[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]
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Editor's Note: Original Sec. 5 of Ord. No. 12, regarding penalties, which immediately followed this section, was repealed at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).