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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 51 11/22/1923 - __ _,___m__.__ __ ~.______ . No. 61. .. BUILDING ORDINANCE AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE ERECTION, OONSTRUOTION, ALTERATION, REPAIR, REMOVAL, SAFETY, AND INSPEOTION OF ANY BUILDING, WALL, STRUOTURE OR PORrION THEREOF AND CREATING THE OFFIOE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF BUILDING CONSTRUOTION. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF' TRUSTEES OJ!' THE VILLAGE OF MO~ PROSPECT, ILLINOIS: Section 1. The offioe of Superintendent of Buildln~ Oon- struction in and for the Village of Mount Prospeot is hereby created and the Superintendent of Polioe is hereby appointed Superintendent of Building Construotion, in and for the Villa~e of Mount Prospeot, ex-offioio. Seotion 2. DUTIES OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF BUILDIIG CON- STRUOTION. It shell be and is hereby made the duty of the Superintendent of Building Oonstruotion to enforce all ordinanoes and all orders or resolutions of the Board of Trustees, re1atin~ to the ereotion, oonstruotion, alteration, repair, remoTa1 or safet.y of any building, wall, struoture, or portion thereof, within the Village of Mount Prospeot. Seotion 3. INSPEOTORS AND ASSISTANTS - APPOINTMENT OF. Said Superintendent is hereby authorized to appoint, by and with the oonsent of the President, suoh inspeotors and assistants in the execution of the duty mentioned in the last precedin~ section of this ordinance as he may from time to time reou1re, and the Board of Trustees may. by ordinance or resolution, authorize. Seotion 4. STOPPING WORK IN VIOLATION OF PUBLIC SAFETY. The Fire Marshal shall be empowered under this ordinance to stop a~ and all oonstruction whioh is in violation of public safety and shall not permit said oonstruotion to oontinue until said hazard is remoTed. Section 5. RIGH'f TO ENTER BUILDING..; PENALTY. The Superintendent of Building Oonstruction and his duly authorized inspectors are hereby empowered to enter any building, whether oomp1eted or in prooess of construotion, alteration or repair, for the purpose of determiD!n~ whether the same has been or is bein~ oonstrueted, altered or repaired in accordanoe with the terms of any ordinance and any order or resolution of the Board of Trustees, 1- and no person shall exo1ude them or attempt to exo1ude them from such building or interfere with them or any of them, in the performance of duties in that respect, under a penalty of not 1es8 than ~enty-five Dollars ($25.00) nor more than One Hundred noll~rs (tlOO.OO) for each offense. Section 6. SUPERINTENDENT MAY STOP WORK OR REVOKE PERMIT. The Superintendent of Building Construction shall have the power to stop work under any permit issued when suoh work is beln~ done in a oareless manner or oontrary in any respect to the provisions of any ordinanoe of said Village, or resolution or order of the Board of Trua tees. Any person or persons, firm or corporation havtn~ char~e of or direoting or in any way enga~ed in suoh work, who shall refuse or fail promptly desist from suoh work on notioe from the SUperintenden~ of Building Oonstruotion so to do, shall be liable for the penalti.s herein proviaed. and in addition thereto shall be deemed guilt;, of a misdemeanor, and on oonviotion thereof shall be fi ned no t less than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) nor more than One Hundred Dollars (~100.00) for .ach offense. .. Should the person, persons, firm or oorporation, to whom a permit has been issued or assigned, negleot or refuse to cause the work to be ~de to oomply with the provisions of any ordinanoe or resolution or order of the Board of Trustees violated after the work is stepped for suoh cause by the Superintendent of Building Oonstruotion, said Superintendent shall have the right to revoke the permit; and, it shall be unlawful after the revooation of suoh permit to proceed with suoh work or building operations (exoept as hereinafter proviaed) unless suoh permit shell first have been rei nstated or issued by the Superintendent of Building Construotion. Before a permit, reVOked for the cause or oauses before mentioned, oan be lawfully reissued or reinstated, the entire building and building site must be first put in such oondition as tooomply with the ordinanoe, resolution or order whioh has been violated as aforesaid, and any work or material applied to the seme in violation thereof shall first be removed from said buildin~ or buildin~ site. Seotion 7. BUILDING MUST CONFORM TO ORDINANCE. No wall, buildin~ or struoture of any kind or desoription or part thereof sball hereafter be erected, oonstructed, altered or repaired exoept in oonformity with the provisions of this ordinanoe. Seotion 8. BUILDINGS NOT IN ACCORDANCE WITH ORDINANCE DEOLARED AlfUISANOE - PENALTY. Any wall, building. structure or part thereof, hereafter built, erected, oonstruoted~ repaired or altered within the Village of Mount Prospeot in any manner oontrary to the provisions of this ordinanoe is hereby declared a nuisanoe and the person, owner, agent, arohiteot, builder or oontractor so