(A) No wooden building within said limits which may hereafter be damaged to the extent of 50% of the value thereof shall be repaired or rebuilt, and no wooden building within said limits shall be repaired in such a manner so as to make any addition to the dimensions, or by the use of any material of a more combustible character than the original structure, or to in any way increase the danger from fire.
(B) The amount or extent of damages that may be done to any building which it may be proposed to repair may be determined by three disinterested persons, residents of the town, one of whom shall be selected by the owner of said building and the second by the Town Council, and the two so chosen shall select a third, and the decision of the persons so appointed shall be final and conclusive; and it shall be the duty of the owner of the building, before said reference is made, to deposit with the Clerk-Treasurer the sum of $4.50, which sum shall be applied to the payment of reference expenses; the remainder, if any, shall be returned to the owner.
(C) It shall be the duty of the Marshal of the town in cases of such damage when, in his or her opinion, the same is to the extent of 50% to notify the owner thereof of such fact and to forbid the repair or rebuilding thereof until the extent of such damages may be ascertained as aforesaid.
(Ord. 90, passed 1-25-1908) Penalty, see § 93.99