It shall be the duty of the Fire Chief, when directed to do so by the governing body, to inspect or cause to be inspected by Fire Department officers, members or some other official as often as may be necessary, but not less than two times a year in outlying districts and four times a year within the fire limits, all buildings, premises and public thoroughfares, except the interiors of private dwellings, for the purpose of ascertaining and causing to be corrected any conditions liable to create a fire hazard. The inspection shall be of the storage, sale and use of flammable liquids, combustibles and explosives; electric wiring and heating; and the means and adequacy of exits, in case of fire in schools, churches, hotels, halls, theaters, factories, hospitals and all other buildings in which numbers of persons congregate from time to time for any purpose whether publicly or privately owned; the design, construction, location, installation and operation of equipment for storing, handling and utilizing of liquified petroleum gases, specifying the odorization of said gases and the degree thereof; and chemicals, prozylin plastics, nitrocellulose films or any other hazardous material that may now or hereafter exist.
(2005 Code, § 3-311)