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Qrdinance No. 154.
An ordinance to regulate the construction of I
Buildings within the Fire Limits of the City of
Ames,Iowa.
4/�' Be it enacted by the City Council of the City -
of Ames,Iowa, That:
Sec.1. All buildings or additions thereto
erected within the fire limits of the City of
-- Ames,Iowa shall conform to the following re-
quirements;to-wit. The roof shall be of metal, !
t hie, slate, gravel, or other noncumbustible
material. The cornice shall be of brick,stone, - - _
or metal cut off from the roof boards by brick •
wall. The walls shall be of bri,-k, stone.
cement or mortar of the following thickness in
fiches for the various stories and basement as C
hereinafter indicated,
L\.DFPENDENT BASEMENT. STORIES.
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Two-story building 20 13 13
Three-story building 24 12 13 13 -'
Four-story building L'6 24 21 17 13
Or the walls may be composed of other non-
combustible material of equal strength, Party -- -- ---
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walls shall be solid and of the,thickness speci-
tied above, and shall be carried three feet
above the roof forming fire walls not less than
-- Dinches thick, aLd have copings of the or
other non-combustible material. k
Shutters: Windows and doors opening on
alleys and upon the roofs of buildings immedi-
ately adjoining shall be protected by tin cover-
ed or other double metal shutters and doors.
Chimneys: Chimney flues to be lined with
�----- ! fire-brick,tile,or cast iron.
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F Blind Attics,Cock Lofts or other conceled
places of lice nature shall not be allo-ed. All d
joist must be leveled upon brick,or upon iron - H
F or steel plates,or upon some other non-com- f�
bustible material,and no wood shall be allow-
ed upon which to level the joist in any build - - I,
-- i ing. Attest: .a
A.B. MASWALL. PARLEY SHELDON,
City Clerk Mayor.
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