[Ord. No. 250 Art. II §1, 12-3-1951]
A.
Every building hereafter erected or enlarged within the fire limits as set out in this Section shall, except as provided for in Section 505.020, be enclosed on all sides with walls constructed wholly of brick, stone, hollow tile, hollow or solid concrete block, concrete or other equivalent incombustible materials; and shall have the roof, also top, and sides of all roof structures, including dormer windows, covered with incombustible or fire retardant materials. All cornices shall be of incombustible material.
B.
Buildings
with wooden framework clad with sheet metal or stucco or veneered
with brick or its equivalent shall be classed as frame.
[Ord. No. 250 Art. II §2, 12-3-1951]
A.
No
frame, wooden or metal structure shall hereafter be built within the
fire limits as given herein, or as they may be hereafter established,
except the following:
1.
Temporary one-story buildings for use of builders.
2.
Wooden fences not over ten (10) feet high.
3.
Porches, balconies and canopies not exceeding ten (10) feet in width,
nor extending more than three (3) feet above the second (2nd) story
floor beams. No such structure shall be joined to any similar structure
of another building.
4.
Bay windows when covered with incombustible or fire retardant materials.
5.
Small detached frame outbuildings not exceeding one hundred fifty
(150) square feet in area and eight (8) feet in height, and not within
five (5) feet of any lot line.
6.
One-family frame dwellings not exceeding two (2) stories in height
and separated by at least five (5) feet from lot line of adjoining
property.
7.
A building of frame construction or of unprotected metal construction
occupied exclusively as a private garage or stable, not more than
one (1) story in height nor more than seven hundred fifty (750) square
feet in area, located on the same lot with a dwelling; provided that
such building be placed at least three (3) feet from the lot line.
8.
One-story, all-metal buildings with no wood in wall or roof structure,
with an area not exceeding one thousand (1,000) square feet, and not
within ten (10) feet of any lot line.
9.
Coal tipples, ice houses, material bins, trestles and water tanks
when built of planking and timbers of the dimension usual for heavy
timber construction.
10.
Cooling towers not in excess of two hundred fifty (250) square feet
in base area and fifteen (15) feet in height.
B.
No
frame or metal building not in conformity with this Section shall
be moved from without to within the fire limits.
[Ord. No. 250 Art. II §3, 12-3-1951]
Any existing frame building within the fire limits not in conformity
with this Chapter, which may hereafter be damaged by fire, decay or
otherwise to an amount greater than one-half (½) of its value,
exclusive of foundation, shall not be repaired or rebuilt, but shall
be removed.
[Ord. No. 250 Art. II §4, 12-3-1951]
A.
The
floor area of buildings between fire walls shall not exceed the following:
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One Story
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Exceeding One Story
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If fronting on a street or if fronting on only one (1) street
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6,000 sq. ft.
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5,000 sq. ft.
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If fronting on two (2) streets
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7,500 sq. ft.
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6,000 sq. ft.
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If fronting on three (3) streets
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9,000 sq. ft.
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7,500 sq. ft.
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If fronting on four (4) streets
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10,500 sq. ft.
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9,000 sq. ft.
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B.
For
the purpose of this Section, a public thoroughfare less than fifty
(50) feet wide (building line to building line) shall not be classed
as a street.
C.
Non-fire-resistive
buildings, fully equipped with approved automatic sprinklers may be
one hundred percent (100%) greater in area than the above.
D.
Fire-resistive
buildings (reinforced concrete frame, floors and roofs or the equivalent)
shall not be limited as to area or height.
E.
No
building shall exceed three (3) stories or forty-five (45) feet in
height unless of fire-resistive construction (reinforced concrete
frame, floors and roof or the equivalent).
