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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance - 204-1922 - Prevent Fires, Establish Fire Limits, A Standard Of Construction. - 04/11/1922f U r i ;-' r� a Ar N. Mph 19� Ordinance No.k-V �S An Ordinance for the preventinn of Fires, establishing Fire Limits, a standard of construction, h6,x s�,iTlG 341arce maintenance,repair and removal of buildings, providing for a Building; inspector, pengits for buildings and fees for same, with respect to all corateuctio:z rem a repai wit in the.Ci�t of Lubbock, Texas^ declar' an emergency account of danger of fires and faulty construction. Be it Ordained by the City Council of the City of Lubbock, Texas. Section 1. Fire Limits. The provisions of this ordinance shall apply to and be co -extensive with the territory with the boundaries now, or hereafter established, as the fire limits of this City, except such as are made with reference to the whole of the City by omission to make directly applicable to such fire limits, which Em limits are hereby declared to include the following territory;-�/&&tea �1. fig• ��� � l Grp Cz& v ,) m 4, , a 7, f 34, /G +c �+�'� U P L►�+ct ►GlJ1.�Z i 3 a • I4�f`J O p A Section 2. New Buildings and Buildings to be iUtered. P4 No wall, structure, building, or part thereof, shall � t- hereafter be constructed within this City except such as are in c onfd rmi ty herewith. No building already erected, rr hereafter to be erected, shall be raised, altered. removed, or built Upoa'In any manner that 1. would be a violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance, or of the permit issued thereunder. Section 3. Permits; Before the erection, construction, or alteration, or raising,'o } any building, structure or wall, or any part thereof, or any platfom, staging or flooring to be used for standing or seating purposes, is commenced the owner or lessee, or agent of either, or the architect or builder thereof, shall apply to the person exercisaxag the duties of Building Inspector for a permit to do such work, such applicationth ja be in Sri .fig giving a ¢ f general,outline ia-40 shall a fee of $ with such application, and the Buil ing ' Inspector shall issue a permit for such improvement, if the application it for such conformity herewith. Structures erected without having secured such permit shall be immediately removed. No building shall be removed from one place to another, or moved into the City without an application I in writing for the permit, and paying the fee above f prescribed. No permit shall be issued which does not give the legal description of the property upon Which is the building or structure,,to be erected, repaired or moved onto; nor which does not conform in description to such permitted under this ordinance. The City Engineer shall be- Building I;p4ector, k and if there be no such official, the duties thereof shall be performed under the direction of the City E2ana� r. Section 4. Structures within the Fire Limits: 'every building hereafter erected or enlagged within the 2. t fire limits shall be enclosed on all sides with walla constructed wholly of stone, well burned brick, ti-tra cotta, concrete or equivelant incombustible materials, and shall have the roof, including the roof, top and sides of all roof —structures inclusive off dormer windows, covered with incombustible material, and. all cornices shall be of incombustible material. Sectioy. 5. iermissible Wooden Structures within Fire Limits; No frane or wooden structure shall be built within the fire limits as given herein, or after— wards established, except;-- a, Temporary one story frame buildings for use of builders; b. One story sheds open on the long side, not over 15 feet in heighth, and having a ground area not to exceed 500 square feet; c. Wooden fences not exceeding to feet in heighth; d. Piazzas or balconies not wider than 10 feet, and not extending more than 3 feet above the second story floor beams; same shall not extend beyond the lot line, nor be joined to a similar structure on another building, providing, that all awnings shall be ceiled and covered with incombustible material, not exceed 10 feet in width, and have the supports at the street side anchored +hrm2gh an iron pipe not less than one and one—half inches j.n diameter, the supports shad not be further apart than B 2eet, and they shall be tied on the fdE indide of the building to an anchor having not less than 144 square inches contact with the inner surface of the exterior wall, and all opening through the awning and mall for supports shall be well cemented 3. and 4 awed. �1'2v e. Bay windows, when covered with incombustible materials; f. Small outhouses not exceeding 150 square feet floor area, and S feet in'lkeighth, they shall not be within 5 feet of an inside property line, nor less than 30 feet of a building more than one story in heighth. g. All structures mentioned in (a), (b) and (f) of this Section shall have roofs of diconbrstible materials, p � � .