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ORDIN~NCE NO. 662
. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BOZEMAN DESIGNATING THE
FIRE LIMITS AND PROVIDING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, AL-
TERATION, IMPROVIOO AND/ORREP.AIR OF BUILDINGS AND
OTHER STRUCTURES, INCLUDING EQUIPMENT, WITHIN SAID
CITY, AND REPEALING ORDINANCES NOS. 393,441,452,
480, 607, and 644 AND ALL OTHER ORDINANCES AND PARTS
OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWI~
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BOZEMAN:
Section 1 . .
:Qefinitions
For the purposes of this Ordinanc,e . the defint ti ons ,words, phras e s
and expressions as set out in Section 200, Article II of the "Building Code", ,
(Fifth Edition) recommended by the National Board of Fire Underwr~ters are
adopted as definitions of the same words, phrases and expressions when used
in this Ordinance. .
Section 2
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Fire Limits '---
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The following shall be and are hereby declared to be the fire lim1ts:-' -
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Mendenhall Street with the east line of Third Ave., 0, -
thence easterly along said south line of Mendenhall
Street to the west line of Wallace Avenue, thenoe
south~rly along said west line of Wallace Avenue to
the north line of Babcock Street; thenoe westerly
."'. along the north line of Babcock Street to the west
. line of Church Avenue, thence southerly along the I
west line of Church Avenue to th~ north line of
Olive Street to the west line of Black Avenue, thence
southerlyalang the west line of &laok Avenue to a
point 100 feet south of the line of Olive Street,
thence westerly along a line parallel to and 100
teet south from the south line of Olive Street to a
point in the ~t line of Willson Avenue, thence
northerly along the east line of Willson Avenue to
the north line of Olive Street, .thence. westerly '----
along the north line of Olive Street to the a'aat ::~ - .
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line of Fourth Avenue to the south line of Babcock -~ .........~ i"'~.",----
Street thence easterly along the south line of Bab-
oockStreet to the east line of Third Avenue, thence -
northerly along the east line of Third Avenue to the -
point of beginning.
Section 3
Permits
No wall, structure, building or part thereof, shall be built, enlarged,
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altered, or moved until an application for a permit therefor shall have been
filed with the Building Inspector and a permit issued. Said application
shall be filed on a form to be furnished by the Building Inspector and there
shall also be filed a plan of the proposed work, together with a statement
of the materials, and an estimate of the value of both labor and materials
to be used in the proposed construction. . I
The Building Inspector shall be allowed a reasonable time for examination ..
and investigation arter~which he shall, if the proposal is not in confliot with
the Ordinances of the City of Bozeman, issue a permit for the proposed work. <
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Any work, for which a permit is required, done without a permit after this
Ordinance becomes effective or which is not in conformity with this Ordinance,
shall be removed.
The Building Inspector shall as ofte"as practical inspect all buildings
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or structures during construction for whioh a permit bas been issued to see
that the provisions of. this Ordinance and of general law are complied with
and that eons truction is prosecuted safely. Whenever in his opinion, by
reason of defective or illegal work in violation of a provision of this
I Ordiance or of general law the continuance of a building operation is con-
trary to public welfare, he may order all further work to be stopped and may
require suspension of work until the.condition'in violation has been cor-
rected.
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Fees. And Bonds
Fees for permits required by thie Ordinance shall be paid at the time
of making application for eaoh p"'~t... ft>llows:
( a) For each building or structure, built, enlarged, altered improved
or repaired the cost or value' of'material. ~d/o~ labor amounts to $50.00 or
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over, and up to $1,000.00 a ree of $1.00 shall be.chargeci.l"ther~.tOP, and 25
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cents shall be adde~for eaoh additional $1,000.00 or fraction thereof, of
cost or value, as speoified. Provided that no fee shall be charged forre-
painting or reshingling if no change is made in the building or structure
except the roof covering.
.J (b) The fee for any display sign.,permlt required by,Section 34 hereof
shall be $L.OO.
( c) The fee for a moving permit when any building or structure or part
of any building or struc~ure is moved on, along, or across any street or alley
shall be according to the following schedule:
Volume Fee
Less than 400 eu.Ft. $ 3.00
401 It It up, to 4000 Cu. Ft. 10.00
4001 It It , "10000 It n 20.00
. 10001 It II or over ... 30.00
Thirty-six hours shall be allowed for moving a bUilding or structure under
the foregoing schedule. One Dollar ($1.00) shall ~ added to any fee paid
under the foregoing sohedule for each and e.very ,hour or major fraction thereof
during which any building or structure or part thet1eof,occupies any part of
any atreet or alley longer than thirty-six hours.
. Section 5
Limitations Within Fire Limits
il No building or structure of frame wall, or of unprotected metal wall con-
struction or which has a wooden cornice.,sball beere,cted hereafter in the fire
limits, except the following: t '."
( a) A building of fr~e oonstruction or of unprotected meval construction
occupied exclusively as a private garage or stable, not more than one story in
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height nor more than seven hundred and fifty square feet in area, located on the
same lot with a dwelling.
(b) Outhouses not more than eight feet in height nor more than one hundred
square feet in area. ~
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( c) Greenhouses not more than fifteen feet in height erected on the
same lot with and accessory to a dwelling or a store. ~
(d) Sheds open on the. long side, not more than fiftee~in height
nor more than five hundred square feet in area.
~". (e) Builders' shanties not mope than one story in height, for use I
only in connection with a duly authorized building operation and located on
the same ,lot with suoh building operation, on a lot immediately adjQining, on
an upper floor of a building under construction or on a sidewalk shed.
( f) Piazzas or balconies on dwellings, not exceeding ten feet in
width nor extending more than three feet above the seoond story floor beams;
provided, that nO such structure shall extend to a lot line or be joined to a
similar structure of another building.
(g) Coal tipples, ice houses, material bins, trestles and water
tanke, when built of planking and timbers of the dimensions acceptable for
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heavy timber construction. .
(h) Fences not exoeeding ten feet in height.
(i) Display sigps as elsewhere provided in this Ordinance.
(j) Frame Dwelling not exceeding two stories in height, and se-
parated by at least five feet from the. lot lines of adjoining property.
