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<br />No fire escapes to buildings hereafter erected shall be con-
<br />structed over any sidewalk or street.
<br />Fire escapes in new or old buildings shall be easily accessible
<br />from the inside of the building in which they are placed by means
<br />of unobstructed corridors or passageways, and shall in every
<br />case have the location approved by the building inspector. All
<br />doors leading to fire escapes shall be labeled "Fire Escapes" in
<br />letters three inches high, plainly visible, and shall be provided with
<br />locks not requiring keys.
<br />All exterior fire escapes shall be constructed in accordance with
<br />the latest regulations of the National Board of Fire Underwriters.
<br />An exterior fire escape will not be required in fireproof build-
<br />ings where each story above the first has at least two means of
<br />exit remote from each other, one of these opening to a street or
<br />fireproof passage leading to a street, and the other opening to a
<br />yard or other space deemed safe by the building inspector and of
<br />sufficient area to accommodate all persons in the building.
<br />Two means of exit remote from each other shall be provided
<br />from each story of dwellings when over three stories in height.
<br />(Id., § 494(23).)
<br />Sec. 32. Floor lights.
<br />Except in dwellings, all openings hereafter made in floprs for
<br />the transmission of light to floors below shall be covered with
<br />glass set in metal frames and bars. The glass shall be not less
<br />than three-fourths inch in thickness, and if any glass measures
<br />more than sixteen square inches there shall be a rigid wire mesh
<br />either in the glass or under it. (Id., § 494(24).)
<br />Sec. 33. Roof covering; condemning wood shingle roofs.
<br />All buildings shall be covered with material equal to class "C" as
<br />specified by the National Board of Fire Underwriters.
<br />If a wood shingle roof is damaged by a fire more than fifty per
<br />cent, the entire room shall be removed and replaced with material
<br />equal to class "C", as specified by the National Board of Fire
<br />Underwriters.
<br />The city manager shall have power to condemn and have re -
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<br />forty-four inches for the first fifty persons, and twelve inches for
<br />each additional fifty persons to be accommodated thereby. The
<br />stair treads shall be not less than nine and one-half inches wide,
<br />and the risers not more than seven and three-quarters inches high.
<br />Each school, hospital and theater, over one story high, shall have
<br />stairways constructed entirely of incombustible material, and con-
<br />tinuous from grade lines to the topmost story; provided, that this
<br />shall not apply to buildings used primarily for Sunday school
<br />purposes without the congested fire limits.
<br />All exit doors in schools, hospitals, theatres and other places of
<br />public assemblage shall open outward and all existing structures
<br />of this class shall conform thereto.
<br />All stairways, fire escapes, elevator shafts and similar appur-
<br />tenances that may hereafter be constructed which are used or de-
<br />signed to be used in whole or in part, by the tenants of any resi-
<br />dential building or property within the A district as defined by the
<br />building zone map, as a regular or supplementary means of ingress
<br />or egress, except as an additional means of egress during a con-
<br />flagration, flood, panic or other disaster, shall be wholly and en-
<br />tirely inclosed within the walls of the building. This does not
<br />apply to entrances on the rear of buildings. (Id., § 494(27).)
<br />Sec. 36. Fire stops.
<br />At each floor level in all buildings hereafter erected, all stud
<br />walls, partitions, furring and spaces between joists where they
<br />rest on division walls or partitions shall be fire -stopped with in-
<br />combustible material in a manner to completely cut off communi-
<br />cation by fire through concealed spaces. Such fire -stopping shall
<br />extend the full depth of the joists, and at least four inches above
<br />each floor level. Stair carriages shall be fire -stopped at least once
<br />in the middle partition of each run. (Id., § 494(28).)
<br />Sec. 37. Areaways.
<br />Areaways constructed under any street shall not extend into the
<br />same more than fifty per cent of the width of the adjacent side-
<br />walk, and in no case shall they extend a distance greater than three
<br />feet beyond the lot line. Areaways must be covered with trans -
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<br />moved any wood shingle roof that in his opinion is in such a de-
<br />teriorated condition as to be excessively inflammable. (Id., §
<br />494(25).)