�� ti, No frame bui ldiK shall b e mov ed,r=L�� ;s , within the fire limits, and no such building shall be moved into such limits from without. Section 5. Repairing Frame BuM lings within the Fire Limits; No frame building within such limits shall be repaired, whether damaged by time or casu 1,,�y or other reason, if the repairs exceed in cost per centum of the vlac@ value of such building immediately before the repair, all repairs to be made within 12 months shall be considered as one cost item and one repair, the v alue of the foundation shall not be included in determining the value of the building; if such building be not repairedrithO days from the injury, it shall not be repaired, but removed within 30 days, if the injury renders the building unfit for occupancy. All buildings damaged more than -IPper c entum of the the value of the building, excluding the foundation, shall be removed within 30 days from the fire Limits. Section 7. New Buildings housing certain Occupancies within fire limits, and changes required in existing 4. Buildings with such Occupancies; No building hereafter erected within the fire limits shall be used as a public garage, automobile repair shop, or dry cleaning establishment unless it be of fire proff construction; provided,:that buildings now used as publio garages. automobile repair shops, or dry cleaning establishments and situated within the fire r limits designated in this ordinance, or hereafter placed therein, shall, tithin 12 months from the taking effect hereof, or 12 months from the inclusions within said fire limits of the said property if now without such limits, have each and every floor used as a publio garage, or for automobile repairs, or for dry clea_ing purposes, constructed of concrete or other good fire resisting material,, and all buildings so occupied and all floors therein shall be kept thoroughly clean, and accumulations of rubbish, greasy waste or rags, or other inflamable refuse, shall not be permitted. Section 8. Limits of Height and Area; do building hereafter erected or altered shall exceed stories or 55 feet in height, unless it be of fireproof con— struction, then it shall not exceed ten stories or 125 feet; except as specified in Section 22. no build— ing hereafter erected waving walls of hollow �5-- terra cotta blocks, or concrete blocks shall exceed three stories or 40 feet in heighth. W The floor area between the fire walls of non — fireproof buildings shall not exceed the following; When the building fronts on one street, 5000 square feet; fronting on two streets, 6000 square feet; when fronting on three streets 7500 square feet; these areas may be increased under the following conditions;-, Non —fireproof buildings, fully equipped with approved 5. automatic sprinklers, 50 per centun; For fire proof buildings, not exceeding 125 feet in heighth, 50 per centum; For fireproof buildings, not exceeding 125 feet in height fully equipped with approvaed automatic pprinklers, 100 per centum. Section 9. Walls: All exterior or dividion galls of buildings hereafter erected shall be of sufficient thickness to support the load to be carried, but in no event shall a brick, stone, concrete or hollow block wall be less than 12 inches in thickness. Walls, excepting party and fire walls, for all buildings of other than the dwelling house class not exceeding five stories ooS 65 feet in height, shall have the ul)per two stories not less than 12 inches thick increasing 4 inches in thickness for each two stories or fraction thereof below; for such buildings in ex— cess of 5 stories, but not exceeding ten stories or 125 feet in height, the top story shall not be lees than 12 inches of its walls, increasing 4 inches in thickness for each two stories or fraction thereof below. No two story increment shall exceed 30 feet in height. For all galls of buildings of the dwelling house class the upper three stories shall not be less than inches thick, increasing 4 inches in thi {:kriegs for each 3 stories or fraction thereof below. No 3 story increment shall exceed 45 feet in height. Walls in skeleton construction shall be of brick; stone, or concrete, they shall be supported by girders at each story, shall be laid in Portland cement mortar and not less than 12 inches thick* In all buildings, except dwellings, frame buildings and skeleton construction, party walls and fire galls 61 which serve as bearing walls on both side, shall bw j not less than 16 inches thick in the upper two stories or upper 30 feet, increasing 4 inches in thickness for each 2 stories or fraction thereof below; all other fire galls shall be not less than 16 inches thick in the upper 4 stories or upper 50 feet, increasing 4 inches in thickness for each 2 stories or fraction thereof below. No 2 story increment shall exceed 30 feet in height. Portland cement mortar only shall be used in such walls. Re inforced stone or gravel concrete walls with the steel reinforcement running both horizontally and ver-- tricall�2and weighing not less that one half. pound per square foot of wall, may have a thickness of 4 inches: lass than that prescribed for brick walls. Stone walls OV shall be 4 inches thick - than required for brick