No building of frame construction or unproteoted metal construction I
shall hereafter be moved from without to within the fire limits..
Section 6
Alterations and Additions
Within the fire limits no building or structure of frame construction
or of unprotected metal construction shall be hereafter extended on any side
unless the construction of such extension conforms to the requirements of this
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ordinance for new construction; and provided that the area of the building as
extended shall not exceed the allowable area for frame construotion.
All ordinary construction buildings and all frame buildings hereafter
\ built or 'altered in which the lower. stories or portions thereof are used for
business, and the stories above.. for residence purposes shall have all parti tlons
and ceilings separs.t1ntthe business portions from the residence portions covered
with metal lath and plaster or other-equivalent fire-proofing material. Stairways
shall eonform to Section 14 of this Ordinance.
Section 7 .
Removal Or Repair Of Unsafe Buildings .1
A building or structure.or part thereof that may be or shall at any
time hereafter beoome dangerous or unsafe, Shall, unless made safe and seoure,
be taken down and removed.
A building or structure or part thereof declared structurally unsafe
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or hazardous by duly oonstituted authority may be restored to safe condition;
provided, that if damage or cost of reconstructlon~or restoration is in excess
of fifty per oent of the value of the building or structure, exclusive of foun-
dations, suoh building or structure, if reconstruoted or restored, shall be made
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to conform with respect to materials and type of construction to the re-
quirements f'or buildings and structures.hereafter erected;. but no change
of use or occupancy shall be compelled by reason ot such reconstruotion
or restoration.
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I Section 8
Limi ts Of Height And Area
The height of' buildings of fireproof construction is unlimited.
No building of' semi-fireproof construction hereafter erected or altered
shall exceed 75 feet in height, and when of storage occupanoy, 50 f'eet.
Buildings of heavy timber construction shall not exceed 35 feet .in height,
except that those of residence, business and storage occupancy may be 75
feet in height; and provided ~hat wheB over 35 feet in height, storage
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buildings are sprink1ered; provided, further, that churches of ordinary con-
. struction and heavy timber construction may be forty five feet high but not
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more than two stories, and that schools of such construction shall be not
more than two stories high. Buildings of ordinary construction shall not ex-
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ceed 35 feet in height, provided, that business buildings of suoh constru-
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ction may be 50 feet high; provided, further, that for residenoe buildings,
when the floors immediately over the basement and over cellars are of a con-
struction having a fire-resistance rating of not less than two hours, or-
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dinary construotion may be, but shall not exceect;,,-,:four stories or 5'"5 feet;
and when in addi tion, in multifamily houses which are subdivided by part-
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itions of incombustible materials having a fire-resistance rating of not
less than two hours, into floor areas not exceeding 2,500 square feet, all
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other floors having a fire-resistance rating of not less than one hour,
ordinary construction may be, but shall not exceed, :five stories or 65 feet
high. Buildings of frame construction, ot business and storage occupancy,
shall not exceed 25 feet, no. one story :for the latter, in height; public
buildings 30 feet and ohurches and sohools not more than one story; resi-
dence buildings 35 f'eet and not more than two stories, exoept dwellings of
one or two families, which may be three stories.
Buildings of unprotected metal construction shall be not more than
one story high; provided that this shall not prohibit mezzanine stories the
aggregate floor area of which does not exceed twenty-five per cent of the area
. of the building.
Public garages of fireproof, semi-fireproof, and heavy timber con-
I. struction shall not exceed 10,000, 7,500, and 6,000 square feet, respectively.
and business buildings and storage bUildings of semi-fireproof construction,
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Ordinary (wood joist and masonry wall) ,
10,000 square feet. construction shall
not exceed 5,000, 6,000, and 7,500 square ~eet, when fronting on one, two and
three streets, respectively. Buildings of heavy timber construction may have
areas 33 per oent in excess of those .allowed for ordinary construction. Build-
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ings of frame construction shall not exe.ed 5,000 square feet.
The limiting areas fixed in this section may be increased by one hun-
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dred per cent when the building is sprinklered, and by two hundred per cent
when the building is sprinklered and does not exceed one story nor an average
of twenty-five feet in,height to the roof# or to a ceiling which is unpierced
and has a fire-resistance of not less than one hour.
Outside the fire limits# when a hazardous condition is not created I
thereby, the area of a public building, a business building, or a storage build-
ing, not over two stories high, may be increased in excess of the areas fixed (>
by this seotion, in the discretion of the board consisting of the City Comm~ssion#
the Building-Inspector and the Chief of the Fire Department, after public hearing;
provided that buildings of combustible occupancy shallbe sprinklered.
Section 9
Walls
The thickness of masonry bearing walls shall be not less than twelve
inches for the uppermost twenty-five feet of their height, and shall increase
four inches in thiokness for each sucoessive thirty-five feet Or fraotion thereof
Measured downward from the top of the wall. Non-bearing walls may be twelve in-
chee thick tor the uppermost fifty feet.
Hollow walls of brick or walls of hollow burnt olay tile or concrete
blocks shall not be used as bearing walls in buildings or structures exceeding
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forty feet in height. I
Fire walls and party walls for business and storage buildings shall
be four inches thicker than the above requirements for bearing walls and shall
be of solid brick masonry or reinforced concrete.
The thickness of walls of reinforced ooncrete bearing walls shall be
not less than three-fourths of the thickness required for masonry bearing walls.
In one and two family dwellings, walls may be eight inches thiok, -
when not more than thirty feet in hei~pt nor more than fifty feet in length be-
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tween crOSS walls or ad~quate buttresses; provided that in a gable wall the
~ortion within five feet of the peak need not be eonsidered in fixing the height ·
Walls supported at each story by girders which are proteoted with not
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less than two inches of fireproofing material applied in a manner to afford a fire-
resistance rating of not less than three hours may be eight inches thick.
Walls of business buildings and storage buildings, other than firewalls
or party walls, not more than one story high, may be eight inches thick; provided
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they are reinforced at intervals not exceeding twenty feet, by cross walls, piers
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or buttresses. I
Outside of the tire limits solid masonry walls# ei,ght inches thick, may
be used for buildings not exoeeding thirty feet or two stories in height, the
walls of which, under this ordinanoe, could be of frame construction; provided
they do not exceed fifty feet in length between oross walls, piers or buttr.'8es.
