[R.O. 2006 § 203.010; CC 1975 § 78.700]
It shall be the duty of the Chief of the Fire Department to
inspect or cause to be inspected by Fire Department officers or members,
as often as may be necessary, all buildings, premises and public thoroughfares,
except private dwellings, for the purpose of ascertaining and causing
to be corrected any conditions liable to cause fire. A written report
of every such inspection shall be filed with the City Clerk by the
inspector. Such inspector may at all reasonable hours enter any building
or premises for the purpose of making any inspection which, under
the provisions of this Chapter, he/she may deem necessary to be made.
[R.O. 2006 § 203.020; CC 1975 § 78.702]
Whenever such inspector may find combustible or explosive matter
or dangerous accumulation of rubbish or unnecessary accumulation of
waste paper, boxes, shavings, or any other highly flammable materials
especially liable to cause fire and which is so situated as to endanger
property or shall find obstructions to or on fire escapes, stairs,
passageways, doors or windows liable to interfere with the operations
of the Fire Department or egress of occupants in case of fire, he/she
shall order same to be removed or remedied. Such order shall be complied
with within forty-eight (48) hours by the owner or occupants of such
premises or building.
[R.O. 2006 § 203.030; Ord. No. 10-2020, 12-2-2020]
A. Open
burning of yard waste is allowed provided it originates and is burned
on the same premises, and unless a permit by the Missouri Department
of Natural Resources is issued which supersedes these regulations.
1. Burnable yard waste must consist of tree limbs, leaves, brush, or
untreated and unpainted wood wastes.
2. Open burning is only permitted from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
3. The Fire Department must be notified, by a telephone call to the
911 non-emergency line, prior to any burning.
4. Fires in proper containers must be no less than fifteen (15) feet
from any structure.
5. Fires not in containers must be no less than twenty-five (25) feet
from any structure.
6. Materials to be burned, not in containers, must be no larger than
three (3) feet in diameter and two (2) feet high.
7. Fires not in containers larger than the designated size must be no
less than fifty (50) feet from any structure and require the issuance
of a special, one-time permit from the Mayor, the Chief of Police,
or the Fire Chief.
8. Any and all fires must be constantly and personally attended until
the fire is extinguished.
9. A fire extinguisher with a minimum 4-S rating, charged water hose,
or other approved extinguishing equipment must be available for immediate
utilization.
10. Fires may not be burned on any improved street, sidewalk, or alley.
11. Fires may not cause a hazardous condition of any kind.
12. Fires may not be burned at any time during a burn ban.
13. All of these above regulations are subject to, and shall be adjudicated
under the legal doctrine of strict liability.
B. The
Mayor, all Municipal Peace Officers and all Fire Department Personnel
have the authority to order the immediate extinguishment of any fire
deemed to be not within regulations.
[R.O. 2006 § 203.040; CC 1975 § 78.706]
Ashes, smoldering coals or embers, greasy or oily substances
liable to spontaneous ignition shall not be deposited or allowed to
remain within ten (10) feet of any combustible materials except in
metal or other non-combustible receptacles.
[R.O. 2006 § 203.050; CC 1975 § 78.708]
No person shall permit to remain upon any roof or in any yard
any accumulation of waste paper, hay, grass, straw, weeds, litter
or combustible or flammable waste or rubbish of any kind. All such
materials in stores, apartment buildings, factories or similar places
shall be compactly baled and stacked, removed from the premises or
stored in suitable vaults or receptacles to the satisfaction of the
Chief of the Fire Department.
[R.O. 2006 § 203.060; CC 1975 § 78.710]
Cotton, batting, straw, dry vines, leaves, trees, celluloid
or other highly flammable materials shall not be used for decorative
purposes in stores or show windows except where deemed satisfactory
by the Chief of the Fire Department. Paper and other readily flammable
materials shall not be used for decorative purposes in any place of
public assembly unless such materials have been flameproofed to the
satisfaction of the Chief of the Fire Department.
[R.O. 2006 § 203.070]
A person commits the offense of creating a fire hazard if he/she fails or refuses to allow an inspection under Section
203.010 or fails to comply with the order of the Chief of the Fire Department issued under Section
203.020 or fails to comply with the provisions of Section
203.030, Section
203.040, Section
203.050 or Section
203.060. Violations of this Chapter shall be punishable under the penalty provisions of Section
100.220. Each day of violation shall constitute a separate offense.