A. Exterior Walls: No person shall, within the fire limits, construct any building, other than one substantially fireproof; i.e., the exterior walls thereof shall be of stone, brick, or other material equally noncombustible. Provided, that any portion of any exterior wall built of wood and covered with iron, tin, or zinc shall not be deemed sufficient within the meaning of this Section 4-1-13. The roof of any building hereafter erected shall be of tin, iron, or other material equally noncombustible.
B. Outbuildings; Enlargement Of Existing Buildings: This Section 4-1-13 shall not be construed to apply to smaller outbuildings wherein fire is at no time kept; provided, that any such building shall not be closer to any other building than twenty five feet (25') or nearer to Railroad Avenue than fifty feet (50'); nor shall any person within said fire limits, enlarge or add to any building now standing within such limits, unless the material employed in said construction shall be of tin, iron, stone, brick, or other material equally noncombustible; nor remove any building, not substantially fireproof, from one lot to another within said limits.
C. Violation; Nuisance Declared: Any person, whether owner or lease contractor or laborer, who shall hereafter in violation of the provisions of this Section 4-1-13 erect, enlarge, or remove any such structure or roof or cause the same to be done by others, shall be fined as provided in Section 1-4-2 of this Code; and any such structure enlarged, or in anywise made in violation of this Section 4-1-13 is hereby declared to be a nuisance; and it shall be the duty of the Chief of Police to require the author of such nuisance to remove the same forthwith; and if he or she shall neglect or refuse to abate the same within twenty four (24) hours after notice, it shall be the duty of the Chief of Police to do so, and the costs thereof shall be charged to any may be recovered from the responsible party by suit in the name of the Town. (1977 Code § 2.24.132; amd. 2000 Code)