[Adopted 1-16-2018 by Ord. No. 1377]
The office of Avalon Borough Fire Marshal is hereby established.
The Fire Marshal shall advise, consult and assist the Borough
Council and Borough Administration regarding matters concerning fire
safety, fire service and fire prevention, when requested. The Fire
Marshal may provide community education regarding fire prevention
and safety. The Fire Marshal may serve in an honorary capacity at
civic events and meetings. The Fire Marshal shall make such reports
regarding his/her official activities to Borough Council and/or its
designated committee(s) as directed.
The Fire Marshal serves an annual term by appointment of Borough
Council, who may appoint and remove at will by motion at a public
meeting.
Nothing herein shall amend or abridge the Fire Code Official's
authority arising under a Fire Code or other duly adopted ordinance,
or the authority of a Fire Marshal duly appointed under the Pennsylvania
State Fire Marshal Law,[1] as amended.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 35 P.S. § 1181 et seq.
A.
If any sentence, clause or section or any part of this article is
for any reason found to be unconstitutional, illegal or invalid, such
unconstitutionality, illegality or invalidity shall not affect or
impair any of the remaining provisions, sentences, clauses or sections
or parts of the same contained in this article. It is hereby declared
as the intent of the Council of the Borough of Avalon that this article
would have been adopted has such unconstitutionality, illegality or
invalidity sentence, clause, or section or part thereof and not been
included therein.
B.
The failure of the Borough of Avalon to enforce any provisions of
this article shall not constitute a waiver by the Borough of its rights
of future enforcement hereunder.