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Hollow walls of brick or walls othollow block or solid block masonry, eight inches
thiok, may be used when such buildings do not exceed one story in height.
Parapets shall be provided on all fire walls, ,party walls# and exterior ,
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walls of .masonry or reinforced concrete, where suCh walls connect with roofs
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of fireproof construction; provided, that a parapet shall not be required
\ for a wall facing on a street having a width of fifty feet or more, nor on
a wall of abuilding the roof of which is ten feet.lewer than the roof of a
building ad,joining or adjacent to such wall, 'nor on the walls of a detached
"' dwelling, nor on the walls of a building which is fifty feet or more distant
in all directions from other buildings. In dwellings and in buildings in
whioh eight inoh walls are permitted, such parapets shall be not less than
eight inches thick and carried at least two feet above the roof. In all other
buildings such parapets shall be not less than twelve inches thick, and carried
not less than three feet above the roof.
Section 10
Quality Of Materials
All building materials shall be of good quality, and shall conform
to specifications which the building inspector prescribes. The more generally
acoepted standard specifications for quality of materials are those of the
American Society for Testing Materials.
Sec tion II
Concrete Construction
Concrete for reinforced concrete shall consist of one part port-
- land oement and not more than six parts aggregate, by volume measured dry,
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and not more than seven and one-half gallons of water per sack, ninety-four
pounds of cement. The aggregate shall be miXed in an approximate ration of
two parts fine aggregate andwfour parts coarse aggregate. This requirement
applies under ordinary conditions and does not preclude the use of other mix-
tures when duly authorized.
The "Building Regulations for Reinforoed Concrete" as adopted by
the Amerioan Concrete Institute shall oonstitute the acoepted good practice
in reinforced concrete construction. ~
. Section 12
Protection Of Ends or. Woodmen Beams
Wooden joists, beams and girders resting on opposite sides of a
masonry wall shall be separated from one.. another by at least six inches of
solid masonry. Such separation maybe obtained by corbeling the wall, or
staggering the beams, or the beams may be supported by steel wall hangers,
but no wall shall be corbeled more than two inches for this purpose.
I Section 13
Protection Of Wall Openings --
The aggregate width of all openirigs in a fire wall,at-any level
shall not exceed 25 per cent of the-length of the wall.
\ Every opening in a required firewall shall be protected on each
side of the wall with an approved automatic fire door; provided that when a
firewall serves also as a horizontal exit it shall have no openings other
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than door openings not exceeding forty-e-lgb.t square feet in area, andone of
the automatic fire doors at each opening shall be replaced by self-closing
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fire door.
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Every building, except dwellings, churches and buildings of frame
construction, shall have a~roved fire windows or other approved proteottves,
in every opening ,in the exter~or walls when suoh opening faces on a street and
is less than fifty feet from the opposite building line, or when such opening I
is less than fifty feet distant in "a direct unobstructed line from an opening
in another building, or when such op~ning is above and not more than fifty teet
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from any part of a neighboring roof; provided that such protection shall not be ,
required for show windows facing on a street; and provided further that such,
proteotion shall not be required ~hen the opening to be protected and the 'opening
against which it 1s to be protected are situated in walls in,the same plane or
in parallel planes and are facing in the same direction.
Fire q.oors, fire shutters and fire windows on exterior openings, when
not required to.be open, shall be cl?sed by ~he occupant or occupants of the
building having the use or control or them.
Section 14
Stairway, Elevator And Other Shafts
In every building exceeding 30 feet to the' floor of the topmost story
or occupied by more than forty persons above or below the first story above grade
and in multifamily hOU~~S more than two stories high,' interior stairways, includ-
ing hallways connecting them to the doorw3Y leading to the outside, shall be el}- I
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closed with a partition construction of incombustible ma~erials having a\tire~
~-/ resistance rating of not less than two hours.
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-" In all other buildings, except dwellings, interior stairways, which are
not enclosed in partitions as prescribed in the preceding paragraph, shall be en-
closed in partitions of wood studs firestopped at every floor with incombustible
materials and covered on both sides with expanded metal lath and gypsum mortar ,
not less than three-quarters of an 1n~h thick, or of other construction having a
fire-resistance rating of not less than one hour.
When stairways do not serve as required exits and do not connect mor,e
than two stories the enclosure may be of a construction having a f1re~resistance
rating of not less than one hour; and provided that an enclosur~ shall not be re-
qui~ed for a flight of stairs from the main entrance floor ~o the floor next above
when such stairs are not a part of a required stairway.
..- No openings except the necessary doorways, shall be permitted in a stair
enolosure. Such doorway shall be equipped with approved self-closing fire doors, I
except that when two-hour partitions are not required for the enclosure, substan-
tial self-closing metal or metal covered doors or wooden doors of the flush type
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of nominal tbiekneS5 of one and three-eighths inohes may be u~ed. This shall not,
however, prohibit windows opening to the exterior of the building.
Except in dwellings, no stair leading up from a basement shall be placed
under a stairway leading from an upper story, unless such stair and stairway are ..'.
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enclosed. within the basement by a ~wo-hour partition, and with an unbroken ceiling con-
BtruC~ having a fire.004"8$lstance rating of not less than one hour, on the soffit
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of the flight thfough the lowest story of the stairway from above.
All shaftways through two or more suooessive floors, or floors and
roof, hereafter construoted 1n a bUilding, used for ventllation, light, ele-
vator or other purposes, except stairways, as provided for in the preceding
I paragraphs, ducts, incineratOr chutes and flues, shaftways in buildings of
frame oonstruction, and shaf~ways in residence build~ngs of ordinary oon-
struction extending from the ceiling of the top story to and above the roof,
shall be enclosed to oonstit~te a shaft. The walls of shafts, unless oon-
structed of niasonry or reinforced concrete shall be partitions of incom-
bustible materials having a fire-res~stance rati~ of not less than two
hours; provided that shafts in reSi~ence buildings of ordinary construction
may be constructed of hollow Clay tile, stone or cinder concrete, gypsum
blooks, gypsum mortar or oement mo~tar on metal lath, or any material and form
of construotion that has a fire-re'idstance rating of not less than one hour;
and provided further that sU,cftwall shall .be not less than two inches thick and ,
set in an angle iron frRme or otherwise sub~tantially supported on incombustible
construction properly fire protected.
