The office of Fire Marshall shall be held by a qualified individual as appointed by the City Council from time to time. The Fire Marshall shall be charged with the enforcement of all ordinances and code provisions aimed at fire prevention. The Fire Marshall shall have full authority to inspect, or cause to be inspected, all premises, and cause the abatement or removal of all fire hazards. Pursuant to such duty to cause to be inspected all premises, the Fire Marshall shall have the authority to obtain search warrants if the Fire Marshall determines search warrants are necessary to accomplish the inspection; provided, however, that the applicable constitutional requirements relating to the procurement of such search warrants in effect at the time of the inspections are met.
(Ord. 66, passed 6-28-88; Am. Ord. 0704, passed 10-23-07)