HomeMy WebLinkAboutD-15 Building CodesANTI SHttqGLE ROOF ORDINANCE.
Be it ordained by the Town Board of Carmel, Indi~u~:
Section !. All buildings except thcs specifically mentioned
in Section II of this ordinance shall have roof coverings of stsn-
dard quality,
Sec Section
such as:
(a) Brick or concrete surface.
(b) Clay or Portl~nd Cement Tile
(c) Tin or sls~te
(d) Asbestos shingles 1/8 inch thick or thicker
(e) Pitch or felt, built-up type, four or five plies,
gravel or slag surface.
(f) Asbestos-asphalt, built~-up type, four or five
plies, smooth or grit surface.
All of the following classes of buildings may
be covered with coverings set forth in the sDove Section I of
this ordinance, or with standard asphalt-raf-felt prepared roof-
ing, or asphalt-rag-felt shingles, or by other types of covering
having equivelant fire resisting properties when approved and
labeled by the Underwriters Laboratories, Inc., Chicago, Ill.
(8) Dwellings
Frame buildings
in height end 2,500 squ~re feet in 8rea, and not
used for f~c~ories, warehouses or mercantile pur-
poses.
Section 3. The top and sides of dormer windows shall be
covered same ss the roof, or with other material h~vlng equiva-
lent fire resistive properties.
Section 4. If a wood shingle roof is damaged by a fire more
than 20 per cent, the entire roof shall be replaced with material
specified in Sections I and II of this Ordinance.
zf~a~wao~.shingle roof is to be repaired more than l0 per
cent in any one year, same shall be entirely replaced with mat-
erials specified in sections I and II of this 0rdln~nce, except as
specified in paragraph I of this section.
Section 6. Within twleve (12) years from the dste of the
approval of this Ordinsnce any and all roofs covered with wood
shingles shall be replaced with roof coverings which comply with
this 0rdinauc e~
Section 7. All Ordinances or p~rts of Ordinances in conflict
with this Ordinance are hereby repealed.
Passed unanimously this 9th dsy of July 1929.
Rue Hinshaw
C1 erk
Old Ordinance No. 56
Re-en~ct ed this
~day of June, 1956.
A~T EST:
Clerk-Treasurer