It shall be the duty of the Chief of the Fire Department, when directed to do so by the Mayor and City Council, as often as may be necessary, but not less than twice a year, in outlying districts and four times a year in the closely built portions of the city, to inspect or cause to be inspected by Fire Department officers or members or some officer of the city chosen by the Mayor and City Council, 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 cause fire or any violations of the provisions or intent of any regulations of the city affecting the fire hazard. The Chief of the Fire Department shall report in detail to the State Fire Marshal the owners or occupiers of buildings or premises who shall fail or neglect to correct, within five days, any condition found by him or her upon inspection, liable to cause fire.
(2005 Code, § 7-203)