A certain document, being marked and designated at the International Fire Code 2021 (hereinafter “IFC”), including all appendices Chapters A through M, as published by the International Code Council, copies of which are on file in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Sharon, is hereby adopted as the Fire Prevention and Inspection Code of the City of Sharon, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, for the purpose of regulating and governing the standards by which all structures, buildings, and/or property within the City shall be maintained to ensure that said properties are safe from risk of fire and other hazards while protecting all inhabitants, licensees, and invitees from unreasonable threat of bodily injury or death in the event of a fire or other hazard and to protect their property and neighboring property; providing for the general health, safety, and welfare of all persons in the City; further providing for safeguarding of life and property from fire and explosion hazards arising from the storage, handling, and use of hazardous substances, materials and devices, construction features, and from conditions hazardous, including acts of violence, to any life including emergency responders or hazardous to property in the occupancy of buildings and premises as herein provided; further allowing for actions to be taken for pre-planned and emergency impairments of fire protection systems; providing for inspections; allowing for the issuance of permits and collection of fees therefor; providing for the enforcement, penalties, and appeal rights for violations thereof; and each and all of the regulations, provisions, penalties, collections, and terms of said Fire Prevention and Inspection Code on file in the office of the City of Sharon are hereby referred to, adopted, and made part hereof, as if set forth fully at length in this chapter, with any amendments, modifications, changes, insertions and deletions, if any, prescribed in this section.
(Ord. 03-19. Passed 3-27-19; Ord. 21-22. Passed 12-21-22.)