Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-03-12
AN ORDINANCE

To create sections to Is inclusive of I
Chapter III of the General Ordinances |
adopted June 5, 1906, relating to the I
Fire Department. said new sections /
providing for the inspection of build /
ings and the abatement of fire dan
gers.
The Common Council of the City
of Wausau do ordain as follows:
Section l. There are hereby created
and added to Chapter III of the Gen.
eral Ordinances adopted June 5, 1906,
eleven new sections to read as fol-
| lows: Section The chief of the
| fire department and his assistants
| shall have and exercise the powers
and perform the duties hereinafter
| prescribed.
Section 4. Said chief of the fire
| department and his duly authorized
assistants are hereby given power
| and authority to enter any building
| in the city of Wausau, at any reason
| able hour. in the performance of
their duties under this chapter
Section s. Said fire chief or his
duly authorized assistant shall in
spect all business buildings in said
city for the purpose of determining
| the general character of the premises
| with respect to the disposition of
debris, rubbish, waste paper rags,
oils, waste, explosives, and all kinds
of infiammable material, and the
means of access from one 'part of the
building to another, and they may
inspect any building in said city for
the purpose of ascertaining if any
danger from fire exists by reason of
defective chimneys, 1ues. stoves,
furnaces, boilers, electric wiring, ash
houses and receptacleS, or by reason
of any other cause.
| Section 8. All parts of business
buildings shall be cleaned daily and
kept free from all inflammable ma
terial, except that combustible ma
teriai not in actual use may be neat
ly arranged in a manner to provide
passageways and aisleways for the
convenient movement of the fire de-
partment force.
Section 10. All doors and openings,
external and internal, in all business
buildings shall be kept free from
goods of any kind and means of &C
cess and free movement shall be pro-
vided for the convenient work of the
force.
Section II. There shall be no rub
Dish, excelsior, shavings, waste paper
or other like infiammable materials
left in any part of business buildings
over one day, except that such ma
terials may be stored within a fire.
proof room, provided with standard
fire doors, and all material of such
, character shall be destroyed, removed
or placed within such tireproof room
; at the close of each day.
) Section II. The term "business
buildings" as mentioned in this chap
} ter, shall be taken to include hotels,
lodging houses, stores, Office build
/ ings, warehouses, mills, factories and
> public buildings.
Section Ii. Should the fire chief
or his authorized assistant on such
inspections, discover that any pro-
7 visions of the preceding seven sec
tionS or of any other ordinance, or of
, any statute or authorized rule or
regulation, are violated, said fire
chief is hereby required to give notice
} thereof in writing to the owners or
occupants of such building, requiring
them to comply with the provisions
l thereof within forty-eight hours.
? Section IA. Should said fire chief
= or his authorized assistant, on such
inspection, discover any danger from
fire by reason of any defective cOndi-
tion set forth in Section s of this
7 chapter or from any other cause, said
> fire chief is hereby required to give
notice in writing to the owner or oc-
: cupants of any such building of such
Z defects, requiring them to make
| | reasonable changes and repairs with
\ in specified time, to render the
premises or buildings as safe as pos
Sible from fire.
Section Is. Failure or neglect to
7 | comply with the requirements of any
: notice mentioned in sections Is and
IA or the provisions of the nine pre-
; ceding sections shall be deemed a
2 misdemeanor, and upon conviction
f thereof, the person or persons so con-
, victed, shall be fined not less than
Ten $1,000 Dollars nor more than
One Hundred (SlO000) Dollars, and
: costs, and in default of payment
| thereof shall be committed to the
: county Jail for not less than ten nor
more than ninety days, and each days
failure to comply with the require
ments of any of the aforesaid notices
shall be deemed separate offense.
Section 16. The fire chief shall on or
before the first day of each month file
with the city clerk a record of all such
inspections made and notices given
during the preceding month.
Section 2. This ordinance shall take
effect and be in force from and
after its passage and publication.
Passed March 5, 1917,
Published March II, 1912.
Attest; Approved: