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§ 150.35 USE OF ELECTRICAL SERVICES PROHIBITED BEFORE CERTIFIED APPROVAL; EXCEPTIONS.
   It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation, including any electric light or power company to connect with or furnish current to any electrical installation within the corporate limits of the city, until after that electrical installation shall be inspected and approved by the duly recognized Electric Inspector, and a certified approval has been issued by it. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the supply or use of necessary electrical services during the construction and testing process.
(Ord. 950.5, passed 2- -80; Am. Ord. 950.5A, passed 3-13-80) Penalty, see § 150.99
§ 150.36 LIABILITY.
   This subchapter shall not be construed to relieve from or lessen the responsibility or liability of any person, firm, or corporation owning, operating, controlling, maintaining, or installing any electrical wiring devices, appliances nor shall the city be held as assuming any liability or responsibility by reason of the inspection authorized therein, or the certificate of approval issued as herein provided.
(Ord. 950.5, passed 2- -80; Am. Ord. 950.5A, passed 3-13-80) Penalty, see § 150.99
FIRE LIMITS; FIRE PREVENTION
§ 150.50 FIRE LIMITS ESTABLISHED.
   (A)   For the purpose of this section, fire limits shall be established as being the same territory established under the city’s zoning code as Business A and Business B Districts, and any territory within the boundaries of that business district, as may be hereafter created, extended, changed, or revised by subsequent amendment to the zoning code.
   (B)   Building construction within these districts shall conform to the Standards of Safety of the Division of Fire Prevention, Department of Public Safety, of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
(Ord. 310.2, passed 4-18-67) Civil offense, see § 38.15
§ 150.51 INSPECTION OF BUILDINGS.
   (A)   The Chief of the Fire Department or any officer or member of the Department designated by him or her for that purpose, is authorized to inspect all property for the purpose of ascertaining and causing to be corrected any conditions likely to cause fire loss, or determining the cause or origin of any fire loss, or discovering any violation of a law or ordinance relating to fire prevention and protection. This authority shall apply to the interior of occupied, private dwellings only when a fire loss has occurred therein or when the officer has reason to believe that unsafe conditions exist in the building. Inspections of property in the territory served by the Fire Department shall be made as often as practicable or as often as the City Council may direct.
   (B)   A written report of each inspection shall be made and kept on file in the office of the Chief of the Fire Department. Reports of investigations of fire losses conducted by the Fire Department may, in the discretion of the Chief, be withheld from the public.
(KRS 227.370)
§ 150.52 ORDER TO REMOVE FIRE HAZARD; APPEAL.
   (A)   Whenever the Chief of the Fire Department or any officer or member of the Department designated by him or her for that purpose finds any property which for want of repairs, lack of sufficient fire escapes, age, dilapidated condition, or any other cause, is especially liable to fire loss, or whenever an officer finds in any property, combustible or explosive matter or inflammable materials likely to result in fire loss, he or she shall order it to be remedied. The order shall forthwith be conformed to by the owner of the property.
   (B)   The owner may appeal to the State Commissioner of Housing, Buildings, and Construction within ten days following receipt of the order. The Commissioner shall, within 20 days, review the order and file his or her decision. The order shall remain in full force until it is revoked or modified by the Commissioner.
(KRS 227.380)
§ 150.53 OFFICER MAY REMEDY FIRE HAZARD IF OWNER FAILS TO COMPLY; EXPENSE.
   If any owner fails to comply with an order issued pursuant to § 150.52 or with an order as modified on appeal to the Commissioner of Housing, Buildings, and Construction, the officer may cause the property to be repaired, or removed if repair is not feasible, and all fire hazard conditions remedied, at the expense of the owner. Such expense may be enforced against any property of such owners and the officer and those employed to do the work or who furnish materials or equipment therefor shall have a lien for such expense on the real estate or property involved.
(KRS 227.390)
§ 150.54 OWNER TO KEEP PROPERTY SAFE FROM FIRE.
   (A)   No owner shall fail to furnish and use reasonable adequate protection and safeguards against fire loss, or fail to adopt and use processes and methods reasonably adequate to render such places safe from fire loss.
   (B)   No owner shall require or allow the public or any employee to go into or be in any property under his or her control which is not reasonably safe from the fire loss.
(KRS 227.400)
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