The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1855-03-10
M No. 20.

fuin buildings tCithin certain limits.
THE Mayor and Common Council Of the City
( of ST. Paul do ordain as follows:- --a-
Sec l. No person shall hereafter erect or
place any building or any part of building
within the following limits, unless such build
ing or part of building shall be constructed
Of stone or brick, with party or fire walls of
the same material, rising at least ten inches
above the roof. if the same be covered with me-
tai or slate !; if with wood, then at least two
feet, viz: Beginning at a point on the Missis-
sippi River, where the easterly line of Sibley
street extended will strike said river; thence
northerly along the easterly line of said street
to the sOutherly line OF Fourth street thence
along the southerly line OF Fourth street to its
intersection with St. Anthony street; thence
along down the southerly side of st. Anthony
and Eagle streets to the point where the south
erly line of Eagle street will strike the Missis-
sippi river; thence along down the channel
bank of said river, to the place Of beginning !;
and if any building not made and constructed
of stone or brick shall be erected or placed
within the aforesaid prescribed limits, contra
ry to the provisions ofthis section, the own
er or owners, builder or builders thereof shall
severally forfeit penalty of fifty dollars for
each and every offence and also penalty OF
fifty dollars for each and every week such
building shall so remain within said limits as
| above; prescribed.
Sec 2. Nothing contained in the preceding
section shall prohibit the erection within the
aforesaid prescribed limits of any building Of
wood which shall not be more than eight feet
square, nor OF any wood house for keeping and
storing of firc-wOod, which shall not exceed
twenty feet in length, twelve feet in width. and
twelve feet in height; nor of any barn which
shall not exceed twentv-four feet in length
sixteen feet in width. and not more than twelve
feet in height from the common surface of the
earth to the top of the plates, with a roof moi
to exceed one quarter pitch; provided, sucl
small buildings or woOd-hOuse or barn shall
not be made to front upon any street. Provid
ed, that nothing in this section contained shall
be construed to allow more than one such barr
or wood-shed on any one lot OF premis es used
as one tenement.
Sec. ). The limits prescribed in section on,
of this ordinance, shall he known as the fir,
limits OF the city of st. Paul, and the whole O
the ground included within said prescribed
limits shall be deemed and taken to be within
said fire limits; and in all buildings hereafte
to be erected of stone or brick, in blocks of tw,
or more buildings within said limits, ther,
shall be erected partition walls, running a
, right angles with said street upon which sucI
building shall front, or as nearly at right an
giles with the street as the plan of the city will
admit Of, constructed of stone or brick, at leas
one foot in thickness. and extending at leas
ten inches above the roof, if such Roof be cover
ed with metal or slate but if of wood, then q
. least two feet above the roof of such building
and every person, whether owner. part owner
or builder, who shall erect, or cause to be erect
. ed, a building or part of building. contrary t.
the provisions Of this section, shall forfeit tn
penalty of fifty dollars for every month durin
which such building shall remain so erected
Sec. 4. NO person shall raise or elevate fror
the ground any wooden building now standin
; within said limits, by constructing thereunde
or thereon another story or part of story, O
in any other way increase the height of sal
building and if any person shall violate tn
provisions of this section, he shall forfeit pen
atty of fifty dollars for each and every week
said building shall remain so raised or erected
Sec. S. No person shall remove any build
ing of wood from one part or section, or 10
within such fire limits. to any other part, sec
!. ton or lot within the same; and in case an
person shall violate the provisions of this sec
ton, he shall forfeit the like penalty of fit,
dollars; and also further penalty of fifty dol
lars for each and every week such building
shall be permitted to remain upon the place t.
which it shall have been removed.
Ordained and dated at the CITY of st. Paul
this LIST day of March, A. D., 1865.
DAVID OLMSTED,
Attest Mayor
SHERWOOD HoUGH.
/ City Clerk.