No. 91 Relating to Building Materials in Fire Zone

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TOWN OF NEWELL

Ordinance 91

 

Amending Section 3, Chapter Ordinance 56

 

Relating to Building materials in Fire Zone

 

Section 1. That Section 3 of Chapter 16 of Ordinance 56, relating to material, be amended so as to read as follows:

 

Section 3. No permit shall be granted affecting building within the Fire Limits unless the material comprising the present construction, or comprising the proposed new construction shall be of fire-proof material, including storm, brick, hollow tile, terra cotta, cement or cement blocks, stucco or approved fireproof composition siding or shingles; provided that it shall be lawful to construct one-story skeleton iron-clad buildings, covered with iron on both roof and walls, to be located on the extreme rear end of Lot next to Alley, to be used for storage or warehouse purposes only and in no case to be heated by stoves of any description; size of any such buildings not to exceed a total one floor space of 720 square feet, floor to be of dirt or cement. A skeleton building as herein referred to shall mean a building in which the framework is of timbers at least two feet apart on the walls and roof and covered with iron.