A.
Multiple dwellings shall be inspected for the purpose
of determining compliance with fire prevention and property maintenance
requirements of the Uniform Code at least once in every 36 months.
Inspections of such buildings shall include the common areas such
as halls, foyers, staircases, etc., and vacant dwelling units. Where
the tenants of occupied dwelling units allow, the inspection may include
such units.
B.
Firesafety inspections of buildings or structures
having areas of "public assembly," defined as "all buildings or portions
of buildings used for gathering together 50 or more persons for amusement,
athletic, civic, dining, educational, entertainment, patriotic, political,
recreational, religious, social, or similar purposes, the entire fire
area of which they are a part, and the means of egress therefrom"
shall be performed at least once in every 12 months.
C.
All other buildings, uses and occupancies (except
one- or two-family dwellings) shall be inspected at least once in
every 24 months.
D.
An inspection of a building or dwelling unit may also
be performed at any other time upon:
E.
Operating permits.
(1)
Operating permits shall be required for conducting
the activities or using the categories of buildings listed below:
(a)
Manufacturing, storing or handling hazardous
materials in quantities exceeding those listed in Table 2703.1.1(1),
2703.1.1(2), 2703.1.1(3) or 2703.1.1(4) in the publication entitled
"Fire Code of New York State" and incorporated by reference in 19
NYCRR 1225.1;
(b)
Hazardous processes and activities, including
but not limited to commercial and industrial operations which produce
combustible dust as a byproduct, fruit and crop ripening, and waste
handling;
(c)
Use of pyrotechnic devices in assembly occupancies;
(d)
Buildings containing one or more areas of public
assembly with an occupant load of 100 persons or more; and
(e)
Buildings whose use or occupancy classification
may pose a substantial potential hazard to public safety, as determined
by resolution adopted by the Village Board.
(2)
Any person who proposed to undertake any activity or to operate any type of building listed in Subsection E(1) shall be required to obtain an operating permit prior to commencing such activity or operation.
(3)
Applications for operating permits. An application
for an operating permit shall be in writing on a form provided by
or otherwise acceptable to the Code Enforcement Officer. Such application
shall include such information as the Code Enforcement Officer deems
sufficient to permit a determination by the Code Enforcement Officer
that quantities, materials and activities conform to the requirements
of the Uniform Code. If the Code Enforcement Officer determines that
tests or reports are necessary to verify conformance, such tests or
reports shall be performed or provided by such person or persons as
may be designated by or otherwise acceptable to the Code Enforcement
Officer, at the expense of the applicant.
(4)
Inspections. The Code Enforcement Officer or an inspector
authorized by the Code Enforcement Officer shall inspect the subject
premises prior to the issuance of an operating permit.
(5)
Multiple activities. In any circumstance in which more than one activity listed in Subsection E(1) of this section is to be conducted at a location, the Code Enforcement Officer may require a separate operating permit for each such activity, or the Code Enforcement Officer may, in his or her discretion, issue a single operating permit to apply to all such activities.
(6)
Duration of operating permits. Operating permits shall
be issued for such period of time, not to exceed one year in the case
of any operating permit issued for an area of public assembly and
not to exceed three years in any other case, as shall be determined
by the Code Enforcement Officer to be consistent with the local condition.
The effective period of each operating permit shall be specified in
the operating permit. An operating permit may be reissued or renewed
upon application to the Code Enforcement Officer, payment of the applicable
fee, and approval of such application by the Code Enforcement Officer.
(7)
Revocation or suspension of operating permits. If
the Code Enforcement Officer determines that any activity or building
for which an operating permit was issued does not comply with any
applicable provision of the Uniform Code, such operating permit shall
be revoked or suspended.
