[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Council of the Town of Middletown 2-10-2000 (Ch. 18 of the 1972 Code); amended 2-11-2008; 5-12-2008. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
The Middletown Town Council does hereby adopt the current Virginia State Fire Prevention Code duly adopted by the Virginia Board of Housing and Community Development under authority of § 27-97, Code of Virginia, and will incorporate any and all updated versions of the Code as they are enacted.
A. 
The Fire Official for Middletown is hereby empowered to enforce the Fire Prevention Code within the boundaries of the Town of Middletown.
B. 
The enforcement procedures of the Statewide Fire Prevention Code shall be instituted by the Fire Official when an unsafe condition is discovered by the Fire Official, or a report of an unsafe condition is made to the Fire Official, and will be administered in accordance with the provisions set forth in the State Fire Prevention Code and § 105-7.
The Mayor may appoint a Fire Official at any time that he may deem it advisable. The Fire Official shall be compensated as set forth by Council. His duties shall be prescribed from time to time by the Town Council.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
The Town Council is hereby designated as the appeals board to hear appeals arising from the application of the provisions of the Statewide Fire Prevention Code.
The Fire Official shall establish such procedures or requirements as may be necessary for administration and enforcement of this chapter. The procedures are to be approved by the Middletown Town Council.