[Ord. No. 250 Art. II §5, 12-3-1951]
Every room of any building exceeding one thousand (1,000) square
feet in area or occupied by more than one hundred (100) persons shall
have at least two (2) exits. Every story of any building shall have
at least one (1) exit and every story that exceeds two thousand five
hundred (2,500) square feet in area shall have at least two (2) separate
and independent exits. All doors in required exits shall swing in
the direction of exit travel. The term "exit" and
the required number of exits, their location, unobstructed width,
illumination and indicating signs shall be in accordance with a nationally
recognized standard and satisfactory to the Committee on Buildings
and Grounds.
[Ord. No. 250 Art. II §6, 12-3-1951]
A.
Those
walls which are required by this Chapter to be of masonry construction
shall be continuous from foundation to the roof. The thickness of
such walls shall be sufficient to carry safely all imposed loads and
shall comply with minimum dimensions as specified in this Section.
1.
Brick bearing walls not common to more than one
(1) building, shall have a minimum thickness of twelve (12) inches
for one-story buildings or for the upper two (2) stories of buildings
more than one (1) story in height. This minimum thickness shall be
increased four (4) inches for each two (2) stories or fraction thereof
below the upper two (2) stories. For example, minimum thicknesses
required for a seven-story wall would be twenty-four (24), twenty
(20), twenty (20), sixteen (16), sixteen (16), twelve (12) and twelve
(12) inches.) Brick bearing walls, not common to more than one (1)
building, may be eight (8) inches in thickness under the following
conditions:
2.
Brick non-bearing walls, not wholly supported by girders at each story, and not common to more than one (1) building, shall conform to minimum thicknesses of Subsection (1) above, except that walls four (4) inches less in thickness may be permitted where sixteen (16) inches or greater thickness is specified in Subsection (1). (For example, minimum thicknesses required for a seven (7) story wall would be twenty (20), sixteen (16), sixteen (16), twelve (12), twelve (12), twelve (12), and twelve (12) inches.)
3.
Brick non-bearing walls, wholly supported by girders at each
story, may be twelve (12) inches in thickness where common
to more than one (1) building or eight (8) inches in thickness where
not common to more than one (1) building.
5.
Natural stone walls shall be four (4) inches thicker
than specified above for brick walls. Hewn or squared stone
walls shall conform to the thicknesses specified above for
brick walls.
6.
Concrete block or hollow tile walls shall conform
to the thicknesses specified above for brick walls, except that no
hollow block or hollow tile wall shall be used where common to more
than one (1) building.
7.
Reinforced concrete walls of monolithic construction
shall be not less than two-thirds (⅔) the thicknesses specified
above for brick walls except that no such wall shall be less than
six (6) inches in thickness. Concrete walls not properly reinforced shall conform to the thicknesses specified above for brick walls.
[Ord. No. 250 Art. II §7, 12-3-1951]
A.
Parapets
eight (8) inches or more in thickness shall be extended a minimum
of eighteen (18) inches above the roof level on those walls which
are required by this Chapter to be of masonry construction, except
as specifically exempted below. All parapeted walls shall be suitably
coped. Parapets shall not be required on:
1.
Walls terminating at roofs of fireproof or semi-fireproof construction.
2.
Walls facing blank walls of adjoining buildings when such blank walls
rise eighteen (18) inches, or more higher.
3.
Walls facing on a street having a width of fifty (50) feet or more.
4.
Walls of a building which is fifty (50) feet or more distant in all
directions from other buildings.
5.
Walls of a detached dwelling or of a building not exceeding one thousand
(1,000) square feet in area.
6.
Walls of a building where the roof has an angle of more than twenty
degrees (20°) with the horizontal.
[Ord. No. 250 Art. II §8, 12-3-1951]
A.
For
the purpose of preventing the spread of fire from building to building
communicating openings in fire walls and certain openings in exterior
walls required by this Chapter to be of masonry or equivalent construction
shall be protected by approved fire doors, approved fire windows or
other approved means satisfactory to the Committee on Buildings and
Grounds. Protection shall be required for conditions as follows:
1.
When communicating openings are located in fire walls separating
buildings. In such cases, communicating openings shall be protected
by fire doors approved for the protection of openings in fire walls.
