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-5- code in any respect, and will therefore be prohibited. (i) In order to locate railroad coaches, boxcars, etc., on any property, improved or unimproved, in the township, it will be necessary to obtain special permit from the Building Inspector in all cases, and the use of any of these structures as dwellings is prohibited. BUILDING REQUIREMENTS SECTION I. All buildings constructed for the purpose of providing human habitation, and all buildings constructed for the purpose of providing for the engaging in any commercial enterprise, excepting agricultural enterprises upon tracts devoted to agriculture in the date of the enactment of this order, shall be constructed in accordance with and of the materials specified in this ordinance, regardless of whether or not these buildings are in residential or commercial tracts. SECTION II. (a) Insulation material used for protection of a building against heat and cold shall be passed upon by the inspector. (b) Stucco on the outside of frame buildings shall be on galvanized metal lath weighing not less that 3.4 pounds per square yard, and any, other plaster base is hereby prohibited. (c) No building paper of any kind shall be used for the permanent outside finish of any building. (d) All building materials shall be of good quality, conforming to generally accepted standards. Except as otherwise provided in law, or in this code, or in duly promulgated regulations, the specifications of the American Society for Testing Materials of other generally accepted standards of equal value, shall be deemed to be generally accepted. All materials used as aggregate in the mixing of concrete shall be clean and free from loam and other foreign matter. (f) Mixtures for concrete shall be as follows: PLAIN CONCRETE - 1 part Portland Cement, 3 parts sand, 5 parts gravel. WATER CONTENT - Not more that 74 gallons of water per bag of cement. (g) Structural steel and iron shall comply with the recommendation of the American Institute of Steel Cosntruction. (h) Soft wood lumber shall meet the grading requirements of the association recognized in the trade as covering the species under whose grading rules it was produced. This requirement shall not apply to mill- work or interior finish. (i) Lumber shall be dry and well seasoned. (j) Approved built up roofing, vertical or edge grain wood shingles, mineral surfaced, asbestos, slate, or their equivalent will be accepted. (k) Nails for attaching roof covering shall be copper of hot -dipped gal- vanized nails. (1) Tar paper is hereby prohibited for use as roof covering material on roofs of all buildings, with the exception of use in built-up roofs. CONSTRUCTION (a) No building shall be constructed upon any foundation, the footing of which is less than three and one-half (32) feet below grade, unless built upon solid rock, and no footing shall rest upon filled or loose earth. (b) All buildings shall have foundation walls of brick stone or concrete of sufficient size or strength to support the weight imposed. (c) No footing under such wall shall be less than eight (8) inches thick and twelve (12) inches wide, and all such footings shall be constructed of concrete.