Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-10


of Centralia. now Grand Rapids. Also
Lots 3. 4. ), 6, I, located and lying
between Grand Avenue. on the South
west, First Avenue, on the North
west and the Wisconsin River on the
East, and Lots 1, ?, 8, 4, ;, 8, Z,
8, 9, located and lying between Crane
Avenue on the Northeast, and First
Avenue on the Northwest and the
Wisconsin River on the Northeast
and South, and lying North of the
North line of the So of the NW15
Lot ?, Section 1925, according to
Sargent's and PhiIleo's Plat of Cen
tralia, now Grand Rapids.
SECTION ?. No buildings or struc
lures 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:
LIST. All outside and party walls
shall be made of brick or stone OF
other fire-proof material, but iron or
tin fastened with a wood frame is
not within the meaning of fire-proof
material.
Ind. All outside and party walls
shall not be less than u inches in
thickness, if brick, not less than Is
| inches, if of stone
3rd. Roofs and cutters shall be
covered on the outside surface with
iron, tin or other fire-proof material.
4th. All front party and side walls
Shall extend above the roof at least
| Is inches, and in no case shall the
planking or sheathing Of the roof ex-
tend across any front, party or side
wall, All walls to privies, barns, or
other out7houses (smoke-houses, ex-
cepted,) which are not part of any
main buildings and do not exceed IL
feet wide and 20 feet long and -
| feet high and located at least -
feet from any main building the frame
may be of wood covered with tin,
sheet iron, steel or other fire7proof
material, but such tin, iron, steel
or other fire-proof material must be
fastened to the wood frame by mean
of nails long enough to be clinched
on the inside and must be so clinch-
ed. The roof is to be of metal, or
other fire-proof material, and the
| caves covered on the under side
with metal, or other fire7pro0f mater.
ial.
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 provided
in Section 8, of this Ordinance, nor
shall any such building be moved in
to the fire limits which may here
after be damaged to the extent of
| one-half the value thereof, be repair
ed or rebuilt. Nor any such build
| ing when the damages are less than
| onehalf the value be so repaired as
to raise higher than the highest
point of said building, before such
| damages shall have occurred or as
to occupy more space than before
the injury thereto.
SECTION 4. The amount or extent
of damage that may be done to any
| building may be determined by the
| Mayor and Committee appointed by
| the Council for that purpose, and the
decision SO made in writing and sign
ed by the Mayor and Committee, a.
foresaid, shall be final
No person or PERSONS owning or
having an interest in any such build
| ing damaged by fire shall be re-
built as hereinbefore provided until
such person or persons shall have
obtained in writing a certified copy
of the decision from the City Clerk,
to-wit: That such building is dam
aged less than one-half its value.
SECTION 5. All such building or
parts of buildings which were here
tofOre damaged by fire to the extent
of one-haf of the value thereof, be
fore it or they were so damaged
(such damages, to be determined
as provided in Section 4 of this Or
dinance), now situated and remain
ing within said fire limits, in such
damaged condition shall be deemed
nuisance and it shall be the duty of
the Mayor to serve a. written notice
upon the owner or owners thereof,
requiring him or them to remove sale
building or buildings, or part of build
ings, out of said fire limits or repair
the same, and if the oWneror owners
required to remove or repair such
building, buildings, or parts of bunid
ings as in this section provided, shall
fail or neglect to remove or repair
such building or buildings, the Board
of Public Works shall remove the
same and abate such nuisance all
of which shall be at the expense of
the owner or owners of said building
buildings, or part of the buildings,
and be reported by the Board of Pub
lie Works to the Common Council
and may be collected of the owner
or owners thereof, by suit, or by
placing the amount thereof on the
next tax roll against the real es-
tate of said owner, from which said
building was removed.
SECTION 6. No person shall de-
posit 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 material
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