City of Rochester, NY
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2023-10-17
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Part II: General Ordinances
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Chapter 54 Fire Prevention Code
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Article III Additional Regulations
- Charter
- Ch C Charter of the City of Rochester
- The Code
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Part I: City Government
- Ch 2 Assessment, Department of
- Ch 3 Assessment Method, Local
- Ch 4 Board of Review
- Ch 4A Cable Television
- Ch 5 City Clerk
- Ch 6 (Reserved)
- Ch 7 Continuity of Government
- Ch 8 Finance, Department of
- Ch 8A Purchasing and Property Management
- Ch 9 Grievance Procedure
- Ch 10 Improvements, Municipal and Local
- Ch 12 Law, Department of
- Ch 13 Mayor and Deputy Mayor
- Ch 13A Municipal Code Violations Bureau
- Ch 14 Officers and Employees
- Ch 15 Official Seal, Emblems and Celebrations
- Ch 16 (Reserved)
- Ch 17 (Reserved)
- Ch 18 Public Records
- Ch 19 Public Safety
- Ch 20 Refuse Collection
- Ch 21 Real Estate
- Ch 22 (Reserved)
- Ch 23 Waterworks
- Part II: General Ordinances
- Ch 27 Alarm Systems and Businesses
- Ch 28 Ambulance Service Operator
- Ch 29 Amusements and Entertainment
- Ch 30 Animals
- Ch 31 Animals — Dog Control
- Ch 32 Auctions and Auctioneers
- Ch 34 Bicycles, Electric Bicycles, Electric Scooters, In-Line Skates and Skateboards
- Ch 35 Bill Posting and Advertising
- Ch 36 Bingo License Law and Games of Chance
- Ch 36A (Reserved)
- Ch 37 Bowling Alleys
- Ch 38 (Reserved)
- Ch 39 Building Code
- Ch 40 Plumbing Licensing Ordinance
- Ch 42 (Reserved)
- Ch 43 Cemeteries
- Ch 43A Coastal High-Hazard Areas
- Ch 44 Conduct, Miscellaneous
- Ch 45 (Reserved)
- Ch 46 Dance Halls
- Ch 47 Dangerous Articles
- Ch 47A Demolition Regulations
- Ch 47B Domestic Partnerships
- Ch 48 Environmental Review
- Ch 49 Electrical Licensing Ordinance
- Ch 50 Elevators, Escalators and Other Conveyances
- Ch 51 (Reserved)
- Ch 52 Enforcement Procedures
- Ch 53 (Reserved)
- Ch 54 Fire Prevention Code
- Ch 54 Art III Additional Regulations
- § 54-15 Enforcement of violations.
- § 54-16 Severability.
- Ch 56 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 57 (Reserved)
- Ch 59 Health and Sanitation
- Ch 60 Food Trucks, Trailers and Carts
- Ch 61 House Numbering
- Ch 62 Commercial Travelers, Solicitors and Special Events
- Ch 63 Human Rights
- Ch 64 Income Tax Refund Anticipation Loans
- Ch 65 (Reserved)
- Ch 66 Junkyard Operators, Junk Dealers and Scrap Processors
- Ch 67 Labor
- Ch 67A (Reserved)
- Ch 68 Licenses — Business and Trades
- Ch 69 Littering and Smoking
- Ch 70 (Reserved)
- Ch 71 Miscellaneous Trades
- Ch 72 (Reserved)
- Ch 74 (Reserved)
- Ch 75 Noise
- Ch 76 Official Map
- Ch 76A (Reserved)
- Ch 77 Oil Burners
- Ch 78 (Reserved)
- Ch 79 Parks
- Ch 80 Pawnbrokers
- Ch 81 (Reserved)
- Ch 83 (Reserved)
- Ch 85 Poulterers
- Ch 86 Press Representatives
- Ch 87 Private Hospitals, Sanitoria, Nursing Homes and Similar Institutions
- Ch 89 Property, Care of
- Ch 90 Property Code
- Ch 91 Public Market
- Ch 92 (Reserved)
- Ch 93 Public Emergencies, Restricted Conduct in Time of
- Ch 95 Residential Landlord-Tenant Bill of Rights and Responsibilities
- Ch 95A Consumer Protection
- Ch 96 Secondhand Dealers
- Ch 97 Sewer Use Code
- Ch 98 Sexually Oriented Businesses
- Ch 99 Shooting Ranges
- Ch 100 Smoke and Air Pollution Control
- Ch 101 Solid Fuel Dealers
- Ch 103 Stationary Engineers and Refrigeration Operators Licensing Ordinance
- Ch 104 Streets and Street Encroachments
- Ch 104A (Reserved)
- Ch 105 (Reserved)
- Ch 106 Telecommunications in the Right-Of-Way
- Ch 107 Taxation
- Ch 108 Taxicabs
- Ch 108A Towing
- Ch 109 Transient Merchants
- Ch 111 Vehicle and Traffic
