The Building Code of the City of New York

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J.W. Pratt Company, 1901 - 171 pages
 

Contents

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IV
11
V
13
VI
16
VII
24
IX
41
X
44
XI
45
XXI
71
XXIII
77
XXIV
84
XXV
100
XXVI
110
XXVII
115
XXVIII
122
XXIX
125

XII
48
XIII
54
XIV
55
XV
56
XVI
57
XVII
59
XVIII
60
XIX
65
XX
68
XXX
127
XXXI
134
XXXII
141
XXXIII
142
XXXIV
149
XXXV
158
XXXVI
159
XXXVII
160

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Page 23 - If stepped-up footing of brick are used in place of stone, above the concrete, the offsets, if laid in single courses, shall each not exceed one and one-half inches, or if laid in double courses, then each shall not exceed three inches, offsetting the first course of brickwork, back one-half the thickness of the concrete base, so as to properly distribute the load to be imposed thereon.
Page 12 - A dwelling shall be taken to mean and include every building which shall be intended or designed for, or used as, the home or residence of not more than two...
Page 96 - All inside stairways leading to the upper galleries of the auditorium shall be inclosed on both sides with walls of fireproof materials. Stairs leading to the first or lower gallery may be left open on one side, in which case they shall be constructed as herein provided for similar stairs leading from the entrance hall to the main floor of the auditorium. But in no case shall stairs leading to any gallery be left open on both sides.
Page 35 - Code, the same shall be done by a lining of brickwork to form a combined thickness with the old wall of not less than four inches more than the thickness required for a new wall corresponding with the total height of the wall when so increased in height. The said...
Page 91 - All that portion of the stage not comprised in the working of scenery, traps and other mechanical apparatus, for the presentation of a scene, usually equal to the width of the proscenium opening, shall be built of iron or steel beams filled in between with fireproof material, and all girders for the support of said beams shall be of wrought iron or rolled steel.
Page 37 - On the inside of all openings in which lintels shall be less than the thickness of the wall to be supported, there shall be timber lintels which shall rest at each end not more than three inches...
Page 143 - ... thereunder, or who shall build in violation of any detailed statement of specifications or plans, submitted and approved thereunder, or of any certificate or permit issued thereunder, shall severally, for each and every such violation and noncompliance, respectively, forfeit and pay a penalty in the sum of fifty dollars.
Page 105 - Stiffeners shall be provided over supports and under concentrated loads; they shall be of sufficient strength as a column, to carry the loads, and shall be connected with a sufficient number of rivets to transmit the stresses into the web plate. Stiffeners shall fit so as to support the flanges of the girders. If the unsupported depth of the web plate exceeds sixty times its thickness, Stiffeners shall be used at intervals not exceeding one hundred and twenty times the thickness of the web.
Page 88 - Nothing herein contained shall prevent a roof garden, art gallery or rooms for similar purposes being placed above a theatre or public building, provided the floor of the same, forming the roof over such theatre or building, shall be constructed of iron or steel and fireproof materials, and that said floor shall have no covering boards or sleepers of wood, but shall be of tile or cement.
Page 67 - All buildings shall be kept provided with proper metallic leaders, for conducting water from the roofs in such manner as shall protect the walls and ,, foundations of said building from injury.

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