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
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)
(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)
FIRE LANES
(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
(A) Interference with fire service duties. No unauthorized persons shall ride upon, race with, trail, or follow within 500 feet of any apparatus belonging to the Fire Department when the apparatus is responding to an emergency call.
(B) Protection of fire hoses. No person shall drive any vehicle over a fire hose except upon specific orders from a member of the Fire Department of this municipality, and then only with due caution.
(C) Parking near fire equipment. No person shall park any vehicle or place any material or other obstruction within ten feet of any fire hydrant or fire reservoir, nor shall any person enter any block or park any vehicle within 300 feet of a place where a fire is in progress which requires equipment from the Fire Department to be present.
(D) False fire alarm. No person shall sound a false fire alarm knowing the alarm to be false.
(E) Authorized use of fire equipment. No person shall use any fire apparatus or equipment for any reason except as may be prescribed by the Fire Chief or his or her delegated representatives.
(Prior Code, § 5-2-2) Penalty, see § 95.99
OPEN BURNING
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