walls. The foundation walls for all buildings over two stories in height shall be 4 inches thicker from footing to grade than required for the remainder of the wall. All exterior and, divis i on or party ;,lls over 1 story high shall extend On full thickness} 0 the top story at least 2 feet above the roof surfacing of the building as a parapet and be properly taped, excepting walls which face on a street and are finished with incombustible cornices, gutter, or crown mouldings, excepting also the walls of detached private dwellings -with peaked or hipped roofs; the parapet walls of warehouses and all manufactu— ring or commercial buildings shall extended at least 2 feet above the roof; fire walls must be continuous from foundation to 3 feet ahove roof level, and be coped. Hollow blacks or terra Gotta, or concrete when used for bearing walls shall have not more than 50 Per centum of cellular space,4artl cement only shall be used in the manufacture of &WOofft blocks* the coarse aggregates shall be suitable material graded in size, but in no case 7. f. r shallmaximum dimension exceed one half the width OL of any section of the finashed block; concrete blocks shall not be used in construction until they are 28 days made, and have made developed the strength re- quired herein; all building blocks shall be laid in Portland cement mortar. The compressive strength of building blocks shall be calculated upon the gross area of the bedding surfaces, e �-� 4 o k _I �-- Q411RI&P-4paGee; the average compressive strength fort erra cotta blocks laid with cells ver- tical shall be not less than 1200 pounds persquare inch; the average for concrete blocke with cells vertical shall be not less than 800 pounds per square old inch; concrete blocks shall not be more than 36 days „at the time of test, and the average strength shall be based r on ten blocks of average quality. The allowable worling stress of hollow building blocks shall not exceed 100 pounds per square inch of gross area for terra cotta, or 75 founds per aquare inch for concrete in gross area; if the cells be laid horzontal, the allowable working stress shall not exceed 30 poundsper aquare inch of gross area. All walls and partitions in schools, hospitals and places of public assemblage over one story high, and all walls and partitions in theaters shall be built of brick, stone, hollow or solid blocks, or metal lath and Portland cement plaster or metal studding, or equivelant as to in- combustibility, aection 10. Concerte Construction; Concrete for re- inforced construction shall consist of a wet mixture of 1 part Portland cement to not more than 6 parts of aggre-- gata, fine and coarse, in such proportion to produce the greatest density. The quality of the material, design and construction shall be in accordance with best engineering practice. Section 11. Protection of ends of wooden beams: The ends of all floor, ceiling or roof beams, entering a party or fire tivall from opposite sides shall be separated by at least 8 inches of solid masonry; such separation may be ob- tained by corbeling the gall or ataSgerirg the beams; or the beams may be supported by steel wall hangers; no }call shall be car'beled more than two inches for this purpose; the enIs of all wooden beams entereing walls shall be so cut to make them self releasing. Section 12. Protection of wall openings: No opening in ark" interior masonry wall shall exceed 8 feet by 10 feet; if the opening be in a party vtall or a fire wall it shall have an approved automates fire door on each side of the wall; if an opening in a fire mall is made to serve as an emergency exit, it shall not emceed 48 square feet in area, and an approved self -closing fire door shall be substituted for one of the automatic fire doors; the total openings in a fire -wall shall not exceed 25 per centum in linear feet of the length of the wall. Every building vri thin the fire limits. except churches, dwellings, tenement house, dormitories and houses shall have approved fire doors, shutters or ivirer' glass in incombustible frames and sash on every exterior opening above the first story, except when fronting a street not less than 40 feet wide, or where there is. no other building within 40 feet; all openings in the side and rear walls of the first story, except show windows, shall be protected in like manner; all exterior windows more than 75 feet above the curb shall have inco_-xustibl' frames and sashes and glazed with wired glass; occupants of buildings shall close all interior and exterior fire doors, shutters 9. and windovm at the close of each business day. Section 13; Stairway and Elevator Shafts.. In all buildings, hereafter erected, except private dwellings, which are used above the first floor for business purpose or for public assemblage, or for any purpose whatever if over three stories high, the stair shaft shall be separately and continuously enclosed by incombustible partitions. Elevator shafts in allbuild. kngs hereafter erected shall be enclosed in the same manner. The partitions shall be constructed of brick or other fire -resistive