1. The Fire Prevention Code adopted by the City Council shall be enforced by the city’s Volunteer Fire Department, under the supervision of the Fire Chief; members of said Department may be detailed as inspectors by the Fire Chief, if it is deemed necessary. (See also Chapter 4 of this code of ordinances.)
2. The Chief of the city’s Volunteer Fire Department, with the approval of the City Council, shall have the power to grant a variance to any of the provisions of the Fire Prevention Code, upon application in writing by the owner or lessee (or a duly authorized agent), when there are practical difficulties in carrying out the strict letter of said 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 Fire Chief thereon, shall be entered upon the records of the Department and a signed copy shall be furnished the applicant.