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FIRE PROTECTION
(A) The following rules relative to passageways, stairs and fire exits shall be applicable to all public buildings, places of assembly, commercial or business buildings, hotels, apartment buildings, lodging houses, tourist homes and all other buildings except private dwellings and except as otherwise expressly limited herein to a particular type of building.
(B) No fire escape, stairway, balcony or ladder on any building shall be obstructed, out of repair, or maintained in a hazardous condition. Doors and windows leading to any fire escape shall open easily from the inside.
(C) No person shall do any act which causes any violation of any of the rules set forth in this section, nor shall any person owning any building or in charge thereof, as agent, employee or otherwise, permit any of such rules to be violated.
Penalty, see § 10.99
No person shall wilfully molest, take for his or her own private use, or damage in any manner any firefighting equipment or apparatus or anything pertaining to the firefighting system, or drive any vehicle upon or against any hose or equipment of the Fire Department.
Penalty, see § 10.99
(A) Fire hydrant obstructions. No person shall place any obstruction whatever, nor shall any person responsible for the obstruction permit it to remain, within 15 feet of any fire hydrant.
(B) Fire hydrant openings. No person, except authorized city officers and employees, shall use any fire hydrant except in case of emergency, without first securing permission from the Department of Public Works for such use, and paying or agreeing to pay for the water to be used. In no case shall any wrench or tool be used on any fire hydrant other than a regulation city hydrant wrench.
Penalty, see § 10.99
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