[Amended 12-21-1995 by L.L. No. 7-1995]
The Fire Marshal shall survey or cause to be
surveyed each commercial and industrial establishment, mercantile,
educational and institutional occupancy, place of assembly, hotel,
multifamily house and trailer camp and shall specify what fire-detecting
devices or extinguishing appliances shall be provided therein. In
special hazardous processes or storage, appliances of more than one
type or special systems may be required.
[Amended 12-21-1995 by L.L. No. 7-1995]
A permit shall be obtained from the Fire Marshal
for the installation of any automatic fire alarm systems, automatic
sprinkler or water-spray systems or any other special fire-extinguishing
or fire-detection systems which may be required under this chapter.
[Amended 12-21-1995 by L.L. No. 7-1995]
Sprinkler systems, standpipe systems, fire alarm
systems and other fire-protection or -extinguishing systems or appliances
which have been installed in compliance with any permit or order or
because of any law or ordinance shall be maintained in operative condition
at all times, and it shall be unlawful for any owner or occupant to
reduce the effectiveness of the protection so required; except this
shall not prohibit the owner or occupant from temporarily reducing
or discontinuing the protection where necessary to make tests, repairs,
alterations or additions. The Fire Marshal shall be notified before
such tests, repairs, alterations or additions are started and again
notified when such tests, repairs, alterations or additions are completed.
This chapter shall not be construed to subject
the Village of Lake Grove, any fire district or Fire Department therein
or any officers or employees thereof to any civil or other liability
for any damage to persons or property by reason of the inspection
or reinspection authorized herein or failure to inspect or reinspect,
or by reason of the permit issued as herein provided or the approval
or disapproval of any equipment authorized herein.
No vehicle of any kind, except fire apparatus,
shall at any time, except as otherwise provided in Section 86, Subdivision
7, of the Vehicle and Traffic Law, be stopped or left standing within
10 feet of any fire hydrant, fire well or cistern on any private or
municipal highway or any designated fire zone on any such road or
area.
No vehicle of any kind, except fire apparatus,
shall at any time be parked or stopped within 100 feet distant each
way from any building which is on fire. Any vehicle which shall be
parked in violation of this section may be summarily removed by the
Fire Department.
No vehicle of any kind not a part of the municipal
fire apparatus shall at any time be driven over fire hose or other
fire equipment.
No person, except a driver of fire apparatus,
shall follow in a vehicle of any kind within 500 feet of any fire
apparatus answering a fire alarm.
[Amended 8-19-2010 by L.L. No. 4-2010]
A. No person
or persons shall willfully or designedly make or raise a false cry
of fire or cause a false alarm to be sounded.
B. Three false
alarm activations will result in a fine of $300.
The Village Board shall have power to modify
any of the provisions of this chapter 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 chapter, provided that the spirit of the chapter shall be observed,
public safety secured and substantial justice done. The particulars
of such modification when granted or allowed and the decision of the
Village Board thereon shall be entered upon the minutes and records
of the village.