It shall be the duty of the City Marshal, or other person designated by the City Council, between October 1 and November 1 of each year, to inspect the heating arrangement and chimneys of all buildings situated within the fire limits of the city. Whenever such person shall find by such inspection that any chimney or flue in any building is in an unsafe condition on account of the liability of fire originating therefrom to be communicated to other woodwork or other combustible material adjacent thereto, he or she shall serve a notice in writing upon the owner, agent or occupant of such building, forthwith to repair said chimney or flue so as to make it conform to the requirements of this chapter, and to cease at once the use of the same in connection with, any stove, furnace or other apparatus in which fire is used and smoke conducted through said defective chimney or flue. Each day’s violation of the requirements of this notice, or each day that said defective chimney or flue is used after service of said notice, shall constitute a separate offense, for which, upon conviction, the owner or occupant of said building shall be subject to the penalties provided for in this chapter.
(Ord. 28, passed 11-10-1914) Penalty, see § 150.99