CHAPTER 95: FIRE PREVENTION

Section

Fire Code

   95.01   Fire Code

   95.02   Enforcement

   95.03   Definitions

Fire Lanes

   95.15   Establishment

   95.16   Prohibited acts

Open Burning

   95.30   Definitions

   95.31   Burning restricted

   95.32   Open burning permit applications

   95.33   Permit denial and/or revocation

   95.34   Liability

   95.35   Conflicting laws

   95.36   Recreational fires

   95.37   Key boxes

   95.99   Penalty

FIRE CODE

§ 95.01 FIRE CODE.

   The Minnesota State Fire Code (MSFC), current adopted version, and all amendments, including Appendices B, C, D, E and P thereto, one copy of which has been marked as the official copy and which is on file in the office of the City Clerk, is hereby adopted as the Fire Code for the city for the purpose of prescribing regulations governing conditions hazardous to life and property from fire or explosion. Every provision contained in this Code, except as modified or amended by this subchapter, is hereby adopted and made a part of this subchapter as if fully set forth herein.

(Prior Code, § 5-1-1) (Ord. 391, passed 6-9-2003; Ord. 742, passed 5-11-2020)

§ 95.02 ENFORCEMENT.

   (A)   The Chief of the Fire Department serving the city or the representative authorized by the Chief shall enforce the provisions of this subchapter.

   (B)   The Chief of the Fire Department may detail the members of the Fire Department as inspectors as shall from time to time be necessary. The Chief of the Fire Department may recommend the employment of technical inspectors who, when the 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.

(Prior Code, § 5-1-2) (Ord. 391, passed 6-9-2003)

§ 95.03 DEFINITIONS.

   For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.

   CORPORATION COUNSEL. The attorney for the city.

   JURISDICTION. The City of Monticello.

(Prior Code, § 5-1-3)

FIRE LANES

§ 95.15 ESTABLISHMENT.

   (A)   Orders establishing fire lanes. The Fire Department is hereby authorized to order the establishment of fire lanes on public or private property as may be necessary in order that the travel of fire equipment may not be interfered with and that access to fire hydrants or buildings may not be obstructed.

   (B)   Signs and markings of fire lanes. When a fire lane has been ordered to be established pursuant to this section, it shall be marked by a sign bearing the words “No Parking - Fire Lane - By Order of the Fire Department”. When the fire lane is on public property or a public right-of-way, the sign or signs shall be erected by the city; and when on private property, they shall be erected by owner at his or her own expense within 30 days after he or she has been notified of the order.

   (C)   Parking or otherwise obstructing prohibited. After a sign or signs have been erected in accordance with division (B) above, no person shall park a vehicle or otherwise occupy or obstruct the fire lane.

(Prior Code, § 5-2-1) Penalty, see § 95.99