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AN ORDINANCE Afv1EflDI NG AND REENACTING SECTION 13A OF CHAPTER 14 OF THE CHARLOTTESVILLE CITY CODE OF 1945. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE THAT SECTION 13A OF CHAPTER 14 of THE CHARLOTTESVILLE CITY CODE OF 1945 BE AND THE SAME IS HEREBY AMENDED AND REENACTED SO AS TO READ AS FOLLOWS: 13A. STANDARDS FOR GAS APPLIANCES, INSTALLATION AND INSPECTION THEREOF. NO GAS APPLIANCE SHALL BE SOLD OR INSTALLED IN THIS CITY WHICH DOES NOT CONFORM TO APPROVED STANDARDS FOR SAFETY TO PERSONS AND PROPERTY. APPROVAL AND/OR LISTING OF AN APPLIANCE BY THE TESTING LABORATORIES OF THE AMERICAN GAS ASSOCIATION OR THE AMERICAN STANDARDS ASSOCIATION SHALL BE PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE THAT THE APPLIANCE CONFORMS TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS ORDINANCE, AND LACK OF SUCH APPROVAL OR LISTING SHALL BE PRESUMPTIVE EVIDENCE THAT THE APPLIANCE DOES NOT CONFORM TO APPROVED STANDARDS FOR SAFETY TO PERSONS AND PROPERTY, ALL WORK OF INSTALLING, CHANGING, ALTERING OR REPAIRING GAS SERVICE CONNECTIONS, PIPES, FIXTURES, EQUIPMENT AND APPLIANCES SHALL BE DONE ONLY BY A r"AASTER PLUMBER OR A MASTER GAS FITTER, OR BY A QUALIFIED MECHANIC EMPLOYED BY THEM AND WORKING UNDER THEIR IMMEDIATE SUPERVISION, OR BY THE CITY GAS DEPARTMENT. T SHALL BE THE DUTY OF EACH MASTER PLUMBER OR UiASTER GAS FITTER TO SECURE A PERMIT FROM THE PLUMBING INSPECTOR PRIOR TO THE INSTALLATION OF AN AUTOMATIC GAS WATER HEATER, OR AN APPLIANCE USED FOR A CENTRAL HEATING SYSTEM, A CONVERSION BURNER, A STEAM BOILER, OR A SPACE OR UNIT HEATER WITH A RATED CAPACITY IN EXCESS OF 20,000 B. T. U.r�S. THE PERMIT FEE FOR EACH SUCH APPLIANCE INSTALLED SHALL BE $1.25. ► ANY PERSON, FIRM OR CORPORATION VIOLATING THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE FINED NOT LESS THAN $5.00 NOR MORE THAN $25.00 FOR EACH OFFENSE. THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT FROM THE DATE OF ITS PASSAGE. ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL JULY 17, 1950 AYES: MR. ADAMS, MR. BARR, X011. , HADEN, MR. HAMM, AND [""iR. TEBELL. NOES: NONE CLERK PRESIDENT AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND RE-ENACTING SECTION 24 OF CHAPTER 7 OF THE CHARLOTTESVILLE CITY CODE OF 1945. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE THAT SECTION 24 OF CHAPTER 7 OF THE CHARLOTTESVILLE CITY CODE OF 1945 RELATING TO WALLS BE AND THE SAME IS HEREBY AMENDED AND RE-ENACTED SO AS TO READ AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 24. MASONRY WALL CONSTRUCTION. FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING BUILDING HEIGHTS UNDER THIS SECTION, THE HEIGHT OF A BUILDING SHALL BE CONSTRUED AS THE DISTANCE FROM THE FINISH LEVEL OF THE EARTH, INTERIOR OR EXTERIOR WHICHEVER MAY BE THE LOWEST, TO THE EXTREME HEIGHT OF THE MASONRY WALLS EXCLUSIVE OF GABLES. WHEN THE CLEAR SPAN BETWEEN BEARING WALLS, OR BETWEEN WALLS AND AN INTERIOR SUPPORT, IS NOT MORE THAN TWENTY-SIX (26) FEET, THE THICK- NESS OF MASONRY BEARING WALLS SHALL BE NOT LESS THAN HEREIN SPECIFIED, BUT IN ANY CASE THE WALLS SHALL BE OF ADEQUATE THICKNESS TO KEEP THE COMBINED STRESSES DUE TO ALL LOADING WITHIN THE LIMITS REQUIRED FOR A SPECIFIED USE, LOCATION, OCCUPANCY AND TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION AS FURTHER DEFINED AND SETFORTH IN THE ABRIDGED BUILDING CODE OF THE BUILDING OFFICIALS CONFERENCE OF AMERICA, INC. , SEPTEMBER 16, 1948 AND SUBSEQUENT REVISIONS THERETO. FOR ALL BUILDINGS, OTHER THAN THE RESIDENCE USE GROUP, NOT EX- CEEDING THIRTY-FIVE (35) FEET IN HEIGHT THE MINIMUM THICKNESS OF SOLID MASONRY BEARING WALLS SHALL BE EIGHT (83 INCHES FOR THE UPPERMOST TWELVE (12) FEET OF HEIGHT AND TWELVE INCHES FOR THE PORTION THEREOF BELOW THE UPPERMOST TWELVE (12) FEET.