The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-08-12
ORDINANCE no. lSC.


TIL city Of Suite dos ord1'a as folto,rs,
ia ui,:
SECTION l Ill buildings hereafter
erected within the said fire limits e1-
cept Manufacturing Establishments,
Livery Stables, Warehouses. Carpenter
Shops and Blacksmith Shops shall
be lathed and plastered with good lime
moltar on all inside walls or partitions.
A,.J all roofs Of all buildings hereafter
erected within said fire limits shall be
covered with good shingles or tin, and
shall be painted with good fire-prooi
paint
Tie term building as used in this
Section shall not include Privias.
SEC ,. All repairs to buildings con >
struc:ed Of wood or other combustlble
material shall be made to conform to
this Ordinance.
SEC. 5 No wooden building within
the said fire limits shall be altered or
charged without q written permission
of the Fire Warden, approved by the
Committee on Fire, which permit shall
specify fully the alteration or change
required, and no such permit shall be
given if any increase will be made by
the proposed change or alteration in
tie size Of any wooden building within
the said fire limits. unless such increase
shall comply with the provisions of thi>
Ordinance. 4 copy of each of such
permits shall be kept on file in the
Clerks Office of the City Of Seattle.
SEC. 4. No building within said fire
Limits shall be removed, except to
portion OF the came lot on which it
may have stood to make room for more
permareut improvements. or to point
outside the fire limits.
SIC. j. Whenever any building shall
be by any reason so much injured as to
be in the ia .gment of the Fire Warden
and Committee Oh Fire dangerous
| nuisance, or, when any wooden build
ing within The fire limits shall. in tho
judgment of Fire Warden and Commit.
tee OH Fire, be damaged by fire to the
extent of one half or more of its actual
value. the Fire Warden shall immedi
ately cause to be served upon the owner
or person having control thereof, a no.
,ics requiring such person to remove
the same forthwith; and the person re-
ceiving such notice shall within ten
days after receiving such notice comply
with the requirements thereof.
SEC. 6. That any chimney or fue
hereafter built within the fire limits OF
the City of Seattle shall have walls at
| least four inches in thickness and shall
| be constructed Of brick Of the first
quality and laid in good lime mortar !;
they shall be we'll secured and shall ex
tend at least four feet above the roof Of
the building to which it belongs. meas
uring from the point where each chin
icy passes through such roof; and
shall extend at least two feet below the
/ ceiling Of the first story of such build
ing SO rs to afford space for stovepipes
to enter such chimney without endsn>
gering the ceiling, and where any stove
pipe or flue passes through any ceiling.
the said pipe or flue shall be protected
by tin cylinder or safe.
SEC. !. That it shall be unlawful fol-
the owner or owners or occupant OF
any building within the fire limits OF
the city to allow, to place or permit to
nave placed, any stovepipe through any
window, side roof or ceiling of such
building. and all persons using fire IT,
stoves shall cause to have placed under
such stoves zinc or sheet iron. suffice nj
to protect the floors, and where any
such stove shall stand within two fee,
Of any wooden wall or partition, such
wall or partition shall be protected BY
sheet metal as will be full protection
against fire from such stove; and where
any stovepipe is made to pass through
any partition in any building. such
stovepipe shalt pass through and be
surrounded by brick or tin cylinder So
IS to be at least three inches from any
wood work, and the Fire Warden shall
Immediately after the passage Of this
Ordinance notify all property holder.
within the fire limits. where stoves are
used. to have removed all stovepipes
that extend through the roof or side o.
any building in the fire limits of the
city, and the Fire Warden shall have
butt or caused to be built at the ex
pense the property holder good brick
fu-s within ten days after such notice
SEC 8 That it shall be unlawful 70,
the owner or occupants of any building
where fire is kept to allow any hay,
straw. or other combusfible matter l.
remain in or adjacent to such buildir .
except carpenter shops and msnufac-
turing establishments. and from suc!
place shavings or such like combus.ibl.
material shall be removed at least once
every day.
SEC 9. That the Fire Warden of the
city shall at all times have the right to
enter any building within the fire lin
ITS for the purpose Of discovering o,
ascertaining any violation of this Ordi-
nance
SEC, 10 Any person or persons VIC.
lnting any Of the provisions of this Or
dinance shall b. deemed guilty Of q
misdem eanor. AID on conviction thereof
before the City Magistrate. shall be
punished by fine OF hot less than
twenty 500 dollars nor more than one
hundred (Sl0o) dollars and costs Of
prosecution. aud imprisonment may be
added in the discretion Of the Court
and each day of maintaining or contin-
uing such violation shall be deemed q
new otfense aud punished accordingly.
SEC. IL. The Fire Warden and Chief
Of Police are required TO see that the
provisions Of this Ordinance are en-.
forced, and to make complaints before