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AN ORDINANCE MOT MG PARAGR T 14-2-4 OF ORDINANCE #1389
INSCRIBING TRICKNESS AND BEIGIT OF HOLLOW TILE, CONCRETE
BLOCK OR TILE, OR HOLLOW WAILS OF BRICK 92EM THAN IN
SKELETON CONSTFIOCTION' AND PROVIDING THAT AIL, ORDINANCES
OR PARTS OF OMINANCES IN CONHTICP BEIiuWITH ARE =BY '
REPEALED, AND PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE EF-
FECTIVE AFTER ITS PASSAGE AM PUBLICATION AS REQUIRED BY
L&W; AND PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION THMOF-
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY CODNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH,
TEXAS:
SECTION I,
Thai Paragraph 14-2-4 of Ordinance #1389 is hereby amended to
hereafter read as follows:
Paragraph 14-2-4 -- THICMMSS AND HEIGHP OF HOLLOW TILE,
CONCRETE BLOCK OR TILE, OR HOLLOW WALLS OF BRICK OTEM THAN
IN SKELETON CONSTRUCTION. Walls of hollow tile, concrete block
or tile, or hollow walls of brick shall not exceed 50 feet in
height above the top of foundation walls•
The thickness of the above materials and types shall be
sufficient at all points to ]Deep the stresses, due to combined
live and dead loads for which the building is designed with the
limits prescribed by Paragraph 1e4-2-3 of the Building Code.
The minimum thickness of exterior walls of hollow tile, con-
crete block or tile, or of hollow wall construction shall be
12 Inches for the trmnst 35 feet of their height (not to exceed
two stories) and at least 16 inches for the remaining lower por-
tion; except that the top story wall of buildings not exceeding
three stories or 40 feet in height or the walls of one story oom-
mereial or industrial buildings may be 8 inches thick, provided
that such 8 inch wall does not exceed 12 feet in unsupported
height and that the roof beams are horizontal; and except that
the exterior walls of one and two family dwellings may be 8 in*es
thick for the uppermost 20 feet. When gable construction is used
for such dwellings an additional 5 feet is permitted to the peak
of the gable*
Where walls are stiffened at distances not gr6ater than 12
feet by oroes walls or by internal or external returns at least
2 feet deep, the thickness may be 12 inches throughout, except
that the top story, or for one and two family dwellings the up-
permost 20 feet, may be 8 inches as previously provided.
SECTION II.
Any person, firm, oonpany, co*cration and their agents,
servants or employees violating any of the provisions of this ordinance
shall upon convi.dtion be fined in any stun not exceeding $200.00 for each
and every day that any person shall fail, emit, neglect or refuse to do
any act required by the terms of this ordinance, or if they shall do any
act in violation of the terms of this ordinance they shall be subject to
the penalty herein provided for not to exceed $200,00.
SECTION III.
That all ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict here-
with are hereby repealed and of no Rather force and offset.
SECTION IQ.
This ordinance shall be in fall force and effect from and
after the date of its passage and publication as required by law*
APMOTS6 TO FORM:
��,, City Attorney
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