[Ord. 1272-2018, 12-3-2018]
A certain document, one copy of which is on file in the Office of the Fire Chief, being marked and designated as "the 2015 International Fire Code" as published by the International Code Council, be and is hereby adopted as the Fire Code of the Code of ordinances of the City of Tahlequah in the State of Oklahoma; for the control of buildings and structures as herein provided; and each and all of the regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions and terms of said International Fire Code, are hereby referred to, adopted and made a part hereof as if fully set out in this section, with the additions, insertions, deletions and changes, if any, prescribed in Section 13-102 of this chapter.
[Ord. 1017-2003, 6-19-2003]
Additions, insertions and changes to the Fire Code shall be as made by the City from time to time.
[Ord. 1017-2003, 6-19-2003]
A. 
The International Fire Code shall be enforced by the Chief of the Fire Department. The term "code official," wherever found in the International Fire Code, shall mean Chief of the Fire Department.
B. 
The Chief of the Fire Department may detail such members of the Fire Department as inspectors as may from time to time be necessary.
[Ord. 1017-2003, 6-19-2003]
Storage of flammable and combustible liquids shall comply with Chapter 34 of the International Fire Code.
[Ord. 1017-2003, 6-19-2003]
Storage of explosives and blasting agents shall comply with Chapter 33 of the International Fire Code.
[Ord. 1017-2003, 6-19-2003]
The Chief of the Fire Department, with the approval of the City Council, shall have power to modify any of the provisions of the International Fire 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 Fire Chief and Council thereon shall be entered upon the records of the Council, and a signed copy shall be furnished the applicant.
[Ord. 1017-2003, 6-19-2003]
The Chief of the Fire Department and two persons appointed by the Mayor with the approval of the Council 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 Fire Chief shall post such list in a conspicuous place in his office, and distribute copies thereof to interested persons.
[Ord. 1017-2003, 6-19-2003]
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 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 30 days from the date of the decision appealed.
[Ord. 1017-2003, 6-19-2003]
A. 
Any person who violates any of the provisions of the international fire code hereby adopted or fails to comply therewith, or who violates or fails to comply with any order made thereunder, or who builds 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 fails 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 every such violation and noncompliance respectively, be guilty of an offense, punishable by a fine as provided in Section 1-108 of this Code. 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. When not otherwise specified, each 10 days that prohibited conditions are maintained shall constitute a separate offense.
B. 
The application of the above penalty shall not be held to prevent the enforced removal of prohibited conditions.
[Ord. 1017-2003, 6-19-2003]
A. 
It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to transport, to deliver, unload or transfer at any point within the City any gasoline, kerosene or other inflammable or combustible substance in or from a tank, tank truck, transport or vehicle. However, such transporting, delivering, unloading or transferring may be done with and from a tank truck if the following safety precautions are observed:
1. 
The tank vehicle during unloading or loading must have the driver thereof in attendance at the shutoff valve at all times during such operation;
2. 
No person shall smoke or be permitted to smoke in the vicinity of such vehicle during the unloading or transferring operations; and
3. 
No unloading or transferring from any tank truck shall be made to any storage tank within the fire limits unless such storage tank has above the ground level a vent pipe of at least eight feet in height.
[Ord. 1017-2003, 6-19-2003]
It is unlawful to burn dry garbage or any other waste material within the City except as may be allowed in part 8, Chapter 8 of this Code or by federal or state regulations.