- Ch 112 Waterfront Consistency Review Ordinance
- Ch 113 Weights and Measures
- Ch 115 (Reserved)
- Appendix
- Ch 127 Parks - Maintenance by County of Monroe
- Ch 128 Land Subdivision Regulations
- Ch 129 (Reserved)
- Ch 130 Comprehensive Plan
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
- Zoning
- Ch 120 Zoning
- Att AM Table of Zoning Amendments
- Att ZMA Table of Zoning Map Amendments
- Att GL Guidelines
- Att INT Interpretations
- Att PDD Planned Development Districts
- Att SC Street Classifications
- Ch 125 (Reserved)
- Ch 126 (Reserved)
- Prior Zoning Codes
- Ch 120Z Prior Zoning Codes
A.
It shall be sufficient service of a notice and order issued by the
Department if a copy thereof is served personally in accordance with
the provisions of the Civil Practice Law and Rules, or sent by first-class
mail to either the person's tax mailing address, if the violation
relates to a property or building and the owner is the person to be
served, or otherwise to the person's last known address, or left with
an agent or a person of suitable age and discretion at the place of
violation or tax mailing address or last known address.
B.
Violations of this chapter may be referred to the Municipal Code Violations Bureau, wherein violators shall be subject to the penalties set forth in § 13A-11 of the Municipal Code. Referral to the Municipal Code Violations Bureau shall not preclude subsequent referral to City Court of unabated violations or injunctive relief in State Supreme Court, and in said instances the courts shall have concurrent jurisdiction.
C.
Violations of this chapter may also be enforced pursuant to Chapter 52 of the Municipal Code, and violators shall be subject to the penalties set forth in said chapter. The Fire Marshal shall have all of the powers of the Commissioner of Neighborhood and Business Development when acting pursuant to Chapter 52.
D.
In the case of an emergency, the Fire Marshal or any officer assigned to the Fire Safety Division and any officer assigned to the Fire Suppression Division shall have the authority to order any building or buildings vacated immediately. The procedures set forth in § 52-5A(3) shall apply.
E.
Whenever the Fire Marshal or her or his designee has reasonable grounds
to believe that work on any premises is being performed in violation
of the provisions of the applicable laws, ordinances or regulations,
or not in conformity with the provisions of the accepted application,
plans or specifications and revisions thereof, or in an unsafe and
dangerous manner, or without a required operating permit, the Fire
Marshal or her or his designee shall notify the owner of the property
or the owner's agent to suspend all work, and any such persons shall
forthwith stop work and suspend all related activities until the stop-work
order has been rescinded. Such order and notice shall be in writing,
shall state the conditions under which the work may be resumed and
may be served either by delivering it personally or by posting it
conspicuously where the work is being performed and sending a copy
of it by mail to the address set forth in the operating permit application.
Violations of stop-work orders may be referred to the Municipal Code
Violations Bureau.
F.
In the event that changes or additions to the premises are deemed
necessary to ensure safety, the Fire Marshal shall immediately report
such findings to the Director of the Neighborhood Service Centers
and/or the Commissioner of Neighborhood and Business Development.
Should any section, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase in
this chapter be declared unconstitutional or invalid for any reason,
the remainder of the chapter shall not be affected thereby and shall
remain in full force and effect, and to this end the provisions of
this chapter are declared to be severable.
