There is hereby adopted by the council for the purpose of prescribing regulations governing conditions hazardous to life and property from fire or explosion, that certain code known as the International Fire Code, Abbreviated Edition, particularly the 2006 edition thereof and the whole thereof save and except such portions as are hereinafter deleted, modified or amended (by Section 5.305 of this article) of which code not less than three (3) copies have been and are now filed in the office of the city secretary and the same are hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if set forth at length herein, effective following publication as required by law.
(Ordinance 2009-11-01 adopted 11/9/09)
The code hereby adopted shall be enforced by the chief of the fire department.
(Ordinance adopted 11/9/65)
Wherever the word “municipality” is used in the code hereby adopted, it shall be held to mean the City of Teague, Texas.
(Ordinance adopted 11/9/65)
The limits referred to in Section 73 of the Fire Prevention Code in which storage of flammable liquids in outside aboveground tanks is prohibited, the limits referred to in Section 103 of the Fire Prevention Code, in which bulk storage of liquefied petroleum gas is restricted, and the limits referred to in Section 53b, of the Fire Prevention Code, in which storage of explosives and blasting agents is prohibited, are hereby established as follows:
(Note: these limits should include the heavily populated and congested commercial areas.)
(Ordinance adopted 11/9/65)
The code hereby adopted is amended and changed in the following respects: Section __________, Paragraphs __________and __________are amended as follows:
(Note: Amendments deemed necessary should be inserted. Sections in the Code dealing with subjects covered adequately by existing local or state laws mad be cited as deleted.)
(Ordinance adopted 11/9/65)
The chief of the fire department shall have the power to modify any of the provisions of the code hereby adopted 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 fire department thereon shall be entered upon the records of the department and a signed copy shall be furnished the applicant.
(Ordinance adopted 11/9/65)
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 council within 30 days from the date of the decision appealed.
(Ordinance adopted 11/9/65)