Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1911-06-03
ORDINANCE NO. So

An Ordinance regulating the construction, cree
ton, enlargement. raising. alteration. re-
pair removal maintenance aud use of
buildings; regulating character and use of
materials in and for buildings; establishing
hre limits and repeating all ordinances in
conflict herewith.
The City Council of the City of Yerington do
ordain:
Section This ordinance shall apply to ali
buildings hereafter to he erected, constructed
altered, repaired raised added TO or built upon
within the boundaries of the City of Yerington
sec. p That portion OF the City of Yerington
herein described shall be known the fire
limits within which it shall be unlawful to
erect or to construct frame buildings or to alter
enlarge, repair, add To or build upon any build
ing OF buildings except as in this ordinance
otherwise provided.
The fire limits shall be bounded by the middle
line of Pearl street on the north. and also by
due west extension OF said Pearl street its
middle line on the west side OF Main street-by
Pacific street extended due west on its middle
line to Main street ON the south aud also by the
middle line of Grove street on the west side of
Main street by a line two hundred feet east of
the property line OF Main street for an east
boundary-and bya line one hundred and thirty
two feet west o. the property line on the west
side OF Main street
II is also part hereof that no business build
ing shall be built those portions of
the City of Yerington lying between the follow
ing limits except OF the materials allowed in
the fire limits and in conformity with the regula-
tions of the fire limits but this restriction or re-
strictions shall not apply to residences so long
as the same shall be used for habitatious and
not for business or commercial purposes
These are the limits of the conditioned fire
limits. All that portion OF the City OF Yeringtou
lying between the north and south boundaries
OF .he fire limits and the fire limits ON it's east
boundary and a line halfway between Nevada
and California streets on their center lines for
an extreme east boundary.
Also that portion of the City of Yerington lying
between the said north and south boundaries OF
the fire limits, the west boundary of the fire
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center line OF Center street and the center line
OF West street for west boundary
Also district bounded on the north by the
south boundary OF the tire limits and on the
south by the center line of Bridge street ON the
east by line two hundred feet east from the
property line OF Main street and On the west by
line one hundred and thirty-two feet west OF
the property line of Main street
sec. 3. The exterior walls and the roofing of
any building within the fire limits shall be of
incombustible material
Sec, 4. frame building is a building or
structure whose exterior walls a portion
thereof are constructed OF wood or other COM
bustihle material Wood frames covered with
metal shall be deemed to be wood structures
See. 5. No frame building now erected within
the lire limits shall he enlarged or built upon
aud no wood or frame building now erected
within the, fire limits shall he repaired without
the permit of the Council,
Sec 3, All chimneys OF tiues hereafter con
structed within the fire limits shall he of brick
stone, their enclosing wall shall not be less
than four inches in thickness and shall extend
at least four feet above fiat roof and at least
two and one-hall feet above the ridge of a peaked
roof and II rising above the root to height
more than six times their thickness shall be
property anchored All brick or stone fues shall
he smoothly plastered inside as to allow no
cracks OF creVices,
sec 7, All stove pipes wherein fire is or may
he used, which project through the side or root
of any building now erected, must he removed
within six months after the passage Of this
ordinance. This section applies 10 the fire limits
only
Sec, s. No smok e-pipes, stove,pipes, terra
Gotta pipe, eaythen pipe OF other smoke hue
shall project through any external wall or win
dow or through the root of any skVlight of any
building, and no smoke -hue shall pass through
any wooden partition of any building unless
there is ventilated air space at least four inches
around the pipe,
Sec, Q. All electrical construction, all material
and all appliances used in connection with
electrical work and the operation OF all electrical
apparatus in buildings IN the City of Yerinnton
! shall he in contormity with the rules and regu-
| latioug set forth in what is known as the ma
1 tiona Electrical Code being rules and re.
auirements ior the installation of electrical wir
! ing and apparatus feT electric heat, light aud