Shafts shall have no openings other than suoh as are necessary for
- the purpose of the shaftway. Such openings shall be protected with approved
I fire doors, approved fire shut,:ters or approved 1'lre windows.
Every shaft extending into the top story Of a building of heavy
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timber construction or ordinary, oonstructionshall be carried through and not
less than three feet above the roof. 0
Every shaft extending above the roof, except open shafts, shall be
..- covered at the top with a skylight of at least three-fourths of the area of
the shaftway in the top story; provided that the skylight herein required
may be replaced by a window of equivalent a.rea in the side of the shaft if
the sill of such window is not less than two feet above the roof and the win-
dow does not faoe a lot linewlhhin ten feet.
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In an existing building In1ibloh there is a shaftway not already
enclosed as in this section prescribed,_the' openings in each floor shall be
protected by substantial guards or gates and shall be provided with approved
trapdoors as may be directed by the buil~ng official. Such trapdoors shall be
constructed so as to form a substantial floor surface when closed; if there are
elevators, they shall be so arranged as to open and .c10se by the action of\the
I elevator in ascending or descending. Guards or gates, and trapdoors required
by this section shall be kept closedat,.U times, when the shaftway is not
in actual use.
. Section 15
Skylights
Skylights which are inclined plOre tha.n sixty degrees ..from the ver-
tical, hereafter placed on a buildingsball have the sas~es and frames thereof
oonstruoted of metal, except that skylights in foundries or buildings where
aoid fumes are present as an incident to the oocupancy of the building, may
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be of wood by special permission of the building inspector.
Skylights placE!d over shaftways shall be glazed with plain glass not
-more" than three-sixteenths of an inoh in thickness. Every skylight in. which
plain glass is used shall be protected by a substantial wire screen placed not :1
less than four inches nor more than ten inches above the glazed portion of the
skYlight at all points. Such screen shall extend beyond. the glazing on all
. sides a distanoe -not less than the height of the screen above the glazing. When
suoh skylight is located over a stairway, passageway, public hallway or a room
of public resort, a similar screen shall also be placed below the skylight unless
there is an intermediate ceiling light.
Section 16
Roof Covering
Except as otherwise herein provided, every roof hereafter placed on
a building shall be oovered with an approveu roofing of brick, concrete, tile
slate, metal, asbestos, or built-up roofing finished with asphalt, slag or gravel,
or wi th other IlPproved material. ~,...~~
Except where roofing.is of a.oharacter permitting attachment direct to
steel frame work, it shall be applied to a solid or closely fitted deck.
Roofings which are classified as Clas-e A or B under the test speci-
fications of Underwriters' Laboratorie~, Inc., shall be accepted-as meetin~he I
requirements of this section.
For buildings whioh are ocoupied as dwellings for buildings which are
of frame construction, or outside the f~re limits, for other buildings which do
not exceed two stories or th!rty feet in height nor twenty-five hundred square
feet in area and are not occupied as mercantile establishments, factories or ware- ,
houses, roofings whioh are classified as Class C under the test specifications of
Und.erwriters I Lab ora tories, Ino. , shall be aocepted as meeting the requirements of
this section.
Outside the fire li~ts, dwellings, private-garages and barns, separated
by at least twelve feet from other buildings may be roofed with approved vertical
grain or edgegrain woodeD shingles. "The combined thickness of each five shingles
measured at the butts shall be. not less than two inches. The exposure of suoh
wooden shingles to the weather shall not exceed, on roofs greater than one-third
pitch, five inches for 16 inch shingles, five and one-half inches for 18 inoh .hing-
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les, and seve~ and one-half inches for 24 inch shingles; nor, on roofs. with less
than one-third pitch but not less than ~ne-quarter pitch, four inches for 16 inch I
shingles, four and one-half inches for 18 inoh shingles, and six and one-half inches
for 24 inch shingles. Such shingles shall be firmly nailed to the roof deck with . .
non-corridible and rust-resistive nails according to acoepted good praotioe. The
American lumber standard established in Simplified Practioe Reconnnendation R 16-29
- of the U. S. Department of Commerce, shall be aocepted as means of establishing the
grade of shingles.
No roofing on an existing roof shall be- renewed or repaired to a greater
extent than one-tenth of the roof surface, except in conformity with the requirements
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Section 17
Exits Required
Exits shall consist of interior stairways, fire towers, horizontal
I exits, exterior stairways, passageways or doorways~ The term "floor area"
as used in this section, shall mean the entire floor space between the ext-
erior walls and firewallse
. In every building hereafter erected, except in private dwellings,
every. floor area having direct exit to a street and occupied by more than
seventy-five persons, shall have at least two means of exit. Every story
not having direct access to a street shall have at least one interior stair-
way or fire tower connected thereto. Every such ~tory shallbave at least
one additional exit when it exceeds tw~ thousand five hundred-square feet
in are a.
Exits shall be so_located that no pdint in a floor area, room or
space served by them is more than one hundred feet distant from an exit,
measured along the line of travel; exoept that when a floor area is sub-
divided into smaller areas, such as roams in hotels and office buildings,
the distance from the door of any room, along an unobstructed hallway, to
an exit, shall be not more than one hundred. and twenty-five feet. Where
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separate exits are required for a floor area they shall be placed as remote
from each other as practicable. ..
The mininrom unobs t:ruoted width of a stairway serving as an exi t,
except for handrails projecting not more than three and one-half inches into
. such width, shall be not less than forty-four inches; provided, that in
dwellings, multifamily houses and storage buildings, and in other buildings
occupied by a single tenant andlim1ted in occupancy to forty persons, such
wid th may be thirty-s,lx inches.
