Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-10-20
ORDINANCE NO.. 81, 1911.

prOvement OF wooden buildiDga Wtnin tue
Fire Limits and Fixing the Boundaries Of
The Fire Limits Of the City Of Macon, Miss
inippi.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and the
Board of Aldermen of the City Of Ma
con. Miss. that Ordinance No. 2being
approved by the Mayor and Board Of
Alderman on the 22rd day of February
1905. entitled, "An ordinance to pre-
vent the building or improving of wood
en- buildings within The fire limits, be
and the same is hereby amended as fol-
liws; .
That section 6, in said ordinance read
as follows; "That the fire limits shall
be in the following boundaries OF said
City, to-wit: Beginning at the South
west corner of Adams and Jefferson
Street, and at the Southwest corner of
the Court House Square in said City,
running thence East parallel with Adj
ans street 1870 feet to a stake; thence
due North through court house square
and blocks l3, 8 and 3, to a point 40 feet
north of North Street, in Block A. to a
stake; thence due West through Blocks
4 land Is to Lawrence Street; thence
South parallel with Lawrence Street
to Adams Street; thence East along
Adams Street to point Of beginning. SO
that said ordinance as amended shall
read as follows:
An Ordinance to Prevent the Building or I'm
rowing Of Wooden Buildings within the Fire
Limits
Section /. A. Be it ordained by the
Mayor and Board of Alderman of the
City of Macon, Miss, that it shall be
unlawful for any person or persons to
erect or cause to be erected any wooden
buildings within the fire limits of this
city.
B. Or TO repair any wooden building
within the fire limits.
&. Or 10 repair any other kind of
building within the fire limits with wood
in any manner not in conformity with
provisions Of the next succeeding Sec
ton
d. To enlarge with wood any build
ings within The fire limits, adding either
to the ground plan or TO the elevation
thereof.
E. Or to emove any wooden build
ings from a place beyond the fire limits
to any place within the fire limits.
F. Or 70 rcmove any wooden build
ing from any place within the fire lin
its to any other place within the fire
limits.
What Constitutes a Wooden Building
Section 2. BE it further ordained by
the Mayor and Board of Aldermen OF
the City of Macon, Miss; That any
building having more wood on the out
side than is required for the doors and
window frames, doors, shutters, sash
and caves, cornices, steps and porticoes
TO the ground floor, shall constitute and
be considered a wooden bu lding, and
any and every such building or addition
thereto, hav ng wooden frame and cover
are to be n time, covered with zinc,
sheet iron, corrugated iron, or other
similar material shall also be considered
a wooden building, or addition, within
the meaning of this section, when
erected, or proposed to be erected, any
where within the fire limits.
No Wooden Sheds Within the Fire Limits.
Section 3. Be it further ordained
that no wooden sheds shall be erected
within the fire limits in front of any
building, over any sidewalk. nor shall
wooden posts, except hitching posts
and poles, or telephone poles, telegraph
poles, or for electric light purposes
shall be placed IN or near a sidewalk
within the fire limits,
Section 4. Be it further ordained
that it shall he the duty of the street
commissioner to report to the Mayor
and Board of Alderman any person who
shall build or propose to build or to add
to, or to repair any wooden building, Is
contemplated under second section.
Section 5. BE it further ordained
that any person or person or persons
erecting or causing to be erected, any
wooden building, addition, structure.
Wi, hin the fire limits. in violation of the
foregoing sections, prohibiting the
erection of said structures within the
fire limits, shall upon conviction there
of before the Mayor. be fined any sum
not exceeding fifty dollars, and each
and, every day thereafter that said
building or structure is permitted 10
remain. sshall constitute a separate Of
Tense, for which said person or persons
may be tried and punished by fine not
exceeding fifty dollars, and at either of
said trials, after conviction blythe May
or. the building of structure may be
declared a nuisance by the Mayor, and
condemned as such, and ordered removed
at tlie expense of the person or persons
responsible therefor. And II not re-
moved within such times as the Mayor,
by his judgment may specify. the city
marshall may remove, or have the same
removed, and the expense thereof made
a charge against the owner or person
erecting said building. or the owner of
said property, upon which said bnilding
is erected.
Section 6. Be it further ordained
that the fire limits shall be in the fol-
lowing boundaries1of said :City, to-wit
Beginning at the Southwest corner of
Adams and Jefferson Street, and at the
Southwest corner of the Court House
square in said City, running thence east
parallel with Adams street 1870 feet to q
stake, thence due north through Court
House Square, and blocks lS. s and Q,
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