[CC 1979 §42.100]
Every building erected or enlarged within the fire limits as set out in Section 500.010 hereof shall be enclosed on all sides with walls constructed wholly of stone, brick, hollow building tile, concrete, or other equivalent incombustible materials, and shall have the roof, top and sides of all roof structures, including dormer windows, covered with incombustible materials. All cornices shall be of incombustible material. Buildings with wooden framework clad with sheet metal or stucco or veneered with brick or its equivalent shall be classed as frame buildings.
[CC 1979 §42.110]
A. 
No frame or wooden structure shall hereafter be built within the fire limits as given herein, or as they may be hereafter established, except the following and all roofs placed upon such buildings or structures shall have an incombustible covering.
1. 
Temporary one (1) story frame buildings for use of builders.
2. 
Wooden fences not over ten (10) feet high.
3. 
Piazzas nor balconies not exceeding ten (10) feet in width, nor extending more than three (3) feet above the second (2nd) story floor beams. No such structure shall extend beyond the lot line, nor be joined to any similar structure of another building.
4. 
Bay windows when covered with incombustible material.
5. 
Small outbuildings not exceeding one hundred fifty (150) square feet in area and eight (8) feet in height.
6. 
One (1) story sheds not over fifteen (15) feet high, open on the long side, with sides covered with incombustible material, and with an area not exceeding five hundred (500) square feet.
7. 
One (1) family residences.
8. 
Brick or stone veneer buildings that have no party walls or common walls with any other building and are not joined at any point by any other building.
[CC 1979 §42.120]
Any existing frame building within the fire limits, which may hereafter be damaged by fire, decay or otherwise to an amount greater than one-half (½) of its present value, exclusive of foundation, shall not be repaired or rebuilt, but shall be removed.
[CC 1979 §42.130]
The floor area between fire walls of non-fireproof buildings shall not exceed the following: When fronting on one (1) street, five thousand (5,000) square feet; when fronting on two (2) streets, six thousand (6,000) square feet; and when fronting on three (3) streets, seven thousand five hundred (7,500) square feet. These area limits may be increased under the following conditions as indicated. For non-fireproof buildings, fully equipped with approved automatic sprinklers, sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66⅔%); for fireproof buildings fifty percent (50%).
[CC 1979 §42.140]
All exterior or division walls of buildings hereafter erected in the fire limits, except buildings of the dwelling house class, shall be not less than twelve (12) inches in thickness; for buildings exceeding one (1) story in height the walls of the upper stories shall be not less than twelve (12) inches in thickness, increasing four (4) inches in thickness for each two (2) stories or fraction thereof below. In all buildings in the fire limits, party walls and fire walls which serve as bearing walls on both sides shall be four (4) inches thicker. Reinforced concrete walls with the steel reinforcement running both horizontally and vertically and weighing not less than one-half (½) pound per square foot of wall, may have a thickness four (4) inches less than that prescribed above. No two (2) story increment shall exceed thirty (30) feet in height. Fire walls shall be continuous from foundation to eighteen (18) inches above roof level on buildings of three (3) stories and under; thirty-six (36) inches on buildings four (4) stories and over, and shall be coped. Every building within the fire limits having an area of four hundred (400) square feet or over except churches, dwellings, tenement houses, dormitories and lodging houses shall have standard fire doors, shutters or wired glass in incombustible frames and sash on every exterior opening in any side wall except where such wall faces a street at least forty (40) feet wide. Occupants of buildings shall close all exterior and interior fire doors, shutters and windows at the close of business each day.
[CC 1979 §42.150]
Every building hereafter erected within the corporate limits of this City shall have a fire-resistive roof covering, and no existing wooden shingle roof, if damaged more than ten percent (10%), shall be renewed or repaired with other than fire-resistive covering.
[CC 1979 §42.160]
No smokepipe shall be within eighteen (18) inches of any woodwork, or any wooden lath and plaster partition or ceiling. Where smokepipes pass through a wooden lath and plaster partition, they shall be guarded by galvanized iron ventilated thimbles at least twelve (12) inches larger in diameter than the pipes, or by galvanized iron thimbles built in at least eight (8) inches of brick work or other incombustible material. No smokepipe shall pass through any floor, side or building or a roof having wooden framework or covering.
[CC 1979 §42.170]
No kitchen range, stove, heating furnace or other similar appliance in any building shall be placed within eighteen (18) inches of any woodwork or wooden lath and plaster partition. Coal ranges, heating furnaces or similar appliances without legs, shall rest upon eight (8) inch foundations built of incombustible materials supported within the thickness of the floor framing. Such hearths shall extend at least eighteen (18) inches in front and eighteen (18) inches on the sides and back of the ranges or similar heating appliances. All coal stoves or ranges or similar appliances with legs, shall be set out on incombustible material which shall extend at least eighteen (18) inches in front and twelve (12) inches at side and rear.
[CC 1979 §42.175]
All electrical installations shall conform to the requirements of the National Electrical Code.
[CC 1979 §42.180]
All plumbing installations shall conform to the requirements of the National Plumbing Code.
[CC 1979 §42.185]
All parts of every building shall be designed to safely carry the loads to be imposed thereon, and shall in all other respects conform to good engineering practices.
All construction in the City shall comply with the requirements of Section 319.200 through 319.207, RSMo., and any amendments thereto, relating to earthquakes and seismic construction requirements.