A.Â
It shall be unlawful for any person, owner, builder, architect, tenant,
contractor, subcontractor, construction superintendent or any of their
agents or employees:
(1)Â
To fail to provide or to block required access for apparatus, personnel
or equipment.
(2)Â
To lock or block an exit door.
(3)Â
To have, use or place illegal locks in premises.
(4)Â
To obstruct egress, including but not limited to exitways, aisles,
fire escapes, drop ladders, passageways, stairs and halls.
(5)Â
To have, use or maintain illegal storage.
(6)Â
To improperly store propane or flammable liquids.
(7)Â
To improperly open holes in ceilings or walls.
(8)Â
To utilize illegal wiring or allow illegal wiring to exist, including
exposed wires or missing covers.
(9)Â
To fail to install or maintain required smoke detectors.
(10)Â
To fail to properly test sprinklers or otherwise fail to maintain
sprinklers in proper condition.
(11)Â
To fail to properly test standpipes or otherwise fail to maintain
standpipes in proper condition.
(12)Â
To have windows with broken ropes or chains opening onto fire
escapes or windows that will not open.
(13)Â
To leave cock loft scuttles open.
(14)Â
To block open or otherwise fail to keep operational automatic
self-closing doors.
B.Â
No person shall raise a false alarm of fire in the City of Yonkers.
It shall be unlawful for any person to give or cause to be given a
false alarm with intent to deceive or to pull the slide of any station
or signal box except in the case of fire.
C.Â
It shall be unlawful to tamper, meddle or interfere in any way with
fire-alarm boxes or any part thereof or to cut, break, injure, deface
or remove any of said boxes or any of the wires or supports thereof
connected with any part of said fire-alarm system or to make any connection
or communication therewith so as to interrupt or break or destroy
any machinery or fixtures connected with it. No person shall make,
cause to be made or possess an impression or duplicate of any signal-box
key.
D.Â
Damage to fire equipment. No person shall cut or injure in any manner
any hose, fire engine or other apparatus provided for the extinguishment
of fires, belonging to or used by the Fire Department. No person shall
drive a vehicle over such hose except the driver of a vehicle carrying
the United States mail, the driver of an ambulance when conveying
any patient or injured persons to any hospital or when proceeding
to the scene of any accident by which any person or persons have been
injured or any driver of any vehicle who may be permitted to drive
over or across any such hose by the officer of the Fire Department
in command of the force operating at any such fire and under his direction.
F.Â
As provided in this section, an enhanced Class II offense shall be
subject to:
(1)Â
Criminal penalties: An enhanced Class II offense is a violation subject
to a fine of not less than $200 nor more than $1,000, imprisonment
of not more than 15 days, or both; and
(2)Â
Civil penalties: An enhanced Class II offense is subject to a civil
penalty of not less than $500 nor more than $7,500.
H.Â
A person who owns a building, structure, lot or land or part thereof
where a violation of this chapter or the New York Uniform Code exists
and any person who has assisted in the commission of any violation
shall each be separately responsible for the violation and shall each
be liable for all code enforcement, civil and criminal remedies and
penalties provided in this chapter.
The Fire Department shall issue an order to eliminate dangerous
or hazardous conditions whenever any of the officers, members or inspectors
of the Fire Department find in any building or upon any premises dangerous
or hazardous conditions or materials as follows:
A.Â
Dangerous or unlawful amounts of combustible or explosive or otherwise
hazardous materials.
B.Â
Hazardous conditions arising from defective or improperly installed
equipment for handling or using combustible or explosive or otherwise
hazardous materials.
C.Â
Dangerous accumulations of rubbish, wastepaper, boxes, shavings or
other highly flammable materials.
D.Â
Accumulations of dust or waste material in an air-conditioning or
ventilating system or of grease in kitchen or other exhaust ducts.
E.Â
Obstructions to or on fire escapes, stairs, halls, passageways, doors
or windows liable to interfere with the operations of the Fire Department
or egress of occupants in case of fire.
F.Â
Any condition that constitutes a fire hazard or 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.
G.Â
Using of open-flame candles or kerosene lanterns for decorative or
artificial lighting.
H.Â
The use of barbecue apparatus or any cooking appliances on building
terraces, fire escapes, halls or cellars or any other place that constitutes
a fire hazard.