(A) Adoption of Uniform Fire Code. The city hereby adopts for the purpose of prescribing regulations governing conditions hazardous to life and property from fire or explosion, that certain Code known as the Uniform Fire Code recommended by the Western Fire Chiefs Association and the International Conference of Building Officials, reference 1980 NFPA volumes, except Volume 101, Life Safety Code, of which Code not less than three copies have been and are now filed in the office of the City Clerk and the same are hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if set out at length herein, and from the effective date hereof, the provisions thereof shall be controlling within the limits of the city.
(B) Establishment and duties of city Fire Marshal.
(1) Enforcement of Code. The Uniform Fire Code shall be enforced by the city Fire Marshal in the city Fire Department which is hereby established and which shall be operated under the supervision of the Chief of the Fire Department and the City Administrator.
(2) Appointment of Fire Marshal. The city Fire Marshal shall be appointed by the City Council upon recommendation by the City Administrator on the basis of examination to determine qualifications.
(3) Authority of the Fire Chief. The Chief of the Fire Department may detail such members of the Fire Department as inspectors as shall from time to time be necessary. The Chief of the Fire Department shall recommend to the City Administrator the employment of technical inspectors, who, when such authorization is made, shall be selected through an examination to determine their fitness for the position. The examination shall be open to all members and nonmembers of the Fire Department, and appointments made after the examination shall be for an indefinite term.
(C) Definitions.
(1) Wherever the word JURISDICTION is used in the Uniform Fire Code, it shall be held to mean the city.
(2) Whenever the term CORPORATION COUNSEL is used in the Uniform Fire Code, it shall be held to mean the Attorney for the city.
(3) Whenever the words PERSON IN CHARGE OF THE BUREAU OF FIRE PREVENTION are used in the Uniform Fire Code, they shall be held to mean the city Fire Marshal.
(D) Penalty.
(1) Any person who shall violate any provisions of this Code hereby adopted or fail to comply therewith, or who shall violate or fail to comply with any order made hereunder, or who shall build in violation of any detailed statement of specifications or plans submitted and approved hereunder, or any certificate or permit issued thereunder, and from which no appeal has been taken, or who shall fail to comply with such an order as affirmed or modified by the city or by a court of competent jurisdiction, within the time fixed herein, shall severally for each and every such violation and noncompliance respectively, be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to penalty as provided in this Code. The imposition of one penalty for any violation shall not excuse the violation or permit it to continue; and all such persons shall be required to correct or remedy such violations or defects within a reasonable time; and when not otherwise specified, each day that prohibited conditions are maintained shall constitute a separate offense.
(2) The application of the above penalty shall not be held to prevent the enforced removal of prohibited conditions.
(Prior Code, § 10.23) (Ord. 330, passed 9-13-2011)