You are viewing an archived code
Loading...
It shall be the duty of any person, firm or corporation who conducts, engages in, maintains, operates, carries on or manages a business or occupation where any public sleeping accommodations are furnished or maintained for 20 or more persons for a period of one day or more, including accommodations in single-room occupancy buildings, to retain and keep at his or their own expense at least one adult who has received a certificate of fitness as hereinafter provided as a desk clerk. Such desk clerk shall be kept on duty continuously during such times as the premises shall be open to or occupied by the public. Any employee at the premises meeting the qualifications set forth in Section 15-4-810 may file an application for certification as a desk clerk. In lieu of providing a desk clerk as required by this section, an Underwriters Laboratories listed central station supervisory service may be connected to the building fire alarm system. When such a service is used, the fire commissioner shall be furnished with a current certificate of contract for the central station supervisory service, and shall be notified within 24 hours of discontinuance of the service.
(Prior code § 90-76; Amend Coun. J. 5-4-94, p. 49750; Amend Coun. J. 5-18-16, p. 24131, § 101)
The Fire Commissioner shall examine all persons who file an application for certification as desk clerks as to their qualifications and fitness for duties. If the Fire Commissioner finds such an applicant to be competent, the Fire Commissioner shall, upon payment by the applicant to the Comptroller of a $40.00 certification fee, issue a desk clerk certificate to such applicant, which certificate shall be valid for a period of one year from the date of its issuance. Every desk clerk shall keep said certificate on his person at all times while he is on duty, and said certificate shall be subject to inspection by any officer of the Fire, Police or Building Departments. Renewals of said certificates shall be subject to all the provisions of Sections 15-4-780 to 15-4-840 of this Code.
(Prior code § 90-77; Amend Coun. J. 12-15-92, p. 27387; Amend Coun. J. 11-16-11, p. 13798, Art. I, § 11; Amend Coun. J. 5-18-16, p. 24131, § 102; Amend Coun. J. 11-14-18, p. 90376, Art. V, § 3)
The fire commissioner may suspend for a period of not to exceed 30 days or revoke any certificate issued under Section 15-4-790 at any time when the fire commissioner finds any desk clerk to be incompetent, inefficient or neglectful of the duties required of desk clerks by the provisions of this Code. If such a certificate is revoked, the holder thereof, upon filing with the fire commissioner a written request for a hearing, shall be given a hearing before said fire commissioner within 30 days after such revocation.
No person shall employ anyone as a desk clerk whose certificate has been revoked or suspended.
(Prior code § 90-78; Amend Coun. J. 5-18-16, p. 24131, § 103)
Any person who desires to act as a desk clerk shall make application for a certificate to the fire commissioner. To receive such certificate the applicant must:
(a) Be of legal age, temperate habits and good moral character;
(b) Be able to speak and understand the English language;
(c) Produce evidence of his employment or occupation and residence for the previous two years;
(d) Pass an examination conducted by the fire commissioner upon the laws and ordinances governing fire protection, the operation of emergency first aid equipment, and upon the hazards and duties incident to the supervision of the safety of persons to be accommodated as provided in Section 15-4-780 hereof;
(e) Not have had any such certificate revoked;
(f) Furnish with the application for such certificate two unmounted photographs of the applicant, not less than two inches by three inches, one of which shall be attached to the application, the other to the certificate when issued.
(Prior code § 90-79; Amend Coun. J. 5-18-16, p. 24131, § 104)
Monthly reports concerning the premises and fire equipment shall be made and certified to by a certified desk clerk, in such manner and form as the fire commissioner shall prescribe, which report shall be countersigned by the desk clerk's immediate superior. The original of said report shall be forwarded before the fifth day of each month to the fire commissioner, and the duplicate thereof shall be delivered to the owner of the public sleeping accommodations where such desk clerk is employed, or to the manager of such accommodations or to the person exercising control thereof.
(Prior code § 90-80; Amend Coun. J. 5-18-16, p. 24131, § 105)
It shall be the duty of the desk clerk daily to see that all exit doors are unfastened and unobstructed and that the corridors and fire escapes are kept clear and free of all obstructions; that all fire appliances in the rooms and throughout the premises are in proper place and in good working order. In the event of a fire, it shall be the desk clerk's duty to first notify the Chicago Fire Department of said fire immediately, and, thereafter, to spread the alarm to all occupants of the premises. The desk clerk shall obey and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by rules and regulations adopted, from time to time, by the fire commissioner.
Such desk clerk may, at the discretion of the owner or manager of the premises wherein he is employed, perform other duties during his hours of employment, provided the additional duties are not inconsistent with the duties herein set forth.
(Prior code § 90-81; Amend Coun. J. 5-18-16, p. 24131, § 106)
Any person violating any of the provisions of Sections 15-4-780 to 15-4-830 shall be fined not more than $200.00 for each offense, and each day such violation shall continue shall be regarded as a separate offense. In addition, such violation shall be cause for suspension or revocation of the certificate of the desk clerk.
(Prior code § 90-82)
Loading...