Loading...
SCHEDULED INSPECTIONS
The County Fire Marshal’s office will respond to any fire safety-related or fire code complaint made to that office. Otherwise, inspections of occupancies and businesses will be provided per the NCFC according to this chapter. The frequency rates for the inspection of occupancies as mandated by the North Carolina General Statutes shall supersede this schedule.
(Ord. passed - -; Ord. passed 11-6-2023)
(A) Generally. The following facilities and buildings are subject to inspection a minimum of once a year, subject to the terms of this chapter.
(B) Assembly occupancy. Amusement park building, auditorium (less than 1,000 capacity), auditorium (1,000 or greater capacity), bowling alleys, court rooms, dance halls, night clubs, exhibit
halls, libraries, meeting centers, haunted houses, motion picture theaters, museums, passenger depots, public assembly halls, recreation facilities, restaurants, stadiums, grandstands, and tents;
(C) Public educational facilities. Public elementary, middle, and high schools shall be inspected at a minimum of two times per year.
(D) Hazardous occupancy. Chemical-processing and/or storage, manufacturing facility, compressed/flammable/combustible gas storage, distribution facility, dry cleaners, explosive facility storage, use, manufacturing, distribution, flammable/combustible-liquid processing storage, manufacturing, flammable/combustible-liquid storage distribution centers, hazardous-material handling and processing, hazardous-material storage facility, hazardous-material production facility, hazardous-material waste disposal facility, L.P. and natural-gas distribution facility, and laboratories/research development centers;
(E) Institutional occupancy. Correction facilities, detention centers, detoxification facilities, hospitals/mental hospitals, jails, reformatories, residential-custodial facilities, nursing homes, and day-care centers; and
(F) Residential occupancy. Apartment houses (common areas), boarding houses, day-care homes, dormitories, fraternities and sororities, group homes (not classified as Group I), hotels/motels, residential-care facilities (not classified as Group I).
(Ord. passed - -; Ord. passed 11-6-2023)
(A) The following facilities and buildings are subject to inspections, at a minimum, at least once every two years.
(B) Educational above the twelfth grade (every two years); and
(C) Industrial occupancy: assembly plant, factory, furniture/woodworking, manufacturing facility, processing plant, textile, and fabrication facility.
(Ord. passed - -; Ord. passed 11-6-2023)
(A) The following facilities and buildings are subject to inspections, at a minimum, at least one every three years.
(B) Assembly occupancy: church and synagogues;
(C) Business occupancy: automobile dealerships (no service work), automobile dealerships (with service work) automotive self-service stations (no service work), automotive full-service stations, automotive repair garages, car washes, dry cleaning (not classified as hazardous), florists and nurseries,
greenhouses, laboratories (not classified as hazardous), laundries (full- and self-service), machine shops, print shops, telephone exchanges, offices, radio and television stations;
(D) Mercantile occupancy: convenience stores (dispenses flammable/combustible liquids), department stores, drug stores, markets, retail stores, shopping centers, sales rooms, covered malls, super markets/grocery stores, and wholesale stores (other than warehouse). Fireworks provision to be added if the facility sells or stores for sale; and
(E) Storage occupancy: aircraft hangers, helistops, private garages, storage warehouse, and wholesale warehouse.
(Ord. passed - -; Ord. passed 11-6-2023)
The fire safety inspections are provided free of charge. The only fees that the business will incur are for certain permits when they are required. For all jobs or tasks required by State Building Code, along with State Amendments, and this chapter that require a permit to do a job or task, a civil citation can be issued if the permit is not obtained.
(Ord. passed - -; Ord. passed 11-6-2023)
REPORTING A HAZARD OR VIOLATION
(A) A hazard or violation pursuant to this chapter may be reported at any time.
(B) During normal business hours (Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m), a report of a hazard or violation may be made to the Fire Marshal's office by contacting 704-736-8516.
(C) After the normal business hours of the Fire Marshal's office (or during a county holiday), a report of a hazard or violation may be made to the County Communications Center by contacting its non-emergency line at 704-736-0282.
(D) A report of an active fire or emergency should be made by dialing 911.
(Ord. passed - -; Ord. passed 11-6-2023)
Loading...