bUilding, erecting, oonstructing, repairing or altering the seme oon~rary to the provisions of 8aid ordinanoe shall be subjeot to a penalty of not less than Twenty-five Dollars (#25.00) nor more than Two Hundred Dollars '3 (t200.00) for eacb offense and to a like penalty for each day any such structm-e shall .be by him or the" permitted to continue in such condition after his or their conviction of such violatioD. Seotion 9. PERMITS REC'UIRKD. No person, owner, agent, architect, Quilder or contractor shall begin tbe erection, construction, alteration or repair of any building or structure in :bhe Till.ge of Mount Prospect or begin the cle.ring or ,excavati on of the site of any preposed buildin~ or struoture wi thout first h.Ting applied for .nd obtained a :r:e rmi t 1n ft,i ting so to do from the Superintendent of Building Construotion of 8.id Village. Section 10. WORKING WITHOUT PERMIT - PENALTY. An7 person, owner, agent, arohiteot, builder or oontraotor wbo shall oontinue in tte erection, oonstruction, alteration or repair of any building or structure in the Villa~e of Mount Prospect contrary to the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall upon oonviction t~ereof be fined not le.s than five Dollars ($5.00) nor more tban Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) for eaoh offense and a like sum for eaoh and every day he shall oontinue to aid or assist in the work bein2 done oontrary to this ordinance after notice to him or them by the Superintendent of Building Oonstruction of such violation. Section 11. ORDINARY REPAIRS AND ALTERATIONS EXCEPTED. Ordinary repairs or alterations of existin~ buildin~s or struotures not contemplating or involving the renewal of any external or division wall or portion thereof; the removal of any beam or support; olosing or removing any stairs, exit, scuttle, skylight or fire escape; ohanging to a different system of heating, lighting, or ventilating; re-shingling or re-covering co.busti'ble roofs or renewing the exterior woodwork of any frame building or structure within the fire limits or increasing the fire risk of . any bUilding or struoture may be made without obtaining a permit therefor. Seotion 12. APPLICATION FOR PERMITS - HOW MADE. All applications for permits BO to cons truct, ereot', alter or re- pair any building, struoture or part thereof for whioh work a permit is reouired by this ordinanoe shall be in writin~ over the si~ature of the owner or of his responsible a~ent on printe<< blanks to be. furnished by the Village. Every suob applioation shall give the location of the proposed work, that is, the legal or taxable description of the land upon whioh the building, struoture or part thereof 1s to be erected, oonstructed, al~e~ed or repaired as the case may be, and shall be filed with the Superintenden1J of Building Oonstruotion. Said applioation shell be _ccompanied by plans signed by the Qwner or arQbiteot and in surrl01~n~ detail to enable the Superln~endent or BUilding tJ Construction to obtain full and oomplete information as to the oharacter of tbe work proposed to be ~one under the permit sou~ht,. copy of whioh 88ia plans shall remain on file in the office of said Superintendent. Seotion 13. PEES. . Pees for permits re"uired by this ordinance' shall be paid to the Village Treasurer for the use of said Village in aooordanoe with the followin~ sohedule: Cost of Proposed work Permit Fee Less than ~500.00.................... 2.50 500.00 and less than $11000.00...... 5.00 1.000.00 and less than '5,000.00.... 12.50 5.000.00 and less thanllO,OOO.OO....lS.'.O ~OOO.OO and less than 16,000.00.... 25.00 1&000.00 and less than 25,000.00.....30.00 25,000.00 and over................... ~.. 37.50 Section 14. PERMIT TO BE ISSUED - WHEN. Wben it Bhall appear to the Superintenaent of Building Construotion that an . application has been made and plane filed in due form and ~nner .a presoribed by this ordinance, that the proposed use, manner of construction, kind and quality of material and workmanship are in all respects in acoordance with the provisions of this ordinance. he shall thereupon issue the permit sought; and it is hereby made the duty of .ald Superintendent to approve or rejeot any plan filed with him pursuant to the provisions of this ordinanoe Within a reasonable time not exceeding ten days. Section 15. OCCUPYING OF STREET. It shall not be lawful to oocupy with bUilding material any street or any part thereof With- out first having had or obtained ,tbe written permission of the Superintendent of Building Constnaction, and in no event shall any part of any street other than that immediately in front 01 the lot or land upon whioh tbe buildin~ is bein~ ereoted or work done, be OOoupied nor shall more than one-third 01 the street, 1rom curb line to ourb line, be Oocupied. No suoh buildin~ material shall be so plaoed as to render inaocessible any 1ire hydrant, valve chamber, manhole or catcbbasin, or obstruct the ~utter or waterwa~ of any street. Suob license to ocoUPY any publio street 10r private use in oonnection with aotual buildln~ operations is hereby declered and made . subject to the prOVisions of .il ordinances of the Vill.