| Show s AN ORDINANCE establishing fire limits in provo cita SECTION 1 be it ordained by the city council of provo city i that the following are hereby established as the fire limits 0 provo city viz all of blocks 21 and 28 plat B 66 and 67 plat A and the borth half of blocks 83 04 and south half of blocks 68 69 70 aud 71 plat A provo city survey of building iota and within said limits it shall be unlawful to erect or without the written consent and approval of the inspector of buildings to repair any building or shed the outer walla of which are in whole or in part constructed of wood except so much as may be necessary for door and window frames cornice sash and shutters and the roofs of all buildings hereafter erected or newly roofed within said limits shall be covered with metal or other incombustible material each building shall be separated from all kotlier buildings by a partition wall of brick abobo or roce not less than nine inches thick if between one story buildings and cae foot thick between buildings of more than one story from the foundation to the roof from front to rear and extending through and above the roof not less than eighteen inches so as to entirely separate any communication of wood een such buildings and any other in all buildings where fire is kept there shall be flues or chimneys built of rock brial or adobe and all stove pipes shall be conducted into flues or chimneys and if they pass through wooden partitions or floors they must be protected from the same by metal ventilated thimbles and in no case shall a stove pipe be allowed to pass through thereof or out of tho side of any building BEE 2 the erection of aach buildings as are mentioned in section 1 upon any half or whole block not included within the aforesaid limits may be prohibited upon application to the city council in writing signed by the owners of the greater part of the real prop erty in said half or whole block such application shall be accompanied by a plat odthe half or whole block ing th e property of each owner by his name written on tho plat representing his property and the city council beina satisfied that the applicants are the owners of alie greater part of said property may extend the fire limits over said half or whole block SEC 3 xo person shall within said fire limits keep hay or straw 0 other combustible material in stack or pile without having the same enclosed so as to protect it from flying sparks of fire and no owner or occupant of a livery or other stable or any other person shall ansa therein or in any other place containing hay straw or other combustible matters any lighted candle or other movable light except when the same be kept safely enclosed in a lantern or other suitable covering to protect the same sac 4 it shall be unlawful within said fire limits to meat boil pitch tar rosin turpentine varnish or other combustible material in any room or place except the same be fireproof fire proof SEC 0 whoever shall in person or by another erect any building within said fire limits in violation of any provision of thia chapter shall be liable to a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars and the further sum of twenty five dollars for every day that the building ia permitted to stand after twenty days notice any person who shall become the owner cf such building after the same shall havo been so built and who shall omit neglect or refuse to remove the same within twenty days after notice shall be liable to pay the same penalties and the violation of any other provision of this chapter not herein provided for shall subject tho of lender to a fine in any sum not to exceed ono hundred dollars passed february 18 A D 1889 allson H mayor ot provo city attest city recorder TEnni TORr OF 1 UTAH ss PROVO CITY I 1 J J fuller recorder in and for provo city utah county and territory of utah hereby certify that the foregoing is a full true and correct copy of an ordinance establishing fire limit in provo city passed by the city council of provo city february 18 A D J J city recorder |
