(A) Adoption. The MSFC, except as hereinafter modified or changed, is adopted as the city’s Fire Code and shall be applicable within the city.
(1) Failure to comply. Any person who fails to obtain a permit required per MSFC, or any person who fails to obtain a permit as required by the Building Code or any person who shall continue any work after having been served with a stop work order, except such work as that person is directed to perform to remove a violation or unsafe condition, shall be liable to a fee as set forth by the fee structure adopted by the city and contained in Chapter 33 of this code.
(2) Work Commencing before permit issuance. If work for which a permit is required by the MSFC code has been commenced without first obtaining a permit, a special investigation shall be made before a permit may be issued for the work. An investigation fee established by municipality shall be collected and is in addition to the required permit fees, but it may but exceed the permit fee.
(3) MSFC § 202 C. CAMPFIRE shall have the meaning of a RECREATIONAL FIRE as defined in MSFC.
(4) Clear space around hydrants. MSFC is amended to read:
Clear space around hydrants. A three-foot (0.914 meters) clear space shall be maintained around the circumference of fire hydrants and a three-foot vertical clearance above the highest portion of the hydrants shall be maintained except as otherwise required or approved.
(5) Access. Immediate access to Fire Department connections shall be maintained at all times and without obstruction by fences, bushes, trees, walls, or any other object for a minimum of three feet (0.914 meters) in all directions except as otherwise required or approved.
(6) Appendices. The following appendices to the MSFC are hereby incorporated as may be amended as part of the Fire Code of the city:
(a) Appendix B Fire Flow Requirements for Buildings;
(b) Appendix C Fire Hydrant Locations and Distribution;
(c) Appendix D Fire Apparatus Access Roads; and
(d) Appendix O Fires or Barbecues on Balconies or Patios. The exception to § 1.2 is deleted.
(B) Copies on file. Copies of the MSFC are on file with the Division of Fire Prevention and are available for public inspection.
(Prior Code, § 97.02) (Ord. 08-001, passed 4-8-2008) Penalty, see § 97.99