Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-08-17

The Common Council of the City of Grand
Rapids do ordain as follows:
SEC; L. Al that part of the city, of Grand
Rapids, described follows shall be deemed
Fire Limits to-wit:-All that part of Lots and 9
OF Block .; all of Block l. all of Block 3D. all of
Block So; all of Block 81; Lots l, >, and of
of Lots l. ,, s. g. T. s. 9, TO- H. H. 49, II, 10, 16 and
II of Block so all situated in Neeves' First and
Sec Id Addition to the City of Grand Rapids.
SEC . No building or structure of any kind
whatever shall hereafter be erected within the
fire limits except as hereinafter provided. unless
same be constructed in conformity with the fol-
lowing provisions:
l. All outside and party walls shall be made
of brick stone or other tire-proof material but
iron or tin fastened onto wood frame is not
within the meaning of tire-proof material.
. All outside and party walls shall not be
less than - inches in thickness if of brick, nor
less than Is inches if of stone.
s. Roofs and cutters shall be covered on the
outside surfacewith tin, iron or other tireproot
material.
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 privies, barns or other outhouses(smokc
houses excepted which are not part of any
main building and are not to exceed II feet wide
and 20 feet long and Il feet high and located at
least y 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 underside 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, except as 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
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the value thereof be repaired or rebuilt. Nor
shall any such building when the damages are
less than onehalf 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
NAV 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. Nc
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 Il 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 s. All such building, buildings or parts
of buildings, which were heretofore damaged
by fire to the extent of one halfthe value thereof
before it or they were SO 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 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. ID. 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 at 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 collected of the owner or
owners, by suit
SEC. G. No person shall deposit upon, or
cause to be deposited upon, any of the vacant
lots within said fire limits any boxes, barrels,
partly burnt boards or timbers or other rubbish,
and all such materials as above specified which
shall have been heretofore deposited. and which
now remains on any of the vacant lots within
said fire limits, shall be removed by the owner
or owners of the said lots upon receiving forty
eight hours notice to remove the same. It shall
be the duty of the city marshal to notify all per-
sons violating the provisions of this section and
require them to remove all such materials as
above specified and so deposited OF allowed to
remain on any of the vacant lots within said fire
limits within forty eight hours from the time
such notice is given, and If such person or
persons sha II fail to remove any such material or
rubbish after being notified so to do the city
marshal shall remove the same at the expense
of the lot owner and report such expense to the
Common Council andsa1d city may collect the
same by suit.
SEC :. Any wooden building or any build
ing which may be erected, enlarged or removed
or i'll process of erection, construction or enlarg-
ment or removal, contrary to this ordinance or
any provision thereof, after the publication OF
same, shall be deemed nuisance and upon in
formation thereof to the mayor or any police
officer of the city, it shall be the duty of the
mayor any police officer of the city, jointly or
UiyinU notice q the
building or to the contractor or contractors or
other person or persons in possession or charge
OF said building or buildings to remove and
abate the same within "a hours, and II such
building or nuisance is not so removed within
the "a hours, then to raze such building to the
ground or destroy such building or structure
and the removal of such and the abating of such
nuisance shall be at the expense of the owners
or owner of the building and be reported by the
mayor or city marshall to the common council
and may be collected of the owner or owners of
such building by suit.
SEC s. That if any owner or owners of, or
contractor or contractors of OF upon any build
ing or structure shall neglect for q hours to re-
move the same and abate the nuisance after
notice as provided in section of this ordinance,
such person or persons, owner or owners con-
tractor or contractors shall be subject to and
liable for each day or part of a day the building
or structure or nuisance is not removed, and for
each day and part of day separate otfense to
pay a fine of not less than $500 nor more than
$4,000, or by imprisonment in the county jail,
OI NOOu county, HOT leSS lIdlI ten anu lOl
to exceed sixty days or by both such fine and
imprisonment according to the direction OF the
court before whom conviction may be had for
each offense, anything to the contrary in this
ordinance notwithstanding. That if any person
shall build, construct or enlarge or remove any
building or part of q building within the fire
limits contrary to the provisions of this Ordin-
ance or any person who shall do any work or
labor or perform any services in or upon or
about the construction or removal or enlarge
ment of any building or structure within the
fire limits contrary to any OF the provisions OF
this ordinance shall be subject for each Ofense
to pay a fine of not less than $500 and not OK
ceeding 500 or by imprisonment according to
the direction of the court before whom cOnvic-
ton was had.
SEC Q. The buildings now on lots ID and
of Block so Neeves LIST and I'd addition to Grand
Rapids, according to Sargents plat may be
moved TO any other lot within said Block within
the two years next following the passage of this
ordinance providing the removal of such build
ings be for the purpose of Widening of Oak
Street upon which street the above mentioned
lots face.
Also the buildings owned by J. o. Hebert and
now located in whole or in part upon the ex-
tension of Oak Street may be removed, if done
before October 10th next, to Lot l Block So
Neeves LIST and Cd Addition TO Grand Rapids
cording to Sargent's Plat.
SEC. 10. All ordinances or parts of ordinances
in any manner conflicting with or repugnant to
the terms of this ordinance are hereby repealed.
SEC IL. This ordinance shall take effect and
be in force from and after its passage and publ
cation.
T. "A TAYLOR, Mayor.
SETH REEVES, Clerk.