It shall be unlawful for any person, persons, company, or corporation to build, erect, construct, or cause to be built, erected, or constructed any wooden or other combustible building or part thereof or to enlarge any such building, or to build any addition thereto within the fire limits.
(A) Building requirements. Every building hereafter erected or enlarged within the fire limits shall be enclosed on all sides with walls constructed wholly of stone, well-burned brick, terra cotta, concrete, or equivalent incombustible materials; provided, roofs and dormer windows on said masonry buildings may be constructed with wood joists but said roofs and dormer windows shall, in all cases, be covered with non-combustible material, with tin, iron, slate, tile, or fireproof roof; and provided further, incombustible materials may be construed to include wood when applied to floors in any building within the fire limits. All cornices shall be of incombustible material.
(B) Minor repairs. Minor repairs on existing wooden or ironclad structures, such as to stop leaky shingle roofs, siding on existing warehouses or storage sheds, where the work might be fairly construed as patching or covering small areas on the outside or inside of combustible buildings, shall not require fireproof materials.
(C) Roofing. When combustible buildings are permitted to be roofed or reroofed in the fire limits, roof covering over all combustible roof construction shall be either of the following kinds: combustible roofings bearing the label and laid in the manner provided by the Underwriters Laboratory. Inc., for Class A and B; concrete slab or concrete tile; slats; clay; tile; or asphalt.
(1996 Code, § 7-103) Penalty, see § 93.99