Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-08-10
ORDINANCE,

ORDINANCE.
AN ORDINANCE PRESCRIBING FIRE LIMITS FOR
THE CITY OF GRAND RAPIDS, WISCONSIN,
AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS
THEREIN.
The Common Council of the City of Grand
Rapids do ordain as follows:
SEC. /. All that part of the city Of Grand
Rapids, described follows shall be deemed
Fire Limits o-wit:-All that part of Lots and 3
OF Block ,; all of Block l. all of Block 80; all of
Block SO; all of Block 81 Lots l, 2, 5 and of
Block IA; and Lots l and 2 of Block IS; and all
of Lots l. 2, s. 6, = s, 9, 10, H. H. 49, H. 15 16 and
II of Block so all situated in Neeyes' First and
Second Addition to the City of Grand Rapids.
SEC. 2. No building or structure of any kind
whatever shall hereafter be erected within the
fire limits eXcepta hereinafter provided. unless
same be constructed in conformity with the fol-
lowing provisions:
l. All outside and party walls shall be made
OF brick or stone or other ire-proof material but
iron or tin fastened onto wood frame is not
within the meaning of fire-proof material.
?. All outside and party walls shall not be
less than u inches in thickness, if of brick nor
less than Is inches if of stone.
S. Roofs and cutters shall be covered on the
outside surface with tin, iron or other fire-proof
material.
4. All front, party and side walls shall ex-
tend above the roof at least 16 inches and in no
case shall the planking or sheathing of the roof
extend across any front, party or side wall. All
walls to pr1Vles barns or other outhouSes(Smoke
houses excepted which are not a part of any
main building and are not to exceed u feet wide
and 20 feet long and u feet high and located at
least II feet from any main building, the frame
may be of wood covered with tin or sheet-iron
or steel, but such tin, iron or steel must be
fastened to the wood frame by means of nails
long enough TO be clinched on the inside and
must be so clinched. The roof to be of metal.
and the caves covered on the undersde with
metal.
SEC. s. No wooden building or part of build
ing within the fire limits shall be raised, en-
larged or removed to any other place within
said fire limits eNceptaS provided, in section of
this Ordinance, nor shall any such building be
moved into the fire limits nor shall any wooden
building now within said fire limits which may
hereafter be damaged to the extent of one-half
the value thereof be repaired or rebuilt Nor
shall any such building when the damages are
less than one-half of the value be so repaired as
to be raised higher than the highest point of
said building before such damages shall have
occurred or so as to occupy more space than
before the injury thereto.
SEC. 4. The amount or extent of damage that
may be done to any building may be determined
by the mayor and committee of three appointed
by the council for that purpose and the decision
so made in writing and signed by the mayor
and committee aforesaid shall be final. No
person or persons owning or having an interest
in any such building damaged by fire shall re-
build as hereinbefore provided until such per-
son or persons have obtained in writing a Ger
titled copy of the decision from the city clerk
to-wit: That such building is damaged less than
one-half of its value.
SEC. 5. All such building, buildings or parts
of buildings, which were he. tofOre damaged
by fire to the extent of one halfthe value thereof
before it or they were damaged, (such damages
to be determined as provided in section of this
ordinance) now situated and remaining within
said fire limits, in such damaged condition shall
be deemed a nuisance: audit shall be the duty of
the Mayor, to serve written notice upon the
owner or owners thereof requiring him or them
to remove said building or buildings or parts of
buildings out of said fire limits or repair the
same by the first day of October A. D. 1898: and
if the owner or owners, being required to re-
move or repair such building, buildings or parts
of buildings, as in this section provided, shall
fail or neglect to remove or repair such building
or buildings, the city marshal shall remove the
same and abate said nuisance, all of which shall
be ut the expense of the owner or owners, ofsuch
building, buildings or parts of buildings, and
be reported by the city marshal to the Common
Council and may be collecIed Of the owner or