(A) Whenever the fire official or the official’s duly authorized agent shall find in any building or upon any premises dangerous or hazardous conditions or materials, as follows, there shall be issued notice or orders to remove or remedy the conditions as may be necessary for the protection of life and property from fire and smoke:
(1) Dangerous or unlawful amounts of combustible or explosive or otherwise hazardous materials;
(2) Hazardous conditions arising from defective or improperly installed equipment for handling or using combustible or explosive or otherwise hazardous materials;
(3) Dangerous accumulations of rubbish, waste paper, boxes, shavings or other highly combustible materials;
(4) Accumulations of dust or waste material from air conditioning or ventilating systems or of grease in kitchen or other exhaust ducts or inadequate clearances to unprotected combustible material from hoods, grease extractors and ducts;
(5) Obstructions to or on fire escapes, designated access openings in exterior walls for fire department use, stairs, passageways, doors or windows, liable to interfere with the operations of the fire authority having jurisdiction or egress of occupants in case of fire;
(6) Any building or other structure which, for want of repairs, lack of adequate exit facilities, automatic or other fire alarm apparatus or fire extinguishing equipment, or by reason of age or dilapidated condition, or from any other cause, creates a hazardous condition.
(B) Whenever the fire official or the official’s duly authorized representative deems any chimney, smokestack, stove, oven, incinerator, furnace or other heating device, electric fixture or any appurtenance thereto or anything regulated under a nationally approved standard in or upon any building, structure or premises not specifically mentioned in this code, to be defective or unsafe so as to create an immediate hazard, the official shall serve upon the owner or the person having control of the property, a written notice to repair or alter as necessary and shall notify any other authority enforcing codes regulating the equipment. The fire official or representative may affix a condemnation tag prohibiting the use thereof until the repairs or alterations are made. When affixed, the tag may be removed only by the order of the fire official or duly authorized representative and may be removed only when the hazard to which the order pertains has been eliminated in an approved manner. Until removed, that item or device which has caused the hazard shall not be used or be permitted to be used.
(C) When an apparent structural hazard is caused by the faulty installation, operation or malfunction of any of the hereinabove mentioned items or devices, the fire official shall immediately notify the building official who shall investigate the hazard and shall cause the hazard to be abated as required under the building code.
(‘77 Code, § 9-27) (Ord. 36, passed 3-5-79)