material approved by the Build- ing Inspector, and all mortar used in the construction shall be cement mortar. No such hollow partitions shah be less than :@Lx inches thick, no brick partitions less than 8 inches thick, and no other solid partition leas than 4 inches thick. Except as herein stated, the stair, elevator, or hoist -way shafts in all existing buildings over two r stories`thigh, of the class described in this section, shall be separately enclosed by incombustible Partitions as above specified; or the shafts may be enclosed by approvdd hollow or soldd partition blocks not less than 3inches thick, set in Portland cement mortar; or by 4-inch stud partitions, covered on each side with not less than J-inch of Portland cement plaster on metal lath; Irby 2--inch solid metal lath and Portland cement plaster partitions. The metal frame work of such partitions shall be securely fastened to both floor and ceiling. All lath used for such partitions shall be of galvanized steel weighing not less than 54 ounces per square yard. Wire lath shall be not less than No. 20 gage, and sheet metal lath not less than No. 24 gauge. All such partitions erected in existing buildings shall be fire -stopped with incombustile material the full depth of the floor beams at each floor level. All door openings in stair and elevator enclosures shall be protected by approved fire doors mounted wi.tlx 10 . wrought iron ❑r steel hardware, and shall be securely attached t❑ the wall or partition, or to substantial incombustible frames anchored thereto. If glass panels be used in such doors, they shall be o wired glass not exceeding 720 square inches in area; inteiior "shaft wbndowe shall not be permitted. Doors opening into stairway shaft shall swing in the direction of exit trabel; shall be self -closing, and shall be at least 36 inches wide. The enclosure walls for all elevator shafts shall extend at least 3 feet above the roof, and at least three fourths ❑f the area shall be covered with a skylight co tructed as specified in Section 14. if. in the opinion ❑f the Building Inspector, it is necessary to preserve an open elevator ❑r hoistway in an existing building, the floor openings through which _it passes shall be equipped with automatically closing trap doors not less than 1* inches thick, made of two thicknesses of matched boards, covered on the underside with tin. the trap doors when closed shall extend beyond the opening on all sides. Such trap doors shall be pro- tected by a substantial guard or gate, which shall be kept closed at all times except when in actual use. Section 14; Skylighta' over -Stairway ,andElevator Shafts. - Where a stairway, elevator, or dumb waiter shaft extends through the 3Dof and is covered by a. skylight, the skylight shall be constructed with incombustible frame and sash, glazed with Ordinary thin glass, and shall be protected by a galvanized steel wire screen with a mesh not exceed- ing one inch, and the wire not smaller than No. 12 gauge. The screen shall have metal supports and shell be placed not less than 6 inches above the skylight. Instead of a skylight, a window may be placed in the side of the shaft above the roof which is furthest removed from a property line. The window shall have incombuetible frame and sash, and be glazed with thin glass. -11- the roof level, except that when a shaft is covered by an incombustible ventilating skylight, the walls need not extend more than 2 feet above the roof. Masonry walls shall be properly coped. section 17. Roof Openings. --All openings in roofs for the admission of light or air, other than those provided for to Sections 14 and 16, shall have incom- bustible frames and sash glazed with wired glass; or ordinary glass may be used, if protected above and below by ga3ttanized steel wire screesn with a mesh not exceed. ing 1 inch4 and the wire not smaller than No. 12 gauge. The top screen shall be installed as epecif'aied in Section 14. Section 18. Exits Required.- The term "floor area" as used in this section shall mean the entire floor space between exterior walls and fire walls. in every building Hereafter erected,except in private dwellings, each fl&or area above the first shall be provided with at least two means of egress re- mote from each other. All exit doors in schools, hospitals, 'cheaters and other places of public assemblage shall open outwards. The means of agrees to all buildings three or more stories in height and so occupied as to bring them within the purview of the State Fire Escape Law, shall conform to said State law and the specifications promul- gated thereunder, and the Building inspector shall not grant a permit, as provided in Section 3, of this ordi- nance, for the erection of any building unless the plans and specifications for egress in much building shall conform to the requirements of the State Fire Sicape Law. Section 19. Motion Picture Theaters.- The Building Inspector shall not grant a permit for the erection or alt era,t i on of any building to be used as a motion picture theater, or in which motion pictures are to be exhibited within the corporate limits, unless the plans and speci- fications for the installation and operation of said 7 -1_3.. L r C 13 Section 22. Frame Buildings.