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§ 94.06 CONDEMNATION OF BUILDINGS.
   (A)   (1)   The City Council may, in the interest of prohibiting fire and for the safety and welfare of the citizens of the city and for the safety and welfare of the citizens’ property, may condemn any building, shed or structure within the Fire Zone erected prior to the establishment of the Fire Zone and composed of a material or materials hereby prohibited after giving ten days notice to the owner of the building, shed or structure, providing for a hearing and giving the owner an opportunity to be heard.
      (2)   If, after a hearing, it is the judgment of the City Council that the building, shed or structure creates a fire hazard and is dangerous to the safety and welfare of the city and the citizens thereof and their property, the Council may enter an order condemning the building, shed or structure and order the same removed and destroyed.
   (B)   The material shall be removed by the owner of the building, shed or structure within five working days after the order condemning the same. If the owner fails or refuses to remove same within the five days, then the Council shall order the same removed outside of the Fire Zone and that the same be sold to the highest bar after first giving ten days public notice by posting sere in three public places within the city. In counting the number of days herein, the day the order is written or notice to first posted shall not be counted for computation of the minimum times herein specified.
   (C)   The sale shall be had at the City Hall and the material shall be sold to the highest bidder for cash. From the proceeds of the sale, there shall be first deducted the cost of removing the materials and the cost of conducting the sale, including the cost of advertising, and the balance shall be paid over to the owner. The decision of the City Council condemning the property shall be final.
(Ord. 88, passed 3-21-61)
§ 94.07 APPLICATION.
   (A)   Before any work on any wall, structure, building or any part thereof, or any platform, staging, foundation or flooring to be used for standing or seating purposes is commenced or any building, shed or structure of any kind heretofore erected can be repaired, altered, raised, moved or removed within the fire limits, the owner of the property shall make application in writing to the Building Inspector for a permit to erect a building or to make repairs or to commence the staging, foundation or flooring, or to alter, repair or add to any building or other structure, and no building heretofore constructed shall be repaired, structurally altered or built upon in any manner in violation of the above and foregoing provisions. It shall not be necessary to make application for minor repairs, but this provision shall not be construed in the manner as to include the cutting of any wall, or part thereof, the removal or cutting of any beam or support, or the change of any exposed structure of the premises, or any other material change or alteration or improvement without application for a permit to do so.
   (B)   (1)   The application may be made for the owner by his or her agent, attorney or employee, or by the owner or by his or her architect or building contractor, and shall be filed with the Building Inspector and shall fully state the extent of the repair proposed to be made, the location of the building proposed to be erected, altered, repaired or added to, together with the full details as to the class of material proposed to be used in making the repairs or erection, addition or alteration.
      (2)   The provisions of this section shall not be held to limit the provisions of any other section of this chapter, but shall be construed to be cumulative of any other section of this chapter.
(Ord. 88, passed 3-21-61; Am. Ord. 107-91, passed 4-16-91)
§ 94.08 GRANT OF PERMITS; CONDITIONS; RECORDS.
   (A)   In granting permits for the repair or construction of buildings and other structures within the Fire Zone, the Council shall have the power to make the granting of the permit conditioned upon the owner of the building providing adequate fire extinguisher or other fire-fighting equipment and appliances, and the repair, alteration or construction of the buildings or other structures as in the judgment of the Council will render the buildings less hazardous to fire.
   (B)   It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation or association of persons to place, deposit, stores stack or pile any boxes, barrels or other discarded wooden packages, old lumber or other materials on any lot, lots or part thereof within the Fire Zone of the city, as herein established, provided, however, that any lumber placed within the Fire Zone for the purpose of immediate use shall be excepted from the terms of this chapter.
   (C)   Any permit issued according to the provisions of this section shall be good for a term of four months from the date of its issuance, and the City Secretary shall keep a record of all permits issued. Should a permit expire and the work authorized thereunder not be completed or started, the owner must renew his or her application before continuing or starting the work.
(Ord. 88, passed 3-21-61)
§ 94.09 COMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL; FIRE HAZARDS.
   (A)   Every building, structure, erection, construction, repairing rebuilding or other things erected, placed, built, made or moved in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall be and is hereby declared to be a public nuisance, and the City Council shall, when the same is brought to their knowledge and attention, cause five days’ notice to be given to the owner, tenant, lessee or person in possession of the structure or buildings or the lot or lots upon which the same is built, erected and constructed to show cause why the structure or buildings should not be abated and removed, and upon hearing thereof or default of answer to the City Council may cause ten days’ notice to be given to the owner of the structure or building or the lot or lots on which same stands, to remove same and if the owner of the structure or building to be removed and abated, refuses to do so, then, in such event, the City Council shall have the power to cause the building to be removed or the structure to be removed in any manner deemed most expedient by the City Council.
   (B)   The provisions of this section shall be cumulative of the punishment of fine herein provided.
(Ord. 88, passed 3-21-61)
§ 94.10 NUISANCE; DECLARATION.
   (A)   The City Council is hereby authorized and empowered to institute any and all actions and proceedings, either legal or equitable that may be appropriate or necessary for the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter and the same shall be brought in the name of the city.
   (B)   Nothing contained in this section shall be held exclusive and criminal proceedings authorized by this chapter may be also had.
(Ord. 88, passed 3-21-61) Penalty, see § 10.99
§ 94.11 GAS APPLIANCES.
   (A)   It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to install or cause to be installed any natural gas appliance in residential garages unless all burners and burner ignition devices are located not less than 18 inches above the garage floor level.
   (B)   Whenever any natural gas appliance is installed in accordance with the provisions of division (A) above, the natural gas appliance shall be so located, or so reasonably protected so that the natural gas appliance shall not be subject to physical damage by a moving motor vehicle or other vehicle.
(Ord. 105-93, passed 12-15-93) Penalty, see § 10.99
EXPLOSIVES AND FLAMMABLES; STORAGE AND THE LIKE
§ 94.20 TRANSPORTATION OF GASOLINE, TOXICS AND THE LIKE.
   It shall be unlawful for any truck that is designed for or used for the purpose of transporting toxics, corrosives, gasoline, flammable liquids or other hazardous materials to be parked, stopped or left standing on any private or public property that is located in a residential use zone (being used for residential purposes) within the city unless for the purpose of making a delivery or for emergency repair.
(Ord. 330, passed 2-5-85) Penalty, see § 10.99
§ 94.21 ABOVE GROUND STORAGE REGULATIONS.
   It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, their agent(s), servant(s), or employee(s) to store upon or within any property within the corporate city limits, any flammable or combustible liquids in an above ground container except in compliance with the provisions of the International Fire Code which has been previously adopted in the city, and specifically in §§ 5704.2 and 5704.2.9.1 through 5704.2.9.10 thereof.
(Ord. 269, passed 7-3-79; Am. Ord. 101-14, passed 12-17-13) Penalty, see § 10.99
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