HomeMy WebLinkAbout0814 AN ORDIN2/IOE providing for the inspection of premises by the ~ire Depart~ment
to safeguard the public and property against fire.
BE IT ORDAIlfED BY THE CITY CO~R,IISSION 02 THE CITY OF BRE~,,~Fi{TON, AS FOLLO'~VS:
Section 1, It shall be the duty of the Chief of the ~ire Department to inspect
or cause to be inspected by fire department officers or members, as often as may
be necessary but not less than twice a year in outlying districts and four times a
year in the closely built portions of the city, all buildings, premises and public
thoroughfares, for the purpose of a~certaining and causing to be corrected any con-
ditions liable to cause fire or any violations o£ the provisions or intent of any
ordinance of the city affecting the fire hazard. In private dwellings such ins-
pections shall be restricted to basements and cellars.
Whenever any officer or member shall find in any building, or upon any premises
or other place, combustible or explosive mat~er or dangerous accumulation of rubbish
or unnecessary accumulation of wastepaper, boxes, shavings, or any other highly in-
flammable materials especially liable to fid'e, and which is so situated as to en-
danger prope~rty', or shall find obstructions to or on fire excapes, stairs, passage-
ways doors or windows, liable to interfere with the operations of the fire de~rt-
ment, or egress of occupants, in case of fire, he shall order the same to be
removed or remedied, and such order shall z'orthwith, be complied with by the owner
or occupan~ of such premises or buildings, subject to appeal within twenty-four
hours to the I,Iayor, who shall within ten days review such order and file his deci-
sion thereon and unless the order is revoked or modified it shall remain in full
force and be c~beyed by such owner or occupant.
Any owner or occupan~ failing to comply wlth such order within ten days after
said appeal shall have been determined, or if no appeal is taken, then within ten
days after the service of the said order, shall be liable to a penalty as herein-
after stated.
The service of any such order shall be made upon the occupany of the premises
to whom it is directed by either delivering a true copy of sa~e to such occupan~
personally or by delivering the seine to and leaving it with any person in charge of
the premises, or upon case no such person is fozuud upon the premises by' affixing a
copy thereof in a conspicuous place on the door to the entrance of said premises.
Whenever it may be necessary to serve such an order upon the owner of pre~nises, such
an order may be served wither by delivering to and leaving with the said person a
true copy of the said order, or, if such owner is absent from the jurisdiction of
the officer making the order, by mailing such copy to the owner's last known post-
office address.
Section 2. Any person or persons, firm or corporation violating any of the
provisions of this ordina~ce or any of its sections, shall, upon conviction, forfeit
and pay ~ fine of not more than One Hundred Dollars [~100), or imprisonment in the
city Jail not exceeding thirty [30) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Section 3. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty days after
its passage, approval and publication, as provided by law.
PASSED by the City Commission, approved by the ~,~Iayor and attested by the City
Clerk in authentication of such passage this 15th day of April, 1925.
At test: ~,[ayor.
Cifiy O~'erk.