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SECT. 5. It shall be the duty of the Superintendent, or person having charge of the cemetery, to have entire control of the town tomb, and superintend all interments in the cemetery, keeping an accurate record of the same.
CHAPTER XII. . INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS.
SECTION I. The Selectmen shall annually, in April, appoint an Inspector of Buildings, and provide him, at the expense of the town, with suitable record books and other necessary printed matter. Said Inspector shall hold office for the period of one year from the first day of May or until his successor is appointed, unless removed by the Board of Select- men. He shall receive such compensation as may be determined by the town. He shall keep a record of the business of his department and shall submit to the Selectmen annually a report of such business. At the expiration of his term of office, he shall deposit with the Town Clerk all books, records and other documents pertaining to the same.
DUTIES OF INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS.
SECT. 2. In his capacity as Inspector of Buildings, he shall examine all buildings in the course of erection, alteration or repair in the town, and make a record of all violations of the by-laws pertaining thereto.
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SECT. 3. He shall examine all buildings under application to raise, enlarge or alter and shall make a record of the same.
BUILDING PERMITS.
SECT. 4. Any person intending to erect a dwelling house or other building shall make an application in writing to the Inspector of Build- ings for a permit for the erection of the same on a form furnished by said Inspector. He shall submit to said Inspector all plans and specifi- cations pertaning thereto, and no work shall be done until a permit has been issued therefor.
No permit issued by such Inspector, whether for a new building or for alterations, shall be in force for a period longer than one year.
ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS.
SECT. 5 Any alteration in or addition to any building already erected, or hereafter to be built, except necessary repairs thereon, not affecting the construction of the external or party walls, chimneys or stairways, shall, to the extent of such work, be subject to these by-laws, and a permit therefor shall be obtained in the manner described in Section 4.
The rebuilding or repairing of any buildings which have been damaged by fire or other casualties, shall be subject to the restrictions which are imposed on the erection of new buildings by these by-laws.
SECT. 6. Every wooden building or structure to be used for dwelling or mercantile purposes hereafter built in the town shall have foundations resting upon solid ground, piles, concrete or other durable structure. Below grade, the foundation walls shall be built of stone, concrete or brick. and if of brick, to be laid in Portland cement lime mortar, consisting of not less than one part Portland cement to two parts lime, and three parts of sand, thoroughly mixed, the walls to be not less than 18 inches thick at the bottom and 16 inches thick at the top, all first course to extend through the wall. All walls laid dry shall be pointed with one-half Port- land cement lime mortar, and consisting of not less than one part Portland cement to one part lime, five parts of sand, thoroughly mixed.
Foundation walls of brick or concrete shall not be less than 12 inches thick, bracketed out at bottom 8 inches, one foot high, and if of brick to be laid in one-third Portland cement mortar.
All foundations shall be thoroughly bonded. In case of brick walls, bonding to be by header courses every 18 inches.
All parts of foundations which are built of stone shall have the stones extend through sufficiently to bind the walls inside and outside, if of con- crete, there shall be a footing course 18 inches wide and 12 inches high, supporting a wall of uniform thickness of 12 inches. Walls built of con- crete shall consist of five parts stone, three parts sand, not less than one part Portland cement, properly mixed.
UNDERPINNINGS.
SECT. 7. Where stone underpinnings are used, they are to be thoroughly laid in mortar, one-third Portland cement.
All brick underpinnings for buildings not over two stones high shall be not less than 8 inches thick, and under buildings three or more stories in height shall not be less than 12 inches the entire height.
All brick work exposed to frost shall be constructed with burned brick, suitable for outside use.
All trench walls shall extend at least 3 feet 6 inches below the surface of the ground exposed to frost.
Foundation walls shall not be laid on frozen ground.
Cement blocks may be used for buildings or underpinnings, provided they conform to the following formula : Not less than I part Portland cement to 3 parts good, sharp sand, 5 parts broken stone or gravel, well graded as to size.
BUILDINGS ON PIERS, ETC.
SECT. 8. Buildings more than one story in height, and with a floor are a of over 500square feet, that do not rest on foundation walls, shall be
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supported on suitably driven piles, or piers of hard brick, stone or con- crete ; corner piers shall be not less than 12 inches square and the inter- mediate piers not less than 8 inches square.
