[HISTORY: Adopted by the Representative Town Meeting of the Town of Fairfield 2-24-1986. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Fire Commission and Department — See Charter, § 10.6.
State Basic Building Code — See Ch. 56, Art. II.
Unfit dwellings — See Ch. 100.
The Fire Prevention Code of the Town of Fairfield, Connecticut, as promulgated by the Board of Fire Commissioners of said Town, which code is effective as of the fifth day of March 1981, as the same has been amended to January 1, 1986, is hereby ratified and confirmed, and the same shall henceforth be an ordinance of said Town of Fairfield.
No such regulation of any such Fire Prevention Code shall be adopted that does not meet or exceed the provisions of the State Fire Code or that is, at the time of its adoption, inconsistent with state or local law.
Any subsequent amendments, changes or alterations in said Fire Code shall be first approved by the Board of Fire Commissioners prior to submission to the Representative Town Meeting of the Town of Fairfield for its consideration. Any proposal introduced to cause a change in said Fire Code shall be considered by the Board of Fire Commissioners at a public hearing, at which time all interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard. This hearing will be in addition to any public proceeding conducted by the Representative Town Meeting.