The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-03-29
Legal Notice
CONTINUED from Page 5,
UNSAFE nuudlINc

putf7& mrue safe arc SECURE ne take
1gn and removed.
"A building or sfrucfure declared IN
safe BY duly constituted authority
may be restored 10 safe condition
provided thst II The damage or cos
~ rerunsfrs tetion o. re tuyafsaD y 3
excess Of fifty per cent Of the yalu
81 the building or structure. " recon
Etrs&rted or restored. shall be mad
~ cunform with respect 10 material
and type OF construction. To the ne
9uifemenfs for buildings and sfrac
lures hereafter erected but no chang
PEELED BY reasrn of such reconsfruc
t3rn nr restoration.
TON
Every hehstpnlr rporu shall have on,
or more windows. opening dlnecfl,
uH = street Or on q court. rHabitabli
room means . room occupied by one
o. more persons for living. entiDi
or sleeping; and Included kitchenl
serving apartments or individual
hcssfhotds. tsit does not inclutis
hafiaroefms w-ater-rlosef commandments
ispndfies, serving and storage pan
tries. corridors. collars and space.
thsf are 81 used frequently or dur
inc estepded periods.
4"C0rrt is an open.
ans tinpeeupied space within the h
hines Of q lot. and includes yard, 4
shall have q width II moi less thar
six feet nor one-third the height
and an AREA OF one and onpshaii
times the square Of the lent dimen-
zion. and such court shall have prop.
81 drainage, y have suitable ac-
Cess epfning nj the bottom
Every room occupied as a place d
assembly. a6 an office or for ths
manufscfurs, display or RRie OF eoo%
bin nnf storage rooms, shall be provid.
"a with sliiteitie ventilation from one
or more windows or veniilafinR sky.
Lights opening directly on a street
nr on q court or be provided with
an approved mean Of mechanical
s Bathrooms and water eloset com
rartments not ventilated by q win
low or . venttiatlng akyllght shall
duct extending 10 the roaf. Or be
provided with mechanical ventila-
In multifamily houses ~herepf
srecfsd or altered aneess shall be had
10 living looms, Kitchens and bed
rooms without passing through . bed
SECTION 10. limits oF HEIGHT
Nc building of se-n1zfifepr0of con-
tn gt30a hereafter erected o. altered
shall exceed four stories IN height,
and oneshalf stories IN height. storage
buildings are sprinklered. buildings of
heavy timber construction shall not
eHeeed two ard one-haif efDs'ns ~
height. except that those OF residence.
business q storafe occupancy may
be four stories IN height and pro-
yided hat when over Two and ONE
half stories IN height storage build
fnEs are a~prinklerad; provided flm-
that churches OF heavy timber
cprstrttfflon, ordinary construction
and ilght noncounbustibie construction
may he mai more f4au fxUQ and nuu4
hat stories and that the schools OF
euch construction shall be not more
than I've and one-haif stories high.
Buildings OF ordinary construction
ana light on-combustfble 'conatruc-
ton shall not exceed two and one
residence buildings Of these types OF
construction may be two and one-half
stories III height, and business build
inEs n sprlnkiered stofaHe build
infe may be four stories provided
fnrfhef that for residence buildings.
when the floors immediately over the
basement and over cellars are OF .
construction having a fire resistance
rating of moi less than two hours,
ordinary construction may be but ahalt
not exceed two and oneshaif stories
. ~ ! Mhs Witch a sre n,b,ai " mp' " may
tifions Of incombustibic materials hay
i4s q tire resistance rating Of not
Less thai two hotirs into floor areas
not exceeding two thousand five hun
dr<d square feet. all other floors hav-
inE q fire-resistnncc rating OF not
less than u hour, ordinary con
ktruefivn may be. but shall not ex-
coed four stories.
Buildings OF frame construction, of
ba1ineaH q storage occupancy. shall
story for the latter, In height: pub
lie buildings. two stgfies OF thirty
feet: Institutional buildings, one story
or thirty five feet; residence build
lnGs thirty-five feet or Two stories.
except dwellings which may be two
? onn%haIf stories.
Buildings of unprotected metal con
sffuctiun shall not he more than one
story high: provided that this shall
prohibit mezzanine stories the ag-
eregAte floor area of which does NOT
txened t~entv-five per cent of the area
SECTION ii. LIMITS or AREA.
The permitted floor are Tor fire
proof construction and se~mi-fireproof
Construction shall be unlimited. ex-
cept as restricted because of combus-
Heavy timber construction shall moi
exceed six thousand five hundred
feet for buildings fronting ON me
street. nor eight thousand square feet
for buildings fronting on two streets,
nor ten thousand square feet for build
1nEs fronting on three or more
Fer ordinary construction, aud
for Iiaht npn-comhustihle construction,
the area of enc story buildings shall
not exceed six thousand square feet
u fronting on one street. sever thots-
and live hundred square feet ii front
ing an two streets. nine thousand
feet II fronting en three streets
and ten fhausand five hundred square
II fronting on four streets. the
area for buildings exceed
ing one story shall not exceed five
thousand SIX thousand. eve ihous
and, five hundred and nine Thousand
feet when fronting on one, two.
three and our streets respectively. For
frame construction the area of build.
ings shall not exceed five thousand
feet.
Except as otherwise provided the
areas uxed IN this section
he increased by one hundred
per cenf when the building is sprin-
and BY two hundred per cent
when the building is sprinklered and
average Of twenty tive feet in height
10 the roof, or TO a fire retardant
through which there shall be
openings unless they open into
shafts 4 duets 10 he roof, the en-
closing walls of which have the
same construction as the ceiling.
Outside the ~eongested areas of the
City, when a hazardous condition is
not created thereby. the area of the
public building q business building
a storage building. not over two
stories high may be measured IA
excess of the areas fixed by thas
in the d~isereation of a Board
consisting of Chief executive officers
of the municipality. The building q
ficfal and the chief of the fire de-
nsrtsnects provided that a building of
combustfble occupancy D. involving
considerable eombustible material in
- stnsctnfal part shall be spfinkiered.
and also curtain boards or dtaf stOps
snan te Installed as required by the
building official
SECTION ~. MEANS OF EGRESS.
Exit way" mean the exit doorway
OF doorWavS. or such doofWays to-
Fefher with connecting hallways, pas
nF siaTwa~s through which
persons may pass safely from a room