All footings of piers shall be started at least 3 feet 6 inches below the surface of the ground exposed to frost and all piers and footings shall be solidly laid on one-third cement mortar or concrete.
SUPPORTS, ETC.
SECT. 9. Buildings shall be supported in cellars and basements by suitable cement filled iron columns on proper footings. Porches and piazzas shall be supported by concrete, brick or stone foundation not less than 16 inches square. Brick piers under main girders shall not be less than 12 inches square, if over 7 feet high, and no pier shall be less than 8 inches x 12 inches.
PARTY WALLS.
SECT. 10. Two story dwelling houses shall have wood party walls with fireproof masonry filling between studs and between floor joists resting on party walls. Twelve inch walls shall be required in all cases where walls are required to carry floor joists.
SPACING of BUILDINGS, ETC.
SECT. II. The external walls of any wooden building or any projection thereof, shall not be placed nearer than 3 feet to the line dividing the premises upon which such building rests from the adjacent premises.
BUILDINGS WITH MASONRY WALLS.
SECT. 12. In all buildings having masonry walls, the brick or stone shall be solidly laid in lime of the consistency prescribed in Section 6. No stone walls shall be less than 18 inches thick. All foundation walls, if of brick, shall be at least 4 inches thicker than the walls in the first story, and shall be bracketed out 8 inches or more at the base. External brick walls shall nowhere be less than 8 inches thick. Buildings of an area of 2,500 square feet or over to have not less than 12-inch thick walls.
In all two story buildings, the external walls shall be at least 12 inches thick in basement above ground, and at least 8 inches thick above the basement.
In all three story buildings, the external walls above the basement shall be at least twelve inches thick to the second floor and 8 inches above. If the building is more than 35 feet in height from the sidewalk to the ceiling of the upper story, the external walls shall not be less than 16 inches in the first story and 12 inches above.
SILL POSTS, ETC.
SECT. 13. All wooden buildings and their projections over one story in height, used as dwellings, stores, stables, or for manufacturing pur- poses, shall have sills not less than 4 x 6 inches, and if over one story and a half, not less than 6 x 6 inches.
RAFTER AND PLATES.
SECT. 14. All dwellings over one story in height shall have plates not less than 4 x 4 inches, or its equivalent, and if over 16 feet in width shall have rafters not less than 2 x 5 inches set not more than 20 inches on centres. No studding for any part of the outside walls of any building over one story in height shall be less than 2 x 4 inches and 16 inches on centres.
GIRDERS, TRIMMERS, HEADERS, ETC.
SECT. 15. There shall be girders not less than 6 x 8 inches under the main partitions, or floor joists doubled or their equivalent, under all cross partitions in the first floor of all dwellings. Headers and trimmers of all openings over 4 feet in the first floor of dwellings shall be floor joists doubled or their equivalent, and in any other floor, if deemed necessary by the Inspector.
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TRUSSES, ETC.
SECT. 16. All beams carrying main partitions in first floor shall be supported on piers or posts not more than 7 feet apart; trimmers in first floor over 12 feet in length shall be supported by a pier or post. All buildings shall be properly braced at the angles.
FLOORS, ETC.
SECT. 17. The floor joists for all floors in dwellings, except the attics, shall not be less than the following sizes : First and second joist not less than 2 x8, 16 inches on centre, for a span of 14 feet or under; over 14 feet span joist must be 12 inches on centre ; all spans over 8 feet feet in width to be bridged in the centre with one row of 1 x 3 bridging, over 13 inches in width to be bridged with two rows of 1 x 3 bridging.
SECT. 18. Distance on centres of all floor joists shall not be more than 16 inches, or of sizes giving their equivalent in strength of floor. The openings at the floors, whether caused by ledgers or floor joists project- ing above sills, shall be stopped by pieces of wood not less than 2 inches thick, cut in tight or with brick filling. In dwellings where floor joists are supported on ledger boards or that portion of the outside wall below the ledger forming a part of the basement walls, there shall be stops 2 inches thick, cut in between studding, on line with bottom of ledger.
All boards which form any part of the frame of the building shall be nailed at each bearing with not less than two eight penny nails, or the equivalent.
SECT. 19. No building hereafter erected, altered, added to or repaired, that is to be finished in whole or in part, shall be lathed, plastered or sheathed, until the owner or builder shall have notified the Inspector of Buildings, and shall have received from said Inspector a notice in writing that the work is satisfactory.
