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Editor's Note: Ord. No. 268 amended Art. III to read as now set out in §§ 7-21—7-23. Formerly Art. III contained similar provisions and was derived from Ord. No. 72, 11-26-1968, and Ord. No. 173, 11-13-1972.
[Ord. No. 268, § 1, 11-12-1976; Ord. No. 323, § 1, 11-16-1978; Ord. No. 420, § 1, 4-16-1982; Ord. No. 735, 5-25-1993; Ord. No. 1181, § I, 3-28-2017; Ord. No. 1332, 11-13-2025]
Certain documents, copies of which are on file in the office of the Chief of the Fire Department in the City of Pittsfield, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being marked and designated as MGL c. 148; Massachusetts Comprehensive Fire Safety Code, 527 CMR 1.05, and the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA 1), are hereby adopted as the Fire Prevention Code of the City of Pittsfield, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, for the purpose of safeguarding life and property from the hazards of fire and explosion arising from the storage, handling and use of hazardous substances, materials and devices and from conditions hazardous to life or property in the use or occupancy of buildings or premises as herein provided; and each and all of the regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions and terms of the current MGL c. 148, 527 CMR 1.05 and NFPA 1 are hereby referred to, adopted and made a part hereof as if fully set out in this article with the additions, insertions, deletions and changes contained in Section 7-22 of this article.
[Ord. No. 268, § 1, 11-12-1976; Ord. No. 674, § 2, 5-29-1991]
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Article 1: Section F-102.1. Enforcement authority—Bureau of Fire Prevention.
[Ord. No. 1332, 11-13-2025]
There is hereby established a Bureau of Fire Prevention within the Fire Department of the City. Under the general supervision of the Chief of the Fire Department, the Bureau shall be responsible for the administration of the Fire Prevention Code. There shall be a Chief of Fire Prevention Bureau who shall be appointed by the Chief of the Fire Department from Fire Department personnel, who shall serve at the pleasure of the Chief of the Fire Department. The Chief of the Fire Department may assign such other personnel of the Fire Department to such Bureau as in their discretion, and for such periods, as they shall deem necessary.
Annually, in the month of August, the Chief of the Fire Prevention Bureau shall make a report of the previous fiscal year's activities of the Bureau to the Chief of the Fire Department in a manner prescribed by such Chief of the Fire Department. The Chief of the Fire Department shall include such report in the records of the Fire Department, and in any other reports required of the Fire Department by the City.
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Article 1: Section F-105.5.2. Saving clause. That nothing in this ordinance shall be construed to affect any suit or proceeding pending in any court, or any rights acquired, or liability incurred, or any cause or causes of action acquired, or existing, under any ordinance; nor shall any existing legal right or remedy of any character be lost, impaired or affected by this ordinance. The invalidity of any provision of this ordinance shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions.
[Ord. No. 268, § 1, 11-12-1976; Ord. No. 420, § 1, 4-16-1982; Ord. No. 1332, 11-13-2025]
The following words as used in the said Massachusetts Comprehensive Fire Safety Code shall be held to mean as defined below:
MUNICIPALITY
The City of Pittsfield.