(A) This subchapter shall be known as the city’s Fire Prevention Code and there is hereby adopted, and incorporated by reference as if set out at length herein, for the purpose of prescribing regulations governing conditions hazardous to life and property from fire or explosion, that certain code known as the State Fire Code, including all statutes, codes and requirements referenced therein, as adopted and thereafter amended, by the State Fire Commission pursuant to W.Va. Code § 29-3-5, except such portions as are herein modified, and from the date on which this section takes effect, the provision thereof shall be controlling within the limits of the city.
(B) The Code adopted by this section shall be known and may be cited as the “Fire Prevention Code”.
(1991 Code, § 8-8) (Ord. passed 7-1-1965; Ord. passed 4-2-1970; Ord. passed 9-17-1992; Ord. 110, passed 4-1-2010)
Statutory reference:
Authority of city to regulate the erection, construction, repair or alteration of structures of wood or other combustible material see W.Va. Code § 8-12-13
Authority of city to require permit for construction, alteration or repair of buildings or equipment, see W.Va. Code § 8-12-14
Authority of Council relating to buildings, safety hazards and nuisances generally, see W.Va. Code § 8-12-5(23), (28)
Authority of State Fire Marshal to promulgate rules relating to buildings, see W.Va. Code §§ 29-3-4a, 29-3-4b
Authority to inspect private premises, see W.Va. Code § 8-12-15
Fire Prevention and Control Act, see W.Va. Code §§ 29-3-1 to 29-3-30