(A) Regular inspections shall be made of all buildings, structures, or places used either for manufacturing or commercial purposes or occupied or frequented by large numbers of people and of all school buildings, public halls, churches, institutional buildings, theaters, multiple dwellings, and all places of amusement, recreation, or employment in order to:
(1) Determine the safety of the occupants of the buildings, structures, or places in the event of fire panic;
(2) Examine the working order and repair of all doors, fire escapes, firefighting appliances; the condition and maintenance of exits, corridors, aisles, stairways, and fire escapes and their approaches with regard to obstructions; the disposition, quantity, arrangement, and protection of stock, combustible material and rubbish, heating devices and ovens, flammable liquids, and explosives with regard to safety from fire; the protection of hazardous machinery, appliances, and apparatus; and
(3) Ascertain whether there has been compliance with the fire regulations.
(B) It shall be the duty of the Fire Prevention Bureau to cause an examination of any building, structure, or place when any citizen reports that any of the fire regulations are being violated or that division (A) above is being or will be violated or that conditions maintained in a manner as to be a fire menace or dangerous in case of fire, panic, or accident. If the representation is found to be true, the Inspector shall give the notice required.
(C) The Fire Prevention Bureau shall cease examinations to be made, whether on complaint or not, of all other buildings and premises within the city for the purpose of ascertaining or causing to be corrected any conditions liable to cause fire or the violations of any fire regulations. Whenever the Inspector shall find any building or other structure which, for want of repairs, lack of sufficient fire escapes or fire extinguishing equipment or by reason of age or dilapidated condition or from any other cause, is especially liable to fire, and which is so situated as to endanger other property or the occupants thereof, and whenever he or she shall find in any building, combustible or explosive matter or flammable conditions dangerous to the safety of the building or the occupants thereof, he or she shall order the dangerous conditions or materials to be removed or remedied.
(Prior Code, § 35.093)