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(A) Whenever the Building Committee, the Fire Marshal or the Health Officer shall be of the opinion that any building or structure in the city is a dangerous building he/she shall file a statement to this effect with the Clerk. The Clerk shall thereupon cause written notice to be served upon the owner thereof, and upon the occupant thereof, if any, by registered mail or by personal service. Such notices shall state the building has been declared to be in a dangerous condition, and that such dangerous condition must be removed or remedied by repairing or altering the building or by demolishing it; and that the condition must be remedied at once.
Such notice may be in the following terms:
“To (Owner-occupant of premises) of the premises known and described as . You are hereby notified that (describe building) on the premises above mentioned has been condemned as a nuisance and a dangerous building after inspection by . The cause for this decision is (here insert the facts as to the dangerous condition). You must remedy this condition or demolish the building immediately, or the city will proceed to do so.”
(B) If the person receiving the notice has not complied therewith or taken an appeal from the determination of the officer or employee finding that a dangerous condition exists, within ten days from the time when this notice is served upon such person by certified or registered mail or personal service, the Building Committee may, upon orders from the Mayor and Council, proceed to remedy the condition or demolish the dangerous building.
('72 Code, § 151.017)
(A) Any frame building or structure within the fire limits of the city as hereinbefore prescribed, which has been or may be damaged by fire, decay or other causes to the extent of 50% of its value, shall be torn down and removed, or rebuilt with nonflammable walls. Upon written notice by the Building Inspector, the Health Officer or the Fire Marshal, to the effect that such building has been so damaged, filed with the Clerk, the Clerk shall notify the City Council of the receipt of such notice.
(B) The City Council shall then appoint three persons to determine whether or not such building or structure has been damaged to the extent of 50% of its value.
(C) A copy of the notice of the appointment of this board of three persons to determine the damage shall be served upon the owner of the premises by personal service or by certified or registered mail at his or her last known address.
Such notice shall be in substantially the following form:
“To . You are hereby notified that had determined that the building owned by you at located within the fire limits of the city has been damaged by fire, decay or otherwise to the extent of 50% of its value and that a board of 3 persons has been appointed to verify this finding, which board shall hold its first meeting in the city hall on the day of at the hour of o' clock, at which time it will determine whether or not this finding is correct.
If the finding is verified by the board, you must tear down and remove such building, or rebuild it with nonflammable walls.”
(D) If such board of 3 members determines that the building in question has been damaged to the extent of 50% of its value, it shall be the duty of the owner to tear down and remove the said building within 20 days after the finding of such board, or to remodel it to comply with the requirements for new buildings in the fire limits; and it shall be unlawful to occupy or permit the occupancy of such building after such finding until it is so remodeled.
('72 Code, § 151.018) Penalty, see § 10.99
No person, firm or corporation shall violate any provision of this subchapter; nor shall any person permit any dangerous building, or any building or structure to remain in a dangerous condition, or to remain in the fire limits, without remodeling as above provided for, after it has been damaged to the extent of 50% of its value.
('72 Code, § 151.019) Penalty, see § 10.99
CONSTRUCTION REGULATIONS
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to construct or alter any building or structure, other than fences, in the city except upon compliance with the provisions of this chapter.
('72 Code, § 151.020) Penalty, see § 10.99
Where floor beams, ceiling beams or roof beams enter a party wall or fire wall or from opposite sides, the ends of such beams shall be separated by at least six inches by solid masonry or concrete. Such preparation may be obtained by corbelling the wall or staggering the beams, but no wall shall be corbelled more than two inches for this purpose. The ends of all wooden beams entering the masonry walls shall be cut to a level to make them self-releasing.
('72 Code, § 151.035) Penalty, see § 10.99
In the absence of tests the different soils, excluding mud and quicksand, shall conform to and shall be assumed to sustain safely the following loads per square foot, and footings shall be provided under all walls and columns where required to keep the pressure on the soil within the limits specified in this section.
Soft clay 1 ton
Firm clay, fine sand or layers of sand clay, wet conditions 2 tons
Clay or fine sand, firm or dry 3 tons
Hard clay, coarse sand, gravel 4 tons
Soft rock, shale and hard pan 8 to 15 tons
Rock 15 to 72 tons
('72 Code, § 151.029) Penalty, see § 10.99
(A) Chimneys for high-pressure boilers, furnaces used in manufacture, or for other heating appliances where high temperatures are maintained, and all isolated chimneys, shall be designed and built in accordance with good engineering practice and so that the stress in every part thereof, due to temperature changes, wind pressure and the weight of the chimney itself, shall not exceed the safe limits specified in this chapter for the materials used.
(B) All ordinary chimneys which form a part of building construction shall conform to the standards for chimney construction, under the title “Chimneys” as contained in the 1955 edition of the Building Code Recommendation by the National Board of Fire Underwriters.
('72 Code, § 151.037) Penalty, see § 10.99
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