Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1921-11-04

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| requires larger yards, courts or other open
spaces than are imposed or required py such
| existing provision OF law OF ordinance or By
| such rules, regulations or peTtll.s: tiie pro-
visions Of this ordinance shall control
| Issuance Of Building Permits oy City Ehsl-
neer-
Section IL The city engineer shall issue
no permit for the construction or alteration
| Of any building structure or part tnereoI
plans and specifications and INTENDED use TOT
which arc not in all respects IN conformity
/ with the provisions of this ordinance. In
| case the intended use owing TO It's nature or
/ the vagueness of its statements fails WITHIN
more than of the classes OF uses estan-
Iished by Article III of this ordinance such
/ building or structure shall not be permitted
+! in any district in which any such classes are
/ prohibited.
| Section II. Plats-
| All applications for building permits shall
be accompanied by a plat in duplicate drawn
| to scale showing the actual dimensions OF
| the lot to be built upon, all buildings exist
| ing upon said lot, the distance every building
| within the block is set back from the street
| line upon which said lot abuts, the size OF
/ the building to be erected, and such other
| information as may be necessary TO provide
| for the enforcement of these regulations. y
| careful record of such applications and plats
/ shall be kept in the office of the city enSi-
| neer. No yard, court or other open space
| provided about any building as required by
| these regulations shall be used as yard,
| court or other open space Tor ahother oulId-
| ms.
Certificates Of Occupancy
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| permit the use of any building or premises
| or part thereof hereafter created, erected,
| altered changed cr converted wholly OF
| partly in it's or structure until certih-
| cate of occupancy to the effect that the
| building or premises or the part thereof so
| created, erected, altered, changed or con
| verted and the proposed use thereof conform
| to the provisions of this ordinance shall have
| been issued by the city engineer. 1t shall be
| the duty Of the city engineer TO issue
| certificate of occupancy within ten days after
| a request for the same is filed in his onice
| by any owner of a building or premises af-
| fected by this ordinance, provided said build
| ing or premises, the part thereof so
| created, erected, altered, changed or con-
| verted, and the proposed use thereof, con-
| forms with all the requirements OF Article
| III of this ordinance.
| Fees for Certificates Of Occupancy
| There shall be charged for each certificate
| of occupancy for a single family dwelling
| and uses accessory thereto fee of one dol
| lar, and for all other uses a fee OF two
| dollars Such fees shall be paid into the
| city treasury and credited to the general city
| fund.
| Temporary Certificates of Occupancy
| Pending the issuance of regular certifi-
| cate, a temporary certificate may be issued
| for period not exceeding six months, during
| the completion of alterations or during par
| tial occupancy of building pending its oc-
| cupation. Such temporary certificates shall
| not be issued except under such restrictions
| and provisions as will adequately insure the
| safety of the occupants. No temporary GER
! tfcate shall be issued, if, prior to its COM
/ pieIlOnt the Duil0lnS rams TO CONFORM TO the
/ provisions of this chapter to such a degree
| to render it unsafe for the occupancy
| proposed.
Changes Requiring Issuance of New Certif-
| If the conditions of use or occupancy of
any building or premises or part thereof are
| substantially changed, or so changed as not
| to be in conformity with the conditions re-
quired by a certificate issued therefor, if
the dimensions area of the lot upon which
/ building is located or it's yards or courts
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| the owner shall notify the city engineer who
| shall order inspection of the building,
premises or lot. If the building conforms to
| all the requirements of this ordinance a new
| certificate shall be issued herein provided.
| Procedure i'm Case of Non-conformity-
If, on any inspection, the conditions of a
building or premises or its use or occupancy
| are found not to conform to the require
\ ments of this ordinance or the conditions of
an existing certificate therefor, the city engi-
| neer shall at once issue written notice to the
| owner, specifying the manner in which the
building premises it's occupancy
/ fails to conform, and the owner shall at
| once take steps to make it so conform, as
| directed by the city engineer; and if il is
| necessary for the proper protection of the
| occupants he shall order the use or premises
| vacated until its condition is made satisfac-
| tory in conformity with the requirements of
| this ordinance, at which time a certificate
| shall be issued as herein provided
| Amendments and Changes in the Districts
and Regulations Therefor by the Common
| Council
| section IA. ThG Common Council may from
time to time on it's own motion or on petit
| ton, after public notice and hearing as pro-
| vided by law and after report by the City
| Plan Commission, alter, supplement or
| change the boundaries or regulations herein
| or subsequently established. Whenever the
| owners of fifty per cent or more of the 'front.'
| age in any district or part thereof present a
] petition duly signed and acknowledged to the
/ Council requesting an amendment, supple
| ment or change in the regulations prescribed
for such district part thereof, it shall be
. | the duty OF the Council to vote said
petition within ninety days after the filing
| of the same by the petitioners with the city
clerk In protest against a proposed
| amendment, supplement or change be pre-
| scented, duly signed and acknowledged by the
| owners of twenty per cent of the frontage
| Immediately in the rear thereof, or by the
| owners of twenty per cent of the frontag e
| directly opposite the frontage proposed =
| be altered such amendment shall not be
| passed except by three-fourths vote of the
| Council. If any area is hereafter transferred
to another district by change in district
boundaries by an amendment, as above pro-
| Vided, the provisions of this ordinance in re-
| gard to buildings premises existing at the
time of the passage of this ordinance shall
| apply to buildings or premises existing at the
time of passage of such amendment in such
| transferred area.
Completion and Restoration of Existing
Buildings
Section is. Nothing herein contained shall
| require any change in the plans, construction
| or intended of a building for which a
building permit has been heretofore issued
| been diligently prosecuted within six months
| of the date of such permit, and the ground
! story framework of which, including the
| second tier of beams, shall have been COM
| peted within such six months, and which
| entire building shall be completed according
to such plans filed within two years from
| the date of the passage of this ordinance.
! Nothing in this ordinance shall prevent the
| restoration of a wall declared unsafe by the
| city engineer nor the restoration of a build
ing destroyed less than fifty per cent of its
| value exclusive of foundations. by fire, ex-
plosion, act of God, act of the public
enemy subsequent to the passage of this
| ordinance.
| Penalties
Section 16. Any person, firm, company or
| corporation owning, controlling or mana ging
any building or premises wherein or wherein
there shall be placed there exists any,
thing in violation of any of the sections Of
this chapter; or any person firm, company
or corporation who shall assist in the com
mission of any violation of these sections.
or who shall build contrary to the plans or
| specifications submitted TO and approved b.,
the city engineer; or any person, firm com
pany or corporation who shall omit neglect
or refuse TO do any act required in said