The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-09

An ordinance to regulate the granting o.
permits for the repairing of imnrove
ments within the city limits of the civ n,
Savannah and the making of change,
therein.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Nayo.
and aldermen of the city of Savannah IN
Council assembled That all an
plications for the repair of buill
iugs within the city of Savannah n,
for adding to. improving, or changing thu
same, shall be filed with the clerk n,
Council. aud shall state specifically tbe
character of the repairs or work 10 b,
done and the location of the building r.,
on its receipt, the clerk of Council shall re-
fer the application to the chief fireman
whose duty il shall be to report back IN
the said clerk with an Endorsement as Ia
the ACCESSIBILITY of granting the petition
and if, in The opinion of the said chisf
fireman, the application should not Ia
granted under the fire ordinance he shall
state in writing the specific reason or
reasons for its refusal. The application
will then be laid before the committee On
fire and viii be presented to Council with
such recommendation as the said commit
tee may deem proper. but no application
shall be granted except by the permission
of the Mayor and aldermen of the city o,
Savannah in Council assembled, except az
provided for in the next section of this
ORDINANCE.
Sec ?. Be it further ordained Tina
whenever il is apparent that repairs 10
prevent damage to property are Necessary
10 be made at once. the said application
shall be filed with the clerk of CouneI
aud after the same has been filed, the com.
mittee on fire may. with the concurrenca
of the Mayor of the city, give permission
TO make such repairs as are necessary to
prevent damage, and no other repairs shall
be permitted except as provided for in The
first section of this ordinance.
Sec 8. Be it further ordained, That
when any application is granted. as pr5.
vided for in the preceding sections Of M,
ordinance, such application shall be re-
ferred TO the chief fireman. who shall sec
to il that the applicant shall not exceed in
anv way the permission granted to him by
Council. and upon the completion of The
work done under the permission from
Council or within reasonable time after
the action of Council, if the work be not
done, the said chief fireman shall return
the application to the clerk of Council in.
dorsed work done in accordance here
with" or mot done" as the case may BE-
Whenever any repairs, additions, i'm
provements, or changes are made without
the consent of Council, or such repairs ai-
ditions, improvements, or changes excel
in any manner the permission granted hy
Council, it shall be the duty of the chis'
fireman TO at once stop the work and re-
port the matter to Council.
Sec. 4. Be it iurtner ordained, That here.
after it shall not be lawful for any person
to repair any building, or TO add to it or
change the same within the corporate lin
its of the city of Savannah, except in the
manner provided for in this ordinance and
under the terms of this ordinance, and any
persons violating this ordinance or any
provision thereof, shall, on conviction be-
fore the Police Court of the city Of Savan-
nah, be subject TO a fine not to exceed one
hundred dollars and Imprisonment moi to
exceed thirty days either or both in the
discretion of the court, and, in addition to
this, the work done in violation Of this
ordinance may be undone by direction Of
the Council of the city of Savannah and
the building or structure may be removed
Sec. 5. Be it further ordained, That all
ordinances and parts of ordinances in con-
fict with this ordinance are hereby IT,
Dealed