The outside walls of all buildings hereinafter erected within the fire limits, shall be constructed of stone, brick, iron or other equally incombustible material and the roof of the same shall be of iron, tin, slate or other incombustible material or covered with such incombustible material: provided, that so-called veneered buildings, or buildings covered with stucco over wood abutting on the following described and between the following described points shall not be constructed within the fire limits: On Main Street from the Louisville & Nashville right-of-way to the west line of Third Street and on Market Street from the north line of Penn Street to the Lake Erie & Western right-of-way; provided, however, that the ornamental fronts of such buildings may be constructed of wood, provided that such wood is covered with a noncombustible material.
(Prior code § 7.409)