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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #359 ORDINANCE No. � i AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 226 AND ADDING A NEW SECTION TO SAID ORDINANCE NO. 226 ENTITLED: "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH TO BE KNOWN AS THE BUILD- ING ORDINANCE, REGULATING THE CONSTRUCTION, ALT}IRATION, REPAIR AND DE14OLITION OF BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES AND PARTS THEREOF AND PROVIDING FOR FIRE PROTECTION; REGU- LATING AREA WAYS AND MATERIALS -AND MACHINERY, AND USE OF STREETS IN CONNECTION WITH BUILDING OR WRECKING OPERATIONS, PROVIDING FOR PERMITS FOR SAME, AND REPEAL- ING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH" AS AMENDED. The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach do ordain as f ollows: Section 1. That a new section be and the same is hereby added to Ordinance No. 226 entitled "An Ordinance of the City of Huntington Beach to be known as the building ordinance, regu- lating the construction, alteration, repair and demolition pro- viding for fire protection; regulating area ways and -materials and machinery, and use of streets, in connection with building or wrecking operations, providing for permits for same, and repeal- ing all ordinances in conflict therewith" of which new section shall be known as Section 19i and shall read as follows: I ' "Section 192. All brick masonry walls shall have continu- ous reinforced concrete bond stones constructed in such walls at the following elevations: At the junction of all wooden floor joists; all wooden ceiling or roof joists; and the required joist anchors shall be imbedded into such bond stones. The said bond stones shall be at least ten inches in depth and not less than eight inches in width and shall be reinforced with not less than four reinforcing rods as follows: For 13" walls - not less than four 5/8" square or 3/4" i - round deformed bars. For 17" walls - not less than six 5/8" square or 3/411 round deformed bars. For 21" and over - not less than eight 5/8" square or 3/4" round deformed bars. Jam._ (a) One-half of the bars to 'be placed 1L inches below the top of the bond stone, and the remaining half shall be placed IL inches above the bottom of the bond stone. All splices in reinforcing steel to be lapped at least thirty inches and shall be securely wired and at all corners the reinforc- ing steel shall be continuous in said bond stones. On all walls having masonry above the bond stones there shall be imbedded into the top of all such reinforced concrete bond stones, steel or iron dowels and spaced not more than 2411. on center. The dowels shall be not less than 5/8" square and shall project not less than eight inches above such bond stones and to be imbedded not less than eight inches. The bond stones shall form a continuous structural tie around all masonry walls and such bond stones may be allowed to step up over the brick courses in order to meet the slope of the roofs. The required iron anchors shall be bent into and hooked over the reinforcing rods within the bond stones. All joists shall be anchored to these bond stones at inter- vals of 4811 by means of three-quarter inch rods. These rods shall be secured to the bond stones by having 10t' of their length bent into the form of a hook or T head and imbedded into the con- crete and shall hook over the outer rod. Anchors occurring upon the ends of joists shall extend 24" on to the joists and shall be located not more than 2 inches above the bottom of said joists and those occurring upon the sides of joists shall extend 7211 crosswise under the joists. Joists which are parallel with the � `..� wall shall e inch 1l s a have two o inc headers placed between the foist and of the same depth. The rods shall be secured to the joists or headers by means of a three inch hook bent on the end of the rod and driven in a tight fitting hole through the joist. -2- All mortar used in the construction of any masonry wall of any building shall be either cement mortar or lime mortar tempered with cement. Cement mortar shall be composed of not more than three parts of sand to one part of cement. Lime not to exceed ten percent of the bulk of the cement may be added to this mortar. i Lime used in mortar shall be either hydrated or in a putty form that has been slaked not less than seven days. Lime mortar tempered with cement shall be composed of I not more than five parts of sand to one part of lime putty that has been slaked not less than seven days, to which there has been added just before using, one part of cement without any additional sand. Sand shall be clean, coarse and well graded. All particles shall pass through a six mesh screen, . seventy percent by weight stiall be retained on a fifty mesh screen and not more than ten percent by weight shall pass through a hundred mesh screen. The clay or loam content shall not exceed five percent by volume and shall not be in the form of a coating on the coarser particles. All concrete used in the construction of the bond stones shall be mixed in the following proportions - one (1) par-t of Portland cement, two and one-half (21) parts of sand and three and one-half (31) parts of crushed stone. The aggregates used must be of approved quality. WETTING OF MASONRY UNITS. All masonry units shall be thoroughly wetted not more than one hour before laying and shall be damp at time of laying. CHIMNEYS AND FLUES All chimneys and flues hereafter constructed in buildings of one story or more, shall be of brick or masonry. Flues where wood or coal are used, shall be not less than 7'�x7_ inches. Their enclosing walls must be at least four inches thick, and except in dwellings,, apart- ment houses and tenement houses, shall, if less than eight I (�) inches thick, be lined on the .inside with burnt clay or terra ootta flue lining, not less than 3/4 inches thick, and such lining shall start below the lowest point where any smoke enters the flue, and shall be continuous to the top. Where flue lining is not required, the inside of the chimney shall be plastered smoothly for the entire height, and on the outside from bottom to point of passing through roof. Chimneys in all buildings must start from the concrete base laid on the ground, .built plumb from the ground. None but terra cotta or iron thimbles shall be used. No wood must I ' be nearer than two inches of any thimble. MORTAR All mortar used in the construction of masonry chimneys I shall be of same proportions as that specified for masonyy fire walls. CHIMNEY REBUILDING In the repair of any damaged or unsafe chimneys they shall be taken down to a point at least three feet below the i 1 roof line and in all cases below any point of fracture and rebuilt using mortar of the same proportions as specified for fire walls. - 4 - I` �I i C In each of the corners place at least one (1) one-half (2) inch round bar, and every eighteen (18) inches on center of vertical height plan® a one-quarter (J) inch tie laid in the mortar Pint. W here chimneys are built of one thickness of brick with flue lining the vertical re- inforcing bars may be placed between the flue lining and the brick and such space shall be well filled with mortar. i In new chimneys the vertical bars shall extend into its foundation. A smoke test will' be required after all chimneys are repaired. I :Section-2. _ All Ordinances or parts of ordinances of the City of Huntington Beach not consistent with the, provisions of this Ordinance insofar as the same are incon- sistent herewith are to that extent hereby repealed. Section 3. The City ' Clerk shall certify to the passage of this Ordinance and shall cause the same to be I published by one insertion in the Huntington Beach News, a weekly newspaper printed, published and circulated in said City of Huntington Beach. An emergency has arisen which endangers the peace, health and safety of citizens of the City of Huntington Beach, and the facts constituting such emergency are as follows; -5- a J i, That a large number of buildings within said City have been damaged and partially torn down by earthquake and are now being rebuilt and unless said buildings are constructed as herein provided the same become and are a menace to public peace, health and safety. Adoption of this ordinance is necessary for the proteetion. of said public peace, health and safety, therefore, this I' r ordinance shall take effect from and after its passage. passed and adopted this day of March, 1933. Mayor of the City of Huntington Beac � ✓'%' A'TTE��/ i City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach. i li State of California County of Orange ss City of Huntington Beach I , C.R.Furr, City Clerk and Ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach do hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance was introduced and read at a regular adjourned meeting of the City Council held on the 16th day of March, 1933, and was again read to said City Council on the 22nd day of March, 1933 , at a regular adjourned meeting of the said Board, and that said ordinance was adopted by- the following vote: AYES: Councilmen2&--Gh.�-eN,-.� ,,��_ NOES: Councilmen ABSENT:Councilmen City Clerk and Ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the r.Gi:ty of Huntington Beach, 'Cal.i;foraia..