(A) (1) The Chief of the Fire Department, Fire Marshal or a Certified Inspector shall inspect all buildings, and individual occupancies therein, except dwellings of two units or less according to the following schedules:
(a) Hospitals, nursing homes and all group E occupancies as defined by the South Florida Building Code shall be inspected at least four times per year.
(b) Apartment buildings in excess of 50 feet in height, schools, adult congregate living facilities, group homes, and other structures which by reason of age, density of occupation, dilapidation or other structural conditions pose a greater than average risk to safety shall be inspected at least two times per year.
(c) All other buildings not covered by (a) or (b) above shall be inspected at least once per year, or as nearly as is practical.
(2) The purpose of the inspections shall be to ascertain and cause to be corrected any conditions which pose fire hazards or threats to life and safety.
(B) Whenever any inspector, as defined above, shall find in any building, or upon any premises or within an individual occupancy, combustible or explosive matter, dangerous accumulations of rubbish or unnecessary accumulation of waste, boxes, shavings, or any highly flammable materials especially liable to fire, which are so situated as to endanger property; or shall find obstructions to or on fire escapes, stairs, passageways, doors or windows, liable to interfere with the operations of the Fire Department or egress of occupants in case of fire, he shall order the same to be removed or remedied, and such order shall forthwith be complied with by the owner or occupant of such individual occupancy or building, subject to appeal, as provided in § 94.174(B).
(1) Any owner or occupant failing to comply with such order within a reasonable period after the service of the order, shall be liable to a penalty as set forth in § 94.999.
(2) The service of any such order may be made upon the occupant of the building or individual occupancy therein to whom it is directed, either by delivering a copy of same to such occupant personally or by delivering the same to and leaving it with any person in charge of the premises, or in case no such person is found upon the premises, by affixing a copy thereof in a conspicuous place on the door to the entrance of the premises. Whenever it may be necessary to serve such an order upon the owner of the premises, such order may be served either by delivering to and leaving with said person a copy of the order or, if the owner is absent from the jurisdiction of the officer making the order, by mailing such copy to the owner's last known post office address.
('72 Code, § 12-41) (Ord. 1837, passed - - ; Am. Ord. O-82-1, passed 1-6-82; Am. Ord. O-95-02, passed 1-4-95) Penalty, see § 94.999