The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1907-03-28
COUNCIL ACTS
ON ORDINANCES
SEWER ASSESSMENT ADJUSTED
Additional Tax on Basis Of 22 Per Cent
of Observation-Disclosures New Fire
Limit Ordinance.

An adjourned meeting of common
: council was held Monday evening
1 with Mayor Blowers in the chair anC
! all the cOuuCilmeu aud other officers
: OF the city goternm, Mt present. The
/ meeting was hCi! IUr the purL ose OF
taking action on the several ordi.
nances that have been pending and on
which it is thought action should be
taken as soon as possible.
The ordinance providing for a sup
plementai sewer assessment was first
taken up and after having been read
and verified was passed by unani-
nous vote. The assessment will be
slightly over y pei cent of the orig
al one or approximately on basis OF
81. % on a lot 50Xl00.
The proposed ordinance restricting
the moving of wooden buildings In
the fire limits was next taken up and
after some discussion was submitted
to council and referred to the com.
mittee on fire and water. 1t is posi-
ble that some slight changes may be
made in it before it is adopted, but
as many are unfamiliar with the pro-
visions of the old ordinance, we print
below the new one, which will sub
stantially provide as follows:
An ordinance to define the fire lin
its of the city of Hood River, and to
prohibit the erection Of wooden
buildings within said fire limits, ano
to regulate and control the repairing
or alteration of and the addition to ol
moving OF buildings within said fire
limits, and to regulate and control
the repairing or alteration of and the
addition to or moving OF buildings
within said fire limits, and to provide
for the erection of brick or stone Oh
brick and stone buildings within said
fire limits.
The city of Hood River ortlains as
follows:
Section |. The fire limits OF the
city of Hood River shall Ee bounded
ey line commencing at the center OF
Fifth street on the south line of the
Oregon Railroad e. Navigation com.
pany's right of way, running thence
south along the center line Of said
Fifth street to the center line Of State
street, thence east along the center
line of State street to the oen.er line
OF Front street, thence north along
the center of Front street to the south
line of the Oregon Railroad & Navi- /
CATION company's right OF way, thence
in westerly direction along the
south line of said tight Of way to the
point OF beginning at the center line
Of said Fifth street.
Secion 2. All buildings heI eater
erected within the said fire limits.
shall be made or constructed Of brick
or stone or both, and every building
OF brick or stone or both that shall be
newly rooted or covered shall be con-
struoted OF side walls OF party walls
OF brick or stone or both, and such
side walls shall extend from the
foundation to the top of and through
the roof of the buildings, ana said
roof shall be covered with such ma
terial as will afford protection against /
fire, and such walls shall be so con-
structed as to seperate all wood work !
thoroughly and completely, of the
intel ior aud exterior, from all and |
every part of the interior and exter- |
ior of any adjoining building, and
every such side wall or party wall |
shall pass through the root of the |
w
In such manuer as to break entirely |
any communication of wood whatever |
between such roof and other build |
ing.
All partition walls shall also extend
from the foundation and through the |
roof, the same as side walls or party
walls. Tue term building as used in |
this ordinance shall not include priv |
les or sheds.
The covering of all roofs or build |
ings within the fire limits shall be |
made or constructed of metal or as
phaltum covered with gravel or some |
other fire proof composition, and all
buildings now standing which shall
now or hereafter require re roofing,
in whole or In part, the covering OF |
such roofs shall be made of asphaltum |
covered with gravel or some other fire |
proof material.
PIivies and water closets of wood |
hereafter constructed within the fire |
limits shall not exceed ten feet In |
height In the clear of the surface of |
the floor and ceiling line. For a ho- |
tel or lodging house they shall not |
have more than fifty superficial feet
of floor room, and for all other build |
ings they shall not have more than
twenty five feet of superficial floor
room. The roof and frame work shall
be covered with some fire proof ma
terial, and shall be built on the
ground and not used for any other
purpose.
Sheds shall be understood to be
open structures, enclosed only Oh one
side and one or both ends, and erect
ed on the ground. They shall not ex-
ceed when constructed in the fire linn
its, fifteen feet in height to the high.
est part of the roof, and shall be GOV
cred with fire proof material.
Section 3. The outside walls, that
is the front and rear and both side
walls of all buildings erected within
said fire limits, shall be not less than
twelve inches in thickness.
Section 4. All buildings erected
within said fire limits after the pas
sage of this ordinance shall be so
erected under the supervision of the
common council Of the city of Hood
River or che committee on fire and
water. Any person desiring to erect
any such buildings within said fire
limits shall first obtain from said
committee a permit for the erection
of such buildings, upon showing to
the satisfaction OF said committee
hat said building is to be erected in
all respects according to the terms of
this ordinance.
Section 5. No alterations or repairs
shall be made to any wooden build
ing OF buildings or part or parts
thereof, within the fire limits of the
city OF Hood River as established ty
this ordinance, where such altera-
tions or repairs shall increase the fire
risk to such buildings, and shall be
satisfactory to the common council of
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