HomeMy WebLinkAbout67-13THE CORPORATION OF THE
TOWN OF BOIZIANVILLE
BY -LAW NO. 67 -13
Being a by -law to prohibit the erection of
wooden buildings or wooden additions within
the limits of the Town of Bowmanville.
`_WHEREAS Council deems it in the interest of fire safety
to extend the "fire - limits" beyond those limits established in
the year 1923;
NOW THEREFORE the Council of the Corporation of the
Town of Bowmanville, pursuant to the provisions of Section 379(1)
paragraph 32 of The Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1960, Chapter 249,
hereby ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:
1. No buildings or additions to them shall be erected within
the limits of the Town of Bowmanville unless they conform to
the following:
All exterior walls, columns, beams and arches of non
combustible construction and having interior load
bearing walls, partitions, columns, beams and arches of
construction having a three - quarter hour fire resistance
rating and having the roof covered with a non ccm bustible
roofing material.
2. For the purpose of Section 1, "non- combustible roofings' shall
mean:
Slate, burnt clay, felt and gravel or asphalt, when
applied in accordance with the National Building Code.
3, All roofs of any wooden or wooden roughcase or the roof of
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any building that shall or may require to be covered or repaired
and which it will be necessary to execute to the extent of more
than one half of the whole value or cost of such covering of
roof of which such building was then covered or roofed and if
such building was not roofed with a non - combustible roofing
material, then in order to make the said building more fire
proof, it shall be repaired or roofed with a non - combustible
roofing material;
4. This by -law shall take effect on and from the date of final
passing thereof;
5. By -law No. 1073 and all by -laws at .variance with this by -law
be and the same are hereby repealed.
Clerk
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