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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
BUILDING OPERATIONS
The use of streets for the storage of materials in the process of construction or alteration of a building or structure may be granted where the same will not unduly interfere with traffic and will not reduce the usable width of the roadway to less than 18 feet, no portion of the street other than that directly abutting on the premises on which work is being done shall be used excepting with the consent of the owner or occupant of the premises abutting on such portion. Any person seeking to make such use of the street shall file an application for a permit therefor with the clerk, together with a bond with sureties to be approved by the Clerk to indemnify the city for any loss or damage which may be incurred by such occupation.
('72 Code, § 151.045)
No construction or altering operations shall be carried on in the nighttime if the same are accompanied by loud or disturbing noise.
('72 Code, § 151.046) Penalty, see § 10.99
No sidewalk shall be obstructed in the course of building construction or alteration without a special permit from the Clerk; and whenever removal of a sidewalk is required, in such work, a special permit from the Clerk shall be obtained.
('72 Code, § 151.047) Penalty, see § 10.99
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