~e and to the supervision and direotion 01 the Superintendent of Buildin~ Con- struotion. As soon as aotual bUilding operations s~all have ceasea all building materials shall be removed from the portion 01 street so oocupied and tbe a'reet shall be oleared and put in tbe seme oon- dition as before buildin~ operations were oommenced by the party to whom such license or permi8sion bas been given. A fee of Two Dollars (t2.00) per month or fraotion thereo1, with a minimum fee 01 Two Dollars (t2.00) shall be paid for eaoh twenty-five lineel feet of street / used, pay_ble monthly, in .dvarioe, to tne Treasurer of said Villa..e. Before aDY pe~mis8ion or license to use any part of any street for .tora~e of buildin~ material as aforesaid shall be l'iven by the said Superintendent of Buildin~ Oonstruotion, a bond in the penal sum of .One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) with satisfaotory surety to be approvea b7 said superintendent shall be filed with said superintendent, the con4tiion of which bond shall be that the applioant for suoh per- mis.ioD will indemnify and save harmless the said Villa~e of Mount Prospeot from all aooidents and dama~es oaused by ne~li~enoe or otherwise in either the execution or proteotion of the work durin~ bUilding operations or in any way resultin~ from occupying 8aid street with building material or otherwise obstructing the same. . AS an additional guaranty for the proper protection of publio property and . in~erests and the restoration of the street disturbed by the .aid . building operation there shall be deposited with the Villa~e , . Tre..urer,cash or a oertified cheCk in the sum of Twenty-five Dollars (.a5~OO). The person or persons, firm or corporation to whom p.r- . mi.8io~ Is given to use any part of any public street for buildin~ material shall provide substantial and suitable barricades and shall place and maintain proper and suffioient red lights to ~uard and proteot all obstruotions alon~ the street obstructed under said per- miss'ion. Seotion 16. When the footin~s of any buildinl!' or struoture oont~mplated by this Ordinanoe and amendments thereto have been con- structed the Bame shall be inspeoted by said Superintendent of Build- in~ Oonstruction and if found by him to be in fUll oomplianoe w1t~ the provisions of this Ordinanoe and amendments thereto but not other- wise, a certificate of satisfaotory inspection shall be issued by said Superintendent. When said walls, foundations and footin<<s are ready for said inspection, it shall be the dut.y of the owner or con- tractor in ohar~e to notify said Superintendent of such fact at least t~enty-four (24) hours in advance of inspection and no further work on said buildin~ or structure shall be done until said oertificate of satisfactory inspeotion shall have been issued. wnen the work of construotion on any buildin~ or struoture contemplated by this Ordinance and amendments thereto shall have. pro- 8ressed to the point where said buildin~ or struoture is ready for lathin~ but before any lathing shall have been done said buildin~ or structure shall be a~ain inspeotea by said Superintenaent 01' Build- in~ Oonstruotion and if found by him to be in full oomplianoe with the provisions of this Ordinanoe and amendments thereto but not other- wise, a .ertificate of satisfactory inspection shall be issued by aaid SUperintenden~. When said buildin~ or structure is r.ad~ tor thia I i..J inspeotion, it shall be the duty of the owner or the contraotor in ohar~e te notify said Superintendent of suoh fact at least twenty-- four (24) hours in advance of inspection and no further work on said building or structure'shall be done until said certifieate of satis- faotory inspeotion shall have been issued. Proviaed. however that the inspections provided for in this Section shall be in addition to all other inspeotions re~uired or authorized in this Ordinanee and amendments thereto and nothi~ in this Section contained shall be oonstrued as limitin~ or restrictin~ anyri~ht or authority ~iven to said Superintendent of Buildin. Oon: struotion in and by tbis Ordinance and amendments thereto, to i~spect any said building or structure at any time or times. CLASSIFICA,TION Section 17. All buildin.s ereoted within the oorporate limits of the Villa~e of,Mount Prospeot, shall be dividea into the followin~ 01as.8s: CLASS I shall oonsist of all oommeroial, publio and flat or tenement buildin~s erected ou~side the fire limits and all build~ in~s w:i..thin the fire limits, and termed "'Slow Burnin~ Com truotion." "SLOW BURNING CONSTRUCTION'" The term "'Slow Burnin~ Oonstruotion'" shall apply to all buildin~s in which the struotural members which carry the loads and strains which oome upon the floors and roof thereof are made wholly or in part of oombustible material, but throu.hout whioh the oombustible as well as the inoombustible materials 'shall be protected a~ainst injury from fire by oOYerin~s of inoombustible, non-heat oonduotin~ material, except that. half- inoh ooverin~ of plaster on metal lath or three-eights inch of plaster board shall be considered suffioient proteotion for the under side of joists, steel beams, columns or girders and that a deafening of cinder ooncrete (mixed 1:4:8:) one and