St. Tammany farmer., 1905-09-09
ORDINANCE.

Sec. Be it ordained by the Council Of
the Town OF Covington, That it shall no;
be lawful to erect, and all persons are
forbidden to erect. or cause to be
erected, within the following described
limits, any building whatever, except
the walls thereof be constructed
of brick or other non-combustible ma
terials, covered with states or other
non-combustible materials, viz:
From the corner Of Rutland and Co
lumbia streets, down Rutland street to
the corner of New Hampshire street
ana running back one hundred and
eighty (180) feet from the front OF either
side OF said Rutland street, thence from
the corner of New Hampshire and Rut-
land streets down New Hampshire
street to the corner of Lockwood street
and running back one hundred and
eighty (18O feet from the front of either
side OF said New Hampshire street,
thence down Lockwood street to the
corner of Columbia street and running
back one hundred and eighty (18O) feet
from the front OF either side of said
Lockwood street, thence down Colum-
bia street to Rutland street, running
back from the front of either side of
said Columbia street one hundred and
eighty (lS0) feet and from the corner
of Columbia and Boston streets down
to the corner Of New Hampshire street
and running back one hundred and
eighty (lSO) feet from the front of
either side of said Boston street, and
from the corner of Columbia and Glib
son streets down o the corner of New
Hampshire street and running back
from either side of said Gibson street
one hundred and eighty i1S0) feet.
Section 2. Be it further ordained,
etc, That it shall be unlawful to er. ct,
and all persons are forbidden to erect,
or cause to be erected, within the cor.
porate limits of the Town OF Coving-
ton, any building 10 be used as a bank
or hotel or grocery store or drug store
or general merchandise store or depot,
except the walls thereof be constructed
of brick or other non combustible ma
terials, covered with states or other
non-combustible materials.
Section 3. Be it further ordained, ETC.,
That it shall not be lawful to repa ir the
roof Of any building, or cause the same
to be done, within the limits described
in section of this ordinance, except
by using in such repairs non -combusti-
BILE materials.
Section 4 Be it further ordeined,
etc, That it shall not be lawful, and
all persons are forbidden to Increase OF
add to the dimensions of any building
already erected under the pretense Of
repairing, or cause the same to be done.
within the limits described in section
of this ordinance.
Section 5. Be itfurther ordained, ETC.,
Whoever shall violate any of the provis-
ions OF this ordinance shall be deemed
guilty of misdemeanor, and the owner
shall be subject to a fine not less than S5
nor more than twenty. five ($25 00) dol
lars, for each and every week, he, she
or they shal refuse or neglect to comply
with written uotice from the Mayor,
specifying the time which shall be given
said owner to demolish or alter any
snch building erected or repaired in
contraven.ion OF the provisions OF this
ordinance
Section 6. Be 1t further ordained,
ETC., That this ordinance shall go into
effect from and after its passage.
Section I. Be it further ordained,
etc, That all laws or parts OF laws
In conflict with the foregoing ordinance
be and the same are hereby> repealed.
Yeas Frederick, Warren, Jones.
Poole, Norman and Williams.
Nays-None.
c Adopted Aug. Z, 1905.