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ORDINANCES

OF THE

City of Virginia, Minnesota

Compiled, codified and revised by

S. S. DAHL, City Attorney,

assisted by

A. B. DAHL, Assistant City Attorney

By order of the City Council of the City of Virginia and
published by its authority under and pursuant
to Section 116, of the City Charter

RANGE PRINTING CO., Virginia, Minn.

1918

Bureau for ch

in

Municipal Govertiment

ORDINANCE No. 27.

An Ordinance Establishing a Fire District and Providing for the Erection and Regulation of the Construction of Buildings thereon and for the Prevention of Fires in the City of Virginia, St. Louis County, Minnesota.

The common council of the City of Virginia do ordain as follows: SECTION 1.

The following boundaries shall constitute and be known as the fire limits of the City of Virginia, to-wit: Commencing at Silver Lake on Chestnut Street, extending one-half block north and south, on the center line of said Chestnut Street, from the point of said Silver Lake, thence easterly, with that width, to the Duluth, Missabe and Northern Railroad main track.

SECTION 2.

No person shall build, erect or place any building within the fire limits hereby established, in this ordinance, except as herein provided, unless the side and rear walls of the same shall be constructed of stone, solid brick, brick veneer or other incombustible material, provided the same is of at least four (4) inches in thickness, provided that in case any material other than solid brick, or brick veneer, is to be used in the construction of any of the walls herein mentioned, the persons desiring to use said material shall first obtain from the common council special permit to use the same, provided that the front walls of said building shall be constructed of solid brick or brick veneer, and in all cases the roofs of said buildings shall be constructed of and covered with slate, iron, tin, cement or other incombustible material equally secure against fire.

SECTION 3.

It shall not be unlawful to build, erect or place within said fire limits a building not larger than eight (8) feet square and twelve (12) feet in height, provided that not more than one (1) such building shall be built, erected or placed upon any one lot twenty-five (25) feet in width, provided that the council may grant special permits for the erection of larger buildings than herein specified, but shall prescribe the material of which the same are to be built.

SECTION 4.

When any wooden building, within said fire limits, shall be partially destroyed by fire or otherwise and the damage thereto shall not exceed

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