[Approved 10-17-1967 by Ch. No. 1135 as Secs. 12-3 through 12-5 and 12-9 through 12-11 of the 1966 Code]
[Amended 7-25-1996 by Ch. No. 2420]
There is hereby adopted by the city, for the purpose of prescribing regulations governing conditions hazardous to life and property from fire or explosion, that certain code known as the Rhode Island State Fire Code and the NFPA Life Safety Code, of which code not less than three copies are filed in the office of the Fire Division, and the same is hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if set out at length herein, and the provisions thereof shall be controlling within the city.
For the purposes of the Fire Prevention Code adopted by § 210-3, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this Article:
BUREAU OF FIRE PREVENTION
The Fire Prevention Section.
CHIEF OF THE BUREAU OF FIRE PREVENTION
The Chief Fire Inspector.
CHIEF OF THE FIRE DIVISION
The Chief of the Fire Division of the City of Pawtucket.
CORPORATION COUNSEL
The City Solicitor.
FIRE DEPARTMENT
The Fire Division created by Section 4-702 of the Charter of the city.
MUNICIPALITY
The City of Pawtucket.
[Amended 7-25-1996 by Ch. No. 2420]
The manufacturer of any explosives, blasting agents, including small arms ammunition, and pyrotechnics, shall be prohibited. This shall not apply to hand loading of small arms ammunition prepared for personal use when not for resale.
The storage of explosives and blasting agents is prohibited, except for temporary storage for use in connection with approved blasting operations, provided that this prohibition shall not apply to wholesale and retail stocks of small arms ammunition, fuses, lighters, fuse igniters and safety fuses (not including cordeau detonant fuses) in quantities involving less than 500 pounds of explosive material; nor shall it apply to explosive-actuated power devices, when employed in construction operations in highly populated areas, in quantities involving less than 50 pounds of explosive material.
A. 
The manufacturer of fireworks is prohibited within the city.
B. 
The sale and discharge of fireworks is governed by the provisions of Chapter 11-13 of the General Laws of Rhode Island. No provision for the regulation thereof is provided herein.
[Amended 7-25-1996 by Ch. No. 2420]
Debris in lumberyards such as sawdust, chips and shorts shall be removed regularly from piling areas and not less frequently than once a month. Proper housekeeping shall be maintained at all times.
[Amended 10-26-1967 by Ch. No. 1138; 7-10-1968 by Ch. No. 1184; 6-12-1997 by Ch. No. 2459]
No person shall kindle or maintain any fire or authorize any fire to be kindled or maintained on any private land or public land, unless said fire is kindled and maintained solely for the purpose of outdoor cooking.
[Amended 7-25-1996 by Ch. No. 2420]
Whenever the Chief of the Fire Division shall disapprove an application or refuse to grant a permit applied for, or when it is claimed that the provisions of the Fire Prevention Code do not apply or that the true intent and meaning of such code have been misconstrued or wrongly interpreted, the applicant may appeal from the decision of the Chief of the Fire Division to the State Board of Appeals within 30 days from the date of the decision appealed.
The Director of Public Safety, the Chief of the Fire Division and the Chief Fire Inspector 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 the Fire Prevention Code. The Chief Fire Inspector shall post such list in a conspicuous place in his or her office and distribute copies thereof to interested persons.
A. 
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of the Fire Prevention Code adopted by § 210-3 or fail to comply therewith, or who shall violate or fail to comply with any order made thereunder, or who shall build 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 shall fail to comply with such an order as affirmed or modified by the State Board of Appeals or by a Court of Competent Jurisdiction, within the time fixed herein, shall severally, for every such violation and noncompliance respectively, be punishable as provided in Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article I, unless other penalties therefor, or penalties within other limits, are prescribed by statute. The imposition of one penalty for any violation shall not excuse the violation or permit it to continue. All such persons shall be required to correct or remedy such violations or defects within a reasonable time. When not otherwise specified, each day that prohibited conditions are maintained shall constitute a separate offense.
[Amended 7-25-1996 by Ch. No. 2420]
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The application of the above penalty shall not be held to prevent the enforced removal of prohibited conditions.