It shall be the duty of the fire department to inspect or cause to be inspected by the fire marshal, or members designated by the fire marshal, as often as necessary, but not less than twice a year in the commercial districts of the city, all buildings, premises, and public thoroughfares, for ascertaining and causing to be corrected any conditions liable to cause fire, or any violations of the provisions or intent of any ordinance of the city relating to a fire hazard.
(1996 Code, sec. 5.401)
(a) 
Whenever any officer or member of the fire department shall find in any building, or upon any premises or other place, combustible or explosive matter or a dangerous accumulation of rubbish or unnecessary accumulation of wastepaper, boxes, shavings, or any other highly flammable materials, and which is so situated 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 the same to be removed or remedied. Such order shall forthwith be complied with by the owner or occupant of such premises or buildings, subject to appeal within twenty-four (24) hours to the mayor, who shall within ten (10) days review such order and file his decision thereon, and unless the order is revoked or modified it shall remain in full force and be obeyed by such owner or occupant.
(b) 
The service of any such order shall be made upon the occupant of the premises to whom it is directed, by either delivering a true copy of same to such occupant personally or by delivering the same 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 the 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 said person a true copy of said order, or, if such owner is absent from the jurisdiction of the officer making the order, by mailing such copy to the owner’s last known post office address.
(1996 Code, sec. 5.402)
Any owner or occupant failing to comply with the order required in section 5.03.002 within ten (10) days after the appeal shall have been determined, or, if no appeal is taken, then within ten (10) days after the service of the order, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
(1996 Code, sec. 5.403)