(A) Adoption of Uniform Fire Code. There is hereby adopted by the city for the purpose of prescribing regulations governing conditions hazardous to life and property from fire or explosion, that certain code and standards known as Uniform Fire Code, including appendix Chapters I-A, I-B, II-A, II-B, II-C, II-D, III-A, III-B, III-C, IV-A, V-A, VI-A, VI-C, VI-D and the Uniform Fire Code Standards published by the Western Fire Chiefs Association and the International Conference of Building Officials and the Minnesota Uniform Fire Code being particularly the 1982 addition thereof and the whole thereof. One copy of this code and standards must be and are now filed in the office of the Clerk-Administrator of the city and the same are hereby adopted and incorporated in full as if set out at length herein, and from the date on which this section shall take effect, the provisions thereof shall be controlling within the limits of the city.
(1990 Code, § 505.010)
(B) Establishment and duties.
(1) The Uniform Fire Code shall be enforced by the Chief of the Fire Department of the Lower St. Croix Valley Fire Protection District.
(2) The Chief of the Fire Department may appoint a Fire Marshal and detail such members of the Fire Department as inspectors as shall from time to time be necessary. The Chief of the Fire Department shall recommend to the Lower St. Croix Valley Fire Protection District the employment of technical inspectors, who, when such authorization is made, shall be selected through an examination to determine their fitness for the position. The examination shall be open to members and nonmembers of the Fire Department, and appointments made after examination shall be for an indefinite term with removal only for cause.
(1990 Code, § 505.020)
(C) Appeals. Whenever the Chief disapproves an application or refuses to grant a permit applied for, or when it is claimed that the provisions of the Code do not apply or that the intent and true meaning of the Code had been misconstrued or wrongly interpreted, the applicant may appeal from the decision of the Chief to the city within 30 days of the date of the decision appealed.
(1990 Code, § 505.030)
(D) New construction and renovation. All plans and specifications for new construction and renovation of commercial or public buildings shall be submitted to and reviewed by the Fire Department and Fire Prevention Officer prior to the issuance of the building permit.
(1990 Code, § 505.040)
(E) Numbers to be displayed.
(1) It shall be the duty of the owner, lessor and/or occupant of every house, apartment, duplex, industrial, commercial or other building to have house and/or building numbers clearly displayed thereon, either by affixing to said building or sign post, such numbers in metal, glass, plastic or other durable material. The numbers shall not be less than three inches in height, in a contrasting color to the base (i.e. white numbers on red base). Said numbers shall be so placed as to be easily and clearly seen from the street when approached from either direction. All accessory structures (as that term is defined within the Zoning Code) are not affected by this section.
(2) The Zoning Administrator and/or the Building Inspector for the city shall be responsible for maintaining order in the numbering system, and shall assign numbers for all properties within the city upon request.
(1990 Code, § 505.045)
Penalty, see § 10.99