_._,.!~~ aggregate width of exit stairways in any story, except in
places of assembly, shall be such that they may acco!llodate at one time the
~ toatl number of persons permitted to occupy the largest floor area served
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by such stairways above that story, on the basis of one person for eaoh
three and one-half square feet.Qf f~oor surface of thehalls, landings and
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- stair treads within the stairways; provldod that, when the building is
sprinklered or horizontal exits are provide~ , the required aggregate exit
I capacity may be appropriately reduced.
In places of assembly, such aggngate width shall be not less than
at the rate of twenty-two inches for every, one hundred persons to be aocom-
odated by such stairways.
Stair treads shall be not less than 9t inches wide, and the risers
not more than 7 3/4 inches high. Winders in exit stairways are prohibited.
Except in residence b~11dings doorways serving as required exits
to a street or to a court or ope~ space communicating with a ~treet, shall
ha va the doors, including the doors of vestibules, so hung as to swing out-
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Seotion 18
Fire Stops
In all buildings hereafter erected, all stud walls, partitions, fur-
rings and spaces between joists where they rest on division walls or bearing I
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~partitions, and similarfspaoes shall be fire-stopped in a manner to cut off
all concealed dr~ft openings and form an effectual horizontal fire ba~rier
.between stories, and between a top story and the roof space. Stair carriages
shall be firestopped at least once in the middle portion of each run.
- Section 19
Areaways
All areaways shall be guarded with suitable railings, or be protected
by incombustible covers or gratings. If gratings be used, they shall m ve a wire
screen of not more than i inch mesh securely attaohed tothe under side. Open
areaways' shall not project beyond the lot line.
section 20
Frame Buildings--Walls Near Lot Lines Or Other Buildings And Between Dwellings
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In buildings of frame construction, except private garages, an ex-
~posed wall which is less than three' feet .distant from a lot line other than a
street line, shall have a fire-resistance rating of not less than two hours; I
provided that the material of the weather surface may be similar to that of the
other exterior walls of the building. .
In,buildlngs of frame constmction an exposed wall which is less than
ten feet distant from a wall of another building of frame construction on the
same lot, shall have a fire-re8is~ance rating of not less than two hours; pro-
vided that the material of the weather surface may be similar to that of the
other'exterior walls of the buildings; and provided that when the aggregate
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area of the two buildings does not exceed one andone-half times the limiting
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area fixed by" this ordinance for either building, such fire-l'e$1stance rating
shall not be: required. .
W~lls or partitions separating two or more dwellings of frame con-
struction shall consist of wooden studs- covered on both sides with gypsum mortar
or oement mortar, not less than three-fourths of an inoh in-thickness, on ex-
panded metal lath, or of some other oonstruction having a fire-reSistance rat-
ing of not less than one hour. ~
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Electrioal Installations
All electrical wiring, apparatus, or appllances for furnishing light,
heat, or power shallbe in striot conformity with ~he :tatutes of the state of
Montana, the rules and regulations'issued by authority of law~ and in oonformi ty
. with approved methods of oonstruction tor "safety to life and property. 'the re-
gulations in the National Electrica~ G~e~ as approved by the American Standards
Associ-ation, and in other installation and safety regulations approved by the
" American Standards Assoolation, shall be prima facie evidence of suoh approved
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Section 22
Chimneys
All chimneys shall be built of brick, 'ooncrete, stone, hollow
I ,- tile of clay or ooncrete, concrete block or reinforced conorete, not less
than eight inches thiok; provided that for stone masonry other than sawed
or dressed stone in courses, properly bonded and tied with metal anchors,
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the thiolmess shall be not less than twelve inches; and provided that in
dwellings brick or solid concrete chimneys, used exclusively for ord~nary
stoves, ranges, furnaoes or open fireplaces, the tb:tckness of the masonry
may be reduced to not less than three and three-quarter inches.
Every such chimney shall be lined with a flue lining. High pres-
sure steam boilers, incinerators ex~eeding nine square feet grate area or
of fuel-fired type and other moderate heat appliances shall have a lining
of four inches of fire brick for a distance of ~t least twenty-five feet
above the flue entrance.
Chimneys shall extend at least three feet above the highest point
at which they come in contact with the roof of the building and at least two
feet higher than any ridge within ten feet of such chimney. They shall be
I properly ~apped.
-- Chimneys shall bebullt upon concrete or solid masonry fou~dations.
The footing for an exterior ohimney shall start below the frost line~
The back and sides of fireplaces hereafter erected shall be of
approved masonry or reinforced concrete, not less than eight inches in thick-
ness. A lining of fire brick or other approved material at least two inches
thick shallbe provided unless the thickness is twelve inches.
Fireplaces, except when designed and used for approved gas appli-
ances only,' shall have hearths of brick, stone, tile or other approved in-
combustible material supported on masonry arches. Such hearths shall extend
at least eighteen inches outside of the chimney breast and not less than
twelve inches beyond eaChA-i~~:_ the fireplace opening along ~e chimney
breast. The combined thickness of hearth and supporting arch t;Jhall be not,
V less than six inches at any point.
Wooden centers used in the construction of that part of the sup-
porting arch which is below the hearth of the fireplace inside of the chim-
I ney breast, shall be removed when the construction of- the arch is completed
and before plastering on theun4erside.
Metal smokestacks may be permitted for bOilers, furnaoes and simi-
lar apparatus where large hot fires are used, provided that every such stack,
or part thereof, hereafter erected within.a building other than acme-story
building, shall be enclosed above thest<!J.I7,,1nwhiCh the appliance, served
thereby is looated, in walls of approved masonry or a partition construction
of inoombustible materials having a fire-resistance rating of nqt less than
two hours, with a space on all sides between tl1e stack and. the enelosing walls
sufficient to render the entire stack accessi1?l~ t,or examination and re air.
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The enclosing walls shall be without openings, except doorways equi~ped with
approved selfclosing fire doors at various floor levels for inspection pur-
poses. Where such a stack passes through a roof constructed of combustible
materials, it shall be guarded by a galvanized iron ventilating thimble ex- I
tending not less than nine inches below and nine inches above such roof con-
struction. Such thimbles shall be of a size to provide a clearance on all
sides of the stack of not less than eighteen inches; provided that for stacks
of low heat appliances the clearance may be reduced to not less than twelve
inches.
