Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-16
Ordinance No.

| Centralia now Grand Rapids) and ali o
! block ana lots 5, 6, Z, block IS of Scott ano
| Jackson's addition TO Centralia (now Crane
! Rapids, and lots l. ?, 3, 4, 5, 6, of block is O.
| AcComb's addition to the City of Centralis
| (now Grand RapidSl, and lots 1, ?, 3, Of
| Marcotts addition and lots 5, 6. Z OF block 1,
/ all in Sargent and Philleo's plat of the city
| of CenTalia (now Grand Rapids Also lots
| 5, 4, 5, 6, Z located and lying between Grand
northwest and the Wisconsin River on the
east and lots i, 2, 3, T. 5, 6, T. s, located anC
] lying between Grand Avs. on the northeast
| and First Ave. on the northwest and the
Wisconsin River on the northeast ano
! south, land lying north of the north line oil
the So of the nw14 of lot 2 section 1925 ac-
/ cording to Sargent & Philleo's plat of Cen
uraiia, now Grand Rapids.)
SECTION =. No buildings or structure OF
any kind whatever shall hereafter be erected
within the fire limits as above described
except as hereinafter provided. unless the
same be constructed in conformity with the
following provisions
1st All outside and party walls shall be
made OF brick, cement, concrete or stone oil
other fire proof material, but iron or til
fastened with a wood frame is not, bu
brick veneer is, within the meaning OF fire
proof meterial.
2nd. All outside and party walls should
not be less than II inches in thickness if O
brick and not less than Is inches if of stone
3rd. Roofs and cutters shall be covered
on the outside surface with iron, tin OF
other fire proof material.
4th. All front, party and side walls shall
extend above the roof at least Is inches, ano
in no case shall the plaGking or sheathing
OF the roof extend across ar front, party OF
side wall. All walls to privieS. barns OIL
other outhouSes (smokes houses excepted
which arc not part of any main building
and do not exceed twelve feet wide and q
feet long and II feet high, and located al
! Least u feet from any main building, the
frame may be of wood covered with tin OF
sheet iron or STEEL but such tin, iron or steel
must be fastened to the wood frame by
means of nails long enough to be clinched
on the inside and must be so clinched. The
roof is to be of metal and the caves covered
on the under side with metal.
SECTION. 3. No wooden building or part
OF building within the fire limits shall be
raised, enlarged or removed to any other
place within said fire limits, except as pro-
vided in section of this ordinance, mol
shall any such building be moved into the
fire limits, nor shall any wooden building
now within said fire limits which may here
after be damaged to the extent OF one hall
the value thereof, be repaired or rebuilt
Nor any such building when the damages
are less than one half the value, be so re-
paired as to raise the same higher than the
highest point of said building before such
damages shall have occurred, or as to oc-
cupy more space than before the injury
thereto.
SECTIONS. The amount or extent of dam.
age that may be done to any buildings may
| be determined by the mayor and committee
appointed by the council for that purpose
and the decision so made in writing and
signed by the mayor and committe afore-
said, shall be final No person or persons
owing or having an interest in any such
building damaged by fire snail cause the
same to be rebuilt as herein before provided
until such persons or persons have OBJ
tanned in writing certified copy of the de-
cision from the city clerk, towit:-That
such building is damaged less than one half
its value.
SECTION s. All such building or buildings
or parts OF buildings which were heretofore
damaged by fire to the extent of one half of
value thereof, and which are now situated
and remaining within said fire limits, in
such damaged condition shall be deemed a
nuisance and it shall be the duty of the may
or to serve written notice upon the owner or
owners thereof, requiring him or them to
remove said building or buildings or part of
said buildings out OF said fire limits or re-
pair the same by the first day OF May A. ID.
1908, and if the owner or owners required to
remove or repair such buildings, building,
or part of buildings as in this section pro-
vided, shall fail or neglect to remove or re-
pair such building or buildings, the Board
of Public Works shall remove the same and
abate said nuisance all OF which shall be at
the expense of the owner or owners of said
buildings, building, or part OF buildings and
be reported by the Board OF PUBIC works
to the common council and may be collected
of the owner or owners by suit.
