There is hereby adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough
of Pine Beach, for the purpose of prescribing regulations governing
conditions hazardous to life and property from fire or explosion,
that certain code known as the "Fire Prevention Code," recommended
by the American Insurance Association, being particularly the 1965
edition thereof and the whole thereof, save and except such portions
as hereinafter are deleted, modified or amended, of which code not
less than three copies have been and now are filed in the office of
the Clerk of the Borough of Pine Beach, and the same are hereby adopted
and incorporated as fully as if set out at length herein, and from
the date on which this chapter shall take effect, the provisions thereof
shall be controlling within the limits of the Borough of Pine Beach.
As used in the Fire Prevention Code, the following terms shall
have the meanings indicated:
The Chief of the Bureau of Fire Prevention shall have power
to modify any of the provisions of the Fire Prevention Code 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 the code, provided that the spirit of the 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 Bureau of Fire Prevention thereon shall be entered
upon the records of the Department, and a signed copy shall be furnished
to the applicant.
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 code do not apply or that the true
intent and meaning of the code has been misconstrued or wrongly interpreted,
the applicant may appeal from the decision of the Chief of the Fire
Department to the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Pine Beach within
30 days from the day of the decision appealed.
The Chairman of the Fire Committee appointed by the Mayor of
the Borough of Pine Beach, the Chief of the Fire Department and the
Chief of the Bureau of Fire Prevention shall act as a committee to
determine and specify, after giving affected persons an opportunity
to be heard, any new materials, processes or occupancies which shall
require permits, in addition to those now enumerated in said code.
The Chief of the Bureau of Fire Prevention shall post such list in
a conspicuous place in his office and distribute copies thereof to
interested persons.
[Added 4-11-2018 by Ord.
No. 18-01-750]