Section 23
Smoke Pipes
Smoke pipes shall enter the side of chimneys. through a fire clay
or metal thimble or fluering of masonry. No smoke pipe shall pass through a
floor, nor through a roof unless such roof is of fireproof construction or of
semi-fireproof construotion.
Smoke pipes shall not pass through combustible partitions; provided
~ that smoke pipes from ordinary ranges and stoves may do so if they are guarded
by double metal ventilated thimbles six inches larger in diameter than the pipe,
ot:tby steel tubes built inbriokwork or other approved fire-proofing materials
extending not less than eight inches beyond all sides of the tube. I
The cleardlstance between a smoke pipe or metal breeching and com-
bustible material or construction, including plaster on combustible base, shall
be not less than eighteen inches in the case of low heat !lppliances, and not
- less than thirty-six inches for medium or high heat appliances; provided that
such clearances may be reduced one-half when such smoke pipes or breechings are
protected with'not less than one inch of asbestos or in some other approved
manner or such combustible material or construction is protected by sheet metal
or equivalent covering placed at least one inch from the surface to be protected
and extending the full length of the smoke pipe and not less than twelve inches
beyond it on both sides; and provided further that, in the case of smoke pipes
used on ordinary heating or cooking stoves, such clearances ma~ be nine inches
but not less.
Section 24
-~ Warm Air Pipes And Registers
-- Warm air pipes-leading from the furnace to vertical or wall stacks
shall not be placed nearer than One inch to combustible material-unless such I
material is covered with asbestos paper and the paper covered with tin or iron.
No warm air pipe shall be placed in a floor, partition or enclosure
of combustible construction, unless it is at least six feet distant in a hori-
~ontal direction from the furnace.
Wall stacks or wall pipes shall be covered with not less than one
thickness of asbestos paper weighing not less than twelve pounds per hundred
square feet. An air space of not less than five-sixteenths of an inch shall
be provided in all sldes;or, suCh wall stacks or wall pipes, together with
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heads, boots, ells, tees, angles and other oonnections shall be made -
double, from the boot to the top of such stack and to the register
head in each story. There shall be a continuous uniform air space of
not less than five-sixteenths of an inch between the outer and inner
I walls.
Registers used in heating systems,' placed in combustible stru-
ctural assemblies, shall be surrounded with a border of inoombustible
material not less than two inches wide, securely set in place or i~ some
other approved manner. '. )
Register boxes shall be made of sheet metal. They shall be dou-
ble with not less than one inch air space between the two, or, they may be
single, covered with asbestos not less than one-eighth inch thick, provided
that any woodwork within two inches is covered with tin. -
When a register box is plaoed in the floor over a furnace, the
space on all sides between the casing and the register box shall be not less '$.
than four inches.
Every warm air furnace shall have at least one register without
valve or louvres.
The cold air duots of-heating systems where extending through any
I other story than the one in which the furnace is looated shall be.of metal
or approved incombustible material. Such ducts within six feet of their
connection with the furnace shall be similar material.
Sect.ion 25
Steam And hot Water Pipes
Where steam or hot water heating pipes pass' through combustible
floors, or partitions, or other combustible construction there shall be an .
open, space of not less than one inch on all sides of the pipe, which shall be
capped at the ends with incombustible material. Such pipes passing through
stock ShelVing shall be covered with not less than one 1nchof approved
i insul ta ti on. Wooden boxes or casings enclosing steam or hot water,~s,
or wooden covers to recesses in walls in which SuCh pipes are placed, shall
be lined with metal.
Coverings or insulation used on steam or hot water pipes shall be
of incombustible material. .
Section 26
I Stoves'And Ranges
Cooking Stoves, laund:rys_toves, heating stoves, and combination
coal and gas rant'es hereafter inst~,~.d in dwellings and in apartments of
multifami1y houses, shall be set on hearths supported by masonry trimmer
arches extending not less than six inches on all sides beyond suCh appli-
ances; provided that such appliances withlega that provide an open air
space of not less than four inches below the bottom of the appliance may
be set on sheet metal or other ~pproved inoombusti'Dle material.
No such appliance shall be placed within twelve inches of 4
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protected by a Shield of metal or other approved incombustible material so
attached as to preserve an open air space behind it and. to extend from the
floor to one foot above and six inches beyond the sides of such applianoe,
in which oase such appliance shall not be placed within six inches of a I
wo~den stud partition, a wood-furred wall or combustible material.
Domestic gas ranges in whicp. the clearances between the base frame
and the floor 1s two inches or less, shall be set on a base of hollow clay
tile four inohes thick or its equivalent, extending not less than two inches
beyond the range on all sides; when 'Such clearance is more than two inches
but not more -than-six inche s, suoh ranges shall be set on a base of asbestos
board three-sixteenths of an inch thick held between two' sheets of metal not
lass than No. 29 U~3,. gage, extending not less than two inches beyond the range
on all sides; when such clearance is more than six inches or the lower burners
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~ of the range are twelve inche",' or more, measured from the burner ports, above
the floor, no protection shall be required; when suah ran~es are set so that
the oven back orslde of the cooking top is less than six inches from the coJ;1il,.
bustlble material, the combustible material shall be protected by asbestos
board three-sixteenths of an inch in thickness and sheet metal not less than
No. 29 U.S. gage.
Ranges, candy kettles, cruller furnaces and appliances for the fry- I;
ing of bakery or confectionery products, except ranges in dwellings or apart-
ments of multifamily houses, shall be provided with ventilating hoods and pipes
to take off the smoke, gases and vapors unless .such appliances are enclosed
and vented in an approved manner.
Section 27
Heating Appliances
Hot air, hot water and steam heating furnaces hereafter installed
on wood-jolsted floors or other combustible construct,,"on in dwellings, shall
h~ve protectiv~ bases of sheet metal or asbestos covered with ~ollow masonry
not less than four inches in thickness laid to preserve a free circulation of
air through suCh masonry course. Such bases shall extend at least one foot
beyond the furnace on all sides; provided that the extension at the front is
at least two feet when solid fuel is used.
