City of Amsterdam, NY
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2023-09-05
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The Code
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 90 Building Construction Code
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Article VIII Firesafety Inspections
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- The Code
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 2 Administrative Policies
- Ch 9 Bingo Inspector
- Ch 13 Checks, Returned
- Ch 15 Common Council Rules
- Ch 18 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 21 Employee Handbook
- Ch 23 Ethics
- Ch 28 Golf Commission
- Ch 33 Investment Policy
- Ch 40 Officers and Employees
- Ch 45 Pension Funds
- Ch 46 Police Department
- Ch 47 Purchasing
- Ch 49 Records
- Ch 53 Residency Requirements
- Ch 54 Smoking Policy
- Ch 57 Wards
- Ch 58 Waterfront Commission
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 64 Advertising Material
- Ch 67 Alarms
- Ch 70 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 73 Animals
- Ch 77 Auctions and Auctioneers
- Ch 81 Bingo
- Ch 86 Brush, Grass and Weeds
- Ch 90 Building Construction Code
- Ch 90 Art VIII Firesafety Inspections
- § 90-69 Duties and powers of the Division of Fire Code Enforcement within the Fire Department.
- Ch 92 Buildings, Unsafe
- Ch 95 (Reserved)
- Ch 107 (Reserved)
- Ch 110 Energize NY Open C-PACE Financing Program
- Ch 112 Environmental Quality Review
- Ch 115 Explosives and Blasting
- Ch 117 Fare Policy
- Ch 119 Firearms
- Ch 122 (Reserved)
- Ch 126 (Reserved)
- Ch 129 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 133 Games of Chance
- Ch 139 Homestead Program
- Ch 141 Hotels and Motels
- Ch 143 Insurance
- Ch 150 Littering
- Ch 154 Noise
- Ch 156 Nonresident, Residential or Commercial Property Owner Registration
- Ch 157 (Reserved)
- Ch 160 (Reserved)
- Ch 161 Nuisances
- Ch 164 Parades
- Ch 167 Parks and Playgrounds
- Ch 169 Pawn Shops and Secondhand Dealers
- Ch 171 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 175 (Reserved)
- Ch 178 Poles and Wires
- Ch 180 Property Maintenance
- Ch 184 Rodent Control
- Ch 190 Sales
- Ch 195 Sewers
- Ch 201 Solid Waste
- Ch 206 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 210 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 212 Swimming Prohibited
- Ch 214 Taxation
- Ch 217 Taxicabs
- Ch 219 Towing
- Ch 221 Trees
- Ch 225 (Reserved)
- Ch 226 Vacant Buildings
- Ch 228 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 232 Vehicles, Junked and Abandoned
- Ch 239 Water
- Ch 241 Waterfront Revitalization
- Ch 250 Zoning
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
A.
The Fire Chief is charged with the responsibility
for the Division of Fire Code Enforcement within the Amsterdam Fire
Department and shall exercise its powers in due and proper manner
so as to extend to the public protection from hazards of fire. For
the purpose of this chapter, the Division of Fire Code Enforcement
within the Fire Department shall be known as the Fire Division.
B.
The Fire Chief and/or the duly authorized Code Compliance
Technicians of the Fire Division have the power to enter into and
examine buildings and structures and all lots and enclosures, to see
that the laws of the state conform to the law pertaining to this article.
No person shall continue the use of any premises or use of any machinery
in or about any building after the Fire Division has forbid it in
writing.
(1)
Inspections required. Firesafety inspections of buildings
and structures shall be performed by the Fire Division at the following
intervals after notification to the owner:
(2)
Firesafety inspections of buildings or structures
which contain an area of public assembly shall be performed at least
once every 12 months.
C.
The Fire Division shall work closely with the Division
of Building and Zoning Enforcement.
