The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-11-16
AN ORDINANCE
ORDINANCE NO. IS.

the City Of Morgan City, La; to
provide for the erection and repair
Of all buildings and structures, and
other safety regulations, within
such fire limits; to provide penalties
for the violation.of the provision of
this ordinance; and to repeal I'll 9th
CT ordinances. or part of ordinances
in conflict herewith.
Section One Be it ordained by
the Mayor and Council of the CITY
of Morgan City, Louisiana, in reg
ular session convened that the fol-
lowing described area within the
corporate limits of the City of Nor
gan City, Louisiana, shall be, AM
the same is hereby declared to be,
the fire limits, or close district, to-
wit: Commencing at the intersec-
ton of the west side of Second
Street and North Railroad Avenue,
thence extending along North Rail-
road Avenue to Front Street, thence
along Front Street to it's intersec-
ton with Brashear Avenue, embrace
| ing within said fire limits all of the
lots, for the full depth thereof
fronting on North Railroad Avenue
and on Front Street situated in
Squares Numbered Three (3),
One ~, Twenty-Five (25), Thirty
four (34) and Thirty-nine (39);
and including all of the territory ly-
ing between the west side of Front
Street and the margin of Berwick
Bay extending from the south line
Of South Railroad Avenue to the
north line of Square No. Thirty
nine (39) in said City.
Section Two. Be it further or
dained, etc., That no person, or
persons shall erect, or cause to be
erected, within the said fire limits,
any buildings, structure, or addition
to such building, or structure, the
outer walls of which are not COM
posed entirely of brick, stone, ce-
ment, or other incombustible mate
rial, and covered, or rooted with
slate, tin, zinc, copper, iron,
or other equally fire-proof
roofing and if any building, or
structure or addition thereto within
the said fire limits shall be damaged,
or destroyed, to the extent of thir-
ty per cent thereof, it shall be un-
lawful to rebuild the same unless the
outer walls and roof of such build
ing, or structure, shall be composed
Of incombustible materials as pro-
vided in this section.
Section Three. Be it further or
dained, ETC., That hereafter it shall
be unlawful to erect, or construct,
within said fire limits, any building,
or structure, the outer walls of
which are composed in whole, or in
part, Of wood, or Of wood covered
with galvanized iron, or like mate
rial; or to repair any such building
or structure, now in said district.
except as hereinafter provided. And
whenever any frame building, or
structure with said fire limits shall
have become damaged to the extent
Of thirty per cent Of such building,
or structure, it shall be removed by
inc owner within sixty days upon
written notice given by the City, !
unless for reasonable cause such
time for removal be extended.
Section -Four. Be it further or
dained, ETC., The owner, or owners
Of any building, structure, staging,
or anything attached to, or connect
ed with building, or structure,
within said fire limits, which shall
be unsafe so as to endanger life, /
shall Immediately upon notice re-
ceived from the City, cause same to
be made safe and secure, or taken
down; and every building, or struc-
ture, which shall appear to the City
to be especially dangerous in case
of fire by reason Of bad condition of
walls, overloaded floor, defective
construction, decay, or other causes,
shall be held to be unsafe, and Sc
cured or removed in the manner
hereinabove provided. Provided that
when the public safety requires i'm
mediate action the City may enter
mon the premises with such as
7istants as may be necessary, and
-ause said building, structure, stag
ing, or attachments to be secured,
or taken down without delay, at the
,xpense of such owner, or owners.
Section Five. Be it further or
dained ETC., That whenever any |
~erson, or persons, shall desire to
~epair, erect, move, or alter any I
building, or structure, within said ,,
fire limits, he, or they shall fifst