The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1945-10-05
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for the remaining lower portion. Such
party and division walls. If hollow, or
il built of hollow clay or concrete
shall be not less than ~ inches
thick.
Al walls OF buildings of the
dwelling house class of ordinary CON
stfuction exceeding 40 feet in height
hall be solid The upper three sto-
ries shall be not less than 10 inches
thick. increasing 4 inches in thick
ness for each three stories or frac.
ton thereof below. No three story
increment shall exceed IS feet in
Walls in skeleton construction shall
be supported by girders at each story
and shall not be less than ~ inches
thick. except that solid concrete may
8 inches thick.
In all buildings. except dwellings,
srame buildings. and skeleton construc-
sion. party walls and fire walls which
erve as bearing walls on both sides,
hall be not less than l6 inches thick
n the upper two stories, or upper 80
Get, increasing 4 inches IN thickness
for each two stories or fraction there
of below. All other fire walls shall
be not less than is inches thick in the
upper four stories or upper so feet,
Nv 0asiiik Y liNftN III 1ltthfttSN inI
two stories or fraction thereof
below. No two-story increment shall
.xceed 80 fee in height.
Reinforced concrete walls. with
steel reinforcement running both hori-
Iontally and vertically and weighing
less than one-half pound pen
square foot of wall. may have a
thickness 4 inches less than that pre-
scribed for brick walls.
Bubble stone walls and hollow con
block walls shall be 4 inches
thicker than required for brick walls
The foundation walls of all buildings
over Two stories high. except as above
provided. shall be 4 inches thicker
rom footing to grade than required
for the remainder of the wall.
All exterior, and division or party
walls over n story high. shall ex-
tend the full ti.icsHrss of top story TO
at least 2 feet above the roof surfac-
ing of a building as a parapet and be
properly COPIED excepting walls which
ace on q street and are finished with
incombustible cornices, cutters OF
rown moudings; excepting also the
walls of detached dwellings with
peaked or hipped roofs The para
BET walls of warehouses and all manu-
featuring or commercial buildings
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Fire walls shall be continuous from
10 3 feet above root level
and shall be COPIED.
Brick or concrete walls of build
ings outside the fire limits. which
under this ordinance could be of
wood. may have a minimum thickness
Of 8 inches. Such walls shall not ex-
coed two stories or 30 feet in height
exclusive of gable nor shall they ex-
coed 35 feet in length unless properly
braced by crodd walls, piers, or but
tresses.
Clay brick used for exterior walls.
chimneys or piers. shall have an aver
age compressive strength of 1900
pounds per square inch. and an abb
iorption not exceeding 20 per cent.
sand-lime. or other varie-
lies of brick, used for the
shall have an average Gro nng
itrength OF 1900 pounds per square
inch, and an absorption not exceed
ng 15 per cent.
Portland cement only shall be used
In the manufacture of concrete
blocks. The coarse aggregate shall be
of suitable material graded in sire
u in no case shall the maximum
dimension exceed one-fourth the mini
mum width of any section of the fin
ished block. Concrete blocks shall
not be used IN construction uni
hey have attained the age of "a
lays, or developed the strength re.
cured in this section.
The comprehensive strength OF
building blocks shall in all eases be
calculated upon the gross area OF the
sedding faces. no ecoun being TAX
IN OF the cellular spaces.
Hollow building tile used for ex-
serfor or party walls or piers, and
designed TO be laid normally with the
cells vertical, shall have an average
comprehensive strength of not less
than Leo pounds per square inch
When tested with the cells vertical, and
not less than 800 pounds per square
nch when tested with the cells hori-
ontal.
The average comprehensive strength
II hollow building tile designed to
e laid normally with the cells hori-
ontal, n tested with the cells in
nat position, shall be not less than
90 pounds per square inch.
Hollow concrete block or tile used
for exterior or party walls OF piers
hall have an average comprehensive
trength OF not less than 700 pounds
per square inch.
Concrete blocks shall be not less
Sc days old when tested. The
StiaEt otitfkti VI Tie DfOtkH rs mere
siven shall be obtained by testing
five blocks of average quality.
The allowable working stress on ali
masonry construction shall not ex-
:eed one-tenth of the required aver
ige test strength.
All walls and partitions In schools,
hospitals and places of public assem-
blies. over n story high, and all
walls and partitions in theaters. shall
hereafter be built of brick. stone, con
crete, hollow OF solid blocks, or metal
ath and Portland cement plaster on
metal studding, or other equivalent
ncombustible construction.
The mortar used for all 8 mel
walls, fire walls, foundation walls,
walls for skeleton construction, and
all walls built of hollow building tile
1r concrete blocks. shall be either
Portland cement mortar, or cement
lime mortar, the latter in proportions
lot leaner than ! part Portland ce-
inent. l part lime. and G parts sand
~ volume.
Section 3. Concrete Construction.
for reinforced concrete con
struetion shal consist of a medium
vet mixture of one part of Portland
to not more than six parts of
aggregate. fine M coarse. in such
proportions as TO produce the great
est density.
The quality of the materials, the
design. and the construction, shall be
n accordance with the best engineer
ing practice.
Note: Quartz gravel or other highly
dlieious gravel should not be used
as an aggregate in concrete fireproof-
ng or in reinforced concrete eonstruc-
ion in portions of a building liable
to be subjected 20 fire. II has been
fully proven that such concrete can
be depended upon when subjected
TO high temperatures.
Section 8. Protection on ends of
wooden beams. The ends of all floor,
ceiling. or roof beams. entering a
party of fire walls from opposite
ides. shall be separated by at least
J inches OF solid masonry. Such sep
ifation may be obtained by eorbeling
he wall, or staggering the beams. on