(A) The city’s Fire Department shall perform fire and life safety inspections in Class 1 structures under the administrative supervision of the Fire Chief pursuant to I.C. 36-8-17.
(B) The city’s Fire Department may, as often as may be reasonably necessary inspect every structure, building, place and public way, except the interiors of private dwellings, for compliance with fire safety laws adopted by the Commission and this chapter.
(C) Upon the request of an owner or a primary lessee who resides in a private dwelling, the city’s Fire Department may inspect the interior of the private dwelling to determine compliance with I.C. 22-11-18-3.5 and all other applicable law and regulations.
(D) The fees for city’s Fire Department inspections performed under this section shall be the current fee/fine structure set by the city.
(E) Following the issuance of an inspection report that contains a violation of a fire safety law, pursuant to the enforcement procedures under § 34.022 of this chapter, the city’s Fire Department may re-inspect a structure, building or place to ensure the violation has been remedied. If a violation cited in the inspection report is not remedied upon the city’s Fire Department re-inspection, the owner or, if applicable, primary lessee of the structure, building or place shall be subject to the fee/fine structure set by the city for any subsequent re-inspections of such violation.
(F) All code violations will be documented on a fire inspection report form. Each business will be given 30 days to correct code violations. Certain code violations may be given less time to correct due to their severity.
(Prior Code, § 38-42) (Ord. 22-01, passed 2-14-2022)