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~ ;.,,': 5000 ''i. '. . r~ ,~ : \.. \ '~ ~ ~ '. ' '~ :,:..'[ \ , . , ;" . .'.1 :' .~-,' ~."': ......._-. ,. .:. .' . ORDINANCE NO. 476-A --, } AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 476 OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, EXCLUDING A CERTAIN AREA WITHIN THE CITY OF LA PORTE HERETOFORE INCLUDED FROM THE REGULATIONS OF ORDINANCE NO. 476, ESTABLISHING THE REMAINING AREA AS A CLASS II FIRE ZONE, AND PROVIDING FOR CERTAIN REGULATIONS OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF METAL CLAD BUILDINGS. WHEREAS, on the 20th day of August, 1954, the City Commission of the City of La Porte passed Ordinance No. 476, providing certain rules and regulations for the construction of buildings within the fire zone therein described and designated; and, WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of La Porte has decided that it would be to the best interest of the City of La Porte to exclude an area from the effect of this ordinancer NOvl, THEREFORE: BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: Section 1. Ordinance No. ~76 and any of its terms and pro- visions shall no longer, apply to the area adopted as the Class I fire zone in Ordinance No. 622 of the Ordinances of the City of La Porte. Section 2. The balance of the area circumscribed and described in Ordinance No. 476, shall henceforth be known as the Class II fire zone of the City of La Porte. Section 3. Henceforth, and notwithstanding the wording in the Original Ordinance No. 476, metal buildings not exceeding square feet of floor area shall be allowed so long as 10 feet minimum distance can be maintained at all times from any portion of said metal building to the nearest building plot line excepting those instances where the building is adjacent to an alley in which case two feet minimum distance from said alley line must be maintained. Providing further that such metal buildings shall have fronts of all masonry and glass. Section 4. It is further hereby provided that where the separation required in Section 3 above can not be maintained, then J and in that event combination buildings of metal and masonry may be permitted so long as that portion of the building that is not provided with the minimum ~paration shall be of masonry con- struction as heretofore provided in Ordinance No. 476.