Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1884-01-31
ORDINANCE.

An Ordinance for the Prevention Of Fires.
The village of ChebOygan Ordains:
Sec. 1. All that territory in the village OF
Cheboygan, bounded on the east by the Che
boygan river, on the west by Huron street. on
the north by First street, and on the south by
Nelson street, and Nelson street produced to the
river, shall constitute and be known as the fire
limits of the village OF Cheb0ygan.
Sec. 2. No person shall erect or place any
building within said fire limits, unless the same
shall be constructed Of stone, brick or iron,
roofs covered with slate, tile, metal, gravel and
five-eighths inches Of mortar, and cOrnices OF
stone, brick, metal or wood. and If wood the
same shall be painted with at least three coats
of paint, and heavily sanded. The cutters
shall be OF metal; and in all buildings erected
Of stone, brick or iron, in blocks Of two or
more buildings within said fire limits, there
shall be erected partition walls OF stone or
brick. at least one foot in thickness, when such
building is over two stories in height, and not
less than eight inches in thickness when such
building is two stories or less in height and
all party and side walls In such blocks shall ex-
tend at least twenty inches above the roof.
Sec. 5. Nothing contained in the pre-
erection within said fire linn
Its Of any wooden building not more than five
by eight feet on the ground and ten feet in
height from the ground to the peak Of the roof.
Provided, that nothing In this section shall be
construed so as to allow the placing Of two or
more wooden buildings adjoining or adjacent
each other.
Sec. 4. The Council may by resolution,
authorize the erection of wooden buildings
within said fire limits, under such restrictions,
and npon such conditions as they may pre-
scribe by resolution. Provided, no such author
ity shall be given II It shall appear to the
Council that the erection of such wooden build
ing will increase the fire risks Of any building
adjacent thereto.
Sec. 8. No person shall except provided in
sections six and seven of this ordinance, re-
pair any wooden building within said fire linn
its, which las been destroyed or partially de-
stroyed by fire or otherwise, nor elevate from
the ground or in any way increase the height
of, nor remove any such building from any lot
within said fire limits to any other lot within
said fire limits, nor from any lot without said
fire limits to any lot within satd fire limits, nor
from any part Of any lot within said fire limits
to any other part of the same lot without being
first authorized to do so by the council. -.
Sec. o. When any wooden building within
said fire limits shall be partially destroyed by
fire, or otherwise, and the damage thereto
shall not exceed one-half its value to be ascer-
tanned in the manner hereinafter described,
such building may be repaired and not other
wise.
Sec. Z. In case of the partial destruction,
in said fire limits, it shall be the duty of the
President and in his absence the marshal of
the village, and the owner OF such building to
to proceed at once to choose each
one dsinterested and competent
builder to estimate the value of such building
at the lime Of such partial destruction, the
amount Of damages thereto, and II the persons
so chosen cannot agree then they shall call in
third disinterested builder, and the estimate
OF any two OF them shall be binding on the vii
lage as well as on the owner OF such building
If the amount OF the damages shall not exceed
that provided in section six, the President, and
in his absence the Marshal, shall give written
permit to such owner to repair his building
and shall also keep a record Of the same in his
Office.
Sec. s. In estimating the value Of any
building partially destroyed by fire or other
wise, the sum of money 1t would cost TO build
the same new. from the bottom of the sill,
shall be taken as its value; and in estimating
the damage TO such building the same shall be
assumed to be the sum OF money it would re-
quire to restore such building TO the condition
in which 1t was before its partial destruction