-- No frame building here- after erected or altered, in corporate limits, shall exceed two stories or 30 feet in height, except that private dwellings may be three stories or 40 feet high. No frame building hereafter erected for any occupancy other than grain elevators, coal elevators and pockets, ice houses, and exhibition buildings, shall cover a ground area exceeding the following; One story building 7500 square feet, two-story building 5000 square feet. In no case shall a frame building be erected within 3 feet of inside lot line, nor within B feet of another building, unUss the space between the studs on such side be filled wolidly with not less than 2* inches of brick work or other equitalent incombustible material. In rows of frame houses, the dividing walls or partitions between hourees Uhall be built of brick, terra cotta, concrete or other incombustible material; or they may be built with 4-inch studs, filled solidly with brick work laid in mortar, or with other inoombus. tible material. If lath be used on such partitions, it shall be metal lath. Such dividing partitions shall rest on mashnry walls and shall extend to underside of tbof boards. A flush mortar joint shall be made between the roof boards and the wall or partition. In rows of more than three houses, every alternate division wall or partition shall be constructed of solid brick work not less than 8 inches in t1aickness. Buildings with wooden frame work clad with sheet metal, or veneered with brick, shall be classed as frame buildings. Outside the fire limits, when any building is to be erected of brick, stone, hallow block, or con- crete, and could under this ordinance be constructed of wood, the Building Inspector is hereby authorized and directed to allow reasonalkle modifications of this or- dinance rel-Ring to brick buildings, in consideration of -15- the use of incombustible material instead of wood. Such modifications however shall not permit variations from the requirements of Sections 13, A and 2C of this ordinance. Section 23. Electrical Instillations. --All electrical installations shall be in accordance with the rules and regulations promulgated by the State Pire Marshal, and no installation of electrical equipment shall be made, except in conformity thereto. Copy of said rules and regulations and all additions thereto, and revisions thereof, shall be kept on file in the office of the city eecretary and be subject to inspection as other public d-ocuments of the city. Section 24. Chimneys and Fireplaces.-- Except as herein provided, all chimneys in every building hereafter erected, and all chimneys hereafter altered or rebuilt shall be constructed of brick, stone, or reinforced con- crete. No masonry chimney shall have walls less than 8 inches thick or it is to be lined on the inside with well burned terra Gotta or fire -clay chimney tile set in Portland cement mortar or plastered in Portland cement in which case the wall shall oe not less than 4 inches thick. The lining shall be continuous from the bottom of the flue to i t s extreme height. No chimney shall be corbeled out more than 8 inches from a brick wall, and such corbeling shall consist of at least five courses of brick. Brick set on edge shall not be permitted in chimney construction. Chimneys of all low-pressure boilers, or furnaces, also the smoke flAtes for baker's ovens,large cooking ranges, large laundry stoves, and all flues used for similar purposes, shall be at least 8 inches in thickness and be lined continuously on the inside with a well burned terra Gotta or fire -clay chimnny the set in Portland cement mortar. All such chimneys shall be capped with terra cot -a, stone, concrete, or cast iron. 1 a_ The smoke flue of every hi gh-i'pres sure steam boiler, and every appliance producing a corresponding temperature in a flue, if built of brick, stone, rein- forced concrete, or other approved masonry, shall have walls not less than 12 inches thick, and the inside 4 inches of such walls shall be fire -brick, laid ih fike mortar, for a distance of at least 25 feet from the point where the smoke connection of the boiler enters the flue. AU chimneys shall project at least 3 feet above the point of contact with a flat roof, or 2 feet above the ridge of a pitched roof. Portland cement mortar only shall be used in the construction of chimneys. No chimney in any building shall have wooden supports of any kind. Supports shall be incom- bustible and shall rest upon the ground or the foundation. All chimneys which are dangerous from any cause shall be repaired, and made safe, or taken down. Metal smokestacks may be permitted for boilers, furnaces, and similar apparatus where large hot fires are used, provided they have a clearance from all combustible material of not less than one-half the diameter of the stack, but not less than 15 inches, unless the combusti- ble material ofn-94-4-se ., b" be properly guarded by loose fitting metal shields, in which case