[R.O. 2009 §500.010; CC 1976 §7-1; R.O. 1954 §267]
There is hereby established a fire limit or Fire Zone in the
Business District of the City. The said Fire Zone shall comprise that
portion of the City within the following limits: Commencing at the
southwest corner of Shelby Street and Seventeenth Street, thence west
to the east line of Walnut Street, thence south to the north line
of the property of the Illinois Central and Gulf Railroad, thence
east with the north line of said railroad property to the west line
of Shelby Street, thence north to the point of beginning. That portion
of the City so above described shall be known and referred to as the
fire limits or Fire Zone. Further, that portion of said Fire Zone,
bounded by the north line of the Illinois Central and Gulf Railroad
property, north to Seventeenth Street, and from the alley between
Main Street and Shelby Street, west to the alley between Main Street
and Walnut Street, shall be designated as Fire Zone "A", and all the
other portion of said Fire Zone shall be designated as Fire Zone "B".
[R.O. 2009 §500.020; CC 1976 §7-2; R.O. 1954 §268]
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to
build or place or cause to be built or placed, constructed, remodeled
or reconstructed or added to, any edifice the walls of which shall,
in whole or in part, be of wood or other combustible material, and
all walls of all edifices shall be of brick, iron, stone or concrete,
and the roofs of all edifices hereafter erected shall be covered with
fire-resistant materials, in Fire Zone "A", and also in Fire Zone
"B" with the provisions hereinafter provided.
[R.O. 2009 §500.030; CC 1976 §7-3; R.O. 1954 §269]
No lumber yard or other business of a like nature, shall hereafter
be constructed, reconstructed or operated within the Fire Zone; and
no cleaning establishment or other type of business or vocation shall
hereafter be established or operated within said Fire Zone where inflammable
liquids are used in cleaning or in any operation of such business;
and no such liquids shall be kept in bulk, and no dynamite, nitroglycerin
or any explosive substance shall be kept upon any premises within
the Fire Zone. Motor vehicle fuels kept in underground tanks, and
inflammable liquids kept for resale in original packages, are exempted.
The provisions of this Section shall not apply to the established
businesses now in said Fire Zone.
[R.O. 2009 §500.040; CC 1976 §7-4; R.O. 1954 §270]
The owner of any property in that portion of the Fire Zone designated
as Fire Zone "B", may petition the Board of Aldermen for a permit
to erect an edifice not of fireproof materials, and if the Board of
Aldermen deems that the construction or addition contemplated in applicant's
petition shall not constitute or increase the fire hazard, the Board
of Aldermen shall cause a written permit to be issued, designating
the type of building or erection, and the portion of the lot or land
whereon such building or addition is to be erected, which permit shall
be signed by the City Clerk. Any building addition, or other construction
erected not in conformity with the permit, shall be deemed an ordinance
violation, and such building, addition or erection shall be declared
a nuisance and removed as hereinafter provided.
[R.O. 2009 §500.050; CC 1976 §7-5; R O. 1954 §271]
No person shall remove any wooden building from without said
Fire Zone to any place within said Fire Zone, or from one (1) place
within to any other place within said Fire Zone.
[R.O. 2009 §500.060; CC 1976 §7-6; R.O. 1954 §272]
All buildings and structures or additions to existing buildings
or structures which may hereafter be erected or attempted to be erected
contrary to the provisions of this Chapter, are hereby declared public
nuisances and the same, if not abated and removed within ten (10)
days after the persons engaged in building the same have been notified
in writing by the City so to do, may be abated and removed by the
Chief of Police of the City, and the owner of such property shall
forfeit and pay to the City the cost of abating said nuisance to be
recovered as other fines and forfeitures, or by civil action in the
State courts.
[R.O. 2009 §500.070; CC 1976 §7-7; R.O. 1954 §273]
Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this
Chapter shall be deemed guilty of an ordinance violation; and every
day during which a forbidden condition exists, after conviction, shall
constitute a separate and distinct offense and shall be punished accordingly.
[R.O. 2009 §500.090; Ord. No. 1713 §§1—4, 2-10-1997; Ord. No. 2574 §1, 3-2-2015]
A.
Display Of Numbers. It shall be the duty of the
owner, agent, lessor or occupant of every house, or other building,
except barns, garages and other accessory buildings which are part
of the same property with a numbered house or building, to place in
a conspicuous location, visible from the street, numbers which shall
conform to the address number assigned thereto. Such numbers shall
be of sufficient size to be legible from the street, with a four-inch
minimum, and shall be located on the building within view of a three-foot
perimeter of the main entrance. All numbers shall be block style Arabic
numerals. Numbers shall be displayed against a contrasting background.
The assigned street numbers may also be displayed in additional locations
at the discretion of the property owner. The assigned numbers shall
be in sharp color contrast to the house or building to which they
are attached. In an area where the house or building is located more
than one hundred (100) feet from the center line of the street, the
assigned number may be displayed in the yard visible to the main entrance.
B.
Assignment Of Numbers. Whenever any house or other
building is to be erected hereafter, a number shall be assigned by
the Zoning Administrator at the time the building permit is granted
therefor.
C.
Length Of Time To Display Numbers. It shall be the
duty of the owner, agent, lessor or occupant to display the assigned
property number within five (5) days after completion or occupation
thereof or within thirty (30) days after assignment of a property
number.
D.
Violation — Penalties.
1.
Should any owner or occupant fail or refuse to number any building
or structure as herein required, he or she shall be guilty of an infraction
punishable by a fine not to exceed ten dollars ($10.00).
2.
In the event the owner or occupant shall fail to maintain the
property number assigned or allow the property number(s) to become
obscured or hidden, he or she shall be guilty of an infraction punishable
by a fine not to exceed ten dollars ($10.00).
