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    This document outlines regulations for skylights, bays, porches, balconies, penthouses, and roof structures. Some key points: - Skylights must have metal frames except for certain occupancies and the glass must be wired or protected by screens. - Bays and oriel windows must have construction matching the exterior walls and roofing materials. Exterior balconies attached to masonry walls require brackets or beams of incombustible materials. - Penthouses and roof structures cannot exceed certain heights and areas. They are limited to housing mechanical equipment or vertical shafts. Towers must be constructed of fire-resistant materials if a certain size.

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    This document outlines regulations for skylights, bays, porches, balconies, penthouses, and roof structures. Some key points: - Skylights must have metal frames except for certain occupancies and the glass must be wired or protected by screens. - Bays and oriel windows must have construction matching the exterior walls and roofing materials. Exterior balconies attached to masonry walls require brackets or beams of incombustible materials. - Penthouses and roof structures cannot exceed certain heights and areas. They are limited to housing mechanical equipment or vertical shafts. Towers must be constructed of fire-resistant materials if a certain size.

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    This document outlines regulations for skylights, bays, porches, balconies, penthouses, and roof structures. Some key points: - Skylights must have metal frames except for certain occupancies and the glass must be wired or protected by screens. - Bays and oriel windows must have construction matching the exterior walls and roofing materials. Exterior balconies attached to masonry walls require brackets or beams of incombustible materials. - Penthouses and roof structures cannot exceed certain heights and areas. They are limited to housing mechanical equipment or vertical shafts. Towers must be constructed of fire-resistant materials if a certain size.

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    CHAPTER XII

    SECTION 1208

    REPORTER:

    KENNETH M. ANDAYA
    SKYLIGHT
    • All skylights shall be constructed with metal frames
    except those for Groups A and J Occupancies. Frames
    of skylights shall be designed to carry loads required
    for roofs. All skylights, the glass of which is set at an
    angle of less than 45 degrees from the horizontal, if
    located above the first storey, shall be set at least 100
    millimeters above the roof. Curbs on which the
    skylights rest shall be constructed of incombustible
    materials except for Types 1 or 11 Construction.
    • Spacing between supports in one direction for flat wired glass in skylights shall not
    exceed 625 millimeters. Corrugated wired glass may have supports 1.50 meters apart in
    the direction of the corrugation. All glass in skylights shall be wired glass: Except, that
    skylights over vertical shafts extending through two or more storeys shall be glazed with
    plain glass as specified in this Code: Provided, that wire glass may be used in ventilation
    equal to not less than one-eight the cross-sectional area of the shaft but never less than
    1.20 meters is provided at the top of such shaft. Any glass not wire glass shall be
    protected above and below with a screen constructed of wire not smaller than 2.5
    millimeters in diameter with a mesh not larger than 25 millimeters. The screen shall be
    substantially supported below the glass.
    • Skylights installed for the use of photographers may be constructed of metal frames and
    plate glass without wire netting.
    • Ordinary glass may be used in the roof and skylights for greenhouses, Provided, that
    height of the greenhouses at the ridge does not exceed 6.00 meters above the grade. The
    use of wood in the frames of skylights will be permitted in greenhouses outside of highly
    restrictive Fire Zones if the height of the skylight does not exceed 6.00 meters above the
    grade, but in other cases metal frames and metal sash bars shall be used.
    • Glass used for the transmission of light, if placed in floors or sidewalks, shall be
    supported by metal or reinforced concrete frames, and such glass shall not be less than
    12.5 millimeters in thickness. Any such glass over 100 square centimeters in area shall
    have wire mesh embedded in the same or shall be provided with a wire screen
    underneath as specified for skylights in this Code. All portions of the floor lights or
    sidewalk lights shall be of the same strength as required for floor is surrounded by a
    railing not less than 1.10 meters in height, in which case the construction shall be
    calculated for not less than roof loads.
    CHAPTER XII
    SECTION 1209
    BAYS, PORCHES AND BALCONIES

    • Walls and floors in bay and oriel windows shall conform


    to the construction allowed for exterior walls and floors
    of the type of construction of the building to which they
    are attached. The roof covering of a bay or oriel window
    shall conform to the requirements of the roofing of the
    main roof. Exterior balconies attached to or supported by
    wall required to be of masonry, shall have brackets or
    beams constructed of incombustible materials. Railings
    shall be provided for balconies, landings, or porches which
    are more than 750 millimeters above grade.
    CHAPTER XII
    SECTION 1210
    PENTHOUSE AND ROOF STRUCTURE

    • Height
    No penthouse or other projection above the roof in structures of other than Type V
    construction shall exceed 8.40 meters above the roof when used as an enclosure for
    tanks or for elevators which run to the roof and in all other cases shall not extend more
    than 3.60 meters in height with the roof.

    • Area
    The aggregate area of all penthouses and other roof structures shall not exceed one third of the
    area of the supporting roof.
    • Prohibited Uses
    No penthouse, bulkhead, or any other similar projection above the roof shall be used for
    purposes other than shelter of mechanical equipment or shelter of vertical shaft openings in the
    roof. A penthouse or bulkhead used for purposes other than that allowed by this Section shall
    conform to the requirements of this Code for an additional storey.
    • Construction
    Roof structures shall be constructed with walls, floors, and roof as required for the main portion
    of the building except in the following cases:
    a) On Types III and IV constructions, the exterior walls and roofs of penthouses which are 1.50
    meters or more from an adjacent property line may be of one-hour fire-resistive
    incombustible construction.
    b) Walls not less than 1.50 meters from an exterior wall of a type IV construction may be of
    one-hour fire-resistive incombustible construction. The above restriction shall not prohibit
    the placing of wood flagpoles or similar structures on the roof of any building.
    • Towers and Spires
    Towers and spires when enclosed shall have exterior walls as required for the building to which they attached.
    Towers not enclosed and which extend more than 20.00 meters above the grade shall have their framework
    constructed of iron, steel, or reinforced concrete. No tower or spire shall occupy more than one-fourth of the
    street frontage of any building to which it is attached and in no case shall the base area exceed 150 square meters
    unless it conforms entirely to the type of construction requirements of the building to which it is attached and is
    limited in height as main part of the building. If the area of the tower and spire exceeds 10.00 square meters any
    horizontal cross section, its supporting frames shall extend directly to the ground. The roof covering of the spires
    shall be as required for the main room of the rest of the structure. Skeleton towers used as radio masts, neon signs,
    or advertisement frames and placed on the roof of any building shall be constructed entirely of incombustible
    materials when more than 7.50 meters in height, and shall be directly supported on an incombustible framework to
    the ground. No such skeleton towers shall be supported on roofs of combustible framings. They shall be designed to
    withstand a wind load.

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