Engineer of the Fire Department of said city to remove the same.. And each and every day subsequent to the ten days after such prescribed notice shall be given, any maintenance or keeping of any door hereinabove prohibited, without the consent of the Board of Public Works first obtained, shall constitute a new and separate violation of this ordinance.

Section 3.

Whenever any door shall be erected, maintained or kept under authority of a permit of the Board of Public Works, provided for in this ordinance, and it shall be made to appear to such Board, by a written report of the Fire Warden, the Chief Engineer of the Fire Department or the Chief of Police, that such door has become or will be a serious obstruction or obstacle to the members of the Fire Department in the discharge of their duties in extinguishing fires, then the said Board shall vacate and revoke such permit; and after such vacation or revocation of such permit, and after notice of the same for a period of ten days shall have been given, any person, as provided in the preceding sections of this ordinance, maintaining or keeping such door upon, or in any building within the fine limits of said city shall be deemed guilty of a violation of this ordinance as fully and completely as though such permit had not been granted.

Section 4. Any person or persons violating the provisions or any of the provisions of the preceding section, or any section of this ordinance, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the City Prison for not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Section 5. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed.

Section 6. This ordinance shall go into full force and effect immediately upon its approval.

(Approved August 7, 1889. Vol. 3, p. 365.)

ORDINANCE No. 1121.

AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR FIRE ESCAPES FOR BUILDINGS OF THREE OR MORE STORIES IN HEIGHT.

Be it Ordained by the Council of the City of Oakland, as follows:

Section 1. It shall be unlawful to erect or maintain any building, whether built of wood, brick, stone or iron, of three or more stories. in height, in the City of Oakland, unless the same is provided with such fire escapes as shall be approved by the Chief Engineer of the Fire Department and the Fire Warden.

Section 2. Any person violating any provision of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, in the case of each and every conviction of the same, be required to pay a fine of not less than $100 and not more than $500, or in the event of failing to pay the same, to be imprisoned in the City Prison one day for each dollar of said fine not paid.

Section 3. This ordinance shall go into full force and effect on and after March 1, 1890.

(Approved January 20, 1890. Vol. 3, p. 412.

ORDINANCE No. 1138.

AN ORDINANCE FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE FIRE ALARM AND POLICE TELEGRAPH

Be it Ordained by the Council of the City of Oakland, as follows:

Section 1. No person shall wilfully break, remove or injure any of the wires or other parts or appurtenances of the Fire Alarm and Police Telegraph in the City of Oakland without authority or permission from the Board of Police and Fire Commissioners.

Section 2. No person shall make or fit any key to, or pick or force the lock of any signal box of the Fire Alarm and Police Telegraph in said City of Oakland without authority from the Board of Police and Fire Commissioners.

Section 3. No person shall have or retain. in his possession or under his control any key belonging to or fitted to open the lock of any signal box of the Fire Alarm and Police Telegraph in said City of Oakland without lawful authority so to do.

Section 4. Every person volating any provision of this ordinance is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not to exceed one hundred dollars, and in case such fine be not paid, then by imprisonment at the rate of one day for every two dollars of the fine so imposed.

Section 5. This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its approval.

(Approved May 15, 1890. Vol. 3, p. 436.)

ORDINANCE No. 1147.

AN ORDINANCE TO PREVENT THE GIVING OF FALSE ALARMS OF FIRE.

Be it Ordained by the Council of the City of Oakland, as follows:

Section 1. No person shall willfully make or cause to be made, by means of the Fire Alarm and Police Telegraph, or otherwise, any false alarm of fire in the City of Oakland.

Section 2. Every person violating any provision of this ordinance is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not to exceed one hundred dollars, and in case such fine be not paid, then by imprisonment at the rate of one day for every two dollars of the fine so imposed.

Section 3. An ordinance entitled "An Ordinance to Prevent the Giving of False Alarms and Obstructing Hydrants and Cisterns," approved January 10, 1877, is hereby repealed.

