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~~".. .- - ..~t::........ .. j"" ' AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR FIRE PROTECTION AND FIRE PREVENTION AT NEW BRIGH* ton, Minnesota ORDINANCE NO. 29. Minute Book No.. 6, page 13. ~. Be it ordained by the Council of the Village of New Brigh- ton as follows: SECTION 1. Fire' Limits The following shall be and is hereby declared to be the fire limits area: Block laand Block 2. SECTION 2. Permits.. No wall, structure, building or' part there- of, shall hereafter be built, enlarged, or altered, until a plan of the proposed work shall have' been submit tedto the Chief of the Fire Department, who .hall if in accordance with the pro- visions he:t>ein con,tained, issue a permit for the proposed con- struction,. Struotures hereafter erected without a permit, or not in conformity with this ordinance shall be removed. SECTION 3. Limitations Within Fire Limits No building or structure of frame wall or of unprotected metal wall construc- tion or which has a wooden cornice shall hereafter be erected in the fire limits except the following: Buildings of frame construction occupied exclusively as a private garage or stable, not more than one story in height nor mere than three hwiired square ,feet in area,. located on the/same lot with a dwelting; _ frame. dwellings not. exceeding. two stories in height and separ- ated by at least five feet fram lot line of adjoining proper- ty. Buildings of ordinary (wood joist and masonry wall) con- struct'on shall not exeeed fifty feet in height and 7,500 square feet in area. ,it.. "'.. .. SECTION 4. Walls ~e thickness of masonry bearing walla shall not e.cless than twelve inches except that reinforced concrete walls may ba va a minimum thickness of a inches. Parapets shall be provided on all fire walls, party walls and exterior walls of masonry or reinforced concrete. Such parapets shall not be less than" twelve inches thick'for masonry and . 8 inches for re- inforced concrete construction and carried not less than eight- een inches above the .roof. SECTION 6. Chimneys All chimneys shall be built of masonry not less than four inches thick. Every such chimney shall be lined with flue a lining and shall be built upon a solid masonry fouJi- dation. . SECTION 7. Removal or Repair of unkafe Buildings. A building or structureor/port thereof declared. structurally unsafe or hazardous by duly constituted authority, may be restored to safTl condition; provided that if the damage or cost of restor- . .tlotiand reconstruction is in excess of fity per cent of the v$.lue of building or structUre, ,such building or structure, if reco:natructedorrestored, shall be made to conform to the . re- quirem.ents for buildings and structures contained inth1s ordin- ance. "I,.,