the distance shall not be less than 12 inohes. Where such a stack passes through a poof, it shall be guarded by a galvanized iron venti- lating thimble extending from at least 9 inches below the underside of the ceiling or roof beams to at least 9 inches above the roof, and the diameter of the ventilating thimble shall be not less than 36 inches greater than that of the smokestack. Metal smoke stacks shall not be permitted to pass through floors. The fireback of every fireplace hereafter erected shall be not lees than 8 inches in thickness of solid brick work, nor less than 12 inches bf stone lined with fire brick. Wven'a grate is set in a fire plee, a lining of fire brick at least 2 inches in thickness shall be added to the fireback; or soapstone, tile or cast iron may be used, if solidly backed with brick or concrete. X11 flue holes when not in use shall be closed with tight -fitting metal covers. Section 25.-Wooden Beams Separated from Masonry Chimneys. - No wooden beams or joists shall be placed within 2 inches of the outside face of a chimney or flue, whether the same be for smoke, air, or any other purpose. No woodwork shall be within A inches of theback wall of any fireplace. All spaces between the chimney and the wooden beams shall be solidly filled with mortar, mineral vxPol, or other inc=)ustible material. The header beam, carrying the tail beams of a floor and supporting the trimmer arch in front of a fireplace, shall be not less than 20 inches from the chimney breast. No wooden furring or studding shall be placed against any chimney; the plastering shall bedirectly on the masonry, or on.metal lathing. Wo6dwork fastened to plaster which is again the masonry of a chimney shall have a layer of asbestos board at least 1/8 inch thick placed between the woodwork and the plaster. Section 26.- Smoke Pipes.-- No smoke pipe shall be within 9 inches of any woodwork of any wooden lath and plaster partition or ceiling. Where smoke pipes pass thr ugh a wooden lath and plaster partition heya guarded ,by galvan- ized iron ventilated'thimbles at least 12 inches larger in diameter than the pipes, or by galvanized iron thimbles "18- built in at least 8 inches of brick work or other in- combustible material. es rough any"f oo , o _ . ,/ Section 27. Hot Air Pipes and Registers. --All heater pipes from hot air furnaces where paosing through combustible partitions, or floors, must be doubled tin pipes with at least 1-inch air space Uetwean them. Horizontal hot air pipes leading from furnahe shall be not less than 6 inches from any woodwork, unless the woodwork be covered with loosefitting tin, or the pipe covered with least *-inch of corrugated a0bestow, in which latter cases the distance from the woodwork may be reduced to not les-s than 3 inches. No hot air pipe shall be placed in a wooden stud partition or any wooden enclosure unless it be at least i feet horizontal distance from the furnace. Hat air pipes contained in combustible partitions shall be placed inside another pipe arranged to maintain } inch air space between the two on all sides, or be securely covered with i inch of corrugated asbestos. Neither the outer pipe nor the mvering shall be within 1 inch of wooden studding]E and no wooden lath shall be used to cover the portion of the partition in which the hot air pipe is located, Hot air pipes in closets shall be double, with a spaos of at least 1 inch between them on all sides. Every hot air furnace shall have at least one register without valve or louvres. A register located over a brick furnaoe shall be supported by a brick shaft built up from the cover of the hot-air chamber; said shaft shall be lined with a metal pipe; and no woodwork shall be within 3 inches of the outer face of the shaft. A register box placed in the floor over a portable furnace shall have an open space Around it of not less than 4 inches on all sides, and be supported -10- by -'an incombustible border. Hot air registers placed in any woodwork or combustible floors shall be surrounded with borders of incombustible material, not lees than 2 inches wide, securely set in place. The register boxes shall be of metal, and be double; the distance between the two shall be not less than 1 inch; or they may be single if covered with hsb estos not less than 1/8 inch in thickness, and if all woodwork within 2 inches be covered with tiA.. Cold air ducts for hot air furnaces shall be made of incombustible ma.t.erial,=-•d---� Section 28: Steam and Hot Water Pipes - No steam or hot water pipe shall be within 1 inch of any woodwork. Every steam or hot water pipe passing through combustible floors, or celings, or wooden lath and plaster partitions shall be protected by a metal tube 1 inch larger in diUkmeter than the pipe and be provided with a metal cap. All wooden boxes or casings enclosing steam or hot Water heating pipes, or wooden covers to recesses in walls in which steam or hot water heating pipes are placed shall be lined with metal. Section 29: Dry Roog6--- No combustible material shall be permitted in the construction of any dry room hereafter erected, in which a temperature of 125 degrees Phr. or over may exist. If a temperature under 125 degrees Phr is to be used, the dry room may be constructed of wood, but it shall be lined throughout with 1/8 inch asbestos, covered with sheet metal. If windows are placed in vialls or ceilings of dry rooms they shall be of wired glass set in fixed incom- bustible sash and frames. Section 30;-. Stoiree and Ranges.