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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1913
Page
16
City ordinance sets requirements for building permits in San Antonio. It appoints a Building Inspector and outlines plan submission, filing, and approval procedures for new buildings or alterations, including cost thresholds and record keeping. It also describes permit validity and approval timelines for proposed construction work.
The document outlines business district street use, fencing, walk coverings, and safety measures for building operations. It defines materials standards, load calculations, and structural requirements for apartments, hotels, factories, offices, and public buildings, including projections for mortar beds and roof coverings.
The document outlines safe stresses for construction materials including pine, oak, chestnut, hemlock, locust, brick, and concrete. It details compression, tension, wind loads, eccentricity in columns, and required bracing, with tables for material strengths and allowable stress limits. It also covers excavation safety and protection of adjacent properties during digging and foundation work.
Foundation and footing requirements specify brick stone iron steel or concrete bases. Foundations must handle actual loads with concrete walls footings twelve inches thick concrete or eight inch thick stone walls. footings wider than wall bases by twelve inches and protect metal from rust. Piles capped below water shall not exceed forty thousand pounds.
Outline of brick wall thicknesses by building type and height. Specifies party wall rules for nonfireproof and fireproof buildings, required bond patterns, iron ties, weathering, and foundation needs. Includes piers, facing materials, and existing party wall allowances with reinforcement guidance.
The document details requirements for wall materials and construction, prohibiting timber in load bearing walls and mandating parapet thickness for tall exterior and division walls. It sets limits on hollow bricks, chases, openings in brick fire walls, and specifies sprinkler usage and fireproofing for mill or slow burning buildings and theaters, schools, and stores.
A dense outline of fireproofing rules covers wall, floor, and ceiling systems. Requirements specify material types for partitions, arches, and floors, with brick and tile encasings, metal window frames, and concrete or brick fireproofing around structural columns and girders. Height limits for stores and factories are stated, along with painting and maintenance rules for metal work.
The text outlines requirements for fire resisting reinforced concrete structures including minimum concrete cover around reinforcing bars, joint and centering rules, mixing and placement procedures, temperature limits, removal timing, and inspections. It emphasizes monolithic ribs with floors, proper forms, and field execution under a Building Inspector’s supervision to achieve a safe load carrying capacity.
The text outlines construction rules for chimneys flues and heating devices in new or altered buildings. It specifies brick or stone chimneys with eight inch walls or four inches if continuous clay lining, supports from foundations, bonding, and hard-burnt brick flues. It requires minimum flue sizes eight by eight inches or eight by twelve inches for furnaces and laundry stoves, double walls for high temperature flues, and fire resistant linings. It also covers chimney tops, prohibition on cutting off existing chimneys, safe demolition if dangerous, no wood framing near chimneys, and trimmer arches for hearths.
The ordinance requires stating demolition plans when filing for new construction. Top floors must be removed first, no material on floors during demo, and dust must be dampened. The Building Inspector may inspect, suspend work, or prohibit materials to enforce all provisions. Police must record permits and stop unpermitted work on beat in support of enforcement.
Defines Foundation Wall as enclosing wall portion below first tier joints near grade and interior wall below basement floor. Fire Wall includes parapet walls above roof and partitions for fire protection. Retaining Wall resists lateral earth pressure and supports internal loads.
The new code requires all buildings over specific sizes or uses to be fireproof. Structures like schools jails hospitals hotels and other tall buildings must use brick stone Portland cement concrete iron or steel with no wood beams or lintels. Floors and roofs must employ rolled iron or steel beams with brick or tile infill or reinforced concrete.
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