The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1920-04-21

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Ordinance h 4 { | ] ] No
An Ordinance providing Is for. IRE
limits and construction ana euuiDment
OF buildings therein in the village 81
Grand 9 Marais. Minnesota. 5ss#
Be It Ordained BY the Common sCorn !.
Gil OF the Village OF Grand Marais.
I Minnesota, as folloWs: -7'
Section I. Fire Limit s The follow.
ING snail be and are hereby declared sto
Of Grand Marais. Minnesota. All Of
Blocks. Twenty seven (27). Forty-six
400 Thirty 500, Thirty zone 1sl) 8 and md
NM95sysegg 70 81 Village Plat 81 Grand
twenty l2O) Harbor Addition IS q the
Village OF Grand Marais. Minnesota. -
section 2. Permit Required.-No wall
sslEucture,S building or part thereof shall
hereafter re be built. enlarged or altered
u UNI ~: q pan q the proposed work to-
lals TO be used shall have been sub
m TO the Chief of, the Fire Depart
ment Or other designated Official. who
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VISIONS herein contained, issue a permit
ZOE the proposed construction. s. -
sIructures hereafter erected without
permit. or not in conformity with this
ordinance shall be removed. -.s -, :,
s NO building shall be moved until q
permit has been obtained from 5 the
Chlef OF Fire Department or other dass
lg na Official; and such official shall
ment the proposed new location Of fhe
Dull0!ng would. seriously increase the
!l hazard of the surrounding build
y Each building permit shall recite this
section. ~ =. ~ - o1'.> 80 y
Section 3. IncombustabIe walls.
Cornices and Roofs Required within
Flre Limits.-Every building hereafter
Srected or enlarged within, the fire
limits shall be enclosed on ali sides
with walls constructed wholly Of Wei
burned brick, reinforced concrete blocks
or other equivalent incombustable ma
terlals; and shall have the roof, top and
sues sues &C OF a.; an roof structures. including
Dust!b!e material. All cornices shall
be OF lncombustable material, @-a..7~ ~.
Section 4. Permissible Wooden Struc-
lures Within Fire Lfm1ts.-N frame or
wooden structure shall hereafter be
built: within the fire limits as given
herein, or as they may hereafter be
established. except the following: and
all roofs placed upon such buildings or
STRUCTURES snail nave an lncOmbuStable
a. Temporary one story frame
buildings for the use Of builders;
90 One-story sheds open on the
long Saas SIDE not oyer IS feet high. with
terlal, and with an area not exceeding
500 square feet. A wooden fence shall
not be- used to form the back or side
of such sheds;
(c) Wooden fences not over 10 feet
high;
(dD Piazas or balconies not ex-
ceeding, 10 feet in with. nor extending
more more than than % feet above the. second
shall extend beyond the lot line. or be
joined to any similar structure of
another building;
(e) Bay windows when covered with
lncombustable materials;
= CD Small outhouses not exceeding
$50 square feet in area and feet in
hight; :.
Wooden sheds or outhouses shall not
be located within feet of any lot line,
not less than 80 feet from any other
building over one story high.
go Ice houses. as usually construc-
No frame building shall be moved
from without to within the fire line.
Section S. Repairing Frame Build
ings Within Fire Limits.-Any existing
frame fra me building within the fire limits.
fire, decay or otherwise to an amount
greater than one-half of the present
value, exclusive of the foundation, shall
not be repaired or rebuilt. but shall be
removed.
Section 6. Buildings Having Pro-
hlb1ted Occupanices Within Fire Limits.
NO building shall hereafter be con-
structed for public garage or dry
cleaning establishment within the fire
limits, unless it be Of hreproof con-
struction.
Section z. Walls.-All exterior or
division walls of buildings hereafter
erected shall be of sufficient thickness
TO support the load to be carried; but
thick.
In all buildings, except dwellings,
frame buildings and skeleton co.,
struction, party walls, and fire walls
sides, shall be not less than 16 inches
thick IN the upper two stories or
upper 30 feet. increasing 4 inches in
ton thereof below: All other fire walls
shall be not less than 16 inches thick
in the upper stories or upper SO feet,
increasing 4 inches in thickness for
below; No two story, increment shall
exceed 30 feet in, hight. Portland ce-
ment mortar only shall be used in
h such walls. -
Reinforced gravel concrete walls with
the steel reinforcement running both
horizontally and vertically and weigh
ing not less than one-half pound per
square foot of wall. may have thick
ness inches less than that prescribed
for brick walls. v: =
Stone walls shall be inches thicker
than required for brick walls. 49,
ALI walls and partitions in schools,
hospitals and places of public assem-
blage, over one story high. and all
walls and partitions in theaters. shall
hereafter be- built of brick, stone
hollow or solid blocks or metal lath
and portland cement plaster on metal
studding, or other equivalent incom-
buStable construction :. y: .~.s..s... =; : :.
Section 8. Exits Required.-In every
building hereafter erected. except in
private dwellings. each floor area above
the first shall be provided with at
least two means of egress remote from
each other, one of which shall be an
enclosed stairway. < L." '-.J5"'r5 =.
Section 8. :. Buildings with wooden
frame work clad with sheet metal. or
veneered with brick. shall be classed
as frame buildings. 49,, Gil; ~
Section 10. Chinlneys and Fireplaces
Except as herein provided. all chimneys
+ in h11i1 ffor ofo1