The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-08-17
IORDINANCE No. "a.
LIMITS OF FIRE DISTRICT.

ORDINANCE No. 34.1
LIMITS OF FIRE DISTRICT.
AN ORDINANCE Defining the Linn
it's of the Fire District, and Regu-
latlng the Construction of Build
ings Within the Same.
SECTION l. Be it ordained by the
city council of the city of Ardmore,
that the fire district is hereby de-
termined, fixed and established to be
as follows, to-wit: All that part of
the city lying within line commenc
ing at the intersection of Main street
and the west line of the G.. G. & S.
Fe., right of way thence south to the
alley running between the Joe Bar
ell and Boles livery stable property,
thence west along the line of said
alley TO Hardy street, thence north
across Main street to the alley that
runs between the Wheeler and the
Methodist church property, thence
east on a direct line with said alley
through the Wisnor hotel property
and along Paradise alley to the afore
mentioned railroad right of way,
thence south to the place of begin
ing.
SEC. 2. That a plan or a map of
the fire district hereby established
and prescribed shall be made and
filed with the city recorder.
SEC. 3 1t shall be unlawful to erect
or repair any frame or corrugated
iron building or structure within the
| fire limits of said city or to issue any
permit for the same to any person
or corporation whatever.
SEC. 4. No wooden building or
part thereof within the fire limits,
shall be raised or removed to any
other place within the same except
| by permission of the city council; !;
provided, that when the sidewalk
may be r ised above the threshold of
any building, said building may be
raised, and so far raised as to keep
| the first floor a reasonable distance
above the sidewalk.
| SEC. 5. No person or persons shall
keep a lumber yard for the sale of
! lumber within the fire limits, which
are not now occupied for that pur-
pose, nor shall any blacksmith shop
be permitted within the fire limits,
except sucn blacksmith shops as are
now within said limits; nor shall any
cotton gin or steam mill of any kind
| be permitted within the fire limits,
except such as are, or were, within
said limits.
SEC. 6. That the construction or
erection of any tent or frame to be
covered or rooted with canvass, or
cloth or other intiamable material
within the fire limits be and the same
is hereby prohibited.
SEC Z. That no tent shall be
stretched or erected, or any frame
of house built, erected, or stretched
as a tent by covering the frame OF
the same with cloth, canvas or other
combustible material, for the purpose
of dwelling or carrying on business
therein, or occupied for any purpose
within the fire limit.
SEC. 8. Any owner or builder OF
other person, who shall own, build
or aid in the erection of any build
ing or part of building in said limits
or who shall raise or enlarge or as
sist in raising or enlarging any
wooden or corrugated building il
said limits, or who shall own, re
move or assist in removing any sucf
building from without or within sucf
limits, or own, repair or assist in re
pairing any damaged or injured
building without a permit from the
mayor, shall on conviction be sub
/ iect to fine of not less than $25.
SEC. 8. Whenever any wooded
building shall be erected, or enlarged
or removed or repaired or in process
of erection, enlargement, repairing
Eor removal, contrary to the provi
sions of this ordinance, upon infor
nation thereof it shall be the dut,
of the mayor to issue an order to thu
I owner or occupant or person il
charge or builder or repairer thereof
to have such building taken down o
removed to some place outside of tn
fire limits forthwith, and upon tn,
refusal or neglect or failure of sucl
person to comply with the require
: ments of such order within As hour
after having received the same, tn
, mayor shall cause said building tc b
removed, and shall order and re
quire the chief of police or chief Q
the fire department forthwith to re
move or raze the same, and the ex
pense of the removing or razing shal
be collected from the personownin
or erecting or repairing such build
ing by suit.
SEC. 10. Any person violating an
of the sections of this ordinance, G
any person attempting or aiding i
the violation of said sections in &C
dition to the other penalties fixed b
this ordinance, shall be deeme