Amending Chapter 6 Entitled Buildings Deleting Chapter 8 Articles 1 Through 6

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(g) The permit holder shall cut off the sewer service connection to the main sewer line by plugging the sewer line with concrete sufficient to prevent a back -up leak. The permit holder shall notify the Department to inspect the sewer line plug before he begins backfilling. (h) After removing all materials and debris from any basement of a building to be demolished, the permit holder shall break up the basement floor sufficiently to assure free drainage of storm water and shall top basement walls three (3) feet below the finished grade. (i) No fire shall be permitted on the demolition site for the disposition of material resulting from the demolition. (j) All debris and residue resulting from the demolition must be hauled away and deposited in an approved landfill before backfilling may begin; provided, however, that concrete and masonry from the top three (3) feet below grade level may remain if it is broken sufficiently to permit drainage and if it is put in the basement cavity area, with the maximum size pieces being two (2) feet square. (k) The permit holder shall fill to grade level and grade the lot with three (3) inches of top soil. Seeding must be done at the time the lot is graded; provided, however, that seeding shall not be required if a new building is scheduled to be constructed on the demolition site within six (6) months after completion of the demolition. Section 6 -6.35. Wood Burning Stove Permit. (a) No person, firm, or corporation shall install or cause to be installed a wood burning stove in any building or structure in the City without obtaining in advance a wood burning stove permit from the Department. (b) The applicant shall file with the Department a completed application on the form provided, with all information indicated on the application submitted in full and with all other information required by the Department for the enforcement of the Building Code. (c) All installations of wood burning stoves shall be inspected by the Department two times, one each for preliminary venting work and for final, completed installation. The permit holder shall notify the Department at least 24 hours in advance of the time the work is ready for inspection. If the work does not pass inspection, a reinspection fee of Ten Dollars ($10.00) shall be charged for each future inspection of that state of work. Section 6 -6.5 Restricted Fire Limits. (a) Areas designated as Restricted Fire Limits by this section are so designated because the Common Council has determined that the designations and accompanying restrictions are necessary for public health, safety, and welfare, due to the congestion of buildings and structures and uses thereof in the designated areas and due to the accompanying necessity of the prevention of and protection from fire within those areas. (b) The following areas are designated as Restricted Fire Limits, and all buildings and structures therein shall be subject to the provisions of this section: