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375~~ ORDINANCE NO. 37S AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCE 374; WHICH PROVIDES FIRE LIMITS, REGULATIONS AS TO BUILDINGS AND STRUCT-_ URES. Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of West Memphis Section 1. Section 2 of Ordinance No. 374 is hereby amended to read as follows: Adoption of Building Code There is hereby adopted by the City of West Memphis for the purpose of establishing rules and regulations for the con- struction, alteration, removal, demolition, equipment, use and occupancy, location and maintenance of buildings and structures, including permits and penalties, that certain building code known as the National Building Code, Abbreviated Edition, re- commended by the National Board of Fire Underwriters of New York, being particularly the 1955 edition thereof, save and ex- cept such portions as are herein after deleted, modified or a- mended, of which not less than three (3) copies have been and now are filed in the office of the Clerk of the City of West Memphis and the same are hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if set out at length herein, and from the date on which this ordinance shall take effect, the provisions thereof shall be con- trolling in the construction of all buildings and others struct- ures therein contained within the city limits of the City of West Memphis. Section 2. Section 3 of Ordinance No 374 is hereby amended to read as follows: Fire Limits Established. All property located within the city limits of the City of West Memphis and as same may be extended. Section 3. Section 7 of Ordinance No. 374 is hereby amended to read as follows: Amendments ffiade in Said Code. The code is amended and changed in the following respects: Paragraph 11.5 (d) is amended to read as follows: Gasoline service stations, parking lot offices, real es- tate offices or similar business structures, of unprotected metal construction, not exceeding 400 square feet in area, not more than one (1) story in height, and located at least ten (10) feet from lot lines. Section 4. Section 8 of Ordinance No. 374 is hereby amended to read as follows: Restricted Fire Zone. There is hereby created what shall here- after be known and referred to as the restricted fire zone and shall be as follows: Beginning at a point~on the West line of Pearce Street 300 feet north of the center line of Broadway (Highway 70) and run- Wing thence eastwardly parallel to the center line of Broadway (Highway 70) to the east line of Avalon Street, thence north- wardly with the east line of Avalon Street to a point 363 feet north of the center line of Broadway (Highway 70), thence east- wardly along the north lot lines of Lots 17 thru 48, inclusive, Block 16; Lots 19 thru 54, inclusive, Block 17; and Lots 21 thru 32, Block 18, all of Compress Sub-division to the City of West Memphis to a point 230 feet west of the center line of Missouri Street (Highway 61); thence northwardly parallel to the center line of Missouri Street (Highway 61) to the north line of Worth- ington Drive, thence eastwardly with the north line of Worthing- ton Drive to a point 165 feet west of the center line of Miss- E ouri Street (Highway bd), thence northwardly and parallel to Missouri Street (Highway d ~), to the city limits Thence east- wardly along ctx limits to east side of Missouri. _.Street~~.-to ~a.W~~~•-~ point. Thence sout,Wt,~d~.1t.. a1flnS.,. the..:.:east...,si~. of r.,M~..sso~.~'~ .~.eeh..,..~,.~.., (Highway ) oint 30 ~~~t e~,~~,,.p~ ec ~ to a one ~~ (1) , si ,~~,,, ,~,,~ 7~ and twelve 12 thence eastw ~~xknw~, . ~, .-,:~~ w,:>bn.,,, .., , .~~.~. ) , . _ ....a.~ day 200 feet from east line of Missouri Street (Highway 61) to a,„_ ~, ~r_ ~ ~, point.~~Thence southwardly to a point 200 feet south of South line of Oliver Avenue, said point being 230 feet east of cen- ter line of Missouri Street (Highway ~~), thence eastwardly between Lots 7 and 8, Block 3 to a point on east side of Elm Street; thence southwardly on east side of Elm Street 10 feet to a point, said point being the Southwest corner of Lot 8, Block 4; thence eastwardly along south line of Lots 8 and 22, Block 4 to a point on the east side of Graham Street; thence southwardly to a point on east side of Graham Street, said point being the Wouthwest corner of Lot 20, Block 12; thence eastwardly to a point between lots 20 and 21, Block 12 to the West right of way line of the Frisco Railroads thence south- wardly 353 feet to a point on the west right of way line of Frsico Railroad; thence eastwardly on the north property line of Lot 2, Block 7; north property line of Lots 2 and 25, Block 6; north property line of Lots 2 and 25, Block 5; thence east- wardly to the north line of Thompson Avenue, said line being the South property lines of Lots 6 and 7, Block 9; Lots 6 and 7, Block 10; Lots 6 and 7, Block 11; Lots 6 and 7, Block 12; Lots 6 and 7,~Block 13; Lots 6 and 7, Block 14; Lots 6 and 7, Block 15; thence southwardly 210 feet to a point, said point being 150 feet north of north line of Broadway (Highway 70); thence eastwardly along a line 150 feet north and parallel to the north line of Broadway (Highway 70) to the east line of Walk®r Avenue; thence north 170 feet along the east line of Walker Avenue to a point, said point being 320 feet north of the north line of Broadway; thence eastwardly 2660 feet to a point on the east city limits; thence southwardly to the south line of Broadway (Highway 70), said line being the south line of the city limits; thence westwardly to a point along the southine of Broadway (Highway 70) to the west line of Walker Avenue; thence south 200 feet along the east line of Walker Avenue to a point; thence westwardly and parallel to the south right of way line of U. S. Highway ?0 to a point on the west side of Woods .Street, said point being 200 feet south of the south line of Broadway Highway 70); thence south 1050 feet along the west line of Woods Street to a point, said point being the north line of Harrison Avenue; thence westwardly approximately 2620 feet along the north side of Harrison Aven- ue to a point on west side of Avalon Street, said point being the west city limits of West Memphis; thence northwardly along the west city limits approximately 1240 feet to a point on the South line of Broadway; thence westwardly 650 feet to a point on the south line of Broadway, said point being the west line of Pearce Street extended across Broadway (Highway 70); thence northwardly along the west line of Pearce Street to the point of beginning, a distance of approximately 350 feet. Every building hereafter erected or enlarged within the restricted fire limits as herein above set forth shall be en- closed on all sides with walls constructed wholly of stone, brick, hallow building tile, concrete or other equivalent in- combustible material having a fire resistant property of a thirteen (13) inch brick, and shall have the room including dormer windows, and coffiAices covered with incombustible mater- ial. Every building which sg~ll hereafter be damaged by fire, windstorm or other casualty to the extent of sixty (60) per cent of the original cost of construction shall be repaired an reconstructed in accordance with this ordinance and Ordinance No. 374 as herein amended, provided any building may have wood floors and wood supports for roof. ~~ ~. Section 5. All provisions contained in Ordinance No. 374 shall remain in full force and effect except as herein specifically amended. Section 6. This ordinance being necessary for the safety and welfare of the inhabitants of the City of West Memphis, an emergency is declared to exist and this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage. PASSED this _g'; a/~~-.day of August, 1959. ~~ ~_~ MAYOR ATTEST: i _ _._ ,- ,/ q~~~' d ~ CITY CLERK •.