HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrdinance 20Ordinance No. 20.
An Ordinance defining the fire limits of the City of Beaumont
and prescribing the character of buildings to be erected therein.
Tne Boere of Trustees r f the City of I3eeuth ont d1 ordein" an
follows:-
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Section 1. The fire limits of the City of B aurtont are
defined as follows:- Beginning at a point on the northeasterly Eide of
the right of way of tie Southern Pacific Railroad Company where the same
intersects the dividing line between lots nine (9) and ten (10), block
thirteen (13) in reawnont townsite; thence running norti:eesterly through
the centre line of blocks thirteen (13) and (8) to the south side of E
Street; thence southe ieterly along tree south line of E Street to the
easterly line of California Avenue;whe'-re the Fame i.ntrrseote the south-
erly line of Sixth Street; thence easterly along the couth'rly line of
Sixth Street to t'ee centra line of block one hundredand two (102)Ihere
the same touches Sixth Street; thence southerly through the centre line
01 saidblock ene hundred and two (102) to thP centre of the alley run -
easterly • nd westerlytkrough said block immediately north of the T. Nir
Jenkins t,tagon shop; thence running easterly through tie centre line of
said alley to the westerly line of Edgar Avenue; thence running §outh-
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Orly along the westerly /line of said Fdgar *venue to
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Scion Two. It shall be unlawful for any peeBon, firm or
corporation to ereot within the fire limits of the City ef ' e€eumont any
other tuilding or structure except one rhoee exterior raLls Beall be
composed of brick, tile, cement, corrugated iron or ether fireproof sub-
stance and the roofs to be made of fireproof material, and all buildings
constructed within said lire limits having flat roofs shall have a fire
wall extending above the roof to the height of three feet.
Section Three. Any person, firm or corporation violating any
of the provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum of not more than
one hundred dollars or be imprisoned in the County jail for a period of
not more than thirty days, or by both such fine end imprisonednt , and
(2)
iri addition to said fine or imprisonmPr,t or both, the huild.:Lng or struc—
ture so built or attempted to be built, or built contrary t,) the pro—
visions of section two of this ordinance shall be abated as a public
nuisance,
Se=ction Four, The clerk of this City shall certiy to the
passage of this ordinance and shall
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cause the ` x e to he publishPd one
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extirAar,ce.ti, 11 be in full force and effect,
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