A. Specifications:
1. No wooden building hereafter erected or altered outside the fire limits shall exceed two and one-half (21/2) stories or thirty feet (30') in height.
2. No wooden frame building hereafter erected for any occupancy other than grain elevators, coal elevators and pockets, and ice houses, shall cover a ground area exceeding the following:
One-story buildings | 7,500 square feet |
Two-story buildings or two and one-half story buildings | 5,000 square feet |
3. In no case shall a wooden frame building be erected within five feet (5') of the side or rear lot line, nor within ten feet (10') of any other building unless the space between the studs on each side is filled solidly with not less than three and one-half inches (31/2") of masonry or plain concrete or other equivalent incombustible material.
4. Buildings with wooden framework clad with sheet metal, covered with stucco and veneered with brick, shall be classified as wood frame buildings. (1964 Code § 286)
B. Grain Elevators And Ice Houses: Any grain elevator building or ice house may be constructed of wood if the exterior walls and roof are covered by an envelope of incombustible material and if the first story walls of grain elevators are built of masonry not less than twenty inches (20") thick or reinforced concrete not less than twelve inches (12") thick. The structure above the first story wall shall be anchored to such wall with three-fourths inch (3/4") bolts spaced not more than six feet (6') apart. Each corner of the structure shall be further reinforced with iron rods not less than one inch (1") from the first story wall to a depth of not less than sixty inches (60"). The roof plates shall be fastened down with nuts and washers. All window frames and sash in the superstructure shall be of metal. The openings shall be protected by wire grating of number fourteen (14) gauge, with meshes not exceeding one-half inch (1/2"). The openings in the body of the building and in the engine house shall have suitable metal shutters. (1964 Code § 287)