one-half inch- es (It"') thick shall be used direotly above all rough floors. Where oak, yellow pine or fire posts of ~reater sectional are. than ninety (90) square inohes are used, they need not have special inoombustible ooverin~. All stair halls and elevator enolosures in buildings of this type shall be made entirely of incombustible material. GARAGES BUILT AS PART OF RESIDENCES - GQra~es built as a part of a residenoe or in oonnection witb livin~ Quarters of any kind shall be of "Slow Burning Construotion,'" as outlined in CLASS I of this ordinance. . -..J '7 _ Garages aa mentioned in precedin2 para~raph shall be provided with sui~able Tentilatin~ arran~ement. CLASS I I OLASS II shall contain those buildin~s used for a..estic purposes, sucb as residences, barns and private ~araFes, Which are -ereoted outside of the fire limits of the Villa~e of Mount Prospect, and shall be built of "Ordinary Oonstruotion.~ "ORDINARY CONSTRUCTION" - By the term "Ordinary Oonstruotion'" as usea in this ordinanoe, is meant the ordinary system of oonstruotion in whioh timber and iron structural parts are not protected with fire- resistin~ coverin~. CLASS I Seotion 18 - CLASS I, in addition to the general provisions, shall oomply with the special provisions ot this section, as tOll"': FOUNDATIONS AND WALLS - The supporting walls, foundations and footings occuring below finished ~rade, must be of masonry; either con- crete, ooncrete block, stone, brick or vitrified title. They shall extend at least four feet below finished grade. Foundation walls shall be at least twelve inche~ thick for one and two story structures and sixteen inches thick for three-story $tructures. The footin~ oourse shall be not less than twelve inches deep of ooncrete mixed in proportio-n of not less than 1:3:5: and snaIl projeot not less tnan six inches on each side of wall. Interior column footin~s shall be not less than three feet square by one foot thick, built of concrete of the aboTe proportion. Masonry walls above the foundation shall be concrete blook, brick or tile laid 1:3:5:, cement, lime and sand mortar and shall be at least twelve inohes thick tor one and two-story structures and at least sIxteen inches thick for the first story and twelve inches thiok for the seoond and third story of three-story struotures. Tile or ooncrete block walls shall not be used for bearinR walls in struoture higher than one-story unless fully grouted with ooncret. mixed in proportion of 1:3:5:. This material may, howeTer, be usea for ourtain walls where the loads are carried on st..l or reinforoed concrete girders or piers. BrlQ' walls shall be bonded with a full header course at least eaoh sixthoourse. -~ Parapet walls except where gutters ocour, are to extend at least two feet above the bi~h point of the roof, laid in cement mortar and be not less than nine inches in thiokness. Parapet walls shall be covered with vitrified tile, terra cotta or gtone copin~. Hoilow olay, gypsum or terra cotta tile partitions of not less than four~inch material may be used where same do not extend more than one-story in height and do not carry any load. Sucn walls shall \ be used around stair halls, elevators or divisions between stores. Twelve inch hrick curtain walls may be used not exeeedin~ four stories in hei~ht, where the same do not carry any load. Bearing partitions are to be ~overned by same re~uirements as herein provided for Outside Walls. TurnER FRAMING Joists shall be supported on masonry walls, steel or reinfor- ced ooncrete ~irderg or timber girders and posts. Wood posts, where used, shall be of yellow pine, fir or oak and not less than eig~t inohes square for fourteen feet in height and 'ten inches for fourte.en to twenty foot heights. No girder Bauare is to be less than six by twelve inches (6" x 12"). Where cast iron or steel columns'are used they shall have base and cap plates with provisions made for anChoring girders. Where ate'el girders are used, same snaIl be framed together ,1'11 th standard oonnections and joists bearing on steel or wood girders shall have at least three inch bearing thereon o~ shall be hung in stirrups of dimension not l~ss than ~" x 2". ~11 girders shall be properly anohored into bearing wail by strap or pin anchors and eaoh fifth joist shall be anohored into wall with the usual pin anchor. All girders resting on bearing 'Ralls shall have bearing plates ten inches by twelve inches (10" x 12") in area and five-eights inch (5/8") thiok. Joists shall have at least four inch bearing on bearing , walls with fire Ot1t. Joists shall be bridged eight feet with two by two (2" x 2") brla~ing Or equivalent. CUTTING FLOOR TIMBERS FOR PIPES, ETC. - No pipin~ or conduits ,,I of any kind shall be out into floor timbers or joists at a ~re.ter distance than two feet from the ends of supports of said beams or joists, nor to . greater depth than one-sixth of the depth of the beams or joists, unless reinforoements shall be provided that insure the strength of the neor system being as ~reat as if no such .utti~ was done. FRAMING All structural framing shall be desi<<ned in accordanoe with tables in "t'lambrta Steel," a handbook hereinafter referred to and made.. part hereof, using