[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Walhalla 6-4-1926 by Ord. No. 12. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
The fire limits of the City of Walhalla shall be established
as the corporate boundaries of said City. Within said fire limits
no new building or structure shall be constructed of anything but
incombustible materials, as defined by the Underwriters' Association,
and no additional room or rooms shall be added to any building already
in existence, unless they shall conform to said regulations; provided,
however, that a piazza, or such skeleton construction, may be added
to any dwelling house when same is covered with some standard grade
of incombustible roofing, as provided by the rules and regulations
of the Underwriters' Association.
After the passage of this chapter, all buildings and structures
erected, or constructed, within the fire limits, as hereinabove defined,
shall be built of and covered with some standard form of incombustible
material as hereinabove mentioned; provided that under special circumstances,
small buildings not over 10 feet high may be permitted within said
fire limits if the material to be used for building and covering does
not violate the rules of the Underwriters' Association, and provided
that said building shall be the distance required from other structures
or fences by the rules aforesaid.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
After the passage of this chapter, before any building or structure
of any kind shall be erected, or before repairs to an existing building
amounting to as much as 50% of the original structure shall be made
within said fire limits, the plans must first be submitted to the
Community Development Department and the approval of and a permit
from said Department obtained.
Any building or structure erected or repaired within said fire
limits contrary to the provisions of this chapter may be declared
by the City Council to be a public menace and public nuisance and
may be abated and removed at the expense of the owner, or owners,
of said property.[1]
