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Show AN ORDINANCE Establishing Fire Limits, and ir the Prevention or Fires. Sec. 1. Bt it orJaine-i bj th-- t'i'' Council oj Salt L-ike aty : That the following be and are hereby established estab-lished as the fire limits of tid city, viz : All of blocks 76, 63, 58, 57, 70 and 7o, plat A, Salt Late city survey; and within said limits it shall be unlawful un-lawful to erect any building, the outer walls of which are iu whole, or in part, constructed of wood, except so much as may be necessary lor door and window frames, cornice, doors, sash aud shutters; and the roi'S ol all buildings herealtcr erected, or newly roofed, within said limits, shall bo covered with metal or either incombustible incom-bustible material; and eavh building shall be separated from all others by a party wall of brick, adobie or rock, not lesd than nine inches thick, from1 the foundation to the roof, from front to rear, and to extend through and above the roof not less than two leet, so ad to entirely separate any communication com-munication of wood between such building and any other; and in all buildiuirs where fire is kept there shall be flues or chimneys built of brick or adobie, and nil stove pipes shall be conducted into Hues; or chimneys, chim-neys, and if they pass through wo-d-en partitions they must be protected from the same by metal ventilated thimble-;, and in no case shall a stove pipe bo allowed to pass through the roof, or out of the side of any building. build-ing. Sec. 2. The erection of such buildings build-ings as are mentioned in section one upon any block not included within the aforesaid limits, may be prohibited pro-hibited upon application to the oily council in writing, signed by the owners of the greater part of the real property in said block. Such application appli-cation shall be accompanied by a plot of the block, designating the property of each owner by his name, written on the plot representing his property; and the city council being satisfied that the applicants are the owners of the greator part of said property, may extend the fire limits over iaid block. Sec. 3. No person shall, within said fire limits, keep hay or straw, in stack or pile, without having the same enclosed so as to protect it from flying sparks of fire; and no owner cr occupant of a livery or other stable, or any other pernon.shall usejtherein, or in any other place containing hay, straw or other combustible matters, any lighted candle or other light, except the same be kept safely enclosed in a lantern or other suitable suit-able covering to protect the same. Sec. -i. It shall be unlawful within said fire limits to smoke meat or boil pitch, tar, rosin, turpentine or varnish var-nish in any room or place, except the same be fire proof. Sac. o. Whoever shall, in person or by another, erect any building within said fire limits in violation of this ordinance, Bhall be liable to ft fine not to exceed one hundred dollars, and the further sum of twenty-five dollars for every day after twenty days' notice that the building build-ing is permitted to stand; and any person who shall become the owner thereof after the same shall have been so built, and who shall omit, neglect or refuse to remove the same within twenty days after notice, shall be liable lo pay the same penalties; pen-alties; and for the violation of any other provision of this Onlinauce not herein provided for, shall be liable to a fine iu any sum not to exceed one hundred dollars. icu. o. Aiiy person within the limits of this city, laying timbers, wood, or lumber into any flue, or chimney where fire passes, or laying joist, timbers, or lnmber into any fireplace or under the hearth-stone, shall be liable to a fine not to exceed one- hundred dollars, and a further sum of five dollars for every day that such joist, timbers, wood, or lumber are permitted to remain after having been notified to remove the same. Sec. 7. It shall not be lawful, within the limits of said city, for the owner, occupant or other person having hav-ing the control of any steam saw, or planing mill, or factory of any kind, or foundry, machine shop, or other establishment, to erect any smokestack smoke-stack or chimney in connection therewith there-with of less height than ten feet above the highest building on the block, and ! shall securely brace or stay the same, and shall have on said stack or chim-j ney ft bonnet or spark arrester, all to ; be done to the acceptance of tho inspector in-spector of buildings. Sec. $. The owners of all buildings within the limits of this city whereiu fire is kept are hereby required to build flues or chimneys of brick or adobe in said buildings, and from and after the passage of this Ordinance it shall bo unlawful to project any stovepipe through the roof or out of the side of any building; . and on or before the First day of March. A,D. 1S76, all stovepipes now in use projecting through the roof or out of the Bide of any building shall ho removed by the owner thereof. Sec. 9. It shall not bo lawful for any person wilhin the limits of this city to use coal oil or other combustible combus-tible fluid for tlie purpose of kindling fires, or i,to handle tho same by pour -ing from one vessel to another at any other time than by daylight. Sec. 10. Any person violating or failing to comply with any of the provisions of ihe la-t three sections of this Ordinance shall be liable to ft fine not to exceed fifty dollars, and a further sum of five dollars for even, day that any stovepipe is permitted to remain through the roof or out of the side of any building, after the first day of March, A. D., 1(576. Passed November 30th, 1S75. Daniel H. Weli, Mayor. Robert Cam hell, City Recorder. Territory of Utah, . Salt Lake City. J Ss This certifies that the foregoing is a true copy of the ordinance entitled, "An Ordinance establishing fire limits and lor the prevention of fires," passed by the City Council, November Novem-ber 30th, 1S75. Given under my hand and the Corporate Seal of Sali ( T , ) Lake City, this 7th daj 1 L' s- j of December, A. D. Robert Campbell, City Recorder. |