a fiber stres8 of twelTe hunared (1200) pounds per square inoh for timber and sixteen tbousan! (16000) pounds per square inoh for steel.. Live loads of one hundred (100) pounds per square foot of floor ana twenty-fiTe (25) pounds per sonare foot of roof, in addition to the entire weight of structure, are to be used in oaloulatin~ the strength of members, under this cia'8ification. All headers and tri~mers, where headers are over four foot span, shall be doubled and where headers are over twelve foot span they shall be tripled; and, in the latter case, the headers shall be supported by one-ouarter inoh by two inoh (f" % 2") iron stirrups. Framing around staris, elevators and other openingsishall be ae.igned to oarry the full live. and dead loads oomin~ upon the same and all mem~ers shall be firmly anohored together. FLOORING - No f1oorin~ shall be less than one and three- querters inohe. (I!") thick, either 1n one thickness or in two thiok- nesses consisting ,of a rou~h floor with finished floor laid above it in the opposite direction. Each and every board comprising said floor, if of one thickness. or the lower or rou~h floor, if of two thicknesses, shall be firmly and seourely nailed at each bearin~. Eaoh and eTery board oomprising the top or finished floor, when the floor oonsists of two thicknesses, shall be firmly and securely nailed to tbe lower or roup;h floor. o ROOFS - All rough sheeting for roofs shall be notl.ss than thre.-quarters (!") inches thiok. Shingle roofs and other forms of oombustible roof o.verfn~ upon buildin~s wi thin the fire limits of said Villa~e are prohibi ted. Roofs, whose slopes are not more than three inches per foot horizontal, and the coverings of whioh 'are made with proper composi- tion of felt and gravel, shall be oonsidered inoombustible. Pitoh roofs with greater slope than three inohes per foot horizontal; shall be oOTered wi th slate, metal, tile or other roof material approT.d by the Underwriters. 1/ OORNIOES - Oornioes shall be made of s~eet metal, stone or terra ootta, securely anohored to the wall. If of sheet metal the anohor shall be one-half inch bolts, twenty-four inches Ion" spaoea not less than three feet oenters. If cornioe is of terra ootta or stone, it is to be so designed that the'greatest weight is on the inside of the wall. WINDOWS, DOORS, ETC. - All wi ndoWB, doors or sk7li~hts in the outside walls shall be glazed wi th no,t les8 than double '8tren~th glass. , STAIRWAYS - Each building over two-stories inhe12ht shall have at least two exits and two complete flights of stairs one of which may be an iron stairway fire escape, two feet wide, on the outside wall; oomplete with hand rail; extended from roof to ground'and provided with'counterbalance from second floor. Any fire esoape i8 to be e_sily accessible from. window or door opening and to be plainly marke! and shall never be bolted exoept by moveable bolt easily drawn from the inner side. All exit doors shall open out. Inside stairways to roof height are to be not less than three feet six inches wide and providea 'nth a hand rail on either side. There shall be acoess to the roof by stairway opening into a penthouse, having proper locked door or by an iron ladder, leading to a scuttle, having its cover hinged and locked from the inside With a suitable locking device. All two-story buildings shall have at least one inside stairway, three feet six inches (3' 6~)wide. CHIMNEYS - Exoept as herein provided, all chimneys in eTery building hereafter erected and all chimneys her..fter altere. or rebuilt shall be construoted of briok, stone or re- inforoed conorete. No masonry ohimney shall have walls les8 than eight inohes thick unless it be lined on the inside with .e11 burnea terra ootta flue lining, set in Portland cement mortar or fire brick set in fire clay, in which case the walls shall be not less than four inches thick. The lining shall be oontinuous from the bottom of the flue to its extreme height. No ohimney shall be oorbelea out more than eight inches from a briok wall and suoh corbelling shall consist of at least five oourses of briok. Briok set on edge shall not be permitted in chimney construotion. All smoke flues over sixteen inches by sixteen inches (16" x 16") shall have walls at least ei~ht inches in thickness, .nd be lined oontinuously on the inside with well burned terra ootta flue lining set in Portland oement mortar or fire brick set in fire olay. All such chimneys shall be oapped with terra ootta, ston., oonorete or cast iron. All chimneys shall project at least three feet above the point of oontact with a flat roof, or two feet above the rid~e of a pitchea roof. Portland cement mortar tempered Wi th lime shall be used in the construction of chimneys. No ohimneys in any bUildinR shall have wooden ~pports of any kind. Supports shall be incombustible and shall rest upon the ground or the foundation. Metal smoke staoks may be permitted for boilers, furnaces and similar apparatus where large, hot fires are used, provided they have a olearanoe from all oombustible material of not le8s than one-half diameter of the staok, but not less than fifteen inches, unless the oombustible material be properly ~uarded by loose fitting metak shields, in whioh case the distano. shall be not leas than twelve inohes. Where suoh a stack passes throu~h a roof, it shall be guardea by a galvanized iron ventilatin~ thimble e~ending from at least nine inches below the under sIde of the oeiling or roof beams to at least nine inohes abaTe the roof ant the iiameter of the ventilating thimble shall be not les8 than thirty-siz inohes greater than that of the smoke s~ok. M.