(A) The Fire Prevention Code shall be enforced by the Chief of the Fire Department. It shall be unlawful for any person properly served with an order or citation under provisions of the Fire Prevention Code to fail to comply with the order or citation.
(B) The Chief of the Fire Department shall be responsible for the enforcement of laws and regulations for the safeguarding, to a reasonable degree, of life and property from hazards of fire or explosions and from conditions hazardous to life and property in the use or occupancy of buildings or premises and their contents.
(C) It is the intent of the Fire Department to achieve compliance by traditional means of inspection, notification, granting of reasonable time to comply, and reinspection. The citation shall be used only after all reasonable means to gain compliance have failed or, with proper justification, at the discretion of the Fire Chief.
(D) Only those members of the Fire Department specifically designated by the Chief of the Fire Department may issue citations.
(E) The adoption of the Indiana Fire Code is contained in this chapter of the city code and establishes the procedures for handling violations of the code and applicable city ordinances.
(Prior Code, § 93.18) Penalty, see § 93.99