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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1913
Page
16
City ordinance outlines construction alteration and removal rules in San Antonio. It establishes Building Inspector and Assistant Inspector duties, permit requirements for projects, plan filing, and approval or rejection processes with six month permit expiration if work does not commence.
The text outlines street, sidewalk, and fence requirements for construction in the business district. It covers enclosing street work with fences, temporary planks on unpaved streets, guard rails, gutter access, limited material occupancy, mortar bed protection, red lights, and temporary roofs over sidewalks. It also includes a glossary of building terms and extensive structural safety calculations and load requirements for various building types.
The document lists safe stresses per square inch for various materials including rolled steel cast steel wrought iron and cast iron. It details loading rules for eccentrically loaded columns and specifies wind design requirements to resist a horizontal wind pressure of thirty pounds per square foot and a maximum overturning moment of seventy five percent of the stability moment with added bracing if needed.
The ordinance sets minimum brick wall thicknesses for different building types and heights, specifies corbelled or increased wall thickness for fireproof or long party walls, and requires proper bonding, iron anchors, and annual weather precautions. It also covers piers, capping plates, linings for existing walls, and limitations on wall progression.
Rules limit timber in walls and set parapet thickness for exterior and party walls. Sections cover hollow brick use inside walls, pipe chases, wall recess limits, fire wall sizes, sprinkler requirements, and openings with fireproof doors in brick fire walls.
The article outlines Part VII on mill and slow burning construction requirements for new and altered buildings. It specifies criteria for theatres, schools, hospitals, hotels, and other structures, detailing minimum sizes, story heights, and fireproofing rules. It then provides precise mill construction specs for structural members, floors, roofing, and fireproof enclosures and doors, plus slow burning criteria with metal lath plaster and fire-stopped hollow spaces and double floors.
The document outlines fireproof building requirements for eight stories or less and taller structures, including material specs for floors walls and enclosures, window frames, and interior finishes. It covers partitions, stairs, columns, girders, floor arches, incasing methods, and painting, detailing protective brickwork, brick or terra cotta coverings, and metallic framing standards.
The article outlines fireproofing rules for reinforced concrete in buildings. It sets minimum concrete cover, surplus material on exposed surfaces, and joint design. It mandates machine-mixed wet concrete, proper centering, accurate reinforcing placement, and load testing under inspector supervision.
Building rules require brick or stone chimneys with eight inch walls unless lined with clay or terra cotta. Flues must meet minimum sizes, be double walled for high heat, and include fireproof hearth arches and noncombustible mantels.
The ordinance outlines demolition procedures from top story removal to dust control. It assigns Building Inspector authority to halt work and enter structures. Police are tasked to record permits, monitor operations, and enforce permit requirements.
The text defines Foundation Wall as the portion of an enclosing wall below the first tier or floor beams near grade and interior walls below basement floors. Fire Wall refers to parapet walls above the roof and any partition walls for fire protection. Retaining Wall means walls built to resist lateral earth pressure or internal loads and prevent caving in.
The ordinance requires guarded excavations to prevent danger to life. Those causing the work must underpin and protect adjoining land when adjacent buildings exist. Excavations for walls or piers must extend below frost depth to ensure solid support for loads.
The article details foundation rules for brick or stone buildings under Section 81, requiring foundations to bear actual loads and not be built on filled earth. It covers materials, protection of metal, cement mortar walls to three feet, wood pile limits, and minimum footing thickness and dimensions for concrete or stone bases.
PART VIII, FIREPROOF CONSTRUCTION requires buildings with seating over 1000 or height limits to be fireproof. Walls must be brick stone Portland cement concrete iron or steel with no wood beams and floors roofs of reinforced concrete or filled with brick hollow tile or terra cotta. No inflammable partitions or ceilings allowed unless height limits permit.
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