The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1920-04-28
Ordinance | / No Is

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An Ordinance providing for firA
limits and construction ana equipment
Of buildings therein in the Village of
Grand Marais. Minnesota. I
Be it Ordained by the Common Coun-
eli of the Village Of Grand Marais
Minnesota, as follows: = n T = 49, :
+. Section 4. Fire Limits-The follow.
ins SHAH be and are hereby declared to
n oe ne n! fire limits: Within the Village
Blocks Twent ns!S; m'nn asz9 Az Of
go Thirty 500: ThirtSy zn ST. Hley and
ihr1rty-seven 90. Village Plat Of Grand
T Wcnfx; ana 32a, B7qeks Nineteen 1s) and
vH1aee OF Grand Marais. Minnesota.
section z. Permit ReQuired.-No wall
sStfucture. bul!dlng or part: thereof shall
hereafter be built. enlarged or altered
e ettth. pian or the proposed work to-
nais to be used shall have been sub
mltted' to the Chief of the Fire DEPART.
sh en1 or other 1T designated official who
VISIONS herein contained. issue a permit
1or the proposed construction,
nsructures hereafter erected without
p prdinit 10 or not in conformity with this
NO pudding shall be moved until a
permit has been obtained from the
G iane 10 OF Ere Department. or other des-
not issue such permit if in his iuf1g-
inent the> proposed new location Of the
99uliding would seriously increase the
lngS. poiiu
Each building permit shall recite this
section. >11'
Section 3. IncombustabIe Walls.
G9rmces and Roofs Required Within
e eree Ldlm nn -y building hereafter
ENLARGED
1lmits shall be enclosed on all sides
with walls constructed wholly of well
ourned brick. reinforced concrete blocks
or other equivalent incombustable ma
| ter1als; and shall have the roof. TOP and
| sides of all roof structures. including
CORNER windows. covered with incum-
p S material: All cornices shall
De or 1ncombustable material.
Section 4. Permissible Wooden struc-
lures Within Fire Lfnlits.-No frame or
wooden structure shall hereafter he
b putt, within the fire limits as given
ns4e h1;s, or as they may hereafter be
al roofs placed upon sueh buildings or
| structures shall have an incombustable
covering:
b., az & i, ~ Temporary f one story frame
! CO. One-story sheds open On the
Ions side. not over IS feet high. with
| sides covered with incombustable ma
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; ~ 'oo'
(d) Piazas or balconies not ex-
ceeding 10 feet in with. nor extending
more than 3 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 material;
7z5W Small outhouses not, exceeding
| LOU square feet in area and 8 feet in
hight;
Wooden sheds or outhouses shall not
| be located within 5 feet of any lot line,
! not less than 80 feet from any other
! building over one story high.
ted Isl Ice houses as usually e0n~troe-
No frame building shall be moved
from without to within the fire line.
Section $. Repairing Frame Build
ing Within Fire Limits:--Any existing
| frame building within the fire limits,
| which may hereafter be damaged by
| 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-
hibited OccuDanices Within Fire Limits
No building shall hereafter be con-
l
cleaning establishment within the Ore
limits. unless it be Of freproof con-
| struction.
Section z. Walls.-Au exterior or
division walls of buildings hereafter
erected shall be of sufficient thickness
to support the load to be carried: but
| IN no case shall a brick. concrete or
hollow block wall be less than IL inches
thick.
| In all buildings, except dwellings,
| frame OullClngS and skeleton
struction, party walls and fire walls
which serve as building walls on both
sides sides. shall be not less, than 1e inches
| thick IN the upper two stories or
| upper 80 feet. increasing inches in
thickness for each two stories or frac-
ton thereof below, All other fire walls
in the upper stories or upper So feet,
increasing 4 inches in thickness for
each two stories or fraction thereof
exceed 80 feet in hight. Portland &C.
ment mortar only shall be used in
| 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 a thick
ness inches less than that prescribed
| for brick walls.r
J Stone walls shall be inches thicker
| than required for brick walls.
| -,
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 ineerot
! unstable construction
Section s. 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.
Section 8. Buildings with wooden
frame work clad with sheet metal. or
veneered with brick. shall be classed
! as frame buildings.
! Section 10. Chinmeys and Fireplaces.
Except as herein provided. all chimneys
| in every building hereafter erected.
and all chimneys hereafter altered or
rebuilt shall be constructed of brick.
stone or reinforced concrete. No ma
sonry chimney shall have walls less
than inches thick unless it be lined
on the inside with well burned terra
Gotta or fire clay chimney tile set. in