The prescribed fire limits of the City of Minneapolis shall include Blocks One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, and Lots One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, and the south forty (40) feet of Lots Nine, Ten, Eleven and Twelve of Block Eight of the original plat of said city.

(a)   Fire Limits. No person or persons shall construct or erect upon any lot or part of lot in the City of Minneapolis, situated in the north half of Blocks Two and Three, or upon any lot or part of lot in the south half of Blocks Six and Seven of the original plat of said city, any building or addition to any building heretofore erected, or any shed or any other building whatever, whether the same be enclosed or not, unless the outer walls thereof shall be composed of stone, well-burned brick, cement blocks, tile or other equivalent incombustible material, except the front wall of any building which shall be faced with brick, and all of said walls shall be set in Portland cement mortar, not less than twelve (12) inches thick and shall have the roof top and sides of all roof structures covered with incombustible material, and all of such buildings shall have fire walls which shall extend not less than two (2) feet above the roof level and be coped with stone or concrete not less than three (3) inches thick or with other equivalent material of equal quality. The footings for all walls shall be made of concrete at least two (2) inches wider than the wall it supports and be placed in the ground of sufficient depth to support the load to be carried and in no case less than two (2) feet below grade level.

(b)   No person or persons shall construct or erect upon any lot, or part of lot, in the City of Minneapolis, situate in Block One and the south half of Blocks Two and Three and Blocks Four and Five and the north half of Blocks Six and Seven and the south half of Block Eight or on Lots Seven and Eight or on the south forty (40) feet of Lots Nine, Ten, Eleven and Twelve in said Block Eight of the original plat of said city any two-story building unless constructed in the same manner as described in Subsection (a) of this section. No person or persons shall construct or erect on any of the lots or parts of lots or on any of the blocks or parts of blocks last described in this section any one-story building or addition to any such building heretofore erected, or any shed or any other building, whatsoever, whether the same be enclosed or not, unless the outer walls thereof shall be not less than eight (8) inches thick and composed of stone, well-burned brick, cement blocks, tile or other equivalent incombustible material, except the front wall of any such building shall in addition be faced with brick and shall be not less than twelve (12) inches thick and all of said walls shall be set in Portland cement mortar: Provided, that when said outer walls are to be used for partition or party walls, the same shall not be less than twelve (12) inches thick, and any such building or addition thereto shall have the roof, top or sides of all roof structures covered with incombustible material and all such buildings shall have fire walls which shall extend not less than two (2) feet above the roof level and be coped shall provide a minimum of Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000.00) property and personal liability coverage. For those installations which cannot meet all of the above requirements, they may apply for a conditional use permit with stone or concrete cement not less than three (3) inches thick or with other equivalent material of equal quality. The footings for all outer walls shall be made of concrete at least two (2) inches wider than the wall it supports and be placed in the ground of sufficient depth to support the load to he carried and in no case less than two (2) feet below grade level. Said one-story buildings shall not be a greater height than sixteen (16) feet.

No building except such as described in section 7-402 of this article, shall be moved from without to within the fire limits or from any part of said fire limits to any other part thereof without a permit therefor having been secured from the governing body of the city and no person shall within said fire limits, increase or add to the dimensions of any building already constructed or rebuild the roof or sides or any part thereof, except awnings constructed of metal of any building except by using in such work the noncombustible material hereinbefore mentioned in section 7-402 of this article.

No person shall commence to erect or construct any building or addition to any building or to add to or increase the dimensions of any building or any part of any building or rebuild any building or any part thereof within said fire limits or to repair any building or structure or to move any building from any part of said fire limits without first having secured a permit therefor from the governing body of the city, The applicant for such permit shall present to the city clerk his or her written request which shall be written in ink and signed by the applicant for a permit to erect, construct, increase, add to and repair or move the same containing the specifications dimensions and descriptions of the same and material to be used and if to move any building within said fire limits, the said application shall specify where said building is to be removed from and where to be placed if within said fire limits. The city clerk shall present such application to the governing body at the next meeting and if the work or improvement set out in such application shall be found to comply with the provisions of this article and other ordinances of the city, a permit shall be issued to said applicant signed by the mayor and clerk which shall contain the specifications, dimensions, descriptions and material approved. If the work or improvement set out in such application shall not comply with the requirements of this article, and other ordinances of the city, the same shall be rejected.

It shall be unlawful for any person to burn trash, rubbish, leaves or any other combustible material in any street, alley or vacant lot within the fire limits, or within twenty-five (25) feet of any building in this city except in an approved burner so constructed as to prevent the escape of sparks or burning material.

No person or persons shall stack any hay, straw or fodder upon any lot or piece of ground within the city without first having obtained a permit from the city governing body therefor: Provided, that no person or persons shall be allowed to stack any hay, straw or fodder in any quantity whatever in the fire limits of said city.

Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined in any sum not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00), or be imprisoned for not to exceed thirty (30) days, or both so fined and imprisoned.