|
382
<br />C. 7, § 1 BUILDING CODX C. 7, § I
<br />Church. A building or structure used for divine worship or re-
<br />ligious instruction, including all social rooms connected therewith.
<br />Columns. Isolated vertical supports other than piers.
<br />Concrete. A combination of water, cement, sand and stone, or
<br />other coarse aggregate, forming a solid mass.
<br />Courts. An open and uncovered space, other than a yard on
<br />the same lot with a dwelling. A court not extending to the street
<br />or the front or rear yards is an inner court. A court extending
<br />to the street or f ront or rear yards is an outer court.
<br />Curb line. The face or exposed side of the curb actually con-
<br />structed, or the line designated as such by the city.
<br />Dwelling. Any house or building, or portion thereof, which is
<br />used in part or in whole as a home, residence or sleeping place for
<br />one or more human beings, either permanently or transiently.
<br />Private dwelling is any building which shall be intended, de-
<br />signed or used as the home or residence of not more than three
<br />separate and distinct families or households, and in which not more
<br />than five rooms shall be used for -the accommodation of boarders,
<br />and no part of which is used for commercial purposes.
<br />Depth of a building. Same as the length.
<br />Elevator. A platform or cab, mechanically operated, in a verti-
<br />cal shaft for the conveyance of passengers or goods.
<br />Factor of safety. The quotient obtained by dividing the break-
<br />ing load or ultimate strength by the safe load.
<br />Factory. Any building in which goods, wares, merchandise or
<br />other materials are manufactured.
<br />Fireproof. The definition as contained in the latest regulations
<br />of the National Board of Fire Underwriters.
<br />Fire doors and metal -clad doors. The above terms shall mean
<br />only doors, windows and shutters as defined in the latest regula-
<br />tions of the National Board of Fire Underwriters.
<br />Fireproof buildings. The term fireproof buildings shall apply
<br />119
<br />C. 7, § I
<br />BUILDING COM
<br />C. 7, § 1
<br />signed for the use of inflammable liquids for fuel or power, when
<br />tanks for such liquids are attached to the machine, whether or not
<br />such tanks contain any inflammable liquids.
<br />Public Garage. Public garages are garages wherein four or
<br />more automobiles or other motor vehicles are stored or kept for
<br />hire or sale, or wherein such vehicles are being repaired or are
<br />stored for repair, or wherein space for the keeping of such ve-
<br />hicles is rented.
<br />Private Garage. Private garages are garages used by persons
<br />for the storage of their individual vehicles and vehicles owned
<br />and used in the conduct of their business.
<br />Girders. A structural piece of material placed horizontally or
<br />nearly so which supports the ends of beams or joists or large floor
<br />slabs.
<br />Hotel. Every building or part thereof, intended, designed or
<br />used for supplying food and shelter to transients, residents or
<br />guests, and containing more than fifteen sleeping rooms.
<br />Incombustible material. A substance which will not burn and
<br />which when heated to a point of disintegration will not support
<br />combustion.
<br />Length of buildings. The greatest horizontal dimension of any
<br />building shall be its length.
<br />Lintel. The beam or girder placed over a door or window open-
<br />ing.
<br />Load. The Dead Load. The actual weight of walls, floors,
<br />roofs, partitions and all other permanent construction.
<br />The Live Load. All imposed, fixed or transient loads, other
<br />than the dead load, due to the use or occupancy of buildings and
<br />their exposure to the wind pressure, and the elements.
<br />Lodging houses. Any house or building or portion thereof in
<br />which persons are harbored or lodged, for hire a single night or
<br />less than a week at a time at any one period, or any part of which
<br />is let for any one person to sleep in, for any term less than a week.
<br />Lot line. The line of demarcation between the properties of
<br />different owners.
<br />121
<br />C. 7, § 1 CHRLOTTXSVILL$ CITY COD$ C. 7, § I
<br />to all buildings in which the principal parts are made of incom-
<br />bustible materials, these principal parts consisting mainly in walls,
<br />floor construction, roof construction, furring, ceiling, stairs and
<br />all shaft enclosures. The finish of the floors, the windows and
<br />frames, and doors and frame and trim, may be of wood or other
<br />materials when not in violation of the provisions of this chapter.
<br />All structural members of metal shall be protected from fire by a
<br />covering the material of which shall be entirely incombustible, not
<br />injuriously affected by water, and a slow conductor of heat.
<br />First story. That portion of a building the floor of which is
<br />immediately above the basement.
<br />Floor. The structure or portion thereof, forming the upper
<br />covering of a basement or story and the lower covering of any
<br />other story.
<br />Footings. The spread bottom bearing courses of a foundation,
<br />pier or column.
<br />Foundation. That portion of the supporting walls, piers, etc.,
<br />below the beams of the first story, including the footings. Any
<br />wall or pier built below the adjacent curb line or nearest tier of
<br />beams.
<br />Frame construction. A building or structure of which the ex-
<br />terior walls or portions thereof shall be constructed of wood.
<br />Buildings sheathed with boards and partially or entirely covered
<br />with four inches of brick or stone work shall be termed frame
<br />buildings. Wood frames covered with metal, whether the frames
<br />are sheathed or not with boards, shall be deemed frame buildings.
<br />Grade. The surface of the ground, lawn, court or sidewalk ad-
<br />joining a building.
<br />Established Grade. The grade of the street curb fixed by the
<br />city.
<br />Natural Grade. The undisturbed natural surface of the ground.
<br />Finished Grade. The grade of the exposed surface of the
<br />ground when the proposed structure is completed.
<br />Garage. A building, shed or enclosure, or a part thereof, in
<br />which are housed for any purpose motor vehicles of any kind, de -
<br />120
<br />C. 7, § 1 CHARLOTT9SVILLt CITY COM C. 7, § 1
<br />Mortars. Portland Cement Mortar. Portland cement mor-
<br />tar shall be made of Portland cement mixed with sand, propor-
<br />tioned as follows: One part Portland cement to not more than
<br />three parts sand by volume to which lime putty may be added in
<br />amount not exceeding fifteen per cent by volume.
<br />Lime Mortar. Lime mortar shall be made of one part lime
<br />and not more than three parts sand to which shall be added not less
<br />than twenty-five per cent of Portland cement by volume.
<br />Masonry Cement Mortar. Masonry cement mortar shall be
<br />made in accordance with the specifications as recommended by the
<br />cement manufacturer, but in no case shall be less than the propor-
<br />tion of one part masonry cement to three parts sand by volume.
<br />When masonry cement is used it must be approved by the build-
<br />ing inspector.
<br />Mixing. All mortars shall be mixed in accordance with the
<br />best practice and shall be used immediately after being mixed.
<br />Masonry. Built-up brick work, stone tile or other similar con-
<br />struction.
<br />Office building. Every building which shall be divided into '
<br />rooms, designed or used for office purposes, and no part of which
<br />shall be used for living purposes, excepting only for the janitor
<br />and his family.
<br />Offset. The shoulder or difference in thickness of a wall.
<br />Partitions. A non-bearing wall reaching from the floor to the
<br />ceiling, or partially to the ceiling, separating the space one from
<br />another. '
<br />Party line. Same as lot line.
<br />Piers. Isolated masses of masonry or concrete forming sup-
<br />ports for structural members.
<br />Repairs. The construction or renewal of any part of an exist-
<br />ing building for the purpose of its maintenance in its present class
<br />of construction.
<br />School. All public and private schools, colleges, academies,
<br />seminaries, museums and art galleries, including buildings and
<br />122
<br />
|