Willmar tribune., 1915-03-24
ORDINANCE NO. 157.

ORO10A0CE no. 157.
An Ordinance Providing for xiro Limits
in the City Of Willmar, Minnesota,
and Regulating the Construction of
Buildings Therein.
Be it ordained by the City of Willmar
as follows:
tns seetGn if% 1A that part or portion Of
braced or contained within the territory
hereinafter described, shall constitute
and be known as the Fire Limits of
Al Of Blocks 20. 21. %, 20, "a, rs, 2e,
q, 20, 20, 80, 81, the East half Of Block
80, all of Blocks AZ, 43 and A, the West
half ,t Of Bl3ck 10 49, anq a. al! that part Of
eio 2yen9e ana ua sonsh eSF'a Of the main ain
track Of said railway company between
Section 2.-Every building hereafter
erected, constructed or enlarged within
the fire limits Of the, City Of Willmar.
shall @ be be Sq .qilt Of brick stqne, concre:e'
except, that by special action Of the
may be made to existing structures of
tion.
Section 3-1t shall be unlawful to
rebuild or repair any frame building
Wiilmar when such building shall have
been damaged by fire or by the ele-
ments or by decay to the extent Of fifty
iron covered buildings shall be consid-
cred as frame buildings under this pro-
vision, and no such building damaged to
the extent of less than fifty per cent of
it's value. shall be repaired SO as to be
raised higher than the highest point
left standing after such damage shall
have occurred, nor so as to occupy a
greater space than before the injury
The extent Of damage to any such
building, when it is intended to repair
or rebuild the same. shall be aScertain-
Council shall appoint three disinterest-
ed freeholders Of the City to- inspect
sad BUILDING and to apRraise lis +thf the
same int in the office Office Of the the city CLERK. If
such &, committee: after - such h Inspection, %
then and in that case only, the building
may be repaired or rebuilt. But If such
committee deem that said building has
cent or more than fifty per cent of its
value, then such building shall not be
repaired or. rebuilt. Amy person feeling
mittee shall have the right to appeal to
the City Council from the decision of
such committee, and the decision Of the
City City, Council on such appeal shall be
Any wooden building within the fire
limits, damaged to the extent of fifty
per cent of it's value as above provided,
may be ordered torn down or removed
by the City Council and such order
cupant Of the premises upon which such
damaged building stands. Whenever
any owner or occupant shall fail or neg
lect, for five days after such service,
to comply with such order, the City
building or Structure to be torn down or
removed and may assess the cost there
Of against the property upon which such
building stood, the proceedings of the
City Council to be governed by the pro-
visions of the Charter Of the City of
Willmar as in Section IS thereof pro-
vided
Section 4-No frame building in the
City of Willmar shall be moved unless
such building is worth at least sixty
per cent Of the cost of a similar new
building.
No frame building shall be moved
fire limits Of the City, nor from outside
said fire limits to any place within the
same.
Section 5.-Any person violating any
provision of this ordinance, shall, upon
conviction thereof before the Municipal
Court of said City. or before any Court
having jurisdiction. be punished by
One Hundred Dollars, or by imprison-
ment for not less than ten nor more
than ninety days. >.
Section 6.-An ordinances or parts of
ordinances Inconsistent herewith are
Section This ordinance shall take
effect and be in force from and after
it's publication.
Approved March 23rd: 1915.
E. c. WELLIN, Mayor.