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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1913
Page
10
City adopts ordinance prescribing permits and inspections for new and altered buildings. City Building Inspector and assistant to enforce code. plans must be filed for structures over ten thousand dollars. permits expire if unused within six months. approvals or rejections issued in writing with proper records.
Part II definitions and structural provisions set rules for construction in the business district. It covers fencing and temporary walks, gutter access, penalties for obstructing sidewalks, mortar beds, red lights, covered sidewalks, hoists, and building permits. It also details apartment definitions, building height, materials, loads, soil tests, and safety factors.
Special notice lists allowable stresses for cast iron steel wrought iron wood and timber across species and sizes. It sets direct compression and tension values for materials such as white pine yellow pine chestnut locust and concrete mixes, and requires wind pressures of 30 pounds per square foot with 75 percent overturning limit, plus excavation safety and underpinning duties for adjacent properties.
Section details minimum brick wall thicknesses for warehouses and dwellings, bearing and party walls, and fireproof requirements. It covers wall bonding, tie anchors, freezing weather rules, piers, and adjustments for existing party walls with linings and anchors.
The ordinance outlines demolition rules for frame buildings in San Antonio, requiring top story removal and ground-lowering of materials, with dust dampening. It sets Building Inspector duties to inspect, suspend violations, and enforce permits, and requires police to record operations and stop unpermitted work.
Foundation Wall refers to the portion of an enclosing wall below the first tier or floor joists near grade and interior walls or piers below basement or cellar. Fire Wall means parapet walls above the roof and any division wall for fire protection, Retaining Wall resists lateral earth pressure and internal loads.
Building code rules specify foundations must rest on stable earth and carry actual loads. Concrete walls require twelve inch thickness, stone walls eight inch thickness for walls and ten inches under piers, with footings twelve inches wider than wall base and column bases.
A detailed set of city building regulations covers wall materials and construction limits including timber prohibition in walls, requirements for parapet walls on high exterior or party walls, hollow brick and hollow tile usage, pipe chases, and limits on wall recesses. It also prescribes brick fire wall thicknesses, floor area limits between walls, sprinkler requirements, and automatic doors for fireproof separations.
The document outlines mill and slow-burning construction requirements for buildings such as theatres schools jails hospitals hotels and stores. It specifies structural sizes materials fireproofing methods fire doors and partitions and fire-stopping measures for safety and compliance.
Part V adds fireproof standards for buildings over 1000 seating capacity or certain heights including hotels and jails. Walls must be brick stone or concrete with no wood beams. Floors roofs use iron or steel beams with brick or tile infill or reinforced concrete. No inflammable materials in partitions ceilings.
Eight stories or 100 feet height triggers fireproofing rules for walls floors and ceilings. Exterior window frames must be metal. interior finish may be metal or metal-coated wood. floors use fireproof fills. partitions use iron studs. stairs and arches specify brick tile concrete or iron. Columns require brick or concrete casings. girders protected. floor arches minimum thickness and rises defined. coating and painting rules apply to metalwork.
The article lays out minimum fire protection for reinforced concrete structures including concrete thickness, protective material on columns and beams, anchoring and centering rules, and concrete mix proportions. It mandates machine-mixed wet concrete, monolithic ribs with slabs, and load testing with inspector approval before occupancy.
The document sets construction rules for chimneys and flues, requiring brick or stone materials and specific thicknesses. It details chimney erection, bonding, lining, and supports, plus fire safety clearances, flue dimensions, and lining requirements for high temperature furnaces and ovens. It also covers trimmer arches, hearth support, and noncombustible mantels.
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