The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-11-16
ORDINANCE NO. A..

An ordinance to establish fire limits and to
regulate the erection, alteration, repair and
removal of buildings within the town of Ken
newick and to provide penalty for the viola
ton thereof.
BE IT OkDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF
TOWN OF KENNEWICK:
Section l. The fire limits Ofthe town OF Ken
newick are hereby declared to be within the
following described boundaries to- wit
Commencing at monument of stone in the
Northern Pacific Irrigation Company's First
Addition to the town of Kennewick, at the in
tersection of the center of Front Street and
Washington Street in said addition, thence
running south along the center of Washing
ton Street to point where the center line of
the alley between Second and Third Street, in
said addition, intersects with Washington
Street, thence west along the center line OF
said alley thru blocks Six (6), Five (5) and
Four (4) in the First Addition to the town OF
Kennewick and block nine (9) in Amon's Ad-
diton to the town of kennewick to a point
where the said alley intersects with State
Street in AmOns addition to the town of Ken
newick, thence north along the center line OF
State Street in AmOn's addition to the town of
kennewick, to the point where the center line
OF the alley in block six (6) between Second
Street and kennnewick Avenue in Amon's adj
ditOn to the town OF Kennewick, intersects
with said State Street, thence east along the
center line of said alley to the point where it
intersects with the center of Pacific Street,
thence north along the center line of Pacific
Street to its intersection with the center line
OF Front Street thence sOutheasterly along the
center line OF Front Street to the place of be-
ginning
KIND OF BUILDINGS WITHIN FIRE LIN
IT'S.
Section 2. No building except brick or stone
brick and stone, brick and terra Gotta, cement
blocks concrete, cement and concrete, or iron
construction buildings shall be built, erected
or placed within the fire limits. No building,
addition or enlargement OF corrugated iron or
wood, or Of wood covered with iron or other
material shall be built, erected or placed with
in the fire limits aforesaid No wooden build
/ ing shall be added to or enlarged unless such
adj M kIIll arppI no or rod
prescribed in the section. The words brick
or stone" or brick and stOne' buildings shall
mean all buildings whose sides and under
walls are constructed of stone or brick or both
Iron construction" buildings, those whose
weights, loads. truSSes, etc. are carried upon
iron or steel columns girders. iintels, trusses.
etc, or on what is known as iron or steel
frames. whose outside walls are OF stone
cement blocks, or concrete, brick or terra cot
ia. The words wooden buildings" shall in
clude all wooden or frame buildings, and all
buildings OF wood veneered with brick, iron
| or other material.
REPAIRS OF WOODEN BUILDINGS
| SECTION g., No wooden buildings within the
! fire limits shall be repaired or altered except
by written permission of the town council;
provided, the size Of the building is not in
creased: and provided such buildings have
not been damaged by the elements or deeayed
| by any other cause to an amount within thirty
| five per cent of the value, If the damage is
over 35 per cent OF the value then the building
shall be torn down or removed. The decision
| OF the town council shall be conclusive as to
| the amount of damage to any building unless
| the owner object to the same and files with
| the town council a petition for arbitrator to
determine the amount of such damages or
| provided a ma Ority of the owners OF buildings
| within the same block Of the building in quts-
| ton, be dissatisfied with their decision, may
/ file similar petition. The arbitratOrs shall
consist of three disinterested persons, the first
! to be chosen by the council, the second by the
party filing the petition and the third selected
! by the two thus chosen, who shall be duly
! sworn to make a thOro examination of the
| property, The DECISION OF the majority OF
| this committee shall be final and conclusive
| rhe party asking for arbitration and who
| filed his petition, shall pay Ten Dollars ($lO)
| to the town council which shall be paid to the
arbitrstors in full for all cost of arbitration.
| TO RAISE OR LOWER FRAME BUILDINGS,
| Section 4. The frame buildings within the
| fire limits may be raised or lowered to the
official grade of the town of kennewick by
permission of the town council providing,
| that said building is raised and brick
stone foundation shall be put under it up to
REMOvALO OF FRAME BUILDINGS WITH
IN FIRE LIMITS.
| Section s. NO frame building shall be moved
except to II point out side the fire limits or to
/ some other portion of the same lot to make
room for more permanent improvements.
Provided, that no building, unless worth at
| least fifty per cent of what it would cost to
construct such q building with new material,
| shall be moved from its present position.
PENALTY HEREUNDER.
| section b. ANY person or corporation,
| whether owner, agent, contractor. or builder
| OF any building within the fire limits any
other person who shall violate any OF the pre-
| ceeding provisions OF this ordinance, shall be
guilty of misdemeanor and shall be subject to
! Il fine OF not less than Five Dollars ($5) nor
more than Fifty Dollars $50 and the continu-
! ance or maintaining of such violation shall be
| deemed a new offence for each day the same
is continued and shall be punished according
ly.
Section :. This ordinance shall be in full
! force and effect from and after its passage ap
| prevail and publication in the official news
paper OF the town OF kennewiek.
| Past by the council this 18th day of Nov. 1906.
| Approved by the mayor this eth day of Nov 1906
| EDWARD SHEPPARD, Mayor.
| Attest H. VI ASHBAUGH Clerk.