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Fire escapes for storeys exceeding
35 feet above street level.
Ceilings prohibited.
Corbels to be of stone or brick.
Covering of roof to be of incombustible material.
Buildings.
Fire escapes.
35. (1) Every existing building and every building hereafter erected which has a storey the floor of which is more than 35 feet above the level of the street or ground surface adjoining the front of such building shall be provided on every storey with such means of escape in the case of fire, for the persons using, dwelling or employed therein, as the Building Authority may require.
(2) Any means of escape so provided shall be kept and maintained by the owner of the building in good condition and repair and efficient working order and no person shall obstruct or render less commodious or suffer to be rendered less commodious any such means of escape.
Ceilings.
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36. No ceiling shall hereafter be erected in any building except with the permission of the Building Authority as signified by the approval of the plan required under the provisions of this Ordinance.
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Corbelling.
37. All corbelling for the support of floor or of roof timbers shall be done in stone cut to flat beds, or in red brick, at least 9 inches in length, set in cement-mortar. The entire thickness of the walls throughout the height of such corbelling shall also be built in cement-mortar. No one corbelling course if of brick shall project beyond the course immediately beneath it more than 2 inches.
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Roofs.
38. The roof of every building and of any minor superstructure placed above such roof except the doors, and frames of dormers or sky-lights, shall be externally covered with tiles, glass, metal, or other incombustible substance. All hatchways leading out to the roofs of buildings shall be provided with hatches or covers which, if not composed entirely of metal, shall be properly sheathed externally in sheet-zinc or other metal approved by the Building Authority.
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