(A) No person shall, at any time, place any encumbrances of any kind whatsoever before, or upon, any fire escape, balcony, or ladder intended as a means of escape from fire.
(B) It shall be the duty of every member of the Police Department and Fire Department, who shall discover any fire escape encumbered in any manner, to forthwith report the same through his or her department channels to the Chief of the Fire Department, who shall immediately notify the owners, their agents, or tenants, to remove such encumbrance, and encumbrances shall thereupon be immediately removed.
(Code 1976, § 4.11)