Section 4. This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its approval.

(Approved May 15, 1890. Vol. 3, p. 446.)

ORDINANCE No. 1378.

AN ORDINANCE TO PROHIBIT THE DEPOSITING OF ASHES IN CONTACT WITH VESSELS OR FLOORS OF CERTAIN MATERIALS.

Be it Ordained by the Council of the City of Oakland, as follows:

Section 1. No person shall, in the City of Oakland, deposit any ashes, or cause the same to be deposited or placed, or permit or allow the same to be or remain in contact with any floor or vessel of wood or other combustible material, or in any metallic vessel within two inches of any woodwork.

Section 2. Every person volating any provision of this ordinance is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not to exceed one hundred dollars; and in case such fine be not paid, then by imprisonment at the rate of one day for every two dollars of the fine so imposed.

Section 3. Section 12 of an ordinance entitled "An Ordinance Establishing and Defining Certain Fire Limits in the City of Oakland, and for the Prevention of Fires in Said City," approved November 30, 1876, is hereby repealed.

Section 4. This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its. approval.

(Approved November 23, 1891. Vol. 3, p. 765.)

ORDINANCE No. 2055.

AN

ORDINANCE REGULATING THE SIZE OF WATER MAINS WITH WHICH HYDRANTS OR FIRE PLUGS HEREAFTER ERECTED SHALL BE CONNECTED.

Be it Ordained by the Council of the City of Oakland, as follows:

Section 1. It is hereby determined and declared and found to be a fact that water mains of less than four (4) inches in diameter, inside measurement, are inadequate, and have not sufficient capacity to properly supply with water, hydrants or fire plugs connected therewith when in use in case of fire, and every hydrant or fire plug hereafter erected within the City of Oakland by order and authority of the said City, shall be connected with a water main of at least four (4) inches in diameter, inside measurement. No money shall be paid from the City Treasury on account of the erection of, or the furnishing of water to, any hydrant or fire plug hereafter erected contrary to the provisions of this ordinance.

Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect immediately.

(Approved July 24, 1900. Vol. 5, p. 484.

CHAPTER VI.

ORDINANCES RELATING TO FIRE LIMITS.

ORDINANCE No. 701.

AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING AND DEFINING CERTAIN FIRE LIMITS IN THE CITY OF OAKLAND, AND FOR THE PREVENTION OF FIRES IN SAID CITY.

(See also supplementary ordinances Nos. 790 and 868. For boundaries of Fire Limits, see page, post.)

The Council of the City of Oakland do Ordain as follows.

Section 1. (Repealed by Ordinance No. 1134, approved May 6, 1890, Vol. 3, p. 431, "Establishing and Defining Certain Fire Limits, etc."

Section 2. All buildings hereafter erected within the fire limits shall be made and constructed of brick or stone or of both, and every building of brick or stone, or of both, that shall be newly roofed or covered shall be constructed with side walls or party walls of brick or stone, or of both, and such side walls or party walls shall extend from the foundation to the top of, and through the roof of said building; and said roof shall be covered with such material as will afford protection against fire, and said walls shall be so constructed as to separate all woodwork thoroughly and completely of the intereor and exterior of any adjoining building, and every such side wall or party wall shall pass through the roof of the building to which it may appertain, in such manner as to break entirely any communication of wood whatever between such roof and any other building. The term building, as used in this section, shall not include privies one story high or greenhouses constructed entirely of glass. (Amended by ordinance approved April 6, 1880. Vol. 3, p. 14.)

Section 3. The outer walls of all buildings of either brick or stone, or of both, to be used as dwelling houses, sheds, stables or other outhouses, hereafter to be erected, shall be for a two-story building or less be at least twelve inches in thickness for the first story, and at least eight inches in thickness for the second story; and if more than two stories, the walls of each story shall be at least twelve inches