Masonry walls shall be designed and constructed as follows:
A. Not less than eight inches in width;
B. Laid up in cement mortar;
C. Reinforced with appropriate steel and tied with properly designed bond beams;
D. Designed and constructed so as to withstand vertical live and dead loads imposed upon them and to withstand a horizontal force from any direction of fifteen pounds per square foot of wind pressure on a vertical projection of the exposed surface of the walls;
E. Designed so as to admit of a rational analysis in accordance with established principles of mechanics.
(Prior code § 17.16.050 (Ord. 503 § 6.5, 1961))