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ORDINANCE 260.
tit Construction buildings within the
in fire limits of the -pity of Ames.
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An ordinance, to regulate the con-
A struction of buildings within the fire
flimits of the city of Ames, Iowa.
Be it ordained by the City Council
h• of the City of Ames, Iowa.
Section L—All buildings or add!-
11 tions there to erected within the fire t
'g limits of the city of(Ames, Iowa, shall
n conform to the following requirements
e to-wit.: The -footings and walls shall
7e be of brick, stone and mortar or ce
r- merit of the fol'_owing thlckasss 'r.
a inches for the various footings, base-
ments and stories as hereinafter !n-
dicated: Tnvo story building, footings
'e 30x12 inches, basement 17 lnclzes,
e first`s4,Dry 13. secon(i story 13.; three
o story building, footings 32x14 inches,
it basement 21 inches, stories one 17.,
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3 two 13 three 13.; four story buiidings, 'i 4
footings 34x16 inches, basement 27
Inches; stories one 2,, two 17., three -
13., four 13.; or the walls may be `
e composed of other non-combustible +
material of equal strength,party walls •
shall be solid and of the thickness
3s specified above, and shall :be carried
•d three feet above the roof forming fire
walls not less than eight inches in : F
11 thickness and have coping of tile or
t- other non-combustible material; shut- i >,
if ters, windows and doors opening on
'f .alleys and upon the roofs of buildings
1" immediately adjoining shall be pro- '
tested by tin overed or other double
s metal shutters and doors. Chimney +
T' flues to be lined with fire 'brick, the
or cast iron. -Blind attics, cock lofts
or other concealed ,places of
e (Lure shall not be allowed. All joists
't must be levelled upon brick, or upon
n iron or steel plates or upon some oth- t
n er "non-combustible material, and no
� mood shall be allowed uponRvhich to
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i :O level the joist in any building. ¢
e Seo-:ion 2--Repeal.—All ordinances
s or parts of ordinances in conflict with -
ye�this ordinance are hereby repealed.
Section 3.—Effect.—This ordinance n
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shall tape effect and be in full force
and effect from aucI after its publica-
tion as required by Iaw. t
A. B. 'Maxwell, Parley Sheldon, �J j
City Clerk. 1layor.
Passed A,.yrl1 12t1, 1913.
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Published in Ames Times an:', Ames
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in iie5 Io ;s, .n;the : issue or
14th, 1912. 9f It
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