nor
shall this section be deemed to
apply to dwelling or permanent
places of residence.
Structures or frames of 100 square
feet or less in area and having
walls not more than feet in
height, shall not be considered
a structure within the meaning
of this code.
Outdoor screened sleeping rooms
shall be limited to 120 square
feet in area and to a height of
walls of not more than 8 feet
Such structures having a floor
shall be deemed structure
within the meaning of this code
and shall require building per-
NIT and inspection in the same
manner as all other structures.
All rafters and roofs shall be de-
signed for live load of not less
than 80 lbs. per square foot. No
rafter shall be less than 2"x3"
nor spaced more than 30' on
centers. Rafters shall be tied ac-
cross at the level of the top plates
with a ribbon or bottom chord
not less than 1''X4" at intervals
not exceeding s. 0" on centers.
Sheathing shall not be less than
q" in thickness. Roofing shall be
of the type required for the
particular fire zone in which the
structure is located.
Studding shall not be less than
2"X3" spaced not more than 80"
on centers. and there shall be
top and bottom plate not less
IIldll q 40 w dllo oilclll pt
onally braced in both directions.
Floors shall be designed for a live
load of not less than 40 lbs.
per square foot. No floor joist
shall be less than 2'x4" spaced
not more than "a on centerS,
and shall have a span of not
more than ft. Floor joists
shall be supported by girders Of
not less than 4"'x4". Girder sup
ports shall be spaced not more
than s. 0" apart.
Floor joists shall have clearance
of not less than IL" between
the bottom of joists and the sur
face of the ground.
The side walls shall be not less
than 8 feet nor more than 8
feet in height nor shall there
be less than 60Go Of the side and
end walls covered with screen
wire.
This section shall not apply to any
screened room which is an ad-
dition to a dwelling or other
structure.
SECTION II: This Ordinance
shall be published once in the I'M
perial Valley Press and shall be-
come effective thirty 800 days
from and after its passage.
c. E. ANDERSON.
Mayor.
ATTEST:
CAL G.. MOUSSEAU,
City Clerk.
State of California
County of Imperial
City of Ell Centre, SIS.
I, Cal G.. Mousseau. City Clerk of
the City of Ell Centre, do hereby
certify that the foregoing Ordin-
ance was duly passed on the 6th
day of May, 1884, by the following
votes:
AYES; Bucklin, Fawcett, Gianola,
Womack.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
WITNESS my name and the Of
ficial seal of the said City this 9th
day of May, 1884.
CAL c.. MOUSSEAU,
City Clerk.