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No person shall knowingly give a false alarm of fire except those for test purposes of the alarm system, given or authorized by the Chief.
(Prior Code, § 6-2-16) (Ord. 2024-01, passed 4-4-2024) Penalty, see § 6-2-20
(A) Compliance required; filing of complaint for noncompliance.
(1) Upon the receipt of an order from the Fire Chief to abate any dangerous condition or fire hazard as described in this chapter, the owner or proprietor of the premises upon which the fire hazard or dangerous condition exists shall comply at once with the order.
(2) If the owner or proprietor has not complied with the order within three days following its issuance, the Fire Chief shall sign and file a complaint with the Municipal Judge of the town, accusing the owner or proprietor of a misdemeanor and setting forth the nature of the offense committed.
(B) Failure to comply. If convicted, the defendant named in the complaint shall be fined as provided in this chapter and shall be ordered by the Municipal Court Judge to comply with the order of the Fire Chief, and thereafter, every day that the offensive condition is continued in existence shall constitute a separate and punishable offense, in addition to which a separate fine for contempt of court may be imposed. The Municipal Judge may permit the defendant a longer time in which to abate the condition if he or she deems leniency necessary.
(Prior Code, § 6-2-17) Penalty, see § 6-2-20
(A) Notify Council of fire hazard. In those instances in which a fire hazard or dangerous condition is found to exist as provided in this chapter and the owner or proprietor of the premises is not to be found within the town, nor otherwise available upon the exertion of reasonable effort upon the part of the Fire Chief, or refuses or fails to remedy the hazard or condition, the Fire Chief shall notify the Council at the next regular meeting of the existence of the fire hazard or dangerous condition and the location thereof and the fact that the proprietor is not available or that the proprietor refuses or has failed to remedy the hazard or condition.
(B) Order abatement by town; assessment of costs. Upon receipt of such notice, the Council is authorized to order the abatement of the condition reported as provided in this chapter. The abatement shall be carried out by the proper officer or officers of the town, members of the Fire Department or otherwise, and the expense of the abatement shall be paid out of the General Funds of the town treasury and shall be included, together with a surcharge equal to 200% of such costs to cover indirect administrative costs, in a bill charged against the owner of the property within or upon which the fire hazard or dangerous condition was found to exist.
(Prior Code, § 6-2-18)
No group of persons may provide fire protection and/or fire suppression on an organized basis unless and until such group has been organized as directed by this chapter, and its operations and procedures specifically approved by the Council.
(Prior Code, § 6-2-19) Penalty, see § 6-2-20
The penalty for violation of any provision of this chapter shall be a fine as provided in § 1-4-1. Each day of an offense is constituted a separate offense.
(Prior Code, § 6-2-20)