Chapter 145

CHAPTER 145

FIRE LIMITS

145.01 Established
145.02 Building Material; Moving Buildings
145.03 Violation

145.01 ESTABLISHED. The fire limits of the City are established to include the following described property:

The west one-half of Blocks One,
Six and Seven and the east one-half of Blocks Two, Five and Eight,
all in original plat, Hawarden, Iowa.

145.02 BUILDING MATERIAL; MOVING BUILDINGS. It is unlawful for any person to erect within the fire limits, by building, constructing or placing or by moving of any building or structure from one part of the fire limits to another part, unless constructed in conformity with the following provision: The perimeter walls shall be composed of brick and mortar, including a four-inch brick veneer, or of masonry, being either cement blocks or poured concrete, or of stone and mortar, or of twenty-six gauge steel, with a roof of twenty-six gauge steel or clay tile of fireproof material.

145.03 VIOLATION. Any building or addition that may be erected, constructed, place or moved, or in the process of being erected, constructed, place or moved, in violation of this chapter, the outer walls and roof of which are not constructed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, shall be removed to some place outside of the fire limits by the owner thereof within 72 hours after said owner has been notified to do so by the Police Chief, acting under the direction of the Mayor and/or the Council. Should the owner fail to remove the same within such time, it shall be the duty of the Police Chief to call upon the Public Works Director to enter on such premises and remove such building or addition, or the component parts thereof if not movable as a unit, to some place outside the fire limits, and the Public Works Director shall report to the Mayor and Council the cost and expense of such removal and the same, having been ascertained, shall be certified by the Clerk to the County Treasurer for assessment against such building or addition and the lot from which the same is removed, and shall be a lien thereon and collected along with and in the same manner as real taxes on said building or lot.