HomeMy WebLinkAbout009 - 05/22/1947 - AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 030, 1924 AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE BUILDING CODE PROVIDING RULES AND REGUL ORDINANCE NO 9 1947
BEING AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE No 30, 1924
AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE BUILDING CODE FOR THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS PROVIDING RULES AND REGULATIONS THEREUNDER, PENALTIES
FOR VIOLATION THEREOF, AND REPEALING AID, ORDINANCES AND PARTS
OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS
Section 1 That Section 79 of Ordinance No 30,
1924, as amended, be and the same is hereby amended by adding
thereto the following, to-wit
"Section 79 Hollow Concrete Block or Tile '
All hollow concrete block or tile used for exterior,
party, fire or division walls shall be as specified in this
Section Concrete block or tile shall be made from Portland
cement and such aggregates as sand, gravel crushed stone,
cinders volcanic ash pumice, burned clay or shale, and
blast furnace slag in such proportions and with such a
process of manufacture that units meeting the requirements
of this specification will be produced In no case shall
the maximum aggregate dimension exceed one-half of the
thickness of the thinnest shell or web of thefinished block
The average compressive strength of five units at
the time of delivery to the site shall be not less than the
following
Minimum Face Average Compressive Minimum Compressive
Shell Thick- Strength in Pounds per Strength Permitted
ness Inches Square Inch Gross Cross On Any Test Unit in
Sectional Area as Laid Pounds per Square
in the Wall Inch Gross Cross Sec-
tional Area
1 1/4 or over 700 600
Under 1 1 4 and
over 3 4 1000 800
Concrete masonry units which will be exposed to the
soil or weather in the finished work (without brick, stucco
or other suitable protective covering approved by the Building
Inspector) shall not absorb more than fifteen (15) pounds
of water per cubic foot of concrete actually contained
Units which will be suitably protected from the soil or
weather in the finished work need not conform to the absorption
requirements of this paragraph
All hollow concrete units shall meet the require-
ments of the Tentative Specifications and Tests for Load-
bearing Concrete Units A S T M Designation C90-34T of
the American Society for Testing Materials
Special concrete block or tile, in addition to
meeting the requirements in this Section shall comply with
the Underwriters ' Laboratories "Standard for Hollow Concrete
Building Units, " dated June 8, 1932
Underwriters' Laboratories ' certificated hollow
concrete building units may be considered as Special Units
The Building Inspector may require inspection and
testing of said block or tile at any time, the expense
thereof to be paid in advance by the owner "
Section 2 All ordinances and parts of ordinances
in conflict herewith are hereby repealed
Section 3 In the opinion of the City Council an
emergency exists for the preservation of the public health
peace and safety, and this ordinance shall take effect upon
its passage under and by virtue of the authority contained in
Sections 6 and 7 of Article IV of the City Charter
Introduced, read at length, and adopted by the
unanimous vote of all members of the City Council, at a regular
meeting of the City Council, held this 22nd day of May, A D
1947
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Mayor
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pity Clerk
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STATE OF COLORADO, )
as
County of Larimer )
I, MILES F HOUSE, City Clerk of the City of Fort
Collins, do hereby certify and declare that the aforesaid
Ordinance, consisting of three Sections, was duly proposed
and read at length at a regular meeting of the City Council,
held on the 22nd day of May, A D 1947 and was duly adopted
and ordered published in the Fort Collins Coloradoan, a daily
newspaper and official newspaper of the City of Fort Collins,
by the unanimous vote of all members of the City Council, as
an Emergency Ordinance, in accordance with the provisions of
Sections 6 and 7 of Article IV of the City Charter, and
thereafter and on, to-wit the 27thday of May ,
A D 1947, said Ordinance No 9 was duly published in the
Fort Collins Coloradoan, a daily newspaper published in the
City of Fort Collins, Colorado
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand
and affixed the seal of said City this 27th day of May, A D
1947
City Clerk