There is hereby adopted by the City Council, insofar as not
inconsistent with the laws of the state, for the purpose of prescribing
regulations governing conditions hazardous to life and property from
fire or explosion, that certain code known as the BOCA Basic Fire
Prevention Code, recommended by the Building Officials and Code Administrators
International, Inc., being particularly the 1978 edition thereof,
and the whole thereof, save and except such portions as are hereinafter
deleted, modified or amended; and the same is hereby adopted and incorporated
as fully as if set out at length herein, and the provisions thereof
shall be controlling within the limits of the City.
[Code 1962, § 12-2]
Copies of the Fire Prevention Code adopted by this article may
be obtained at the office of the City Manager in City Hall during
the regular business hours.
[Code 1962, § 12-3]
The Fire Prevention Code adopted by this article shall be enforced
by the Chief of the Fire Division or his properly authorized agent.
[Code 1962, § 12-4]
The Chief of the Fire Division shall have the power to modify
any of the provisions of the Fire Prevention Code adopted by this
article, upon application in writing by the owner or lessee or his
duly authorized agent, when there are practical difficulties in the
way of carrying out the strict letter of such code, provided the spirit
of such code shall be observed, public safety secured and substantial
justice done. The particulars of such modification, when granted or
allowed, and the decision of the Chief of the Fire Division thereon
shall be entered upon the records of the division; and a signed copy
shall be furnished the applicant.
[Code 1962, § 12-5]
In connection with the Fire Prevention Code adopted by this
article, whenever the Chief of the Fire Division shall disapprove
an application or refuse to grant a license or permit applied for,
or when it is claimed that the provisions of such code do not apply
or that the true intent and meaning of the code have been misconstrued
or wrongly interpreted, the applicant may appeal from the decision
of the Chief of the Fire Division to the City Council, within 30 days
from the date of the decision from which the appeal is taken.