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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1913
Page
10
The notice outlines required fireproofing and clearances for brick and stone fire backs, boilers, hot air furnaces, registers, and flues. It specifies brick foundations, metal shields, ventilation gaps, and distances from timber, ceilings, and woodwork to prevent ignition.
The notice outlines clear safety standards for stoves and heating systems. It specifies proper support with iron legs, distances from woodwork, metal shields under ash pans, guard plates for burners, and metal coverings for adjacent wood. Gas connections must use metal pipes. Ash receptacles should be fireproof. Smoke pipes have minimum clearances, shielding, and installation rules, including ventilated thimbles when passing through partitions or roofs. Drying rooms require fireproof walls. Notices must be given to the Building Inspector for new or altered heating work and no hot air pipe may be concealed without inspection.
The document sets detailed rules for wood beam placement, bracing, and connections in buildings, including required clearances from flues, anchoring to walls, end treatments, and trimmer or header connections. It also covers bridging, permits adjustments near chimneys, and ensures safe integration with girders, columns, and trusses.
The notice outlines requirements for fireproof elevator enclosures in brick or iron framed buildings, including trap doors double doors and skylights to extend above roofs, with strict materials and thickness, plus fire doors and self closing openings. It also covers dumb waiter shafts with fireproof walls and skylights, and guards at floor openings with weighted trap doors and gate standards.
PART XI MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS Bay Oriel and Show Windows Section 76 allows street front or side windows to project at most one foot beyond the building line and require incombustible material. No projecting window may be within eighteen inches of a party line. Cornices Section 77 requires fireproof materials with iron anchors for future cornices and gutters, preventing overhangs beyond five feet.
The section outlines required stairs for large office, factory, hotel, lodging, or school buildings with lot areas from 2500 to over 15000 square feet. It details minimum widths, uniform tread and riser sizes, landing placements, railings, and inspector-approved width increases for safety. It also covers exterior fire escapes, balconies, ladders, enclosures, skylights, doors, windows, and standpipes in tall buildings, plus penalties for obstructions and maintenance duties.
The document outlines standpipe systems with Siamese connections on exterior walls, roof outlets, and required valves, plus automatic sprinkler requirements for mercantile and manufacturing buildings. It specifies fireproof doors and shutters, wire glass substitutes, and external shutters opened by firefighters, along with auxiliary fire appliances and district classifications.
The ordinance classifies all city structures into five classes based on fire resistance. First class includes fireproof and skeleton constructions, while second class uses brick or stone exterior walls. Third class covers mixed construction up to the first floor with more wood above, and fourth class consists of mean frame structures with wood or stucco finishes. Fifth class includes mean frame with metal siding. The City also divides the Fire Districts into A the Fire Proof District B Inner Fire District and C Outer Fire District.
A historic survey details boundary lines for First and Second Fire Limits and building restrictions in three districts. It outlines street-based perimeter lines around Dolorosa River Market areas, multiple cross streets, and river meanders, followed by fireproof construction rules for Districts A B and C with prohibitions on wooden sheds, required fire walls, roofing materials, and penalties for violations.
The code sets height limits for frame buildings including grain and coal elevators, with towers allowed up to ten feet above the limit and church spires up to 75 feet. It also restricts ground coverage by frame buildings to 7500 square feet for one story and 5000 for two stories, and requires fireproof wall construction near lot lines and fire stops between joists and partitions. The inspector may permit brick walls outside fire limits when combustible walls replace wood.
Building and fire officials direct egress in all public buildings including churches theaters and halls with aisles kept clear and only staff police or fire personnel may occupy aisles during performances to ensure public protection and safe evacuation.
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