The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-04-07
Hearing on Drastic
Building Ordinance
Proposal Scheduled
GARBAGE ORDINANCE
READING TONIGHT;
PROVIDES RATES

ment proposed TO put teeth IN
to the city's coming ordinance was
set for April Is at a meeting of
the city council Wednesday night.
If accepted, the ordinance will
entirely eliminate the future con-
struction of "shacks" anywhere
within the city limits and guard
against ramshackle dwellings be-
ing moved onto city property.
Amendments as planned pro-
vide that barns or stables must
be constructed $50 feet from the
front property line and 100 feet
from any side line.
Applicants for building per-
mits must file detailed plans and
specifications of their proposed
buildings, rather than general
plans now required.
Demands Foundation
Regulations governing residence
construction are that dwellings
must have permanent foundations
extending at least three feet below
the finished grade of the yard and
where sewer and water facilities
are available, connections must
be made in advance of construc-
ton.
There must be sufficient base
ment construction to provide
readily accessible locations for
water meters and sewer clean-out
openings.
Studdings used in the con-
struction of outer walls must be
at least eight feet in height and
exteriors of homes must be fin
ished with lap-siding, wood or
composition shingles, stucco,
brick or other generally approv-
ed building finishing materials.
Roofs on buildings of less than
two stories shall have a pitch Of
at least one-third, except where
detailed plans and specifications
call for a fat roof in keeping with
an accepted and approved type of
construction.
Moving Covered
All roofs must be covered with
wood, composition or slate shin
giles or ready-roofing with a min
eral surface. Openings in outer
walls to be used for windows
must be glazed.
Moving buildings onto any lot
within the city limits shall be
deemed construction and such
structures must comply with the
above minimum requirements.
the ordinance states.
Tired from a session which
lasted until midnight, the council
postponed some business until
tonight when they will meet
again.
A second reading of the gar
bage disposal ordinance, as drawn
up by Leon H. Brown, city attor-
ney, will be heard this evening.
Licenses Haulers
The ordinance under consider
alton provides for licensing of
private haulers, who will be re-
quired to post bond of 500 and
pay a license fee Of SIS. Cost Of
collections shall not exceed IS
cents per month for households
and the collection schedule pro-
vides for picking up garbage
twice week during the sum
mer, once a week in winter
months.
Maximum cost of 81 a week
was set for hotels, restaurants
and boarding houses where col
lections will be made daily in the
summer and twice weekly in
winter.
HouSeholders must have metal,
tight containers of 10 to 80 gall
lon capacity and must wrap gar
bage securely in paper before
placing it in cans.
The council voted to pay $50
as its half share of summer SAL
airy for Ben Tom who will be in
charge of activities at Memorial
Field for three months.
The group has under consider
alton request by the fire de-
partment that a siren be placed
at the corner of Washington and
Third streets, to be sounded as
the fire truck leaves the city hall.
Decorate Hall Room
They approved redecoration of
the small city hall room where
the highway patrol will have
quarters. Charlebois brothers
furnished the Firtex ceiling de-
coration and Grover Mansfield
Is painting the place. The coun-
Gil also purchased a desk and
chair for the patrol.
Purchase of a metal music FL
ing cabinet for the Scenic City
band is also under consideration.
j. w. Lauterbach, head of the
Minnesota Employment Service
here, ably presented a plea that
the city appropriate funds for the
service. They would be paid to
the state treasurer for the en-
ployment service fund. The mat
ter was tabled.
Granting of beer licenses in
Redwood Falls will be acted upon
at tonight's meeting.
Hearing ON petition of Mrs.
Jennie Mowen of Morris who
wants to put up an oil station on
the former Mrs. Ballard properly
on East Bridge street was post
poned until May 2. Mrs. Mowen
was represented by her attorney,
George A. Barnes and Amos
Whitman and Gottlieb Hermann
were at fhp council meeting IN