- Yo kitchen range or stove in any building shall be placed less than 2 feet from any woodwork or wooden lath and plaster partition, unles-, the woodwork or partition is properly protected by metal shields or asbestos, in which case the distance shall be V 4 not leas than 18 inches. Metal shields shall be loosely attached, thus preserving an air space behind them. Hotel and restaurant ranges shall be provided with a metal hood, placed at least 9 inches below any wooden lath and plaster or wooden ceiling, and hoe an individual pipe outlet connected with a good brick flue. The pipe shall be protected by at least 1 inch of asbestos covering, or its equivalent. Combustible floors under coal ranges and simi- lar appliances without legs, such as mentioned in Section 3} ,4e, in which hot fires are maintained, shall be protected by a sheet of metal, or a 1/8-inch layer of asbestos n. building lumber, which shallbe covered with not less than 4 inches of masonry set in cement mortar. Such masonry shall consist of one course of 4-inch hollow terra cotter or of two courses of brick or terra cotta, at least one of which shall be hollow, and be laid to preserve a free circulation of air throughout the whole course. Concrete may be substituted for a course of solid brick if desired. The masonry work shall be covered by sheet metal of not less than No. 26 gauge, oo arranged as not to obstruct the ventilating passages beneath. Such hearths shall extend at least 24 inches in front and 12 inches on the sides and back of the range or similar heating applianne. All coal stoves or ranges, with legs, shall be set on incombustible material, which shall extend at least 12 inches in front. Section 31: Heating Furnaces and Appliances.-- Any wood~;fork, wooden lath and plaster partition or ceiling within 4 feet of the sides or back, or six feet from the front -of any heating boiler, furnace, bakery ove, coffee roaster, fire -heated c,ndy kettle, laundry stove or other similar appliance, shall be covered with metal to a height of at least 4 feet above the floor. This cov- - 21-. 1 � i ering shall extend the full length of the boiler, furnace, or heating appliance, and to at least 5 feet in front of it. Metal shields shall be loosely attached thus preserving an air space behind them. In no case shall f such combustible construction be permitted within 2 feet of the sides or back of the heating appliance, or 5 feet in front of same. No furnace, boiler, rangq or other heating applianne shall be placed against a wall furred with wood. Heating boilers shall be encased on sides and top by an incombustible protective covering not less than�*—Lnches .thick. Section 32. Open -Flame Heating Devices. --All gas, gueolene, oil, or charcoal -burning stoves or heating devices, shall be placed on iron stands at least 6 "r inches above combustible supports, unless the burners are at least 5 inches above the base, with metal guard plates 4 inches below the burners. No ppen.-flame heating or lighting device shall be used in any room where g4olene or other volatile inflammable fluids are stored or handled. Section 33'-- Gas Connections:- Gas connections to stoves and similar heating devices shall be made of ri- Bid metal pipes. For small portable gas heating devices flexible metal or rubber tubing may be used when there is no valve or other shut-off opz the device. Section 34:..r "trash Receptables:-- All receptacles for ashes, trash, garbage, and refuse shall be of gal- vanized iron or other incombustible material. Section 35:--- Vent Flues:-- Vent Flues or ducts, for the removal of foul or vitiated air, in which the tem- perature of the air connet exceed that of the rooms, shall be constructed of metal or other incombustible material, and shall not be placed near than 1 inch to any woodwork, and no such flue shall be used for any -22- other purpose. 1 i 0 C) 16? ., ering shall extend the full, length of the boiler, furnace, or heating appliance, and to at least 5 feet in front of it. Metal shields shall be loosely attached thus preserving an air space behind them. In no case shall such combustible construction be permitted within 2 feet of the sides or back of the heating appliance, or 5 feet in f rant of same. No furnace, boiler, range or other heating appliacne shall be placed against a wall furred with wood. Heating boilers shall be encased on sides and top by an incombustible protective covering not less than 1*-inches .thick. Section 32. Open -Flame Heating Devices. --All gas, gaeolene, oil, or charcoal -burning staves or heating devices, shall be placed on iron stands at least 6 -- inches above comoustible supports, unless the burners are at least 5 inches above the base, with metal guard plates 4 inches below the burners. No ppen.