2.
When openings are located above the first (1st) story in an exterior
wall facing on a street less than fifty (50) feet measured from building
line to building line.
3.
When openings in an exterior wall are less than fifty (50) feet distant
in a direct unobstructed line from an opening in another building.
Protection shall not be required where openings in exterior walls
face in the same direction.
4.
When openings in an exterior wall are above and are less than fifty
(50) feet distant from any part of a neighboring roof.
[Ord. No. 250 Art. II §9, 12-3-1951]
Firestopping in all classes of buildings shall be arranged to
cut off all concealed draft openings, such as at floors, ceilings,
roofs and attic spaces, and shall form effectual fire barriers horizontally
and vertically. In buildings of non-fire-resistive construction, wood
two (2) inches in thickness, nominal dimension, may be used; in other
types of construction approved non-combustible material shall be used.
[Ord. No. 250 Art. II §10, 12-3-1951]
All workmanship and building materials shall be of good quality
and shall conform to specifications which the Committee on Buildings
and Grounds prescribes. The more generally standard specifications
for quality of materials are those of the American Society for Treating
Materials. All parts of every building shall be designed to safely
carry loads to be imposed thereon and shall in all other respects
conform to good engineering practices.
[Ord. No. 293 §§1-7, 5-9-1957]
A.
There
is hereby established a street numbering system in the City of Tipton,
Missouri, designating the method of numbering real estate frontage
for dwellings and business houses on the streets and avenues in the
City of Tipton, Missouri.
B.
One
(1) street number shall be allotted for each twenty-five (25) feet
of frontage on the streets and avenues of the City of Tipton, Missouri.
C.
Where
there is more than one (1) tenant or occupant in any one (1) building
with one (1) entrance to the buildings, the several occupants shall
be given a number and they shall be designated as No. ___A, No. ___B,
No. ___C, etc. In all two (2) story buildings where there is an occupant
upstairs, the upstairs occupant's dwelling or office shall be designated
by adding one-half (½) to the number for the first (1st) floor.
D.
The
dividing line for starting street numbers and dividing same east from
west, shall be Osage Avenue in said City of Tipton from the City limits
on the north to the south end of Osage Avenue in front of Catholic
Church, or to Cooper Street, and then the dividing line shall drop
over west to High Street from Cooper Street south to the south end
of the City limits of the City of Tipton, Missouri. All real estate
fronting north on any street in the City of Tipton, Missouri, shall
carry odd numbers, and all real estate fronting south on any street
in the City of Tipton, Missouri, shall carry even numbers. Street
numbers shall start with the low numbers on property adjacent to Osage
Avenue and High Street. Street addresses shall be known as No. ___
West Street from Osage Avenue and High Street west, and shall be known
as No. ___ East Street from Osage Avenue and High Street east.
E.
The
dividing line for starting street numbers dividing same from north
to south on the Avenues of the City of Tipton, Missouri, shall be
Pettis Street, and for all properties lying east and west of present
end of Pettis Street, the dividing line from north to south shall
be a straight line drawn on the map east and west from the present
termination points of Pettis Street. All real estate fronting east
on any avenue in the City of Tipton, Missouri, shall carry even numbers,
and all real estate fronting west on any avenue in the City of Tipton,
Missouri, shall carry odd numbers. Street numbers for the Avenues
of the City of Tipton, Missouri, shall start with the low numbers
on property adjacent to Pettis Street, or extension thereof, if necessary.
Street addresses shall be known as No. __ South Avenue from Pettis
Street south, and shall be known as No. __ North Avenue from Pettis
Street north. If there are any north and south streets in the City
of Tipton, which are named streets instead of Avenues, then said north
and south streets shall be numbered on the same basis herein set forth
for numbering Avenues.
F.
The
dividing line for street numbers on U. S. Highway No. 50 shall be
the point of intersection of High Street with said U. S. Highway No.