No such appliance shall be located hereafter nearer than eighteen
inches in any direction to woodwork or other combustible material or construct- I
ion, including plaster on combustible base.
Section 28
Gas Vents
Every gas appliance shall be connected to an effective flue or out- ..
let pipe to the OH1:;,er" air, if it is included in any of the following classi-
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fications: (a) Any appliance used for domestic purposes which has a demand
in exces s of 50,000 B !I.U. per hour, except in the case of the domestic gas
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range. (b) Automatically controlled appliances which use more than 5,000
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E.T.U. per hour; automatically controlled appliances which use less than
this amount shall be flue connected unless equipped with an effective device
which, in the event that the constantly burning flame or pilot' flame is ex-,
tinguished, will automatically shut off the supply of gas to the main burner
I or burners. ( c) Appliances installed in the same room which have an aggre-
gate demand at normal rating as great as 30 B.T.U. per hour per cubic foot of
room content.
Flues and outlet pipes for gas appliances shall be: (a) Lined chimneys
or metal stacks as provided in Section 22 of this Ordinanoe, for incinerators
and for all appliances, the normal operation of which at maximum input rating
produces flue gas temperatures in exoess of 550 degrees F. at the outlet of
the ven t connection; (b) Outlet pipes of inoombustible, non-corrodible mat-
erial of suffioient thickness, cross-sectiona~ area, and heat insulating
quality to avoid temperatures in excess of, 160 degrees F. on adjacent oombns~
tible material, with bell and spigot or other acceptable joints. Where ex-
tending through from s tory to s tory to roof, located inside partitions or walls,
or extending through walls to the outside shall have one inoh clearance from
all combustible materials. ( c) Outlet pipes equal to soil pipe or standard
steam or water pipe having accept,ble joints and relatively low,heat-insul-
ating value. Where extending through from story to story to roof, located
I inside partitions or walls, or extending through walls to the outside shall be
encased in an incombustible jacket with one inoh air space, the encasing
jacket or duct to be open at the top and bottom and to be continuous its en-
tire length, provided tha.t for runf3not exceeding 15 feet dlrectlY,from the
~ space in which the appliance is 10acted to the outer air sheet metal pipe or
corrosion resisting material equivalent to No. 24 gauge copper may be used;
installation with reference to clearance from combustible material and pas-
- sage through wall shall comply with the related provisions for smoke pipes.
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Outlet pipes described in (b) and (c) may, in general, be used with domes-
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~ tic appliances which have been tes~ed when burning gas at a rate of 25 per
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cent above th~ manufacturer's input rating and found to produce "no temper-
ature above 550 degrees F. at the outlet of the vent connection.
Section 29
Vent Flues
Vent flues or ducts, for the removal of foul or vitiated air, in which
- the temperature of the air cannot exceed that of the rooms, shall be con-
I structed of metal or other incombustible material, and shall not be placed
nearer than one inch to any woodwork, and no such flue shall be used for any
other purposes.
Section 30 .
. Conformation To Good Practice
Plans, specifications, materials and workmanshi~ 1n the fabrication, pre-
paration, and installation of materials and/or equipment in the construction
and/or repair ofeny building or st:ruotureof any nature whatsoever shall con-
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form to generally accepted good practice. Specific provisions of th~s. o~din-
ance shall not be deemed to suspend any requirement of good practice, but shall
_ be regarded as supplementing or emphasizing them, and shall be contr~lling.
The building inspector shall, as may be necessary, promulgate rules embodying
the requir.ements of such generally accepted good praotice, it b~ing the intent
of this requirement that~ t~e. standards of federal or state bureaus, national I
technical organizations or fire underwriters, as the same maybe amended from
time to time, shall serve as a guide in fixing the minimum rules of practice.
Section 31
Supplementary Requirements
The Fifth Edition of the Building Code reco~ended by the National.
Board of Fire Underwriters shall be deemed to be the generally accepted good
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practice for fireproof, semi-fireproof and heavy timber construction, light and
V ven tila ti on, safeguards during construction, theatres and other special occu-
pancies, elevators and all other matters not oovered in this ordinance.
Section 32
Basements
The excavation for any basement shall pot be carried below a level .
"plane which will provide a fall of at least l/B of an inch per foot in the House
Sewer fr9ID the bottom of a trap equipped floor drain to the top of the Main
or Street Sewer pipe at the place the House Sewer joins the Main or Street Sewer. I~
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Stre.t Encroaohments
( a)' Except as otherwise provided in this section, no part of any
building herafter erected or of an enlargement of a building heretofore erect-
. ed shall projee1; beyond a street line of a building line. (b) A part of a ."
building permitted to project beyond a street line or building line shall be so
constructed that its removal may be made witllout causing thebuildirig to be struc-
.turally unsafe. ( c) Under the conditions prescribed in this section and within
the limitations specified herein and in paragraph 4, Section 405, Fifth Edition
of the Building Code Recommended by the National Board of Fire: Underwri ters, the /1 . .
projection~listed in the aforesaid paragraph 4,. Section 405 shall be permiss-
ible. Provided, that on buildings heretofore erected marquises may be permit-
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tad which are not less than nine feet above the curb' and provided further that
drop awnings attached to buildings must, when let down to their full extent~ be
not less than seven feet above the sidewalk at all points. (d) Special per-
mita for vehicular entrances across sidewalks or for openings or doors in the j"
sidewalk or street area may be granted by the Director of Public Safety when
proven to be necessary and a~terbeing approved by the Comm~ssion at a regular
meeting thereof. (e) It is recognized that the right of the city to grant
permission for special uses of streets, etc.~articularlYfOr building con-
st~ction, is questionable, therefore any such permission, expressed or im-
plied, is revocable at the wil'l of the Commission of the City of Bozeman.
- (t) Parts of buildings heretofore ereoted not confor'mingto the requirements
of this Seotion may be maintained as constructed unless removal is ordered
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by the Commission of the 01 ty Of Bozeman but no change or enlargement shall "
be made to an existing part of a building now proj~cting beyond the street
line except in conformity with theprovi8ions for new construction.
