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Proportioning of the various load carrying parts of buildings and structures shall be governed by working stresses conforming to good engineering practice as set forth in the 1955 edition of the Building Code Recommendation by the National Board of Fire Underwriters except in cases where the recommendations are in conflict with the specific requirements of this chapter.
('72 Code, § 151.026) Penalty, see § 10.99
No private garage shall exceed 14 feet in total height, and no garage shall be constructed within 20 feet of the front lot line.
('72 Code, § 151.034) Penalty, see § 10.99
The stair and elevator shafts of all buildings except private dwellings, hereafter erected more than two stories high, shall be enclosed continuously by incombustible material, consisting of reinforced gunite not less than 2½ inches thick, or of solid portland cement plaster not less than 2½ inches thick on metal lath and metal frame or of reinforced concrete not less than three inches thick, or of any fireproof material or construction that will pass the standard fire test of the Underwriter's Laboratories of a period of at least two hours. The thickness must in all cases be sufficient to give rigidity.
('72 Code, § 151.038) Penalty, see § 10.99
Each bedroom shall have a window area of not less than 1/10 of the floor area.
('72 Code, § 151.033) Penalty, see § 10.99
(A) No building hereafter erected or altered outside the fire limits shall exceed 2½ stories or 30 feet in height.
(B) No wooden frame building hereafter erected for any occupancy other than grain elevators, coal elevators and pockets and ice houses, shall cover a ground area exceeding the following:
(1) One story buildings - 7,500 square feet.
(2) Two story buildings or 2½ story buildings - 5,000 square feet.
(C) In no case shall a wooden frame building be erected within five feet of the side or rear lot line, nor within ten feet of any other building unless the space between the studs on each side shall be filled solidly with no less than 3½ inches of masonry or plain concrete or other equivalent incombustible material.
(D) Buildings with wooden framework clad with sheet metal, covered with stucco and veneered with brick, shall be classified as wood frame buildings.
('72 Code, § 151.023) Penalty, see § 10.99
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