St. Tammany farmer., 1905-09-16
ORDINANCE.

Sec. l Be it ordained by the Council o
the Town OF Covington, That it shall no
pc lawful to erect, and all persons ar
forbidden to erect. or cause TO b,
erected, within the following described
limits, any building whatever, excep
! the walls thereof be constructed
OF Trick or other non-combustible ma
terials, covered with states or othel
non-combustfble materials, viz:
From the corner of Rutland and Co
lumbia streets, down Rutland street tc
| the corner OF New Hampshire street
and running back one hundred 'and
eighty (1S0) 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 (180) 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 (l80) 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 (lS0) feet from the front Of
either side OF said Boston street, and
from the corner of Columbia and Glib
son streets down % the corner of New
Hampshire street and running back
from either side of said Gibson street
one hundred and eighty ,1S0) feet.
Section 2. Be it further ordained,
etc +, That it shall be nnlawfnl to ers 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 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 nom combustible ma
terials, covered with states or other
materials.
Section >. Be it further ordained, etc.
That it shall not be lawful to repa ir the
roof Of any building, or cause tie 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 ordained. |
ETC., That it shall not be lawful. and |
all persons are forbidden to Increase or |
add to the dimensions of any building
already erected under the pretense Of |
gpairing, or cause the same to be done,
within the limits described in section / /
of this ordinance.
Section 5. Be ftfurther ordained. etc.
Whoever shall violate any of the provis-
ons OF this ordinance shall be deemed
guilty of 9 misdemeanor, and the owner
hall be subject to fine not less than s5
Tor more than twenty five ($25 OO) dol
ars, for each and every week. he, she
n they shal refuse or neglect to comply
With written uotice from the Mayor,
pecifying the time which shall be given
aid owner to demolish or alter any
nch building erected or repaired in
OF the provisions OF this
rdinance.
Section s. Be it further ordained,
tc., That this ordinance shall 60 into
fleet from and after its passage.
Section Z. Be it further ordained,
tc., That all laws or parts of laws
! conflict with the foregoing ordinance
9 and the same are hereby repealed. {
Yeas Frederick, Warren, Jones,
'ooie, Norman and Williams. .
Nays None. IL
Adopted Aug. 1905. &.
CT. WILLIAMs, Mayor.
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Z. q. KENTzEL, Secretary.