CHAPTER 1345
Fire Limits
1345.01    Description of limits.
1345.02   Limitations within fire limits.
1345.99     Penalty; equitable remedy.
 
CROSS REFERENCES
Power to regulate building erection - see Ohio R.C. 715.26, 715.29, 737.37
Power to regulate against fires - see Ohio R.C. 737.21, 737.27
Fire limits - see Ohio R.C. 737.28
Inspection of buildings for fire and safety - see Ohio R.C. 737.34 et seq., 3737.14
Ohio Fire Code - see FIRE PREV. Ch. 1501
 
 
1345.01 DESCRIPTION OF LIMITS.
   The following are hereby declared to be the fire limits: Beginning at the west side of South Lisbon street at the intersection of an alley adjacent to the southeast corner of Lot No. 31, Atkinson's First Addition; thence west along such south alley to intersect South High street; thence north along South High street to intersect Second Street, S. W.; thence west on Second Street, S. W. to the alley adjacent to the southwest corner of Lot No. 12, Atkinson's First Addition; thence north along such alley to intersect Second Street, N. W.; thence east along Second Street to an alley adjacent to the northeast corner of Lot No.2, Atkinson's Extension to North Street (Second Street); thence south along such alley to the southeast corner of Lot No. 2 aforesaid at its intersection with an alley; thence east along an alley to intersect East Alley and adjacent to the northeast corner of Lot No. 41, original; thence south along East Alley to the southeast corner of Lot No. 46, Atkinson's First Addition, at its intersection with South Alley; thence west along South Alley to the place of beginning.
(Ord. 1951-9. Passed 12-10-51.)
1345.02 LIMITATIONS WITHIN FIRE LIMITS.
   (a)    Within the fire limits, no building or structure of frame construction or of unprotected metal construction shall be extended on any side unless the construction of such extension conforms to the requirements of this Part Thirteen - Building Code for new construction, provided that the area of the building as extended does not exceed the allowable area for frame construction.
   (b)    No building of frame construction or unprotected metal construction shall be moved from without to within the fire limits.
   (c)    No building or structure of frame construction or of unprotected metal construction, or which has a wooden cornice, shall be erected in the fire limits, except the following:
      (1)    Frame dwellings not exceeding two stories in height and separated by at least ten feet from the lot line of adjoining property;
      (2)    All-metal gasoline service stations or similar structures not exceeding 1,000 square feet in area, not more than one story in height, and located at least ten feet from lot lines;
      (3)    A building of frame construction or of unprotected metal construction occupied exclusively as a private garage or stable, not more than one story in height nor more than 750 square feet in area, located on the same lot with a dwelling, provided that such building is placed at least three feet from the lot line;
      (4)    Outhouses not more than eight feet in height nor more than 100 square feet in area;
      (5)    Greenhouses not more than fifteen feet in height erected on the same lot with and accessory to a dwelling or a store;
      (6)    Sheds open on the long side, not more than fifteen feet in height nor more than 500 square feet in area;
       (7)    Builder's shanties for use only in connection with a duly authorized building operation and located on the same lot with such building operation, on a lot immediately adjoining on an upper floor of the building under construction, or on a sidewalk shed;
      (8)    Piazzas or balconies on dwellings, not exceeding ten feet in width nor extending more than three feet above the second story floor beams, provided that no such structure extends beyond a point within three feet of a lot line or is joined to a similar structure of another building;
      (9)    Coal tipples, ice houses, material bins, trestles and water tanks, when built of planking and timbers of the dimensions usual for heavy timber construction;
      (10)    Fences not exceeding ten feet in height; and
      (11)    Cooling towers not in excess of 250 square feet in base area and fifteen feet in height. (Ord. 1951-9. Passed 12-10-51.)
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