The Department Director and Chief Inspector shall cause inspections to be made as often as may be necessary, but not less than once a year, of all: specially hazardous manufacturing processes; storage or installations of acetylene or other gases, chemicals, oils, explosives and flammable materials; interior fire alarms and automatic sprinkler systems; otherhazardous conditions or appliances as they shall designate; industrial buildings; and commercial buildings, including all restaurants and other places purveying foodstuffs. Following each such inspection they shall make or cause to be made such orders as may be necessary for the enforcement of the laws and ordinances governing the above specified uses and for the safeguarding of public health, life, and property.
(A) As often as may be necessary but not less than once a year, it shall be the duty of the Chief Inspector to inspect or cause to be inspected by the Bureau of Fire Prevention, which may be assisted by other members of the Fire Department, all buildings and premises located within the corporate limits of the Village, except the interiors of private dwellings, for the purpose of ascertaining and causing to be corrected any conditions liable to cause fire or any violations of the provisions or intent of any ordinance of the Village affecting the fire hazard.
(B) When any inspection reveals the existence of combustible or explosive matter or dangerous accumulations of rubbish or unnecessary accumulation of waste paper, boxes, shavings or any highly flammable materials especially liable to fire in or about any building or upon any other premises, and which is so situated as to endanger property or shall find obstructions to or upon fire escapes, stairs, passageways, doors or windows, liable to interfere with the operations of the Fire Department or egress of occupants in case of fire, the Chief Inspector or any assistant shall order the obstructions to be removed or remedied, and the order shall be complied with forthwith by the owner or occupant of the premises or buildings, subject to appeal within twenty-four (24) hours to the Department Director, as provided in § 32.38.
(C) Any owner or occupant failing to comply with the order within a reasonable period after the service of the order shall be liable to a penalty, as hereinafter provided.
(D) The service of any such order may be made upon the occupant of the premises to whom it is directed, either by delivering a copy of it to the occupant personally or by delivering it to and leaving it with any person in charge of the premises, or in case no such person is found upon the premises, by affixing a copy thereof in a conspicuous place on the door to the entrance of the premises. When it may be necessary to serve such an order upon the owner of the premises, the order may be served either by delivering to and leaving with the person a copy of the order or, if the owner is absent from the jurisdiction of the officer making the order, by mailing the copy to the owner's last known address.
(Ord. 08-2677, passed 5-27-08; Am. Ord. 09-2717, passed 4-14-09)