Section 34
I Signs And Billboards
, (a) No display sign shall hereafter be erected or attached to,
, suspended from or supported on a building or structure until a permit :for
the same has been issued by the building inspeotor and no permit shall be
. issued until an application on the regular form signed by the tenant and/or
owner has been filed and the fee paid. (b) The provisions of this Section,.
except as to Safety, shall not apply to a sign not more than two feet ~n
height, on or over a show window or door of a store or business establish-
ment announcing without display or elaboration only the name of the pro-
prietor and the nature of his bUSiness, nor to a sign not exceeding one
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square foot of display surface, on a residence bUilding stating merely the
name and profession of an occupant, nor to a sign not exceeding ten square
feet of display surface on a public building giving the name and nature of
the occupancy and infarma.t1.on as to the conditions of use or admission, nor
to a wall sign not exceeding two and one-half square feet of display sur-
face, nor a ground sign advertising in either case the sale or rental of
I the premises upon which it is maintained,.. nor ~ atreat signa erected by
....... .. the nmnioipality, nor to temporary sigils or banners authorized by the Com-;
mission of the City of Bozeman. (0) No display sign shall hereafter be
altered, rebuilt, enlarged, extended or relocated except in conformity with
the provisions of this section. PrOVided, the changing of moval parts of
1/ signs the. t are designed for changes, or the repainting of display IDa tter
shall not be deemed alterations within the meaning of this paragraph. No-
thing in this section shall require the removal or discontinuance of a le-
gally existing display Sign that is not altered, rebuilt, enla.rged, extended
or relocated. (d) Construction of signa ahall conform to the provisions of
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by the National Board of Fire Underwriters.
Section 35
Moving Building, Etc.
No building or structure of any nature whatsoever shall be moved
within the oity limits until a permit therefor shall have been issued by the
I... building inspector. The application for a MO. vin.g Permit s.hall be filed on a
:.. '.... form provided by the Building Inspector and shall be signed by the owner of
the building or structure and also by the person or persons proposing to move
the building or structure. Both the owner of the building or structure and
~ the person or persons operating urer a moving permit shall be liable for any
damage to streets, alleys, curbs,'~roS8walka,- trees, wires and/or any property
whatsoever or to any person whatsoever.
An aoceptable.oashbond in an amount not less than $200.00 shall be
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filed with the Director of Finance to guarantee payment of damages as afore-
said. No person or persons operating under any Moving Permit shall cut, move,
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raise or in any manner interfere with any electric light, power, radio, tele-
phone or telegraph wire or pole without having first given the person, firm or
corporation owning or operating such wire or pole at their nearest office in,
the city and also at their principal office within the state not less than three I
days written notice of the time and place when and where removal of said wires.
and/or poles or the cutting of said wires and/or poles, raising, moving or other-
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.~se interfering with said wires and/or poles, will be necessary.
~ The building inspector shall prescribe the route to be followed in
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moving any building and/or structure and the amount of the bond herein required.
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The building inspector shall not issue a Moving Permit if in his judgment the
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proposed new location of the building will seriously increase the fire hazard of
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the surrounding buildings unless directed so to do after public hearing before
the board ,provided for in Section 8 hereof.
Section 36
Duties Of Building Inspector
The Building Insnector,>t.s hereby authorized and empowered;
First: To enforce all Qrdinances relating to the construction, equip-
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ment, management and conditon of all property within said City of Bozeman.
Secont.: To supervise the construction or reconstruction of all build-
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garding the condition of the city on all matters pertaining to fire prevention.
S&ction 37
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Zoning Restrictions
The restrictions of the zoning ordinance with respect to the location ,..
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of trades and industries, the use and occupanc, of buildings, the height and bulk
of buildings, and the areas of yards, courts and other open spaces, shall not be--
deemed to be modified by any provisions of this ordinanoe; and such restrIctions
shall be controlling except insofar as this ordinance imposes greater restrict-
ions by reason of the type of construction used, 1n which case the provisions
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of this ordinance shall,control.
Section 38
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/ Penalty For Violations
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A person who shall violate a provision of this ordinance or fail to
comply therewith or wi th any of the requirements thereof, or who shall erect, I
construct, alter or repair, or has erected, constructed, altered or repaired a
building or structure, in violation of a detailed statement or plan submitted
V and. approved thereunder, or of a permit or certifiq~te issued hereunder, shall
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be deemed guilty of a violation of this ordinance and shall be p1lJft.1shable by a
fine of not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or by im-
prisonment not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisionment;
and each day such violation shall be permitted toexlst shall oonstitute a
separate offense.
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The owner of a bu.ilding, structure or premises, where anything in
violation of this C?rdinance shall be placed or shall exist, and an architect,
build~, contractor, agent, person or corporation employed in connection there-
with and who shall have assisted or participated in the commission of suoh vio-
lation shall each be guilty of a separate offe~~e and upon oonviction thereof
shall be fined ~s herein provided.
The imposition of the penalties herein prescribed shall not preclude
the Director of the Department of ~aw of the City of Bozeman from instituting
appropriate action or preceeding to prevent an unlawful erection, oonstruction,
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reconstruction, alteration, repair, conversion, maintenance or u~e, 6r to ~e-
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strain, correct or abate a violation, or to prevent the occupancy of a ~~pla-
:tng, structure or premises, or to prevent an act, conduct, business o~"use in
or about any premises in violation of this ordinance.
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Section 39
Validity
If any section or part of section or paragraph of this ordinance is .
declared invalid or unconstitutional it shall not be held to invalidate or
impair the validity, ,foroe or effect of any other section or sections or part
of a section or paragraph of this ordinance.
Section 40
Conflicting Ordinances Repealed
Ordinances Nos. 393, 441, 452, 4BO, 607, 644, and all other ordin-
ances and parts of ordinances inconsistent or in conflict herewith are hereby
repealed. .
~ Section 41
Date Of Effect
This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after 30
days after its final passage.
Provisionally passed and adopted by the Commission of the City of
Bozeman, Montana, on the 20th day of September, 1935.
Finally passed and.ado Commission of the City of Bozeman,
Montana,on the )n iI day of , 1935.
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1935.
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