~l smoke staoks shall not be permitted to pass through floors unless they are lined oontinuously with three inohes of asbestos s~ok linin~. The fire-baCk of every fireplace hereafter ereot.. shall be not less than four inohes in thiokness, of solid brick work, with a four inch lining of fire brick laid in fire clay. Soapstone tile or oast iron lining may be used if solidly backed with briok or concrete eight inohes thick. . All flue holes when not in use shall be olosed wi th ti~ht fittin~ metal oovers. WOODEN BEAMS SEPARATED FROM MASONRY CHIMNEYS - No wooden beams or joists shall be plaoed 'nthin two inches of the outside face of a ohimney or flue, whether the same be for smoke, air or ~y other purpose. No ohimney of flues shall be used for the support of any structural framing. No woodwork shall be within ei~ht inohes of the inner faoe of the lining of any fireplace. All spaoe between the ohimney and the wooden beams shall be solidly filled with mortar, mineral wood or other incombustible material. The header beam carrying the tail beams of a floor and supporting the trimmer arch in front of a fireplaoe shall be not less thsn twelve inohes from the faoe of the brlok mantle at the floor level. SMOKE PIPES - No smoke pipes shall pass througb wooden l_th an4 plaster partitions unless it be guarded by galvanizel iron ventilated thimbles at least four inches larger in diameter thaD /'17, the pipes. No smoke pipe shall pass through any floor or a root having wooden frame work or oover1n~. HEATER PIPES - All heater pipes from hot air furnaoes where paseing through oombustible partitions or floors must be oovered with five thioknesses of sheet asbestos. Xerisontal hor air pipes leading from furnaoes shall be not less than six inches from any woodwork unless the weodwork be cover- eel wi1;h tin. All hot air pipes above the basement ceiling shall be clouble. REGISTERS and REGISTER BOXES - Register boxes shall be of metal and shall be double. PBBIAOE SETTINGS - Hot air, hot water or other heating furnaces, whether briok or metal, shall be kept at least twelve inohes and the smoke f1~e thereof at least twenty inohes distant from any unproteot- ed woo&..rk~ All suoh furnaoes shall be plaoed on suitable masonry or ooncrete foundations.' STEAM BOILERS AND OVEN SETTINGS - Whenever large steam boil- ers, furnaoes or ovens, ooffee roasters or other similar struotures in whioh fires are maintained are set inside of a buildi~ er a roem with wooden floor or oeiling oons~ruotion, the floor of the .ame shall be proteoted by a oovering of four inoh olay tile with one inoh top and face of Portland oement oonorete. This feundation shall extend under the whole of the fire box and ash pit of suoh steam boiler or furnaoe or other struoture and to a distance of not less than four feet in tront of same. The space between the tops of suoh steam boilers and furnaoes and any wood oeiling construction shall in all cases be proteoted by a oovering of inoombustible material. steam pipes must be kept at least one inoh from any unproteoted woodwork. BOILERS ETC. - HOW PLACED No suoh boiler, furnaoe or ovens shall be placed on other than the basement floor unless plaoed on in- combustible beams and arohes, and all woodwork removed from near the same; and, in no oase, unless a written permit from the Superintendent of Buildin~ Construotion be first obtained. REATI NG APPARATUS IN PUBLIC BUILDINGS - No furnaoe, boiler or heating apparatus.in which fuel is oonsumed shall be placea beneath stairs or exits from public buildin~s. VENTILATION - Each habitable room shall have at least one wind.. opening direotly to the outside air, of at least twelve 8~uare fe.t ~l.ss area aDd oapable of bein~ ventilated to the extent of fit'tb per cent. . The total ~lass area of windows in ,eaoh room shall be not less than ten per oent of the floor area. Other natural or meohanioal system of ventilatin~ may be used in lieu of the above, providing the volume of air room is ohanged eight times per hour. WINDOWS ON COURTS - Where windows open onto a oourt, where the latter is entirely enclosed by walls of said buildfn~, the court shall have a minimum width of six feet and have an area of at least fifty square feet. Seotion 19. One story struotures having no basement may be oonstructed of eight inoh tile, concrete block or briok walla, providing the walls are not over nine feet in height above the finished gracle. The floors of such structure must rest on the ~roun4 and be oonstructed entirely of non-oombustible material. The roof rafters and sbeathing of such building, when the floor are. does not exceed four bundred (400) snuare feet, may be of ordinary con- struotion as outlined in Seotion 20 of this orclinanoe, proTiding the underside of the