Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-04-26
Ordinance No. 30i.

An ordinance defining the fire limits and
to protect property from fire.
The CITY IF olympia does ort'ain as .fo3iOrs:
SECrIoN |. All that part OF the City OF
Olympia bounded by line commencing
at the intersection of Sixth and Franklin
streets, running thence westerly along
laid Sixth street to the meander line of
Budd's Inlet; thence northerly and east
erly along the said meander line of said
Budd's Inlet to the intersection of Frank
lin street with said meander line; thence
southcrly along said Franklin street to
the point of beginning, is hereby declared
to be within the fire limits OF the City OF
Olympia.
SEC. ,. The City Marshal, the Chief OF
the Fire Department and the Chairman
OF the Committee on Fire, Light and Wa
ter, and their SUCCESSORS in office are
hereby constituted and appointed Fire
Wardens of the City of Olympia.
SEC. ). 1t shall be the duty of the Fire
WardenS, as often as they shall think ne
cessarv, TO visit any or all buildings with
in the fire limits and inspect the stoves,
| stovepipes and flues thereof, and also the
arrangements for lighting such building,
and see that the provisions of this ordi-
nance are complied with. They may in
the same manner examine any building
outside of the fire limits that shall be
within twenty-five feet of two or more
buildings. Any person who shall refuse
to permit the Fire Wardens to make the
examination provided for in this section,
shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined
in any sum not to exceed fifty dollars.
SEC. 4. That every chimney or flue
hereafter built within the fire limits of
the city, or wherever two or more build
ings are within twenty-five feet OF each
other, outside of the fire limits, shall
have walls at least TOUR inches thick and
shall be constructed OF brick and good
lime mortar, or OF cement; it shall be
well secured, and shall extend at least
four feet above where it passes through
the roof, and at least two feet below the
ceiling.
SEC. 5. That within the fire limits Of
the city, or wherever two or more build
ings are within Twenty-Five feet of each
other outside of the fire limits, it shall
be unlawful for the owner or owners, OF
occupant of any building, to allow place
or permit to have placed, any stovepipe
through any window, side, roof or cell
ing OF such building, except that stove
pipe may be placed through any part
ton or ceiling, if protected by tin OIL
earthenwarc so as not to come within
four inches of any woodwork; and al
persons using stoves in such building.
shall cause TO have placed under suci
stoves zinc or sheet iron sufficient to pro
tect the floor, and where any such stove
shall stand within eighteen inches of an,
wooden or cloth wall or partition, sucl
wall or partition shall be protected il
, like manner.
SEC. 6. Any person who shall maintain
or use any chimney-fiuc, stove or stove
: pipe contrary TO the provisions OF See
tons of and ) of this ordinance, o
without having complied thercwith, slral
y upon conviction thereof, be fined in az,
C sum not greater than fifty dollars.
:. SEC. Z. No wooden building shall b.
; constructed within the fire limits. Pro
|. rided, The City Council may grant pei
8 mits to construct wooden buildings with
in the fire limits as hereafter provided.
. SEC. s. Any person desiring a permi
} to construct wooden building With
: the fire limits shall file with the Cit
Council an application therefor, whic
application shall state the size of sue
II building and the purpose for which it
4 intended. and shall be accompanied wit
~ a diagram of the lot upon which it
II proposed to build, upon which dagral
= shall be shown all buildings already cor
. structed thereon, and also the part to i
&c covered by the proposed buildings an
ID shall be SO extended as to show all othe
70 buildings within twenty-five feet of an
part of the proposed building.
lie SEC. 9. If it shall appear that the az
'e plicstion is proper and that the DANCE
:. of conhagration will not be increase
;" thereby, the Council may grant such al
lie plication. Pr0rided, That no permit sha
he be given to erect any such building Will
:, in twenty-five feet of the dwelling nous
~ of another, except upon a unanimou
Of vote of the Council, and after the appl
10 cation shall have been before the Cuunc
for at least two weeks.
u Sec. 10. Any person who shall erect {
N cause to be erected or assist in the ere
ton of any building contrary to the pre-
~ visions of this ordinance, or shall mail
is tain and refuse to remove any buildin
IF erected contrary to the provisions Of TIL
ordinance for ten days after receivin
IL notice to remove the same from the FIJI
n Wardens, shall, upon conviction thereo
-. be deemed guilty Of misdemeanor an
be fined in any sum not greater than or
ne hundred dollars, or be imprisoned in IL
Is city Jail not more than thirty days, or
both fined and imprisoned at the di
cretion OF the Court.
Sec. IL. An ordinance entitled, "a
81 Ordinance defining the fire limits of Il
ne city, and to protect property from fire,
no approved March II, 1885, be and Il
~ same is hereby repealed.
e, Approved April "A, 1889.
We JOHN L. CONVEY,
J.. Attest: RoBT. MARI, Mayor.
NC City Clerk.
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