A. Scope And Requirements: Whenever any officer or member of the department shall find in any building, or upon any premises or other place, combustible or explosive matter or any dangerous accumulation of rubbish or unnecessary accumulation of waste paper, boxes, shavings or any other highly flammable materials especially liable to fire, and which is so situated as to endanger property, or shall find any obstruction to or on any fire escape, stair, passageway, door or window liable to interfere with the operations of the department, or egress of occupants, in case of fire, or shall find any condition dangerous to life or property by reason of the fire hazard thereby created, the member of the department is hereby authorized but not required to order any hazardous condition as described to be removed or remedied, and whether or not the member is engaged in any routine fire inspection, shall not affect the validity of the order. The order shall be complied with by the owner or occupant of the premises or building, subject to appeal within twenty four (24) hours to the Mayor, who shall, within ten (10) days, review the order and file his decision thereon, and unless the order is revoked or modified, it shall remain in full force and be obeyed by the owner or occupant, and any owner or occupant failing to comply with any such order within ten (10) days after the appeal, shall have been determined, or if no appeal is taken, then within ten (10) days after the service of the order, shall be liable to penalty under the terms of this chapter.
B. Responsible Person: In those instances in which the owner and occupant of a building or of any premises, is not one and the same person, the occupant of such building or premises shall first be held responsible for the abatement of any dangerous condition as described in this ordinance, but in the event of the occupant being unavailable or otherwise immune to process, the owner of the building or premises shall be responsible.
C. Order Of Immediate Discontinuance: The Fire Chief shall have full authority to order the immediate discontinuance of the use of any stove, stovepipe, flue furnace, electric wiring or other hazardous devises, pending the result of an appeal to the Mayor.
(Ord. 152, 9-14-1987)