§ 15.08.050. Grain elevators and ice houses.

Any grain elevator building or ice house may be constructed of wood if the exterior walls and roof are covered by an envelope of incombustible material and if the first-story walls of grain elevators are built of masonry not less than twenty inches thick or of reinforced concrete not less than twelve inches thick. The structure above the first story wall shall be anchored to such wall with three-forths-inch bolts embedded not less than two feet in the masonry or concrete and spaced not more than six feet apart. Each corner of the structure shall be further reinforced with iron rods not less than one inch thick in diameter extending from above the roof plate to and into the first-story wall to a depth of not less than sixty inches. The roof plates shall be fastened down with nuts and washers. All window frames and sash in the super-structure shall be of metal. The openings shall be protected by wire grating of No. 14 gauge, with meshes not exceeding one-half inch. The openings in the body of the building and in the engine house shall have suitable metal shutters.

(Prior code § 15-4E).