People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 August 1896 — Ordinance No 12. [ARTICLE]

Ordinance No 12.

Prevention of Fire, and Fire Limits. An Ordinance regulating the erection of frame buildings on Block Three (3) Four (4) and Nine (9) of the City of Rensselaer, Indiana. Ordained and Established June 22nd, 1896 Be it ordained by the Common Council of the City of Rensselaer, Jasper County, Indiana: Sec. 1 That it shall be unlawful for any person to locate, erect, or cause to be erected, or assist in erecting, on any lot or part of a lot, or piece or parcel of ground on or within Blocks Three (3), Four (4) and Nine (9) in the original plat of Rensselaer, any building or any addition to any, building, unless the outer walls be composed of brick or stone, and whose roof shall be composed of slate, metal, giavel or tile. Sec. 2. Any person violating the foregoing Section lof this ordinance shall upon conviction thereof, be fined in any sum not exceeding One hundred Dollars, and after conviction as aforsaid the*further sum. not exceeding twentyfive dollars per day for each day such building as hereby prohibited is allowed to remain after being so erected. Provided: That the Common Council may in its discretion, grant permits to build, erect or construct any wooden building or shed not exceeding one story or twelve feet in height and not more than fifteen feet square, and, Provided, further: That any such wooden building or shed permitted to be built by the Common Council within the prohibited Blocks as described in section one (1) of this ordinance, whose dimensions shall be more than eight feet square, more than ten feet high, shall have the roof and sides protected with iron. Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the Marshal of said City, wherever any such building, or addition has been erected or located in violation of the foregoing sections 1 and 2, to report the same to the Mayor, showing by affidavits the location and description of the same and the name of the person or persons responsible for its erection. And the Mayor shall thereupon issue summons for such person or persons to appear before him and show cause why such building should not be removed and if good and sufficient reasons are not shown, the Mayor shall adjudge such building to have been unlawfully erected or located and issue his warrant to said Marshal to remove the same. Sec. 4. All persons desiring to erect such buildings as may be permitted, by the provisions of section 2 may present a petition to the Common Council at any regular or special meeting .thereof; such petition shall contain a description of the building proposed to be erected and an exact description of the lot or part of a lot upon which it is proposed to locate such frame or iron covered building. If the prayer of the petition be granted by the Common Council it shall be the duty of the City Clerk to issue a permit to such applicant upon the payment of fifty cents by such applicant, as his fee for issuing said permit. Sec. 5. All ordinances concerning fire limits heretofore in force, conflicting herewith, are hereby repealed, except that violations thereof prior to the taking effect of this ordinance shall be prosecuted under such pre-existing ordinance applicable thereto. Sec. 6. Whereas: An emergency exists, this ordinance shall be in force two weeks from after its passage and publication in the Ordinances of the City of Rensselaer.