CHAPTER 4. BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTIONCHAPTER 4. BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION\Article 1. Fire Limits

Article 1. Fire Limits

The following shall be and are hereby declared to be the fire limits within the city: from Second Avenue south to Lincoln Avenue, and extending east to the alley between Walnut Street and Main Street, and west to alley between Cherry Street and Main Street.

(Code 1987, 15.12.010; Code 2012)

Every building erected or enlarged or repaired after the passage of the ordinance codified in this article within the fire limits on Main Street shall be enclosed on all sides with walls having a fire resistance rating of the structural elements of a minimum of two hours.

(Ord. 742; Code 2012)

No frame building shall be moved from without to within the fire limits. For the purpose of this article a building shall be classed as a frame, when the exterior walls or portions thereof are wood; also a building with wooden frame work veneered with brick, stone, terra cotta, tile or concrete or covered with plaster, stucco, or sheet metal shall be classed as a frame building.

(Code 1987, 15.12.030; Code 2012)

Any frame building within the fire limits which may be damaged by fire, decay or otherwise to an amount greater than 50 percent excluding its foundation, shall not be repaired or rebuilt, but shall be removed.

(Code 1987, 15.12.040; Code 2012)