Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1869-09-02
TPUBLIsHED BY AUTHORITY.
An Ordinance
CONCERNING FLUEs OR CHIMNEYs
AND STOVE Pipes, AND PRoyI-
DING FOR THE SAFETY OF
BUILDINGS AND OTHER PROP


AND STOVE Pipes, AND PROVE
DING FOR THE SAFETY OF
BUILDINGS AND OTHER PROP
ERTY FROM FIRE.
BE ii oroluinod by the city Council Of
the City Of Knocrillc::
SEC. /. That all Chimney-hues
within the City shall be built 81 we'll
burned whole brick, the walls not less
than four inches thick, the inside sur
face well covered with coat OF plaster;
and when said fiues shall pass through
the ridge Of the roof they shall project
not less than two and one half feet
above the ridge of the root; and when
such fues pass through the slope OF
the roof they shall project not less
than three feet from the roof of the
building in which the same are built,
measuring from the top OF the CHM
ney TO the nearest point Of the roof.
SEC. 2. The pipe of any stove which
passes through any portion of the
building in which the same is used,
shall be at least two inches from any
wood, and securely surrounded by
some fire-proof material.
SEC. 3. No person shall hereafter
build, or cause to be built, any CHM
ney resting upon any part OF build
ing liable to settle, unless said chimney
he permanently connected with such
building, so that the whole may settle
together; nor shall any person build,
or cause to be built, q chimney on or
above the first story of any building,
unless there be q hole through the
ceiling to get access to the story on
which it rests.
SEC a. No person shall extend any
stove-pipe or shect-iron, or other me-
tallic flue, through the roof or side of
any building, out-building, or addition
to any building, after the passage OF
this Ordinance. And it shall he the
duty of the City Marshal TO examine
all such fiues, or stove-pipcs now cree
ted, and If the same are unsafe, he
shall notify the owner or occupant of
the premises to either remove the
same, or so change the same as said
Marshal shall direct; and in case any
such owner or occupant snail fan TO
improve the same IS directed, and
within ten days from the time he is d.
rected so to.do, said Marshal shall do
so at the'expense of the City, and the
said City shall recover the costs and
expenses Of the same from the owner
or occupant thereof by civil action
before the Mayor; and in addition
thereto, any person refusing to comply
with Til. lawful and reasonable dlrec-
tons Of the Marshal, as above speci-
fed, shall upon conviction thereon, be
fined in any sum not less than five
dollars nor more than twenty dollars,
and costs Of prosecution.
SEC. 5. 1t is hereby made the duty
~ al. r., J. pl4
by the City Council, to examine all
chimneys, flues, iire-places, hearth.s,,
ovens, stoves and pipes and fixed boil
ers in all buildings in this City, and
all places for the deposit Of ashes, and
all places containing shavings or other
conibustible matter, from which dan
ger by fire may be apprehended, and
ii he Shall find any such defective, or
unsafe, he shall order the occupant Of
the premises where the same is situa-
ted to alter, repair, remove or abate
the same, and if suchordCr is not com
piled with in ten days thereafter, the
said Marshal shall abate or remove
the same at the cost Of the City, and
the owner or occupant shall be liable
for the costs of such removal, or abatc-
ment, to he collected in the manner
provided in Section four hereof, and
Shall be prosecuted and punished as
in said Section provided.
SEC. 6. That if any person shall IN
any manner hinder or obstruct the
Marshal in the discharge Of any duty
enioined upon him by this Ordinance,
shall upon conviction thereof, be fined
in any sum not less than ten dollars,
nor more than one hundred dollars,
and costs Of prosecution, and shall
stand comm1ted to the Jail of the
County until such fine and costs are
paid, or until discharged in due course
of law.
SEC. 7. BE il further ordained, That
an Ordinance Of the City of Knoxville
entitled can Ordinance concerning
fucs or stove-pipes, adopted May is,
1857, and all other Ordinances and
parts of Ordinances inconsistent with
this Ordinance be, and are, hereby
repealed.
SEC. g. This Ordinance to take eff
feet and he in force from and after its
publication according to law.
Approved and adopted Aug. 2, 1869.
w. b. CARRUTHERS, Mayor.
1Hest: w. r. RIGG, RecoTdcr.