[1991 Code § 97-21]
Before permits may be issued as required by this chapter, the Fire Official or his assistants shall inspect and approve the receptacles, processes, vehicles, buildings or storage places to be used for any such purposes.
[1991 Code § 97-22]
The Fire Official shall inspect or cause to be inspected all premises on a periodic basis and shall make such orders as may be necessary for the enforcement of the laws and ordinances governing the same and for the safeguarding of life and property from fire.
[1991 Code § 97-23]
Whenever an inspector, as defined in § 15-2-4B, shall find in any building or upon any premises or other places combustible or explosive matter, dangerous accumulations of rubbish, unnecessary accumulation of wastepaper, boxes or shavings or any highly flammable materials especially liable to fire situated so 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 shall order such to be removed or remedied. Such order shall forthwith be complied with by the owner or occupant of such premises or buildings, subject to the appeals procedure provided for in the Fire Prevention Code.
[1991 Code § 97-24]
Any owner or occupant failing to comply with such order within a reasonable period after the service of the order shall be liable to penalties as provided in §§ 15-7-2 and 15-7-3.
[1991 Code § 97-25]
The service of any such order may be made upon the occupant of the premises to whom it is directed, either by delivering a copy of the order to such occupant personally or by delivering the order to and leaving it with any person in charge of the premises or, in case no such person is found upon the premises, by affixing a copy thereof in a conspicuous place on the door to the entrance of such premises. Whenever it may be necessary to serve such an order upon the owner of premises, such order may be served either by delivering to and leaving with the person a copy of the order or, if such owner is absent from the jurisdiction of the officer making the order, by mailing such copy by certified mail to the owner's last known post office address.