§ 15-129. Solid masonry or sheet-metal curtain walls in certain wood frame construction.

(a)

Business buildings constructed on piers having wooden floor sills less than twelve (12) inches above the surface of the ground shall have the intervening space between the floor sill and ground protected against the ingress of rats by installing a solid masonry or concrete wall not less than four (4) inches thick, or solid sheet-metal curtain wall of twenty-four-gauge or heavier around the entire perimeter of the business building and extending such curtain wall to a depth of not less than thirty-six (36) inches below the surface of the ground level and fastening securely to the exterior wall of the business building, in such manner as will prevent rats from entering the building.

(b)

Business buildings constructed on piers having wooden floor sills greater than twelve (12) inches above the ground level shall have the intervening spaces between the floor sill and ground protected against the ingress of rats by installing curtain walls in accordance with the preceding paragraph, or by protecting such building against the ingress of rats as provided in section 15-129.

(c)

In lieu of the installation of curtain walls, all ground floors of wood construction may be replaced with concrete of not less than three (3) inches in thickness with the exterior walls protected for a height of twenty-four (24) inches above the concrete floor with masonry, concrete or solid metal of twenty-four-gauge or heavier. Exterior wall protection shall be securely tied into the concrete floor at all points.

(Code 1950, § 47-20; Code 1959, § 18-56)