Whenever any officer or member shall find in any building, or upon any premises or other place, combustible or explosive matter or dangerous accumulation of rubbish, or unnecessary accumulations of wastepaper, boxes, shavings, or any other highly inflammable materials especially liable to cause fire, and which is 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 or she shall order the same to be removed or remedied, and the order shall forthwith be complied with by the owner or occupant of the premises or buildings, subject to appeal within 24 hours to the City Manager, who shall within ten days review the order and file his or her decision thereon, and unless the order is revoked or modified it shall remain in full force and be obeyed by the owner or occupant. Any owner or occupant failing to comply with the order within ten days after the appeal shall have been determined, or, if no appeal is taken, then within ten days after the service of the order, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Prior Code, § 7-208) Penalty, see § 91.99
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Similar to state law provisions, see Neb. RS 81-512