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The Chief of the Fire Department shall have power to modify any of the provisions of the fire code upon application in writing by the owner or lessee, or his or her duly authorized agent, when there are practical difficulties in the way of carrying out the strict letter of the code, provided that the spirit of the code shall be observed, public safety secured, and substantial justice done. The particulars of such modification when granted or allowed and the decision of the Chief of the Fire Department thereon shall be entered upon the records of the Department and a signed copy shall be furnished the applicant.
(1980 Code, § 93.02) (Ord. 2220, passed 7-18-1966)
FIRE PROTECTION
Except as provided in § 93.051, § 93.52(B)(1)(b) and (C)(1), no person shall burn paper, waste material, agricultural waste, or any other combustible material within the city limits unless such is done in an enclosed fireplace, wood stove, chimney or other device that keeps embers and other loose ignited residual from escaping into the ambient air.
(1980 Code, § 93.05) (Ord. 3071, passed 1-3-1974; Am. Ord. 6572, passed 2-22-2000; Am. Ord. 7613, passed 11-20-2006) Penalty, see § 93.99
The controlled burn of agricultural growth shall be permitted within the city, but only with the prior written authorization and supervision by the Fire Chief. This section is meant to authorize the controlled burn of a prairie environment and other agricultural growth under the supervision of the Fire Chief.
(1980 Code, § 93.051) (Ord. 6571, passed 2-22-2000)
No person shall set, kindle, or cause to be set or kindled any fire which, through his or her negligence, spreads beyond its immediate confines to any structure, field, or wood lot.
(1980 Code, § 93.06) (Ord. 3071, passed 1-3-1974) Penalty, see § 93.99
No person shall, in the city, in any hotel, motel, rooming house, lodging house, apartment house, tenement house, convalescent home, hospital, child care facility, or similar place of abode, by any means whatsoever, through carelessness, neglect, or negligence, set fire to, or cause the burning of any bedding, furniture, rug, curtain, drape, or other household furnishing or fitting, or any other part of such buildings or premises in such a manner as to endanger the safety of any person or property.
(1980 Code, § 93.07) (Ord. 3071, passed 1-3-1974) Penalty, see § 93.99
It shall be the duty of the manager, owner, or lessee of any hotel or motel to post the provisions of § 93.07 in a conspicuous place in each room occupied by guests in such hotel or motel, and it shall be the duty of the manager, owner, or lessee of any rooming house, lodging house, apartment house, tenement house, convalescent home, hospital, child care facility, or similar place of abode, to post the provisions of § 93.07 in conspicuous places upon such premises.
(1980 Code, § 93.08) (Ord. 3071, passed 1-3-1974) Penalty, see § 93.99
It shall be the duty of a manager, owner, or lessee, and of an employee of any manager, owner, or lessee, and of an occupant, and of any person in direct control of rooming houses, apartments, hotels, motels, rest homes, department stores, theaters, auditoriums, and other public places of assemblage, upon the discovery of any unfriendly fire, or upon receiving information that there is an unfriendly fire on the premises, immediately and with all reasonable dispatch and diligence, to call or notify the Fire Department concerning such fire and to spread an alarm immediately to all occupants of the building.
(1980 Code, § 93.09) (Ord. 3071, passed 1-3-1974) Penalty, see § 93.99
No person not duly authorized shall remove, tip, discharge, operate, or in any way tamper with any size, type, or style of wall-mounted, case-mounted, or floor-mounted fire-extinguishing device, except for use of the fire-extinguishing device in case of actual fire or probable cause for fire in any building, hallway, room, or area within any public building, school, dormitory, classroom, industrial establishment, mercantile, institutional occupancy, hotel, motel, apartment, or place of assembly.
(1980 Code, § 93.10) (Ord. 3071, passed 1-3-1974) Penalty, see § 93.99
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