The Inspector of Buildings on receipt of a notice from the owner or building that any building, or the alterations, additions or repairs to any building are ready for inspection shall as soon as possible, inspect the premises, but shall not accept the building until all the requirements of the by-laws as to frames, chimneys, fire-stops, furnace or steam pipes, and all other parts of the construction have been complied with, and no building shall be occupied until approved by the Inspector.
The Inspector shall also require that all permanent piers or columns needed under girders, trimmers, etc., shall be in place before he accepts the building.
OPENING CUT IN PARTY WALLS, ETC.
SECT. 20. No opening or doorway shall be cut through a brick party or partition wall of any building without a permit from the Inspector ; and every such doorway shall have a top, bottom and sides of stone, brick or iron; shall be closed by two sets of wrought iron or metal doors (separated by the thickness of the wall) hung to rabbeted iron frames, or to iron hinges in brick or stone rabbets ; shall not exceed 10 feet in height by 8 feet in width ; and any opening other than a doorway shall be pro- tected in a manner satisfactory to the inspector.
CHIMNEYS, ETC.
SECT. 21. All chimneys shall be built of brick, concrete or stone, not less than 4 inches thick, except concrete chimneys flue lined, and shall not rest on wood. Brick chimneys and concrete chimneys, except those flue lined, shall be built of good mercantile hard brick or concrete, thoroughly laid, with the joints filled all the way through and plastered on the inside from top to bottom, and if of brick, shall be plastered on the outside below the roof, after having been inspected; and all bricks laid within four feet of the underside of the roof shall be sufficiently hard burned for use on outside work, and in no case shall any soft brick be used in build- ing any flues or chimneys. All collars shall be either soapstone or of metal, ventilated, and all smoke pipes passing through closets shall have ventilated air space pipes. All steam pipes passing through floors and
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joists shall have two funnels of incombustible materials and shall be kept away from all woodwork.
Brick flues starting from the foundation walls shall rest upon continuous support of metal or masonry extending to 6 inches below the ground.
Iron mantel bars of brick or stone arches shall be used over all fire- places, range or grate openings, shall be at least 8 inches thick, and hearths or fireplaces shall be laid on brick or other trimmer arches, or upon bars or iron supporting a bed of brickwork.
No smoke pipe shall enter any flue at a less distance than 12 ineh es from the floor or ceiling or at a less distance than 6 inches from any wood work whatever, unless the same be properly protected. No drain pipe or earthenware pipe of any kind shall be used for horizontal flues. All such flues shall be made of iron pipe laid in brick and mortar, on iron bars. When chimney thimbles enter flue, the wood work in all cases shall be kept 6 inches from the same. All chimneys must be stopped at each floor.
Furnace and boiler smoke pipe shall be at least I foot below the beams or ceiling joists, unless the same are protected by metal or other non- combustible material, suspended at least 2 inches below the same.
SECT. 22. If any chimney, flue or heating apparatus shall, in the opinion of the inspector, be dangerous or unsafe, he shall at once notify in writing the owner, agent or any other person having an interest therein, and require him to make the same safe, which such party shall do at once.
No wood work of any kind shall be placed at a less distance than I inch from the outside brick work of the flue and in no case shall a nail be driven into the masonry of the flue.
GUARDS TO PIPES FOR SMOKE, HOT AIR, ETC., AND PROTECTION OF WOODWORK ABOUT THE SAME.
SECT. 23. No woodwork shall be placed at a less distance than 1 inch from any flue, and all pipe used or intended to be used, to convey heated air, shall be cased with asbestos.
SECT. 24 Tops of furnaces set in brick shall be covered with brick, so as to be perfectly tight, and they shall be at least 6 inches below any woodwork, or the woodwork shall be protected by a tin shield suspended at least two inches below it.
REGISTERS, HOW SET.
SECT. 25. Registers, connected with hot air furnaces, shall be set in non-combustible borders, at least 2 inches wide.
HOT AIR PIPES.
SECT. 26. Furnace or other pipes conveying heated air between floors and in partitions, shall be encased with asbestos and inspected before lathing or floored over.
FIRE PROOF FOUNDATIONS FOR FIREPLACES, ETC.
