5-2-12: INVESTIGATION OF ARSON; ENTRY OF BUILDINGS:
A.   The chief is hereby required to assist the proper authorities in suppressing the crime of arson by investigating or causing to be investigated the cause, origin and circumstances of all fires.
B.   The chief is hereby empowered to enter any and all buildings and premises at any reasonable hour for the purpose of making inspections and to serve written notice upon the owner or occupant to abate, within a specified time, any and all fire hazards that may be found. Any person so served with a notice to abate fire hazard or hazards shall comply therewith and promptly notify the chief. (2010 Code § 1-47)