The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-06-26
Ordinance No. eco.
Continued from 18th pae

CONTINUED from 4th page.)
such building be removed outside of the
fire limits of the city.
Sec. p. Whenever any frame or
wooden building now standing within
the said fire limits shall be damaged by
fire or otherwise to the extent of fifty
per cent of its value Immediately before
the Occurance of such damage, said
building shall not again be erected or
repaired, except IN conformity with the
provisions of this ordinance. The valu-
alton Of such building prior to such
damage and the extent of such damage
may be determined by the fire chief, or,
# the property owner shall require at
the time such fire chief makes such de-
ternina lion, by three disinterested
resident property owners of said city,
one of whom shall be selected by the
owner or agent of the building, the
select a third, and II the damage to
such frame or wooden building does not
exceed fifty per cent of the value in
mediately prior to the occurance of
such damage, it may then be repaired
with wood to the actual extent of such
damage, and no more
Sec. %. No repairs shall be made
to the roof or outside walls of any
frame or wooden building now standing
vided in the last proceeding section,
unless the same be reconstructed in
accordance with the provisions and
meaning of this ordinance; or be re-
paired with non-combustible material,
as the fire chief may direct; and no
such building shall be raised, except
for the purpose of placing the necessary
underpinning or foundations of brick or
stone under the same, and then not to
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foundation. No shed now standing
within said fire limits shall be convert
ed into building within the meaning
and intent of this ordinance, unless the
entire structure be made to conform to
the requirements of this ordinance nor
shall any wooden coal bin that may
hereafter be erected within said fire
limits, as provided for in this ordinance,
be converted into or used as stable or
for any other than the use for which
this ordinance permits it to be built.
Any person violating any of the pro-
vision of this section shall upon the con-
Viction thereof be fined not less than
ten dollars and not more than one hun
dred dollars.
Sec. "a. No wooden buildings or
wooden additions to buildings shall
hereafter be constructed within the fire
limits of the city, and no portable
a place of business, or in which fuel of
any kind is used for cooking or heating
shall be located on any lot within such
fire limits, and whenever any wooden
building or addition thereto, or any
such portable structure aforesaid, shall
be constructed, erected, enlarged
moved into or removed within such fire
limits, contrary to the provisions of
this ordinance, whether the owner of
any such building, addition or portable
structure has a permit for the erection
thereof or not, it shall be the duty of
the fire chief, upon information that
the provisions of this ordinance are be
ing or have been violated to issue an
order to the owner, occupant, person In
charge or builder thereof demanding
| that such building or addition be taken
down or removed, and upon failure,
neglect or refusal of such persons to
comply with the requirements of such
order, within forty-eight hours after
F., having received the same, the fire chief
! shall cause said building or addition to
be removed and taken down, and the eX-
| penSe thereof may be recovered of the
I owner of such building or addition by
suit m any court of competent juriSdic-
ton Any person violating the provis-
ions of this section, either as owner or
1 contractor, shall IN addition to the pen
alties herein-before provided, be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor and upon con-
viction thereof be fined In any sum not
less than twenty-five dollars nor more
than one hundred dollars.
| Sec. %. The walls of any building
/ TO be hereafter erected within the fire
limits which are to be placed on a line
| OF the lots between different owners
and when the bottom of the footings of
such walls are not to be extended down
/ to depth of eight feet from the curb
level, the same shall be undermined,
sustained and protected, whenever 1t
/ becomes necessary, at the entire cost
OF the owner or owners thereof; pro
vided, however, that It shall be the
duty of the adjoining owner or owners
when designing to build and If wishing
70 sink thsir csilaxs or walls 70 great.