theaters, hotels, public halls, lodge rooms, museums, lecture rooms, public libraries and buildings used for places of amusement of any kind, or buildings wherein crowds of people are invited to assemble for any purpose, and all buildings three stories high or over occupied for office purposes, and all hospitals or convents, and all buildings three stories high or over where persons are employed to labor in any capacity to the number of ten or more, shall be provided with fire escapes as described in this ordinance. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 26, Art. 3, Sec. 1. SEC. 2. Duty of owner to provide, etc.—It shall be the duty of the owner or any person in charge of any house or building mentioned in the next preceding section, upon the passage of this ordinance and within thirty days after he shall have been notified in writing so to do by the superintendent of buildings of the city of St. Joseph, to erect or cause to be erected at least two fire escapes upon such buildings as herein provided. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 26, Art. 3, Sec. 2. SEC. 3. Construction of fire escapes.-The fire escapes shall be a permanent iron or metal ladder securely attached to the building, at least eighteen inches wide and set at least six inches away from the wall, and at each story to be provided with a balcony or landing at least three feet square, so as to be accessible from the window or door thereof; such ladder shall be long enough and so placed as to begin three feet above the top of the building and extend downward to within fourteen feet of the ground. The fire escape shall be placed on the front or two opposite sides, or near the end of the building where the greatest number of openings are, and so as to be accessible from such openings. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 26, Art. 3, Sec. 3. SEC. 4. Penalty for failing to provide escape.Any person owning any such building as described in this ordinance, or any person in charge thereof as agent or otherwise, who shall fail to comply with the provisions of this ordinance, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than twentyfive dollars nor more than five hundred dollars. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 26, Art. 3, Sec. 4. SEC. 5. Rope or ladder to be provided in hotel. -It is hereby made the duty of every keeper or proprietor of every hotel or lodging house in this city of over two stories in height, to provide and securely fasten in every lodging room above the second story which has an outside window and is used for the accommodation of guests or employes, a rope or rope ladder for the escape of the lodgers therein in case of fire, of at least one inch in diameter, which shall be securely fastened within such room, as near a window as practicable, and of sufficient length to reach therefrom to the ground on the outside of such hotel or lodging house, and made of strong material and as secure against becoming inflamed as practicable. Such rope or rope ladder shall be kept in good repair and condition. In lieu of a rope or rope ladder there may be substituted any other appliance that may be deemed of equal or greater utility by the chief engineer of the fire department; but such appliance shall in all cases be so constructed as to be under the control and management of any lodger in such room. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 26, Art. 3, Sec. 5. SEC. 6. Balcony, etc., to be provided in certain cases. Every hotel or lodging house in this city over two stories in height, shall be provided, without delay, with permanent iron balconies with iron stairs leading from one balcony to the other, to be placed at the end of each hall above the second story, in case such hotel is over one hundred and fifty feet in length, and in other cases such number as may be directed by the chief engineer of the fire department. Such balconies and iron stairs shall be constructed at the expense of the owner of such hotel or lodging house. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 26, Art. 3, Sec. 6. SEC. 7. Notice of, to be posted in room. It shall be the duty of every such proprietor or keeper of any hotel or lodging house, to post notices in every such room of such hotel or lodging house, calling attention to the fact that this ordinance has been complied with, and the part of such room where such coil of rope or rope ladder is fastened; also the location of the iron balconies and stairs. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 26, Art. 3, Sec. 7. SEC. 8. Penalty for violating ordinance.—Any violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed a misdemeanor, and any person convicted thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than five hundred dollars. [R. O. 1888, Chap. 26, Art. 3, Sec. 8. SECTION 1. SECTION shops. arrester in blacksmith 10. Fires in shops to be extinguished. Power of chief of fire department. The chief of the fire department shall have power to require all persons to correct, remove or abate any state of things done, caused, suffered or permitted by them in violation of the provisions of this ordinance, and upon their failure to comply with such requirements, to correct, remove or abate the same themselves, calling if necessary the assistance of the police; and all costs attending their action in such case shall be recovered against the parties offending. [G. O. No. 520, Sec. 1. SEC. 2. Stoves-how erected.-No person shall in this city set up or use a stove the top or any side of which shall be within two feet of any part of the wood work of the wall or partition of any building, without protecting such woodwork with a metallic covering, so as to effectually prevent the same. from taking fire from such stove. [G. O. No. 520, Sec. 2. SEC. 3. Regulation of stove pipes.-In all cases in this city where a stove pipe projects or passes through the woodwork of a building, the pipe shall be separated from such roof or woodwork at least six inches by sheet iron or other incombustible material, and shall project above or beyond the roof or wall of a wooden building, as the case may be, at least four feet. [G. O. No. 520, Sec. 3. SEC. 4. Ignition of combustibles in streets.No nay, straw, shavings or other combustible matter shall be set fire to or burned in any street, alley or other thoroughfare or public place in this city nearer than sixty feet to any house, barn, shed or other building, unless by the direct permission in writing or superintendence of the chief of the fire department. [G. O. No. 520, Sec. 4. SEC. 5. Lighted lamps and candles. -- No lighted candle or lamp shall be used in any stable or other place or building in this city where hay, straw or other combustible material shall be kept, unless the same shall be well secured in a lantern. [G. O. No. 520, Sec. 5. SEC. 6. Stacking of combustible substances.No person or persons shall deposit or stack any hay, straw or other combustible substance within sixty feet of any dwelling house, stable, out house or building of any description in this city, without first having obtained written permission from the chief of the fire department. [G. O. No. 520, Sec. 6. SEC. 7. Fire carried through streets.-No person shall carry fire in or through any street or alley or other thoroughfare in this city, except the same be placed or covered in some close or secure pan or other vessel. [G. O. No. 520, Sec. 7. SEC. 8. Stove or furnace to be on platform.— Any person setting up any stove or furnace in any building in this city, shall place the same on a platform of brick, sheet iron or other fire proof material, extending at least six inches in every direction beyond the part of the lower plate which fronts the door of the stove or furnace. [G. O. No. 520, Sec. 8. SEC. 9. Blacksmith shops shall have spark arrester. The chimneys or flues of every blacksmith shop or forge in this city shall have a fire-spark arrester of woven wire placed on the top or within said chimneys or flues, as may be directed by the chief of the fire department, and such part of all such shops shall be plastered as said chief may, in his discretion, deem necessary to guard against fire. [G. O. No. 520, Sec. 9. SEC. 10. Fires in shops to be extinguished.-No person shall, in this city, leave fire after working hours in any shop, unless the same be well secured, so that no building or other property may be endangered thereby. [G. O. No. 520, Sec. 10. SEC. 11. Shavings - regulations concerning. — Every person keeping or occupying a shop or other building in this city, wherein shavings or other combustible materials are made, accumulate or may be contained, shall clear or remove the same out of such building and the yards belonging thereto at least once in each week, and at any other time when directed by the chief of the fire department so to do: Provided, such shop or other building is situated within one hundred feet of any other building. [G. O. No. 520, Sec. 11. SEC. 12. Nitro-glycerine not to be kept.—No person shall manufacture, bring or keep in this city, any nitroglycerine in any quantity whatever, under a penalty of not less than fifty dollars for every such offense, and a like penalty for every hour the same shall be kept in violation of this section. [G. O. No. 520, Sec. 12. |