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rf wee - & bis: me. tn, . ~ ALE THFOF PEREIB 15 + ae” “a * Paar 4700—Vermany’ Enxacency Hovs- ; mec Proczam [¥etersns' Housing Program Order 1] GENERAL RESTRICTIONS ON CONSTRUCTION AWD REPAIRS The Veterans’ Emergency Housing Program, set forth February 7, 1946, by the Housing Expediter in his report to ° the President, calis for the construction of aD unprecedented number of moder- ate and low-cost housing accommoda- tions to meet the needs of returning veterans. The fulfillment of require- ments for the defense of the United ‘States has created a shortage in the supply ef materials and facilities re- -quired for construction, for defense, for private account and for export. It will ebe impossible to carry out the Veterans’ Emergency Howding Program without diverting critical materials from defer- rable or Jess essential construction. The following order is deemed necessary and appropriate in ‘the public interest and to eromote the national defense. § 4700.1 Veterans’ Housing Program Order I—ia)} What this order does. in order to carry out the Veterans’ Emergency Housing Program, this order forbids the beginning of construction and repair work on buildings and cer- tain other structures without specific au- thorization under paragraph ‘h) of the order, with the exception of certain small jobs and other work covered by paragraphs (d@), (e) and (f}. The re- strictions of the order apply whether or not the materials needed are on hand or are available without priorities assist- ‘ ance. « . {b) Structures and work covered by this order—(i) Kinds of structures. The restrictions of this order apply to certain kinds of work on structures. _ As used in the order, “structure” means any building, arena, stadium, grand- stand, pier, moving picture set or bill- zboard, whether of a permanent or tem- porary nature (however, the erection of stands or other structures which have been used before and are being erected only for s temporary purpose and are to be taken down after the temnorary nur- WES GR Gis Rake welt Pay purrs pose is served is not covered by the or- der). The term “structure” does not include roads, streets, sidewalks, rail- road or street. car or interurban or plant rallway tracks or operating facilities (other than buildings), fences, silos, trailers (except when demounted and in- stalled on a foundation), bridges, tun- nels, subways, pipe lines, utility facilities fexcept bulidings) providing for electric, G@s, sewerage, Water, centra] steam heating or telephone or telegraph com- munication services incliding power or utility lines and sewers, surface or un- dérground mines, wells, dams, canals or drainage or irrigation ditches. ‘The term “structure” also does not include anything that is not attached to the Jand or to a structure as defined above/or any kind of equipment installed outside of nue?ton CORTAIRED faa wALASSIFLED 7 SSID cacti and not attached to a building or other structure. (3) Kinds of work. The restrictions of this order apply to constructing, repair- ing, making additions or alterations (in- chiding aiterations incidental to install- ing any kind of equipment), impreving or converting structures, or installing or relocating fixtures or mechanical equip- ment in structures. These terms include any Kind of work on a structure which involves the putting up or putting to- gether of processed materials, products, fixtures or mechanical equipment, if the processed materials, products, fixtures or mechanical equipment are attached to the land, or are attached to a structure and used as a functional part of the structure, or are attached so firmly te the land or structure that removal would in- jure the material, product, fixture or mechanical equipment or the structure. The laying of asphalt or other tile or lino- leum cemented or otherwise attached to the structure is covered by the order. However, repainting, repapering and sanding floors and greasing, overhauling, repairing or Installing repeir or replace- ment parts in existing mechanical equip- ment in all types of structures, where no change in the structure is made, are not eovered by the order. (3) Fixtures and mechanical equip- ment. The term “fixture” means any article attached to a bullding or structure and used as a part of the building or structure. The term “mechanical equip- ment” means any equipment which Is used to operate e building or other struc- ture. The following items are included within the phrase “fixtures and mechan- ib] feel equipment” if they are attached te the building or structure in any of the ways indicated Jater in this paragraph: Plumbing, heating. ventilating and light- ing equipment, panelling, bookcases, bars, soda fountains. show cases, booths, wood or metal partitions, counters, and the like. These articles are considered to be attached to a bufiding or structure if they are attached by nails or screws to the building, if they are connected to the plumbing or other piping system of the building, if they are connected to the lgnting system of the Dililding (except by connection to an existing outiet), or if a base or foundation is built for the item, or if the {tem is cemented to the building or structure. The phrase “fixtures and mechanical equipment” does not include the following: machine tools, blast fur- naces, conveyors, elevators, process pip- ing, control or testing equipment used for industrial or utility purposes or in & laboratory, power generating or trans- mitting equipment, such as bollers, gen- erators, transformers, and the like (how- ever, where the purpose of boilers, trans- formers and similar equipment is pri- marily to provide electricity or steam for lighting or heating the buiiding in which they are installed they would be mechan- {eal equipment), medical equipment in a hospital, washing machines or dryers In a commercial jaundry, compressors or ’ i - _ a: a aeons VHP- MAR. 36, 19. cooling equipment in a cold storage wart house or fromen food locker plant, gas line pumps and hydraulic lifts in a gared Or service station, and stoves, refrigers ters other than refrigerators cor structed as an integral part of a builc ing), food-warming equipment and dish- washing equipment in a restaurant. (ce) Prohittied construction. (1) Ni person shall begin to cofistruct, to re. pair, to make additions or alterations to to improve, to convert from one purpos. to another, or to install or to relocate fixtures or mechanical equipment, in an: structure, public or private, in the forty. eight States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands, except te the extent permitted under para- graphs (d), (e) and (f, or when and to the extent specifically authorized wnder paragraph (h). No person shali carry on or pecicipate in any construction, re- pair work, addition, improvement, con- version, alteration, installation or re- location of fixtures or mechanical equip- ment prohibited by this order. The pro- hibitions of this paragraph apply to a person who does his own construction work, to a person who gets a contractor to do the work, to contractors, sub-con- tractors, architects and engineers work- ing on a job which ts being carried on in violation of this order cr getting others to work on it or to supply materlals for it. (2) This order forbids the beginning of certain Kinds of work. To “begin” work on s structure means to incorporate inte a structure on the site materials which are to be an integral part of the structure in question. Demolition, ex- csvation and similar site preparation do not constitute beginning construction. 22Gb DCOLSLM shipasililg DULL LE Ul The order does not apply to work which was begun before March 26, 1946, and which was being carried on that date and which is carried on normally after that date. However, this rule only ap- Plies to the particular building or other structure begun before March 26, 1946. Tt does not apply to any other building or structure which had not itself been begun by that date even though the two are closely related. (d) Exemption for small jobs. (1) This order does not restrict a construc- tion, repair, alteration or instalation job, the cost of which does not exceed the allowance given below for the par- ticular kind of structure involved: {i} $400 for a house or other structure (such 88 a& garage) on residential prop- erty designed for occupancy by five fam- iijles or less. This allowance also apples to farmhouses and other housing accom- modations on farms, except bunkhouses and other accommodations for transi- tory farm laborers. (i) $1,000 for a hotel, resort, apart- ment house, or other residential building designed for occupancy by more than five families, (tli) $1,000 for a building used pri- marily for one or more commercial or service establishments such as offices, banks, stores, laundries, garages, restau- GPO-CPA Oe ee ql