Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1911-05-27

ORDINANCE NO. SO

An Ordinance regulating the construction. cree
ton, enlargement. raising, alteration, re-
pair, removal, maintainance and use OF
buildings; regulating character and use OF
materials in and for buildings; establishing
fire limits and repeating all ordinances in
conflict herewith.
The City Council of the City of Yerington do
ordain:
Section l. This ordinance shall apply to all
buildings hereafter to be erected. constructed
altered repaired. raised, added to or built upon
within the boundaries of the City of Yerington
Sec ?. That portion of the City OF Nerington
herein described shall be known the fire
limits. within which it shall be unlawful to
erect to construct frame buildings or to alter
enlarge, repair add to or build upon any build
! ing buildings except as i'll this ordinance
therwise provided.
|. The fire limits shall be bounded by the middle
/ line of Pearl street 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 its middle
line to Main street on the south and also by the
| middle line of Grove street OH the west side of
! Main street by line two hundred feet east of
| the property line of Main street for an east
! boundary-and by a 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 hre limits and in conformity with the regula-
tions OF the fire limits but this restriction
strictions shall not apply to residences long
as the same shall be used for habitations and
not for business OF commercial purposes
These are the limits of the conditioned fire
! limits All that portion of the City of Yerington
! lying between the north and south boundaries
of .he fire limits and the fire limits on its east
/ boundary and line half way between Nevada
/ and California streets on their center lines for
an extreme east boundary.
Also that portion of the City of Yerngton living
( between the said north and south boundaries of
/ the hre limits, the west boundary of the fire
! limits and line drawn midway between the
center line OF Center street and the center line
/ OF West street for west boundary
/ Also district bounded on the north by the
I south boundary of the fire limits and on the
south by the center line of Bridge street on the
east by a line two hundred feet east from the
property line of Main street and on the west by
a line one hundred and thirty-two feet west OF
] the property line of Main street.
sec. ;. The exterior walls and the roofing of
any building within the fire limits shall be of
inCombustible material.
sec A. A frame building is a building or
structure whose exterior walls or a portion
thereof are constructed of wood or other COM
bustible material. Wood frames covered with
metal Shalt be deemed to be wood structures
sec 5. No frame building erected within
the hire limits shall he enlarged or built upon
and 80 wood or 'rame building now erected
within the, FIRE limits shall be repaired without
the permit OF the Council.
Sec. 3. All chimneys or hues hereafter con
structed within the FIRE limits shall be of brick
or stone, their enclosing wall shall not be less
than four inches in thickness and shall extend
.
two and one half feet above the ridge of peaked
roof and If rising above the roof to height
more than six times their thickness shall be
properly anchored. All brick or stone fiues shall
be smoothly plastered inside as to allow no
cracks crevices.
sec. :. All stove-pipes wherein fire is or NAV
be used. which project through the side or roof
of any building now erected, must be removed
within six months after the passage of this
ordinance This section appliesto the fire limits
only.
Sec. S. No smoke-pipes. stove.pipes terra
Gotta pipe, eartheu pipe or other smoke-flue
shall project through any external wall or win
dow or through the root of any skylight 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. .. All electrical construction. all material
and all appliances used i'll connection with
electrical work and the operation Of all electrical
apparatus i'll buildings in the City of Nerington
shall be i'll conformity with the rules aud repu-
latious set forth in what is known as the Ma
tional Electrical Code. being rules and re
quirements for the installation of electrical wiz
ing and apparatus Tor electric heat, light and
power as the same are now established, and the
SAID rules and regulations, together with
any amendments and changes made therein
from time to time are hereby adopted and APP
proved
Sec. 10. The City Council shall have the power
to stop the construction OF any building or the
making OF any alteration or repair TO any build
ing when the same is done in a reckless or care
less manner or in violation OF any of the provis-
ions OF this ordinance. and to order i'll writing or
verbally any aud all persons in any way man
ner whatever engaged i'll so constructing, alter
ing or repairing any such building to stop and
desist theretrom, and the person persons so
ordered shall Immediately comply Herewith,
sec. II. Whenever i'll the Judgment OF the City
Council any building any portion thereof or
any appurtenance thereto OF any structure or
any chimney. smokestack, stove. oven, furnace
or thlng connected with any building or upon
any place or premises, Is dangerous. defective or
unsafe the Council shall notify the owner
thereof and shall cause the same to he torn
altered M ttrb ynrl
to be done thereon as the Council may deem
necessary to render the same safe
sec. -. The Council so far as il may be neces-
sary Tor the purposes hereof shall have the
right to send an Inspector appointed by them or
any police officer 10 enter any new or unoccupied
building, OF any building under construction
repair alteration removal or any building
alleged to be unsafe or menace to life or limb
and said inspector shall exhibit his badge of
Office OF other evidence of authority.
sec. 3. Ordinance No. II and all ordinance
and parts of ordinances in so far as they conflict
with this ordinance are hereby repealed.
Sec. "a. Any person, firm, company cor
poration that violates, disobeyS. omits neglects
or refuses to comply with or that reSiStS or on
poses the execution OF any OF the provisions of
this ordinance, shall be deemed guilty of mis-
demeanor aud upon conviction thereof, shall be
punished by a hne not exceeding $500, or by inn
prisonment for not more than six months or
both such hne and imprisonment, and every such
person hrm company or corporation shall he
deemed guilty OF separate offeuse for every day
such violation, disohedience, omission, neg lect
OF refusal shall continue, and shall he subject to
the penalty imposed hereby for each and every
separate oifense, and any builder or contractor
who shall construct any building in violation of
any OF the provisions of this ordinance aud any
architect having charge of said building who
shall permit II to be constructed, shall he liable
to the penalties provided and imposed hereby.
sec. is. This ordinance shall take effect i'm
mediately on the completion of publication.
Introduced by Councilman Lamberson and
read first time Nav IS, 1911
Passed and adopted May ~. 1911, by the follow
ing vote:
Ayes -Lamberson, Knierm, Hanson, Grown
inshed
Navs-None.
Ahseut-None.
Approved May %, 1911,
f. w. FAIRBANKS,
Mayor of the City of Herington.
Attest +. II. WHIrAcRE, Clerk.