50, for purpose of dividing same east from west. Real estate fronting
north on U. S. Highway No. 50 shall carry odd numbers, and real estate
fronting south on U. S. Highway No. 50 shall carry even numbers. The
low numbers shall start on real estate adjacent to High Street. Addresses
on U. S. Highway No. 50 shall be known as No. ___ West 50 Highway
from High Street west, and shall be known as No. ___ East 50 Highway
from High Street east.
G.
It
shall be unlawful for any person, partnership or corporation to put
up his/her own street number without first having obtained permission
from the City to do so, and having a number assigned to his/her property
by the City. The City Clerk shall assign all street numbers for new
numbers after the initial installation. The City shall furnish the
number plates for all numbers after the initial installation, unless
the property owner wishes to use a number of his/her own design.
[Ord. No. 00-04 §§1 —
6, 7-5-2000]
A.
Official System Established. The City of Tipton, Missouri,
does establish an official system for the numbering of houses, lots,
and annexed territory.
B.
Assignment Of Numbers. The City shall appoint an employee
or official to be responsible for the City's obligations with respect
to the assignment of street numbers to houses, buildings, or vacant
lots in the City. Street numbers shall be assigned whenever it is
deemed by the City that it would be in the public interest to do so.
C.
Display Of Numbers. The owner or occupant of each house
or building in the City shall be required to place in a conspicuous
location, visible from the street, numbers which shall conform to
the number assigned thereto. Such numbers shall be of sufficient size
to be legible from the street, with a three (3) inch minimum, and
shall be located on the building within view of the main entrance.
The assigned street numbers may also be displayed in additional locations
at the discretion of the property owner. The assigned numbers shall
be visible and preferably in color contrast to the house or building
to which they are attached. In areas where the house or building is
located more than one hundred (100) feet from the centerline of the
street, the assigned number may be displayed in the yard visible when
viewing the main entrance.
D.
Official Number Prerequisite To Construction. No construction
for any house or building requiring a street number in the City shall
commence until the applicant therefor has obtained from the City an
official street number for such house or building.
E.
Use Of Unofficial Number Prohibited. It shall be unlawful
for any owner or occupant of any house, building or vacant lot to
which an official number has been assigned by the City to use any
other number for such house, building or vacant lot.
F.
Enforcement.
1.
Each owner of a house, building currently within the City corporate
limits shall comply with the terms of this Section within ninety (90)
days from and after its passage and approval. Any new housing or buildings
constructed, area annexed, or construction commenced after the effective
date of the passage and approval of this Section shall comply with
the terms of this Section prior to the commencement of construction.
2.
Each violation of any term of this Section shall be punishable by
a fine of not less than one dollar ($1.00) nor more than five hundred
dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment in the County Jail for a period
up to ninety (90) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
[Ord. No. 64 §§1-5, 5-7-1925]
A.
No oil tank or tanks shall be erected in the City of Tipton, Missouri, for the purpose of distributing any kind of oil or gasoline to retail dealers or consumers of such oils and gasoline, except on a strip of land designated in Subsection (B) of this Section.
B.
The
strip of land on which oil tanks may be erected is between the street
connecting Moniteau Street and Pettis Street, between the Missouri
Pacific water tank, and pumping station known as Gravois Avenue, on
the west side, the Missouri Pacific stock yards on the east side,
the Missouri Pacific Railway tracks on the south side, and Pettis
Street on the north side.
D.
Any person or persons, corporation, association, or company before erecting any tank or tanks in the zone as described in Subsection (B) of this Section shall first make application to the City Clerk, giving complete details of the erection of such tank or tanks, as to the size, capacity, the construction of the foundation, the kind of material, etc., and pay the City of Tipton the sum of fifty dollars ($50.00) for each and every tank erected.
E.
Any
person or persons, corporation, association, or company erecting or
attempting to erect any oil tank or tanks for the purpose set forth
in this Section within the City limits of this City, except on the
ground designated for such purpose shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum not less than
fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00)
for each and every offense.
