(a)   The following shall be and are hereby declared to be the fire limits: The south ½ of Block 20, all of Blocks 21 and 28, and the north ½ of Block 29.

(b)   Every building hereafter erected or enlarged with in the fire limits shall be enclosed on all sides with walls of stone, brick, tile, terra cotta, concrete, cement blocks, or steel structuring, except as otherwise provided by this article.

(c)   A single story frame building not exceeding 10,000 square feet in the area and 15 feet in height may be erected, provided, however, that such building not be located within 15 feet of the property line.

(d)   No frame building shall be moved from without to within the fire limits. For the purpose of this article a building shall be classes as frame when the exterior walls or portions thereof are of wood; also a building with wooden framework veneered with brick, stone, terra cotta, tile or concrete, or wood covered with plaster, stucco or sheet metal shall be classed as a frame building.

(e)   All buildings hereafter erected within the fire limits shall have the roof covered with incombustible material.

(f)   Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this article shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than five dollars ($5) nor more than twenty-five ($25) for each offense. Each day that any of the provisions of this article shall be violated shall constitute a separate offense.

(g)   The Thayer City Museum shall be exempt from this section and be allowed to move in a wooden frame building which is historic school on the museum premises which is within the fire limits of the City of Thayer.

(Ord. 42; Ord. 176; Ord. 206; Ord. 251; Code 2018)

(a)   It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to allow to accumulate in any part of any building, or outside of and adjacent to any building or in any alley, sidewalk, street or premises within 30 ft. of any building, any rubbish, trash, waste paper, excelsior, empty boxes or barrels.

(b)   No person shall deposit or stack any hay or straw within 500 ft. of any building located in the fire limits.

(c)   Packing materials shall be kept in metal or wood metal-lined bins having self-closing or automatic covers. Refuse from rooms where packing or unpacking is done shall be removed daily.

(d)   It shall be unlawful to store ashes inside any non-fireproof building unless they be stored in an incombustible container or receptacle, and a clearance of at least five feet shall be maintained between such container or receptacle and combustible material. Ashes shall not be stored outside of any buildings in wooden receptacles or dumped in contact with or in close proximity to any combustible material.

(e)   It shall be unlawful to burn trash, rubbish, leaves, lumber, straw or any other combustible material in any street, alley, or vacant lot within the fire limits or within 25 ft. of any building in the City of Thayer, Kansas except in an approved garbage burner so constructed as to prevent the escape of sparks or burning material.

(f)   Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not less than five dollars ($5) nor more than twenty-five dollars ($25) for each offense.

(Ord. 207; Code 2018)

It shall be unlawful for any person to deposit, stack or store any hay or straw within 500 feet of any building located inside the fire limits of the city.

(Code 2018)

It shall be unlawful to keep excelsior or other packing material in any other than metal or wood metal line boxes or bins having self-closing or automatic covers. All refuse and trash from rooms where packing or unpacking is done shall be removed daily.

(Code 2018)

It shall be unlawful to store ashes inside of any nonfireproof building unless they are stored in a noncombustible container or receptacle, and a clearance of at least five feet shall be maintained between such container or receptacle and any combustible materials not placed therein. Ashes shall not be stored outside of any building in wooden, plastic, or paper product receptacles or dumped in contact with or in close proximity to any combustible materials.

(Code 2018)

The engines of motor vehicles shall be stopped when the gasoline tanks of such vehicles are being filled with gasoline at service stations or other places where gasoline is supplied to motor vehicles. The driver or person in control of such vehicle when the gasoline tank of same is being filled who refuses, neglects or fails to stop the engine of such vehicle shall likewise be guilty of a violation of this code.

(Code 2018)

It is unlawful for any person to cause or create anywhere within the city, or to permit on any premises under his or her control, any situation or condition that is conducive to or likely to cause or permit the outbreak of fire or the spreading of fire. Any situation or condition conducive to the outbreak of or spreading of fire, is declared to be a fire hazard. The violation of or failure to comply with any law pertaining to the storage, handling or use of inflammable oils, explosives, liquefied petroleum gases, or fertilizers and all wires and other conductors charged with electricity, is declared to be a fire hazard. The placing of stools, chairs or any other obstruction in the aisles, hallways, doorway, or exit of any theater, public hall, auditorium, church or other place of indoor public assemblage, or the failure to provide any such place of public assemblage with sufficient, accessible and unobstructed fire exits and escapes is also declared to be a fire hazard. The obstruction of any street, avenue, alley, fire hydrant or any other condition that might delay the fire department in fighting fire is declared to be unlawful.

(Code 2018)

It shall be the duty of the fire chief to inspect or cause to be inspected by fire department officers or members, as often as may be necessary all buildings, particularly all mercantile buildings, manufacturing plants, warehouses, garages, hotels, boarding houses, rooming houses, theaters, auditoriums and all places of public assemblage, for the purpose of discovering the violation of any fire preventive law or any fire hazard and ascertaining and causing to be corrected any conditions liable to cause fires and to see that all places of public assemblage, hotels and rooming houses have sufficient and unobstructed facilities for escape therefrom in case of fire.

(Code 2018)

Whenever any officer or member of the fire department shall find or discover any fire hazard or shall find in any building or upon any premises combustible or explosive material or dangerous accumulation of rubbish or unnecessary accumulation of paper, boxes, shavings or any other inflammable material, so situated as to endanger property by the probability of fire, or shall find or discover any violation of this chapter or any other law hazardous to public safety from fires, the fire chief shall order the fire hazard or danger from the fire forthwith abated and remedied and such order shall be complied with immediately by the owner or occupant of such buildings or premises. If the hazard or condition ordered abated and remedied is a violation of, or a failure to comply with any law, the fire chief shall report the matter to the city attorney and he or she shall, if he or she deems it advisable, prosecute the offender.

(Code 2018)

Any order made under section 7-209 shall be in writing and may be served personally upon the owner or occupant of the premises or by leaving it with any person in charge of the premises or if the premises are unoccupied and the owner is a nonresident of the city, then by mailing a copy to the owner’s last known post-office address. One notice to either the occupant or owner shall be sufficient. The fire chief shall keep a record of and copies of all such orders and notices and shall follow up such notices at the expiration of the time for compliance therewith and when complied with make proper entry, and if not complied with, file complaint with the municipal court against the property owner and/or occupant.

(Code 2018)