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Department approval of plans and specifications required by Chapter 1 of this article shall constitute the approval of alternate materials, design, or methods of compliance set forth in such plans and specifications. Such approval shall not abrogate any approval required by Chapter 9 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code for any appliance, device, or equipment.
The Chief shall have the authority to investigate the cause, origin, and circumstances of every fire, explosion, or other emergency occurring within the City. When the Chief finds that a fire, explosion or other emergency is, or may be, the result of a previously issued notice of hazard or a violation of any law, the Chief shall have the authority to take charge immediately of all physical evidence in connection therewith.
The Fire Chief or officer of the Fire Department in charge at the scene of an emergency is authorized to place ropes, guards, barricades or other obstructions across any street, alley, place or private property in the vicinity of such operation so as to prevent accidents or interference with the lawful efforts of the Fire Department to manage and control the situation and to handle fire apparatus, and to prevent any and all persons from passing through any such barriers, and from entering into any space set apart or enclosed by means thereof, except persons having a pass as hereinafter specified.
When conducting firefighting operations at emergencies, the Chief shall have the authority to construct emergency firebreaks, utilize aircraft, evacuate persons from the area, remove or impound vehicles in the area, close or barricade streets, roads, drives, or other access ways both public and private, ignite backfires and conduct backfire operations, and exercise such other power and authority as will, in the Chief’s opinion, best serve to control the emergency.
Nothing in this chapter or Code shall prohibit the payment of investigative costs to the Fire Department by any person so convicted of any provision of this article, to the Fire Department to restitute said agency for all costs expended to investigate and/or enforce the provisions of this Code.
If in the course of enforcing any federal, state, or local law or ordinance, the Department issues a Fire/Life Safety Order to a person or persons and the person fails to comply with that order, the Department shall collect a Noncompliance Fee as set forth in Sections 57.104.12.1 through 57.104.12.3.
The Noncompliance Fee shall be the hourly inspector’s salary rate multiplied by the number of hours expended in re-inspections after the Fire/Life Safety Order has been issued (two-hour minimum) and shall be paid by the owner. The first re-inspection after the Fire/Life Safety Order has been issued will not be charged to the owner if the property is in compliance at the time of that re-inspection. If the property is not in compliance at the time of the first re- inspection, then time involved in all subsequent re- inspections shall be chargeable as a Noncompliance Fee.
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