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Whenever the Chief of the Fire Department shall disapprove an application or refuse to grant a permit applied for or when it is claimed that the provisions of the code do not apply or that the true intent and meaning of the code have been misconstrued or wrongly interpreted, the applicant may appeal from the decision of the Chief of the Fire Department to the Public Health and Safety Committee within ten days from the date of the decision appealed.
(Prior Code, § 93.66) (Ord. 2257, passed 1-14-1975; Ord. 2017-005, passed 2-27-2017)
It shall be unlawful for any owner or occupant of any residential structure, or portion thereof, to install or permit the installation of any burglar bar or bars, cage, grill, gate or other similar device on, over, in front of or behind any window, door or other similar opening in any residential structure.
(Prior Code, § 93.68) (Ord. 97-152, passed 6-24-1997; Ord. 2017-005, passed 2-27-2017)
(A) Authority is granted hereby to the City Fire Department to annually inspect and license all elevator, manlift, dumbwaiter and/or escalators within corporate limits of the city in accordance with the applicable provisions of the laws of the state, including, but not limited to, 225 ILCS 312/1 et seq.
(B) The City Fire Department may enter into contracts with private inspectors to conduct the annual inspections for elevator, manlift, dumbwaiter and/or escalators in accordance with the applicable provisions of the laws of the state and the owner of any building inspected shall pay the fees charged by the inspector for such inspections plus an annual license fee. No elevator shall be placed into or kept in service without the foregoing required inspections and license.
(C) The ordinance from which the provisions of this section derive shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, approval and publication in pamphlet form as provided by law. A full, true and complete copy of this section shall be published in pamphlet form, by authority of the City Council as corporate authorities.
(Prior Code, § 93.69) (Ord. 08-007, passed 2-26-2008; Ord. 2017-005, passed 2-27-2017)
(A) Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of the code hereby adopted in this chapter or fail to comply therewith, or who shall violate or fail to comply with any order made thereunder by the Building Commissioner, Fire Chief or Fire Prevention Officer or who shall build in violation of any detailed statement of specifications or plans submitted and approved thereunder or any certificate or permit issued thereunder or who shall fail to comply with an order issued thereunder as affirmed or modified by the City Council within the time fixed in the order shall, upon a finding of such violation or failure to comply made in accordance with the terms of Chapter 11 of this code of ordinances or, upon conviction of a violation or failure to comply by a court of competent jurisdiction, be fined an amount not less than $100 for each separate violation.
(B) The imposition of one penalty for any violation or failure to comply shall not excuse the violation or failure to comply and all such persons shall be required to correct or remedy such violation or failure to comply within a reasonable time, but in no event more than 30 days after the date of the finding or conviction of the violation or failure to comply. Each ten days that a violation or failure to comply is maintained or is in existence shall constitute a separate offense and violation of § 93.20 of this chapter for which separate prosecutions may be maintained.
(C) The application of the above penalty provisions shall not be held or considered to prevent enforced removal of prohibited conditions.
(Prior Code, § 93.99) (Ord. 91-268, passed 5-28-1991; Ord. 94-277, passed 5-10-1994; Ord. 2000-298, passed 2-22-2000; Ord. 06-035, passed 6-27-2006; Ord. 08-007, passed 2-26-2008; Ord. 2017-005, passed 2-27-2017)