SECT. 27. Open fireplaces, set ranges, set kettles and the like, shall have fireproof foundations with fireproof hearth, extending not less than 16 inches from the grate or ash pit. No brick structure to contain fire shall be allowed on a wooden floor in any building.
STEAM PIPES, ETC.
SECT. 28. Steam pipes shall be kept at least 1 inch from all woodwork or shall be protected by an incombustible ring or tube, or rest on iron supports.
All terra cotta blocks for outside work shall be hard burnt blocks laid up in one-third lime cement mortar of the same consistency prescribed in Section 6.
SECT. 29. Whoever violates any of the provisions of this chapter shall be punished by a fine of $20.00 for each offence.
Voted : To take from the table Chapter I of the by-laws.
Voted : To accept and adopt Chapter I of the by-laws as read.
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CHAPTER I.
GENERAL PROVISIONS.
SECTION I. These by-laws shall be designated as "By-Laws of the Town of Swampscott " as amended to March, 1916.
SECT. 2. So far as the provisions of these by-laws are the same in effect as those of previously existing by-laws, they shall be construed as a con- tinuation of such by-laws, but all by-laws or portions thereof heretofore in force inconsistent herewith, are hereby repealed.
SECT. 3. In all the by-laws of the town, the words and expressions shall, unless inconsistent with the manifest intent, be severally construed as follows :
The words "public way" shall include any highway, town way, road, street, avenue, boulevard, roadway, parkway, lane, sidewalk or square; the "owner or occupant" of a building or land shall include any sole owner or occupant and any joint tenant and tenant in common of the whole or of any part of a building or lot of land; words purporting to give a joint authority to a board or committee shall give authority to a majority of such board or committee; the word "person" shall include corporations ; words imparting the singular number shall apply to the plural number, and words imparting the masculine gender shall apply to the feminine gender.
SECT. 4. Whoever violates a provision of any by-law of the town, shall, unless other provision is expressly made, be liable to a penalty not exceed- ing $20 for each offence.
SECT. 5. When in any by-law anything is prohibited from being done without the license or permission of a certain officer or officers, such officer or officers shall have the power to license or permit such thing to be done.
SECT. 6. These by-laws may be amended at any town meeting, an article or articles for that purpose having been inserted in the warrant for such meeting.
Voted. To authorize the by-law committee to submit a copy of the by-laws as adopted to the Attorney General for approval, and after such approval cause same to be advertised three weeks.
Voted. To take up article 13 and 16 together.
Voted, Articles 13 and 16. To accept and adopt the recommendations of the Ways and Means Committee, authorizing the Water and Sewerage Board and the Park Commissioners to make transfers in exchange of land with the E. R. Grabow Co., as recommended by these boards.
Voted, Article 14. To accept and adopt the report of the Ways and Means Committee, transferring from the appropriation made to investi- gate conditions at the Sewer Pumping Station the sum of $846.30 to the account of sewer maintenance.
Voted, Article 15. To accept and adopt the report of the Ways and Means Committee authorizing the Board of Engineers of the Fire Depart- ment to dispose of the old boiler and fittings removed from the Central Engine House, to the best advantage, the proceeds to revert to the town treasury.
Voted. To take up Article 23.
Voted, Article 23. To accept and adopt the reports of the committee appointed to consider the needs of the Machon School District and the Ways and Means Committee on same subject, and to continue the same committee to carry out the recommendations contained in the said reports.
Voted, Article 19. To accept and adopt the report of the Ways and Means Committee, indefinitely postponing the matter of an appropriation for Phillips Park.
Voted, Article 20. To accept and adopt the report of the Ways and Means Committee, indefinitely postponing action on this article.
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Voted, Article 21. To grant one day off in eight to the regular officers of the Swampscott Police Department.
Voted, Article 22. To accept and adopt the report of the committee to investigate the subject of a new police signal system, postponing action on the matter until next year.
Voted, Article 25. To accept and adopt the report of the Ways and Means Committee, indefinitely postponing the transfer of an unexpended appropriation to the Monument avenue appropriation of the Park department.
Voted, Article 26. To accept and adopt the report of the Ways and Means Committee, indefinitely postponing the transfer of an unexpended balance to the overlay account of 1916, as recommended by Board of Assessors.
