There is hereby adopted by the City, for the purpose of prescribing
regulations governing conditions hazardous to life and property from
fire or explosion, that certain code known as the NFPA Fire Prevention
Code, particularly the 1997 Edition, as amended, thereof and the whole
thereof, as published by the National Fire Protection Association
and except for such portions as are deleted, modified or amended in
this article.
There is hereby adopted by the City, for the purpose of prescribing
regulations governing conditions hazardous to life and safety, that
a certain code known as the Life Safety Code 101, particularly the
2000 Edition, as published by the National Fire Protection Association.
The 1998 National Fire Protection Codes, as amended, shall be
adopted for use by reference.
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of the Fire Prevention Codes and standards adopted in Section
30-141 or fail to comply therewith, or who shall violate or fail to comply with any order made thereunder, or who shall build in violation of any detailed statement of specifications or plans submitted and approved thereunder, or any certificate or permit issued thereunder, and from which no appeal has been taken, or who shall fail to comply with such an order as affirmed or modified by the City Council or by a court of competent jurisdiction, within the time fixed therein, shall severally for each and every such violation and noncompliance respectively be punishable as provided in Section
1-12. The imposition of one penalty for any violation shall not excuse the violation or permit it to continue; and all such persons shall be required to correct or remedy such violations or defects within a reasonable time, and, when not otherwise specified, each day that prohibited conditions are maintained shall constitute a separate offense. The application of the above penalty shall not be held to prevent the enforced removal of prohibited conditions.
Whenever the Chief of the Fire Department shall disapprove an
application or refuse to grant a permit applied for, or when it is
claimed that the provisions of the fire prevention codes and standards
adopted in this article do not apply or that the true intent and meaning
of such codes and standards have been misconstrued or wrongly interpreted,
the applicant may appeal from the decision of the Chief of the Fire
Department to the City Council within 10 days from the decision of
the Chief of the Fire Department. The City Council may reverse the
decision of the Chief of the Fire Department and permit exceptions
to or variances from the specific provisions of the fire prevention
codes and standards in cases where the enforcement of the provisions
of such codes and standards would result in undue hardship, subject
always to the rule that the City Council shall give due consideration
to the purposes of the fire prevention code in promoting public health,
safety and welfare.