The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-12-29
CITY DADS PLAN
CODE To GOVERN
LOCAL BUILDING
Growth Of City Brings Need for
Ordinance TO Guide Construction,
Is View; City Laws In Force
Now Are Inadequate.
TO REPAIR CITY HALL
IN NEAR FUTURE, PLAN
Not Build No. Fire Station Until
Money Available for Purchase
OF New Equipment; Approve =
Sewer Construction.

That the city's rapid growth. de.
mands the passage Of building
code ordinance was the belief ex-
pressed at last nights session OF the
city council IN the city hall.
Attention TO the need OF such an
ordinance was called when an ordi-
nance for the manner in which con-
nections with the mains and laterals
OF the system Of sewers in the city
shall be made was introduced at
last nights session. II was pointed
out during the discussion OF the
ordinance, recommended by the
plumbers Of the city, that the RELIEF
sought in the ordinance would be
provided for in the building code
soon TO be put into effect here.
Whereupon, the ordinance was re-
ferred to the mayor and ordinance
committee for further consideration.
Building Code Being Drafted.
An ordinance to contain city
building code Is now being drafted
by the mayor and ordinance com
mIttee of the council. While only
preliminary steps have been taken, 1t
is expected that this ordinance will
he ready for submission to the coun-
ell some time In the very near fu-
!. TIRE. No details of the -eode. TO We
proposed have been made known.
II is said, however, that the ordi'
nance will provide for the issuing
of building permits.
Fire Chief George Gattis is one
of the advocates for the restriction
of "flre trap buildings which en-
danger the destruction by fire OF
nearby buildings and houses. Some
time ago Chief Gattis. after making
an extensive study of the situation
here. recommended an ordinance tt
the council. Believing this ordinance
a bit too stringent for a city OF thi'
size. the council referred the meas
ure to the mayor and ordinance com
mittee with instructions that amend
ments he recommended. The build
ing code being drafted will contain
many features provided for in th'
ordinance first proposed, 1t is said.
Building ordinances now in effec
here were passed many years ag'
and do not meet the present da'
demands, declared one city officia
who is advocating the adoption OF
building code.
: VIII Repair City Hall.
improvements in the fire static
building adjoining the city hall 0
. the north will be made soon, it wa
} announced at the meeting OF tn
council last night. The matter
r making arrangements and receivln
E bids for this work was placed in tn
0 hands of the mayor and buildin
committee.
d A small portion of the money d
i rived from the sale Of the $l6,0'
J. fire department Improvement Don'
voted several months ago will
i expended for the Improvement OF u
fire station, Mayor Coffman So
this morning. Some new plumbii
fixtures will be installed in u
building and other improvement
will be made. The building has be-
!, in use many years and is badly
u need of repairs, it was stated.
Le Mayor Coffman declared II
W morning that no further steps iowa
a. the erecting of building on I
n 5O-foot lot at the corner OF 81
IS enteenth street and Idaho aven'
n the site purchased for a NO. 7
IS, station, had been taken. "The
are no funds with which to purcha
ay equipment or pay the salaries
OF men to operate the station availa'
IS, at this time and it would be extr
on agance to build building and cl'
ge it up," the mayor said. THE nor
derived from the sale Of the boz
is now drawing interest and | thl
it should be kept in the bank III
some arrangements for equipping
No. 2 station and for funds W
'ill which to pay the salaries OF the n
SET can be made.
'ck with many new houses Just
ice Gently completed and many otn
we under construction in the southw
or ern part of the city, the need o
ota No. fire station is more appar'
'ty- .L;,l~ a nrovicion for the sala]