<br />Sec. 34. Roof openings.
<br />All openings in roofs for the admission of light or air other than
<br />those provided for in section 30 of this chapter shall have incom-
<br />bustible frames and sash glazed with wired glass; or ordinary
<br />glass may be used, if protected above and below by galvanized steel
<br />wire screens with a mesh not exceeding one inch, and the wire not
<br />smaller than No. 12 gauge. The top screen shall be installed as
<br />specified in section 27 of this chapter. (Id., § 494(26).)
<br />Sec. 35. Means of egress required.
<br />The term "floor area" as used in this section shall mean the en-
<br />tire floor space between exterior walls and fire walls.
<br />In every building hereafter erected, except in private dwellings
<br />less than four stories, each floor area above the first shall be pro-
<br />vided with at least two means of egress remote from each other,
<br />and if over two stories high, one egress from each floor, which
<br />shall be an enclosed stairway as provided by section 29 of this chap-
<br />ter, or a doorway in a fire wall leading to another floor area sep-
<br />arately provided with adequate stairs or other independent means
<br />of exit. Such doorway serving as an emergency exit in a fire wall
<br />shall be protected by an automatic and self-closing fire door as
<br />specified in section 28 of this chapter. No portion of any floor
<br />area shall be more than one hundred feet from a place of egress.
<br />Where two means of egress are required in this section, one may
<br />be omitted if fireproof construction is used as specified in section
<br />29 of this chapter. Elevators shall not be considered as a means of
<br />egress as specified in this section.
<br />Except in dwellings, no required stairway shall be less than
<br />forty-four inches wide, and the total width of exit doorways lead-
<br />ing therefrom shall at least be equal to the total width of the stair-
<br />ways which they serve.
<br />The total width of stairway, interior and exterior, provided for
<br />the occupancy of each floor and those above, shall be not less than
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<br />parent sidewalk lights or metal gratings capable of sustaining a
<br />live load of not less than two hundred pounds per square foot; the
<br />open spaces between the bars or other members shall not exceed
<br />five -eighth of an inch in width. In no case shall areaways be con-
<br />structed as a means of ingress or egress from the building, nor for
<br />the transmittal of goods or other articles to or from the building,
<br />but shall be used only for the admission of light and air.
<br />No permit for the construction of areaways shall be allowed
<br />until a written agreement, as prescribed by the council, between
<br />the city and the owner of the property has been executed. This
<br />agreement shall stipulate that the present owner, and any future
<br />owner, of the property shall construct and maintain the areaway
<br />in a safe and proper condition, and that said owners shall be liable
<br />for all damages and injuries caused by the construction, mainte-
<br />nance or use of said areaways, and shall indemnify and save harm-
<br />less the city from all such damages and injuries. It shall further
<br />stipulate that the areaways may be removed or altered by the city
<br />at any time upon ten days' written notice to the owner. Said
<br />agreement shall be recorded in the clerk's office of the corporation
<br />court of this city at the expense of the owner. (Id., § 494(29).)
<br />Sec. 38. Prohibited location for dwelling houses.
<br />No dwelling house or sleeping quarters shall be placed over, or
<br />be connected directly with a stable, barn, haymow, public garage,
<br />dry cleaning establishment, planing mill, carpenter shop, paint
<br />shop or filling station; provided, that the same may be permitted
<br />if the equipment used therein is approved by the National Board
<br />of Fire Underwriters. (Id., § 494(30) ; Ord. Aug. 6, 1934.)
<br />Sec. 39. Construction of frame buildings.
<br />No frame building hereafter erected or altered shall exceed two
<br />stories in height, except that private dwellings may be three stories
<br />high.
<br />No frame building hereafter erected for any occupancy other
<br />than grain elevators, coal elevators and pockets, ice houses, ex-
<br />hibition buildings, and structures for temporary occupancy for a
<br />specified period and then subject to special permission shall cover
<br />a ground area exceeding the following:
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