(A) The Chief Engineer, or any member he or she may so designate, is hereby authorized, empowered and required to inspect from time to time, but not less frequently than once yearly, all buildings and premises where accumulations of combustible materials and other hazardous conditions are liable to exist, and to order such changes or removal as, in his or her opinion, are necessary for safety from fire. For the purpose of inspection, he or she is hereby empowered to enter any and all buildings and premises at any reasonable hour.
(B) Also, in the same districts for the purpose of facilitating firefighting, building inspections shall be made by the Department officers from time to time, but not less frequently than quarterly, to determine the arrangement of buildings with the respect to one another, to familiarize themselves with the inside of every building and its contents to study the best method of attacking every building in cases of fire and to note all new construction.
(C) (1) Records shall be kept of all inspections, including notes an sketches.
(2) These records shall be made a permanent part of the records of the Fire Department.
(Prior Code, § 2.20.090)