0043 (Use of Stove Pipe Flue)0RiIANCE NO
AN ORDINANCE TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF AN ORDINARY COMMON STOVE
PIPE FLUE WITiiIN SIXTY FEET OF ANY OTHER BUILDING OR DWELLING,
AND TO DEFINE THE MATERIAL WHICH MAY BE USED WITHIN THE LIMITS
OF THE CITY OF OKEECH OBEE, FLORIDA; ALSO TO PROVIDE THE MANNER
OF INSPECTION THEREOF, AND PROVIDE A PENALTY FOR VIOLATION
TREREOP.
BE IT ORDAINED BY Tf E CITY COUNCIL OF CIE CITY OF OK.EECHOBEE,
FLORIDA:
Section 1. That it shall be unlawful for any person to
use in any house or dwelling, within sixty feet of any other
house or dwelling, and using therein a stove; what is commonly
known as a common stove pipe flue, above the ceiling upwards, loess
but every flue used, shall be constructed of stone pipe, brick,
or other fireproof ahimOney from the ceiling upwards.
Section 2. That it shall be the duty of the City Marshal to
inspect frequently all flues within the City, and if he should
find any flue erected in violation of this Ordinance, it shall
be his duty to notify the owner or occupant of the said premises
to remedy the same within twenty -four hours; and lUtion failure
to do so, such owner or occupant shall upon conviction be fined, imotWoormi
as herein after provided.
Section 3. If from the evidence the court shall find that the
Clue is dangerous to the conmunity,he shall order the same to be
altered, or rebuilt at the cost of the owner.
Section 4. Any person or persons violating any of the pro-
visions of this ordinance shall upon conviction be fined not more
than *50 or be imprisoned in the city jail not more than twenty
days, or both, in the discretion of the court.
Read a first and second time, and by unanimous consent, passed
in open session this the 25th day of Feb. A. D. 1919.
D. R. Mc Neill,
PRESIDEM' OF d01fl CIL
ATTEST:
W. W. Dunniclift
CLNX
(SEAL)
,Approved this the 16th day of Apr. A. D. 1919.
D. E. Austin
MAYOR,