Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1914-08-21
FIRE LIMITS AND BUILDING
REGULATIONS

HoOCAo daIu pTOViuIHS DallulHg reg u
lations within said fire limits.
The tewu board of supervisors OF
the town OF Wabeno, Forest County,
Wisconsin, do ordain:
Section 1. All that portion of the
unineorporatsd village of Wabeuo en-
braced within the following limits
shall hereafter be known as the fire
limits, to-wit: Lots one (D to twelve
12) inclusive of block two (2). Lots
one a. to twelve Q2l inclusive of
block three (s). Lots one (l) to twelve
Q2) inclusive of block four (4. Lots
one ID to twelve Q2) inclusive of
block five (5) as shown by map in town
clerks office complied by N. H. Smith,
IC e.
Section 2. No building shall here
after be constructed, erected or repair
ed within the said fire limits. except an
hereinafter provided and according to
the following provisions:
LIST. All outside, party or division
walls shall be made of stone, brick or
ether fire proof material, and not less
in thickness than herein provided.
end. All outside, party or division
walls for stores, saloons, factories,
opera houses, mills, ice houses, livery
stables, store houses and similar houses,
not exceeding two stories or thirty
four feet in height from the basement
water table, shall be not less than
eighteen inches in thickness if of stone
to the second story and not less than
eight inches in thickness above the
floor of second story and not less than
twelve inches in thickness if of brick
or cement.
3rd. Buildings to be used exclusive
ly for dwellings and not exceeding
twenty-four feet in height to the caves
of the buildings eight inch party wallis,
if detached four feet or more; also
small private barns, detached as afore-
said, not exceeding sixteen feet in
height to the caves and not containing
more man Cnroe SGallS.
4th. All joists, beams and nther tim
bers in outside and party walls shall
be separated at least four inches from
each other with stones or brick lad in
mortar, and all outside lintels or 3plate
pieces, in front or rear walls, SHAH re-
cede from the outside of the wall at
least four inches, except that lintels or
timbers may be cornices covered with
metal or fire proof roofing which re-
cedes four inches from the outside or
front as aforesaid. All roofs, cornices
and cutters shall be covered with fire
proof material.
5th. There shall be not more than
thirty feet space between the outside
or party walls of any building, unless
such building shall be supported by
iron or other columns or supports of
fire proof material.
9th. All front or party walls shall
extend above the sheeting of the roof
at least one and one half feet, and in
no case shall the planking or sheeting
of the roof extend through or across
any party wall or end wall, and in case
of any opening in any end or party
wall the same shall be provided with
iron or fire proof doors, properly fitted
and hung SO as to be easily closed in
case of fire.
18th. All buildings into which the
electric current for lights or power
shall be conducted, shall be properly
insulated at the points of entrance of
such currents and the means or devices
for insulation shall be the best in COM
mon or general use.
Section 8. No wooden buildings or
parts of buildings within the fire
limits shall be raised, enlarged or re-
moved to any other place within the
fire limits; nor shall any wooden build
ing within the fire limits which may
hereafter be damaged to the amount of
fifty per cent of the value thereof, ex-
elusive of stone or brick foundation,
be repaired JE bOi SiASAA SNNAA
building where the damages are less
than fifty per cent of it's value be so
repaired so as to be raised higher than
the highest point left standing after
such damage shall have occurred, or
so as to occupy a greater space than
before the injury thereto.
| Section f. The amount OF or extent
of damages that may be done to any
building may be determined by three
disinterested persons, residents OF the
village. one whom shall. be chosen by
the chairman of the town, the second
nv the owner of the building, and the
two SO chosen shall elect third, and
tbe decision of the majority of the
nersops so chosen shall be final and
conclusive.
Section 5. Permit for erection of
buildings in fire limits: Any person so
intending to build any building or ad-
dition to any building or to repair any
damaged building within the fire linn