rafters are protected with one half inch oovering of plaster or metal lath or 3/8 inob plaster boarl. CLASS II Section 20 - aLASS II, in addition to the general'pro- visions, shall comply with the special provisions of this section, as follows: FOUNDATIONS AND WALLS - The supperting walla, foundations and footings ocouring below the finished grade, except 8S other- wise Dotea., must be masonry, either conorete, conorete block, stone, brick or vitrified tile. They shall extend at least four feet below finished grade. One story struotures, when not to be used as permanent residenoes, may be supported on six inoh oedar pests not more than eight feet apart, said posts in all oases to extend to firm soil and in no case to extend less than three feet six inches below .rate and mus t be charred or oreosoted. .. Foundation walls shall be at least twelve inches thick for two-story brick or masonry structures. They shall be at least el~ht inches thiok for one-story masonry structures or for frame structures. ~he footing course shall be not less than ei~ht inches 'e.p ot concrete mixe' in proportion of not less tban 1:3:6: and shall projeot not less than six inches on e80h side at the wall. Interior column foo'in~s shall be not less than tcYO feet square by one foot thick, built of concrete of the abOTe proportion. Xasonry walls above foundation when of stone, conorete block, brick or tile shall be laid in cement, lime and sand mortar mixed in the followin~ proportions: one part cement, three parts lime and five parts sand, and sball be at least ei~ht inohes tbiok ! 4 for one story structures and twelve inohes thick for the lower ator,r ot higher buildings. Briok veneer may be usel, provided 8ame i8 anaborel With 80 p.nay spikes, eTer7 seventh oourse to stud partition baok1n~. SIDING - All exterior stud walls of frame residenoe bUildings exceeding six hundred (600) square teet in area, shall be sheathed with seven-eights inch (7/aW) material laid in tight joints and covered with at least one thickness of buildln~pap.r; joints lapped one inoh. TIMBER FRAMING - Joists may be supported on timber ~irder8 ana posts or eight inoh brick or ooncrete blook partitions providel With footings as direoted for Outside Walls. On twelve inoh masonry walls, sill plates 'sh~ll be not 1eS8 than two by six inoh (28 x 6~) anchored to the wall every six feet with 5/a~ x 19~ bolts. Where posts are used s111 ti~bers are to be not less than six inoh by eight inoh (6" x a") . Studs shall be not less than two by four inch (2" x.") on sixteeD inoh centers run oontinuously to the plate line, capped with a double plate on top and provided with. 1" x 6" ribboD. where joists rest on same. :B'ire stops shall be inserted in eaoh floor, said fire stops in no oase to be less than two inches in thiokness. Stud wall oonstruotion is to be limited to two-story and attic buildings. Wood posts where used for interior columns shall be of yellow pine, fir or oak of a minimum size of six inohes square, spaced not exoeeding eight 'foot oenters. Joists shall be bridged every eight feet with two by two (2" x 2") bridging or eouivalent. CUTTING FLOOR TIMBERS FOR PIPES, ETO.- No pipin~, or conduits of any kind shall be out into any floor timbers or joists at a greater distanoe than two feet. from the ends of supports of Baid beams or joists nor to a greater depth than one~sixth of the tepth of the beams or joists unless reinforcements shall be pro- vided that insure the strength of the floor system being as ~reat as if no suoh outting was done~ FRAMING - All stt"uctural framing shall be deSigned in aooordance with table given in ~Oambria Steel," . handbook of information re1atin~ to structural steel manufaotured by the Cambria Steel 00., of Jobnsto~, Pa., prepared and compiled by Geor~e E. Thackera7, C. E., . oopy of whioh is on file in the office of the Village 01 erk of this Village and made a part hereof, by referenoe, using fiber s"tresB o~ 1200 Ibs. per suare inch for timbers and 16,000 1bs. per souare inch for steel. -- -~~ .,---~_..._. ._____...____~___~_.. .u...."__ _._.~~________. ___~_~_"~ .."___~._._______ ..~ __.., __ ~___ LtT~ lo~ds of 40 Ibs. per square foot of floor ani 25 Ibs. per square foot of roof, in addition to the entire dead load are to be used in oaloulating the strength of members under this olassifi- oation. All headers and trimmers, where headers are over four foot span, shall be doubled and where headers are over twelve foot span shall be trippled. In the latter case, the headers shall be sup- ported on the trimmers with f" % 2" iron stirrups. Praming around stairs, elevators and other openin~s shall b. designed to carry the full live and dead loads coming upon the same and all members shall be firmly anchored together. FLOORS - No floorin~ shall be less than one and one-ouarter inches (If") thick, either in one thickness or in two thicknesses, consisting of a rough floor with finished floor laid above it in the opposite direction, unless floor strips are used. Each and every board comprising said floor, if of one thiokness, or the lower or rough floor if of two thioknesses, shall be firmly and securely nailed at each bearing. Each and every board oomprisin~ the top or finished floor, when the floor oonsists of two thioknesses, shall be firmly and seourely nailed to the lower or rouQ'h floor. ROOFS - Rou~h sheeting for roofs under this classifi,.tioD shall be seven-eighths (7/8") boards. STAIRWAYS - All two-story and attic buildings shall have at least one inside stairway three feet wide, from basement to second floor. CHIMNEYS - Exoept as herein provided, all ohimneys in every building hereafter ereoted and all ohimneys hereafter altered or rebuilt shall be oonstructed ofbribk, stone or reinforoed oonorete. 10 masonry chimney shall have walls less than eight inches thiok unless it be lined on the inside wi th well burnedterraootta flue lining, set in POrtland cement mortar or fire brick Bet in fire olay, in whioh oase the walls shall be not less than four inohes thiok. The lining shall be continuous from the bottom of the flue to its eEtreme height. No ohimney shall be oorbeled out more than eiQ'ht inohes from a brick wall and such corbelinQ' shall consist of at least five courses of briok. Briok set on edge shall not be permitted in ohimney oon- struotion. All smoke flues over 16" % 16" shall have walls at least eight inohes in thiokness and be lined oontinuously on the inside with well burned terra ootta flue linin~ set in Portland oement. mortar or fire briok eet in fire clay. All Buoh ohimneys shall be oapped with terra ootta, stone, oonorete or oast iron. All ohimneys shall projeot at least three feet above the point of contac' with a flat roof, or two feet above the rid~e of a pi tched roof. Portland oement mortar tempered with lime shell be used in tho oonstruotion of ohimneys. I, No chimney in any building shall have wooden supports of ~y kind. Supports shall be incombustible and shall rest upon the ~round or the foundation. The fireback of every fireplaoe hereinafter ereoted shall be not less than four inches in thickness of solid brick wort wi tll a fo~ inoh lining of fire briok laid in fire olay. Soapstone, tile or oast iron lining may be used if solidly backed with brick or oon- orete eight inches thiok. . WOODEN BEAMS SEPARATED FROM MAS ONRY OHIMNEYS - Bo wooden beams or joists shall be plaoed within two inches of the outsile face ef a ohiJlDey or f1 ue, whetbe.r the same be for smoke, air or any otber purpose. No cbimney or flttes shall be used for the support of &1'ly struotural framing. No woodwork shall be wi thin eight inohes of the inner face of the lining of any fireplace. All spaoes between the cbimney and the wooden beams shall be 80lidly filled with mortar, mineral wool or otber incombustible material. . Tbe header beam carrying the tail beams of a floor and supporting the trimmer arch in front of a fireplaoe, sball be Dot- less than twelve inches from face of the brick mantle at the floor level. SMOKE PIPES - No smoke pipes shall pass through woolen lath and plaster partitions unless it be guarded by galvani..a iron ventilat- e. thimbles at least four inches larger in diameter than the pipe.. lfo smoke pipe shall pass through any floor or a roof having weoden frame work or covering. All SMoke pipes must be conneoted to a ohimney. HEATER PIPES - All heater pipes from hot air furnaoes Where passing through combustible partitions or floors must be covered with at least two thioknesses of sheet asbestos paper. Horizontal hot air pipes leading from furnaoes el1allb':e'not lees than six inches from any woodwork unless the woodwork be COTerea with.n. All hot air pipes above the basement ceilln~ ehall 'be 4oubl.~ REGISTERS AND REGISTER BOXES - Register boxes shall be metal and shall be double. ~URNACE SETTINGS - Hot air, hot water or other heating furnaoes, whether brick or metal, shall be kept at least twelve inohes and the smoke flue thereof at least twenty inches distant from any unproteoted woodwork. All suob turnaoes sball be plaoed on suitable masonry or oonorete founlations. VENTILATION - Each babitable room shall have at least one window opening direotly to the outside air, of at least twelve s~uare fe.t glas8 area and oapable of being ventilated to the extent of fifty per oent. The total glass area of windows in eaoh room shall be not le8s than ten (10) per oent of the floor area. 17 Section 21. GENERAL PENAL'l'Y - Any person, firm or corporation failing to oomp17 with or guil~y of . violation of SB1' of the provisions of this orlinanoe or failing, neglecting or refusing to oomply with any orler or request of said Superinten4ent of luilding Construction, for whioh . speoifie! penalty is Dot herein prOVided, shall be subject to a penalty of not less than '-enty-five Dollars ($25.00) nor more than !wo Hunlred Dollars (.200.00) for each Offense. . Seotion 22. All ordinanoes or parts of orlinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Section 23. This ordinanoe shall take effect ana be in full foroe from and after its pas..~e and due publication. Passed NOTember 22nd, November 22nd, 1923. 1923. Approved Published NOTember 24th tt) Deoember 5th, 1923. ~d{?~'?d 1 erk. fv~~ ~ Vl11a~e Presl~eDt. \ ' Posted at the fOllowing places to-wit Busse's Eardware Store, Post-oftice and at the Depot of the Ohicago & Borthwester. Railway 10. at ,l4olUlt Prospeot.