(A) Title. This section shall be known and may be cited as the “Rockingham Fire Prevention Code” or, where ambiguity will not result, as the “Fire Prevention Code.”
(Prior Code, § 91.25)
(B) National Fire Protection Code adopted.
(1) The city adopts the State Building Code, together with its incorporated standards and codes as listed in Annex A of such code and together with Appendices A, B, D, E, G, and H of such code. Such code and appended material are incorporated by reference.
(2) Such code and appended material, subject to the amendments and deletions set forth herein, shall be in effect and shall be controlling within the limits of the city.
(3) At least one copy of such code and appended material shall be kept on file in the office of the City Clerk for public inspection.
(Prior Code, § 91.26)
(C) Amendments to code. The Fire Prevention Code, NFPA 1, as adopted in this section, is amended to delete § 1-5, Board of Appeals.
(Prior Code, § 91.27)
(D) Enforcement.
(1) The Fire Chief shall be responsible for the enforcement of this section.
(2) The Fire Chief may assign such qualified members of the Fire Department as inspectors as shall from time to time be necessary.
(Prior Code, § 91.28)
(E) Applicability. The provisions of the Fire Prevention Code shall apply equally to both public and private property, and it shall apply to all structures and their occupancies, except as otherwise specified.
(Prior Code, § 91.29)
(F) Construction. This section shall be deemed to be an exercise of the police powers of the city for the preservation and protection of the public health, peace, safety, and welfare, and all the provisions of the Fire Prevention Code shall be liberally construed for that purpose.
(Prior Code, § 91.30)
(G) Appeal to Council. Whenever the Chief of the Bureau of Fire Prevention shall disapprove an application or refuse to grant a permit applied for or when it is claimed that the provisions of the code do not apply or that true intent and meaning of the code have been misconstrued or wrongly interpreted, the applicant may appeal from such decision to the City Council within 30 days from the date of the decision appealed.
(Prior Code, § 91.32)
(Ord. 12-86-6, passed 12-9-1986) Penalty, see § 91.99