All buildings, sheds, or structures known as ironclads, that is, buildings, sheds, or structures constructed of wood and covered with sheet iron or tin, or constructed of sheet iron or tin attached to a framework or posts or any skeleton support constructed of wood or other combustible material, shall be considered and deemed for all purposes within every section of this subchapter to be constructed of combustible materials, and the erection of such buildings, sheds, or structures is hereby prohibited; provided, coal sheds, warehouses, and buildings of limited-dimensions, under permit in writing from the governing body, may be built and constructed with metallic covering on wooden frames not closer than 20 feet to any building in said fire limits upon written application therefor.
(Prior Code, § 7-205) Penalty, see § 10.99