SECTION 6. No person shall deposit upon
or cause to be deposited upon any of the
vacant lots within said fire limits, any
boxes, barrels, partly burned boards or
timbers, or other rubbish, and all such ma
terials as above specified which shall have
been heretofore deposited, and which now
remain on any of the vacant lots within
said fire limits, shall be removed by the
owner or owners of said lots upon receiv-
ing forty eight hours notice to remove the
same 1t shall be the duty of the police
officers to notify all persons violating the
provisions OF this section and require them
to remove all such material as above Speci-
fed and so deposited, or allowed to remain
on any of the vacant lots within the said
fire limits within forty eight hours from the
time such notice is given, and ii such per-
son or persons shall fail to remove any such
material or rubbish after being notified so
to do, the police shall remove the same lat
the expense of the lot owner, and report
such expense to the common council and
said city may collect the same by suit.
SEcTIoN7. Any wooden building or build
ings which may be erected, enlarged or
removed contrary to this ordinance or
any provision thereof, after publication of
the same, shall be deemed nuisance, and
upon information thereof to the mayor or
any public officer of the city, it shall be the
duty of the mayor or any public officer of
the city, Jointly or severally after giving
notice 20 the owner of the building or to
the contractor or contractors or other per-
son or persons in possession or charge Of
said building or buildings, to remove and
abate the same within "A hours, or they VIII
raze said building to the ground or destroy
said building or structure. The removal of
such building and the abating of such
nuisance shall be at the expense of the
owner or owners of the building and be re-
ported by the mayor or police officers to the
common council and said expense may be
collected of the owner or owners OF such
buildings by suit
SECTION s. That is any owner or owners
of, or contractor or contractors OF, or upon
any building or structure shall neglect for24
hours to remove the same and abate the nuiS-
ance after notice as provided in section of
this ordinance, such person or persons,
owner or owners, contractor or contractors
shall be subject to, and liable for each day
or part of a day the building or structure or
nuisance is not removed, and for each day
and part Of day separate ofTense, to pay
fine of not less than $500 nor more than
$4,000 or by Imprisonment in the County
Jail of Wood County not less than 10 days
and not more than so days for each fTense
or by both such fine and lmprisonme ac-
cording to the discretion of the cou, be-
fore whom conviction may be had, anything
to the contrary in this ordinance, not with
standing That if any person shall build,
construct or enlarge or remove any build
ing or part of building within the fire
limits contrary to the provisions OF this
ordinance, or any person who shall do any
work or labor, or perform any services in
or upon or about the construction or re-
moval or enlargement OF any building or
structure within the fire limits contrary to
any of the provisions of this ordinance shall
be subject for each offense to pay fine of
not less than $500 or more than $4,000 or by
Imprisonment in the County Jail not less
than 10 days and not more than 90 days or
by both fine and imprisonment according
to the discretion OF the court before whom
conviction was had
SECTION g. The buildings now on lots /, 2,
4
to Grand Rapids, according to Sargent's
plat may be moved to any other lot within
said block 30 or 81 within the two years next
following the passage OF this ordinance,
provided the removal OF such buildings be
for the purpose of widening Oak Street
upon which street the above lots face. The
buildings on lots and blocks l3 Neeves 1st
and End addition to Grand Rapids, accord
ing to Sargent's plat may be removed to
any lot within said block within two years
next following the passage OF this ordinance
provided the removal of such building be
for the purpose of widening Vine street
upon which street the above mentioned lots
face.
SECTION 10. From and after the passage
and publication of this ordinance it shall be
unlawful for any person or persons, con-
tractor or contractors to construct or erect
or attempt to construct or erect any
building or buildings OF any descrip-
ton within said limits without first obtain
ing building permit from the proper city
Any person violating this
section shall be liable to the same penalty
as prescribed in section OF this ordinance.
SECTION II. All ordinances or part of or
dinances in any manner conflicting with or
repugant to the terms of this ordinance, are
hereby repealed.
SECTION r. This ordinance shall take
effect and be in force from and after its pas