[CC 1979 §42.100]
Every building erected or enlarged within the fire limits as set out in Section
500.010 hereof shall be enclosed on all sides with walls constructed wholly of stone, brick, hollow building tile, concrete, or other equivalent incombustible materials, and shall have the roof, top and sides of all roof structures, including dormer windows, covered with incombustible materials. All cornices shall be of incombustible material. Buildings with wooden framework clad with sheet metal or stucco or veneered with brick or its equivalent shall be classed as frame buildings.
[CC 1979 §42.120]
Any existing frame building within the fire limits, which may
hereafter be damaged by fire, decay or otherwise to an amount greater
than one-half (½) of its present value, exclusive of foundation,
shall not be repaired or rebuilt, but shall be removed.
[CC 1979 §42.130]
The floor area between fire walls of non-fireproof buildings
shall not exceed the following: When fronting on one (1) street, five
thousand (5,000) square feet; when fronting on two (2) streets, six
thousand (6,000) square feet; and when fronting on three (3) streets,
seven thousand five hundred (7,500) square feet. These area limits
may be increased under the following conditions as indicated. For
non-fireproof buildings, fully equipped with approved automatic sprinklers,
sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66⅔%); for fireproof buildings
fifty percent (50%).
[CC 1979 §42.140]
All exterior or division walls of buildings hereafter erected
in the fire limits, except buildings of the dwelling house class,
shall be not less than twelve (12) inches in thickness; for buildings
exceeding one (1) story in height the walls of the upper stories shall
be not less than twelve (12) inches in thickness, increasing four
(4) inches in thickness for each two (2) stories or fraction thereof
below. In all buildings in the fire limits, party walls and fire walls
which serve as bearing walls on both sides shall be four (4) inches
thicker. Reinforced concrete walls with the steel reinforcement running
both horizontally and vertically and weighing not less than one-half
(½) pound per square foot of wall, may have a thickness four
(4) inches less than that prescribed above. No two (2) story increment
shall exceed thirty (30) feet in height. Fire walls shall be continuous
from foundation to eighteen (18) inches above roof level on buildings
of three (3) stories and under; thirty-six (36) inches on buildings
four (4) stories and over, and shall be coped. Every building within
the fire limits having an area of four hundred (400) square feet or
over except churches, dwellings, tenement houses, dormitories and
lodging houses shall have standard fire doors, shutters or wired glass
in incombustible frames and sash on every exterior opening in any
side wall except where such wall faces a street at least forty (40)
feet wide. Occupants of buildings shall close all exterior and interior
fire doors, shutters and windows at the close of business each day.
[CC 1979 §42.150]
Every building hereafter erected within the corporate limits
of this City shall have a fire-resistive roof covering, and no existing
wooden shingle roof, if damaged more than ten percent (10%), shall
be renewed or repaired with other than fire-resistive covering.
[CC 1979 §42.160]
No smokepipe shall be within eighteen (18) inches of any woodwork,
or any wooden lath and plaster partition or ceiling. Where smokepipes
pass through a wooden lath and plaster partition, they shall be guarded
by galvanized iron ventilated thimbles at least twelve (12) inches
larger in diameter than the pipes, or by galvanized iron thimbles
built in at least eight (8) inches of brick work or other incombustible
material. No smokepipe shall pass through any floor, side or building
or a roof having wooden framework or covering.
[CC 1979 §42.170]
No kitchen range, stove, heating furnace or other similar appliance
in any building shall be placed within eighteen (18) inches of any
woodwork or wooden lath and plaster partition. Coal ranges, heating
furnaces or similar appliances without legs, shall rest upon eight
(8) inch foundations built of incombustible materials supported within
the thickness of the floor framing. Such hearths shall extend at least
eighteen (18) inches in front and eighteen (18) inches on the sides
and back of the ranges or similar heating appliances. All coal stoves
or ranges or similar appliances with legs, shall be set out on incombustible
material which shall extend at least eighteen (18) inches in front
and twelve (12) inches at side and rear.
[CC 1979 §42.175]
All electrical installations shall conform to the requirements
of the National Electrical Code.
[CC 1979 §42.180]
All plumbing installations shall conform to the requirements
of the National Plumbing Code.
[CC 1979 §42.185]
All parts of every building shall be designed to safely carry
the loads to be imposed thereon, and shall in all other respects conform
to good engineering practices.
All construction in the City shall comply with the requirements
of Section 319.200 through 319.207, RSMo., and any amendments thereto,
relating to earthquakes and seismic construction requirements.