Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1919-01-23
ORDINANCE NO. 1914

INSPECTOR BUIUIIES,
the construction of buildings provide for fues and other
safety regulations within the corporate limits of the City
of Bogausa to establish fire limits and sbfre limits to
provide certain regulations therein to provide punishment
for the violation of this ordinance, etc.
Be it ordained by the Commission Council of the City
of Bogalusa:
Section l. That the City Engineer of the City of Be-
galusa Louisiana, shall be exofcio Inspector of Build
ings.
Section g. That the City of Bogausa shall be divided
into three districts to be known follows: First or close
district second or outer district and third residence
district The term fire limits, used in this ordinance,
shall be construed to apply only to the first or close dis
trict.
The first or close district shall be and include those
parts of the said City of Bogalusa Louisiana within the
following limits:
Firsf-In Northeast Bogalusa: Begin at west end Of
Carolina Avenue thence east to Jackson Street, thence
south to Arkansas Avenue thence west to Austin Street,
thence north to Carolina Avenue.
SecondBegin at the west end of First Street east
side of Columbia Street in Southeast Bogausa thence
east block to First Avenue; thence southery down
First Avenue point opposite Sixth Street. if same were
extended parallel with Fourth Street in the Pierce Adj
dton; thence west to Columbia Road; thence northery
up Columbia Road to First Street. the starting point
Third-On Pleasant Hill Starting at the southwest
intersection of Sixth Street and Avenue F. and thence
south to Ninth Street, thence west to alley between Ave
and G. thence north to Sixth Street. thence east to
point of beginning:
Section 3. Be it further ordained ETC., that in the
fire limits it shall not be lawful to erect make material
repairs to- move about add to- change or alter
any building structure unless the be constructed
of and covered with ncombustbe material such brick
or stone provided that the roof covering of frame
dence building within the fire limits may be replaced I'M
der supervision of the City Engineer with noncombus
BILE roof covering, the repair and substitution herein per-
med being restricted to the roof covering ITSELF and not
to be construed as permitting material repairs to the
framework or other part of such buildings within the fire
Hot 62 THOSE Chat increase the fire risk
but also those that appreciaby tend to perpeuate it.
Section Be it further ordained, etc. that the sub
fire limits shall embrace area 400 feet greater or larger
at all points than is marked by the lines defining the fire
limits In of repairs to combusble roof coverings
within the subre limits where the area to be repaired
or recovered exceeds so per cent of the WHOLE repairs
shall not be permitted unless the entire roof covering be
removed under supervision of City Engineer and replaced
with noncombusble roof covering All buildings in the
subfire limits, erected for other than dwelling resi-
dence purposes must be constructed of brick stone
other nOn-cOmbustible material.
Section 5. Be it further ordained etc. that the resi-
dence district shall include all that part of the city not
braced within the fire limits and the subfire limits
Section g. Incombustible walls cornces and roofs
required within fire limits Every building hereafter
erected enlarged within the fire limits shall be inclosed
all sides with walls constructed wholly of stone we'll
burned brick terra Gotta concrete or other equivalent in
combusble Materials and shall have the roof top and
sides OF all ROOF structures including dormer windows
covered with incombustibe material All cOnces shall
be of incombustible material.
Section Permissible wooden structures within fire
limits: No frame wooden structure shall hereafter be
built within the fire limits as given herein or within the
fire limits hereafter established except the following and
all roofs placed upon such buildings structures shall
have an ncombustible covering:
(a) Temporary one-story frame buildings for of
builders.
(b) One-story Sheds not over fifteen feet high open
the long sde with sides covered with incombustibe
material and with not exceeding 500 square feet
wooden fence shall not be used to form the back side
of such sheds.
(c) Wooden fences not over ten feet thigh
Id Piazzas or balconies not exceeding ten feet I'M
width extending than three feet above the
ond story floor beams No structure shall extend beyond
the lot line, be joined to any similar structure of
other building
(e) Bay windows, when covered with incombusti-
BILE material.