Voted, Article 27. To accept and adopt the report of the Ways and Means Committee appropriating $900 for the dependent families of soldiers called to the colors in connection with the trouble on the Mexican border, the money to be raised by a note of the town, in accordance with the provisions of Chapfer 314, of the Acts of 1916. The town will be reimbursed for this expenditure by the Commonwealth (unanimous).
Voted, Article 28. To accept and adopt the report of the Ways and Means Committee, appropriating $256.80 from the Reserve Fund for the purpose of this article.
Voted, Article 29. To accept and adopt the report of the Ways and Means Committee, appropriating $175 from the Reserve Fund for the maintenance of the office of Dog Officer.
Voted, Article 30. To accept and adopt the report of the Ways and Means Committee, appropriating $500 from the Reserve Fund for the expenses of the Law Department for the current year.
Voted, Article 31. To accept and adopt the report of the Ways and Means Committee, as follows :
That the following be fixed as the particulars of the bonds or notes to be issued by the town pursuant to and for the purposes specified in articles 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 and II, relating respectively to the appropriation of $1, 100 for a water main in Arbutus road; $640 for a water main in Sargent road; $460 for a water main in Stimpson street; $1,800 for a water main in Prospect avenue; $700 for a water main in Aspen road ; $850 for a water main in Bradlee avenue; $350 for the extension of the water main in the westerly end of Bradlee avenue, beginning at Stanwood road; $600 for a water main in Cedar Hill terrace, said appropriations aggregating $6,500.
There shall be 13 bonds or notes of the town for the sum of $500 each, numbered 1 to 13 inclusive. They shall be dated during the current year. The bond or note numbered I shall be payable one year from the date there- of, and one bond or note shall be payable each year thereafter in their numerical order. Said bonds or notes shall bear the town seal, shall be signed by the Town Treasurer and countersigned by a majority of the Board of Selectmen and of the Water Commissioners (now Water and Sewerage Board) shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding 42 per centum per annum, payable semi-annually, shall be authenticated by some Bank or Trust Company, or by the Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics, shall be subject to registration at the holder's option on the presentation to the Town Treasurer for the cancellation of coupons, if coupon bonds or notes are issued. and appropriate endorsement.
Principal and interest shall be payable at the office of the Town Treas- urer or at such Bank or Trust Company as the Town Treasurer and Board of Selectmen shall designate. Said bonds or notes shall bear on their face the words "Swampscott Additional Water Loan, Act of 1912." Said bonds or notes shall be sold under the direction of the Town Treasurer and Board of Selectmen.
All'other particulars as to form, issuance and sale of said bonds or notes shall be determined by the Town Treasurer and the Board of Selectmen, but said bonds or notes shall not be sold for less than par and interest (unanimous).
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That the following be fixed for the particulars of the bonds or notes to be issued by the town pursuant to and for the purposes specified in Articles 9, 10 and 12, relating respectively to the appropriation of $3,500 for a sewer in Bay View avenue ; $4,500 for a sewer in Cedar Hill terrace and $1,200 for the completion of Phillips Park Drain, said appropriations aggregating $9,200.
There shall be 18 bonds or notes of the town. One for the sum of $700, numbered 1, and 17 for the sum of $500 each numbered 2 to 18 inclusively. They shall be dated during the current year. The bond or note numbered I shall be payable one year from the date thereof and one bond or note shall be payable each year thereafter in their numerical order. Said bonds or notes shall bear the town seal, shall be signed by the Town Treasurer, and countersigned by a majority of the Board of Selectmen, shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding 42 per centum per annum, payable semi- annually, shall be authenticated by some bank or trust company, or by the Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics, shall be subject to registration at the holder's option on the presentation to the Town Treasurer for cancellation of coupons, if coupon bonds or notes are issued, and appropriate endorse- ment.
Principal and interest shall be payable at the office of the Town Treas- urer or such Bank or Trust Company as the Town Treasurer and the Board of Selectmen shall designate. Said bonds or notes shall bear on their face the words "Swampscott Sewerage Loan Act of 1913." Said bonds or notes shall be sold under the direction of the Town Treasurer and the Board of Selectmen.
All other particulars as to form, issuance and sale of said bonds or notes shall be determined by the Town Treasurer and Board of Select- men, but said bonds or notes shall not be sold for less than par and interest (unanimous).
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