Ord 1070 9/14/1931 ORIDI tiAiM NO.
AN ORDI_,L' X0E AMENDING RDIiVANCE 110 . 5il , PASSED AND AP-
PROVED ON THE 19TH DAY OF 'MAY , 1924, ENTITLED "AN _�RDIIuAIITCE
REsULATING THE Cvr. STRUCTIO1r, ALTERATION, IYAI!�T�aITANCE, REFAIR,
,' 3D RH�h2` VALr OF BUILDI1TGS TITHIN THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS,
TEXAS, AND PRERCRI31NG PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS , It BY ADDIHiGI
TO SAID ORMI ANCE SECII'oN b5 a) PROVIDING REGULATIONS FOR THE
I gSTALLATI N kND OF ;'SAT CR HEATERS.
BE IT RDAI_uED BY THT BOARD OF ALDERMEN "F THE CITY OF
IIICtiITA FALLS, TEXAS:
Tn,3t Ordinance No. 511 passed and axr,Droved on the 19tn
day of 11day, A. D. 1924, be end- the same is ner =by amended by
ad(ins to said ordinance Section 65 (:-:,) , which shall read 'as
f o11 ows:
Sec. o5( a) . No water neater, using fuel of any type for
nea.ting, shall be installed or operated in any building vita--
in the city limits of the City of 71ic fit<l Falls, tiithout a
v(�nt -,)ipe of tie proper size connecting th^ water heater with
the flues of trig iouildinn or to the outside air. Miere venti-
lation pi es pass trjrouj-xn wails, ceilin:,s, or roof , ventilat-
ing thimble sriall be used as provided for in Section 72, of
this Or(i.nc�nce except however in the case of vent pipes three
(S ) i ncines or smaller, the dl :net: r of the outsid �u. .rd may
be eight (S) i�-IcLies with at least on,3 and one-na.lf �l2} inch
ventilating space between outer --nd inner .yard.
All ventilating tni:noles tnrou-n a roof shall be properly
t•lL�shed to ;prevent leakage .
In any building hereafter constructed ,�ii-Gnin tae city
limits of the City of Vicnita. F,:- ls, Texas, no w�;.t r neater,
.using fuel of any kind for heating, shell be placed witnin six
(6) inches of anT unprotected woad or combustible walls or par-
tition. If w=a.ter neater is placed in a ca.oinet or oznernvise in-
closed the entire enclosure shali be lined with hard-pressed
sn et asbestos at least one-fourth (4� inch t�::ick or ozn(,r ap-
proved fire proofing of equai quality. If wat,.r neater be plac-
ed closer thEn six fry ) i .cues to a c-Jmbustible wall or ;,aa,rzi-
tion, thn w ll or partition shall be nrozected with h _ird--)ressed
sweet asbestos at least one-fourth (µ) incia thick or other ap-
-oroved fire proofinz oL equa.l qua lity for a distance of six (b)
iffcnes blow th^ fire box to twelve (12 ) inches r,00v-, the fire
pox. into water neater shall beplazced closer then two ( f ) inches
to any co�ib tstible wail or p-,:rtition in any ev�.;nt.
Any water neater now instp,lied in any building within the
City of Wichita Falls, wnlcii does not comply with the aoove pro-
visions, applying to waste r heaters, the own�;r or ?gen-c s.iall meke
such cn: .n.ges as prescribed and. if upon written notice from the
ouilding inspector sucil cn,:-_nges are not m_�de by to owner or
agent witnih ten (10) days time, td<� building inspector sna.11 or-
der zne gas s,�rviee disconnected from tree buiidifig until sucn im-
properly inst'.11ed neat<-�rs are corrected.
rASSED AND A`- PROV'=PD this day of �..
19�1.
_ �� Ma,yor.