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§ 93.08 ACCUMULATIONS.
   (A)   It shall be unlawful for any owner, tenant, occupant, person possessing, or any other person, to permit, allow or cause any condition, accumulation, growth, structure or other matter to exist upon any lot, building or premises so as to constitute or create a fire hazard or to increase the menace of fire.
   (B)   It shall be the duty of the Fire Chief, or his authorized agents, to notify any person of a violation of this section and to suggest proper action or precautions.
   (C)   Any person who shall fail, within five days of the notice, to eliminate the fire hazard shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(‘88 Code, § 9.212) Penalty, see § 93.99
§ 93.09 DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS.
   If an existing building is damaged by fire or otherwise in excess of 50% of its then physical value, the building shall be removed.
(‘88 Code, § 9.213)
§ 93.10 SMOKING ON PLATFORMS WITH COMBUSTIBLES; PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
   (A)   It shall be unlawful to smoke cigarettes, cigars or tobacco in any form or to strike matches on or in the immediate vicinity of any platform on which there is stored cotton, resin or any combustible items or merchandise of any kind.
   (B)   It shall be unlawful to smoke in any public building or in any theater or public building where people have assembled, including dressing rooms, property rooms and all other apartments connected therewith.
(‘88 Code, § 9.214) (Am. Ord. passed 11-20-12) Penalty, see § 93.99
§ 93.11 POLICE AT FIRES; PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES.
   (A)   Police officers shall enforce the provisions of this chapter. Immediately upon their arrival at the scene of a fire, and subject to availability of personnel, they may station one police officer at each end of the block wherein the fire occurs. They may require motor vehicles or other vehicles parked within the block to be moved immediately. (‘88 Code, § 9.202)
   (B)   All motor equipment of the Fire Department, Police Department and the vehicles of firefighters shall have the right-of-way over all other vehicles when responding to an alarm. (‘88 Code, § 9.203)
   (C)   No person shall park or cause any obstruction to fire equipment at an entrance to the fire station nor park within 15 feet of any fire hydrant. It shall be unlawful to interfere with or obstruct the activities of any member of the Fire Department who is acting in the line of duty at or proceeding to a fire. (‘88 Code, § 9.204)
   (D)   (1)   No driver of any vehicle, other than one on official business, shall follow any fire apparatus traveling in response to a fire alarm closer than 500 feet or drive into or park a vehicle within the block where fire apparatus has stopped in answer to an alarm. (S.C. Code § 56-5-1960)
      (2)   Bystanders shall stay a safe distance away.
(‘88 Code, § 9.205)
   (E)   It shall be unlawful for any person, who is not a member of the Fire Department, to ride upon any fire truck without permission from the Fire Chief. (‘88 Code, § 9.206)
   (F)   (1)   Failure to obey any lawful order of any official of the Fire or Police Department at the scene of any emergency shall constitute a violation of this chapter. (‘88 Code, § 9.207)
      (2)   No person or persons shall interfere or otherwise deter Fire Department personnel by resistance, obstruction or assault in the performance of their assigned duties at the scene of any emergency. (S.C. Code § 16-3-630)
Penalty, see § 93.99
Statutory reference:
   Parking restrictions, see S.C. Code § 56-6-2530
§ 93.12 EXPLOSIVES.
   It shall be unlawful for any person to fire or explode at any time within the corporate limits any dynamite or other explosive substances or compounds without a permit from the Fire Chief.
(S.C. Code § 23-35-170)
§ 93.13 FIRE DEPARTMENT COST RECOVERY.
   (A)   Title. This section shall be known and may be cited as the City of Bennettsville Fire Department Cost Recovery Program.
   (B)   General purpose. This section is adopted in order to provide reimbursement to the city Fire Department for a portion of the costs incurred by the city for certain Fire Department provided.
   (C)   Fee collection authorized. The owner or occupant of a structure, vehicle, or property to which the Fire Department or other department of the service area provides fire suppression, emergency management services, vehicle extrication, hazardous material mitigation, emergency medical care, or other Fire Department services, (collectively referred to in this section as “Emergency Response Services”) or any person or entity causing the need for the fire or Fire Department to respond and/or provide any emergency response service (the “Responsible Party”) shall pay the cost of such service.
Cost recovery fees are set forth in Exhibit A, attached to Ord. 22-05-02 and are hereby found to not exceed the city’s actual expense in providing such emergency response services. The fees enacted herein apply to any services rendered by any city department to whatever property or person, whether within the city or if requested by any other entity, or if supplied by the city pursuant to any inter-local cooperation agreement.
   (D)   Fees and charges. The cost recovery fees will be collected in the amounts found in Exhibit A, attached to Ord. 22-05-02, which may be revised periodically by the adoption of a resolution by the City Council. The fees are separate and apart from any other budgetary obligations. The fees will be placed in a revolving account that will roll over from one fiscal budget year to the next and made available for purchase, repair, replacement and update of training and training equipment and training expenses for the full time and volunteer members of the Fire Department.
(Ord. 22-05-02, passed 5-17-22)
FIREWORKS
§ 93.35 FIREWORKS PROHIBITED.
   (A)   It shall be unlawful for any person to fire, shoot, discharge any fireworks of any description within the corporate limits. (S.C. Code § 23-35-150) (‘88 Code, § 9.501)
   (B)   The term “fireworks” shall not include toy paper pistol caps which contain less than 0.25 grains of explosive compounds, toy pistols, toy canes, toy guns or other devices using paper caps and the sale and use of these items shall be permitted at all times. (S.C. Code § 23-35-30) (‘88 Code, § 9.502) (Am. Ord. passed 1-17-17)
   (C)   Nothing in this section shall apply to the manufacture, storage, sale or use of signals necessary for the safe operation of railroads or other public or private transportation; to illumination devices for photographic use; to military or naval forces; to peace officers; to the sale or use of blank cartridges for ceremonial, theatrical or athletic events nor as applying to the transportation or use of fireworks solely for agricultural purposes. (S.C. Code § 23-35-40) (‘88 Code, § 9.503)
(Am. Ord. passed 11-20-12) Penalty, see § 93.99
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