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AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND Section 54, page 40 of the minutes
of the City of Fairhope of October 23, 1916 to October 27, 1919,
both inclusive, relating to fire zone within the City of Fairhope:
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Fairhope
that Section 54 page 40 of the minutes, of the City of Fairhope of
October 23, 191i to October 27, 1919, both inclusive, be and the
same is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 1: No building shall be erected, moved, remodeled
or improved on any lot within the fire zone of the City of Fairhope
as fixed, determined, designated and described in this ordinance,
except the same be constructed of fire proof material such as brick,
stone, hollowtile, concrete or metal, with roofs of fire proof
material, and to otherwise fully and completely comply with Fire
Prevention Code adopted by the City Council of the City of Fairhope
October 25, 1952; provided, however, that one-third of repairs to
a frame building within the said fire zone may be made of the same
material in any one calendar year;
And there is hereby fixed, determined, designated and
described a fire zone within the City of Fairhope, each side of
those certain streets and avenues and for one half block back as
follows:
Section street from Fels Avenue North to City Limits.
Bancroft Street from Morphy Avenue to Magnolia Avenue.
SehooI Street from Rairhope Avenue to Magnolia Avenue.
Church Street from Morphy Avenue to Magnolia Avenue.
Summit Street from St. James Street to Fairhope Avenue.
Magnolia Avenue from Church Street to School Street.
Fairhope-Avenue from Bayview to Mershon Street
St. James Street from Summittourch.
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SectionC! 2s Any person desiring to erect a building, or remodel
or more or improve the same within the limits aforesaid, shall first
obtain leave from the Council by a written application containing a
description of the proposed building and a copy of the plans there-
of; nor shall such erection, remodeling, or moving, or improving
be commenced until said petition shall have been passed upon favor-
ably, and plans approved by the City Council. The work of construct-
ing, remodeling, moving and improving said building in accordance
with said plans shall proceed under the supervision of the building
inspector of the City of Fairhope, and shall be in all respects in
accordance with the plans and specifications submitted and passed
upon.
Section 3: Any person proceeding to erect or improve, remodel
or move any building without obtaining permission from the City
Council as aforesaid, or continuing to construct, remodel, improve
or move same in a manner not in accordance with the plans and
specifications sumbitted with the application after his attention
has been called in writing to such variation by the building inspect-
or, shall be liable to a fine of not exceeding five dollars for each
day that siad work is continued, or the orderw of said building
inspector disobeyed, and any building erected, remodeled, improved
or moed contrary to the provisions of this ordinance may be demolish-
ed and the expense thereof charged to the owner of the same.
S�ction 4: This ordinance may be designated and referred
to as fire Zone Ordinance of May, 1954.