-flame heating or lighting device shell be used in any room where g4eolene or other volatile infla=able fluids are stored or handled. Section 33'-- Gas Connections:- Gas connections to stoves and similar heating devices shall be made of ri- gid metal pipes. For small portable gas heating devices flexible metal or ruober tubing may be used when there x .. is no valve or other shut-off of the device. Section 34:..- Trash Receptables:-- All receptacles for ashes, trash, garbage, and refuse shall be of gal- vanized iron or other incombustible material. Section 35; Vent Flues:-- Vent Flues or ducts, for the removal of foul or vitiated air, in which the tem- perature of the air connet exceed that of the rooms, shall be constructed of metal or other incombustible material, and shall not be placed near than 1 inch to any woodwork, and no such flue shall be used for any -22- other purpose. Section 36: - Safety of Design....- All parts of every building shall be designed to safely carry the loads to be imposed thereon, and :_hall in all rezpedts conform to good engineering practice. Section 37:- Unsafe Buildings. --Every building, structure, or part thereof, which shall appear to the Building Inspector to be �gerous, by rea..on of bad condition of walls, defective construction, overloaded floors lack of L-uards against fire, or other causes, shall be held to be unsafe. The Building Inspector shall immediately notify the owner or lessee to Cause the same to be made safe, and shall also affix a notice of the dangerous character of the structure in a conspicous place on the exterior gall of such building, and no person shall remove or deface such n_.tice so affixed. The owner or party having an interest in such unsafe build- ing ar struoture, being notified thereof in writing by the Building Inspector, shall imi-ediately cause the same to be made safe and secure, and if any such building shall be used for any purpose requiring a lisenee therefor, the mayor may revoke said license on neglect of the owner to comply with the notice served as herein provided. Where the public safety requires immediate action, the Building Inspector may enter upon the premises, with such assistance as may be necessary, and cause the said structure to be made secure or torn down and removed without delay, at the expense of such owner or party interested. The Building Inspector is hereby given full power to order the fire department to assist in such work. Section 38:- Duties of Enforcing Officer.-- The Building Inspector is hereby authorized and empowered: First. To enforce all ordinances relating to the construction, equipment,managerment, and condition of all property within said city of Lubbock; and it is hereby made the duty of the departments of police, health and fire to assist in the enforcement of this ordinance, - PA_ and each of these departments shall, so far as possible, act in connection with the Building Inspector in such enforcement. Second. To supervise the construction or reconstruc- tion of all buildings. Thidd: To report monthly to the mayor or city council regarding the condition of the on all matters pertaining to fire preventioh. Section 39: Penalty for Violations.-- Any and Lill per- sons who shall violate any of the provisions of this ordinance or fail to comply therewith, or who shall violate or fail to comply with any order or regulation made thereunder, or who shall build in violation of any detailed statement or specifications or plans submitted and approved thereunder, or any certificate or permit issed thereunder, shall severally for each and every such violation and non-compliance, respectiveltiy, upon conviction be punished by a fine of not less than ten new more than one hundred dollars. The imposition of one penalty for any violation of this ordinance shall not excuse thb violation, o..-permit it to continue; and all wuch persons shall be required to correct or remedy such violations or defects within a reasonable time; and when not otherwise specified each ten days that pro- hibited conditions are maintained shall constitute a separate offense. The application of the above penalty shall not be held to prevent the enforced removal of prokibited conditions as provided in Section 3. of this ordinance. Section 40;-- Conflicting Oridnances Rgpealed.- All ordinanoe$ and parts of ordinances inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. Section 41:-- Date of Effect.-- This ordinance shall take legal effect and be in force from and after. its passage and legal publication. -24- Section 42;- iRnergency Clause,-- The fact that there is no adequate protection to buildings within the city of Lubbock, to prevent the origin and speead of fires, creates a public necessity and emergency that this-ordiance be passed on the meeting of its intro- duction, and that the provision of the Charter requiring it to be read at Two several meetings before adoption, is hereby suspended, and this ordinance shall be in effect from and after its pas- sage and publi cat i on.- -25- 1. 2.7- 3 7 4