A Bureau of Fire Prevention in and for the Town of Greenville, Orange
County, New York, outside any incorporated villages, is hereby established.
The Town Board shall appoint the Fire Inspector who will be responsible
to inspect all buildings, structures and/or premises which fall under the
New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code.
The Chief or Assistant Chief of the Bureau of Fire Prevention or any
other inspector specifically designated thereto shall inspect, as required
by law or as may be necessary, any building or premises as follows, except
the interior of private single- and double-family dwellings, including but
not limited to buildings housing hazardous manufacturing processes, storage
or installation of gases, chemicals, oils and explosive and flammable materials,
as well as such other hazards or appliances as may be deemed necessary:
B-1, Multiple dwelling, permanent occupancy
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B-2, Multiple dwelling, transient occupancy
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B-3, Senior citizen housing
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B-4, Adult care home
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C-1, Business
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C-2, Mercantile
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C-3, Industrial
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C-4, Storage
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C-5, Assembly
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C-6, Institutional
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C-7, Miscellaneous
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The Bureau of Fire Prevention shall investigate the cause, origin and
circumstances of every fire occurring in its jurisdiction in which a person
has been injured or by which property to a value of not less than $75 has
been destroyed or damaged and, so far as possible, shall determine whether
the fire is the result of carelessness or design. Such investigation shall
be started immediately upon the occurrence of such fire by the Chief of the
Bureau of Fire Prevention or an inspector specially designated, and if it
appears to the officer making such an investigation that such fire is of a
suspicious origin, the Chief of the Bureau shall be immediately notified of
the facts, and he shall notify the proper authorities designated by law to
pursue the investigation of such matters. The Chief of the Bureau of Fire
Prevention shall immediately take charge of the physical evidence and shall
further cooperate with the authorities in the collection of evidence and the
prosecution of the case. Every fire in the jurisdiction of the Fire Prevention
Bureau shall be reported, in writing, to the Chief of the Bureau within two
days after the occurrence of the same by the Fire Chief of the Greenville
Township Fire Department. Such report shall be on a form prescribed by the
Chief of the Bureau and shall contain such information as may be requested
by the Bureau of Fire Prevention.
The Chief of the Bureau of Fire Prevention shall have the authority,
after a fire has occurred to a structure, building or other object, to have
such structure, building or object upon investigation secured or demolished,
and all expenses and costs incurred by the Town in connection with the securing
or demolition of such structure, building or other object shall be assessed
and levied against the owner of the land on which said structure stands in
the next tax levy on property in the Town of Greenville.
The Attorney for the Town of Greenville, upon request of the Bureau
of Fire Prevention, shall assist the inspectors in the investigation of any
fire.
The annual report of the Bureau of Fire Prevention shall be made on
or before the 15th day of January, in each year, and transmitted to the Supervisor.
Such report shall contain all the proceedings held by the Bureau of Fire Prevention
under this chapter with such statistics as the Chief of the Bureau may wish
to include. In addition, the Bureau of Fire Prevention shall also recommend
any amendments to the Fire Prevention Code of the Town of Greenville or any
other ordinance or code dealing with fire prevention and fire protection which
in its judgment shall be desired.
Any person or persons, firms or corporations violating any of the provisions
of this chapter or neglecting to comply with any order issued pursuant to
any section thereof shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction
thereof, shall be subject to a fine of not more than $1,000 for each offense
and imprisonment not to exceed one year. Each day that the violation is permitted
to exist beyond the period fixed in the order so issued shall be deemed a
separate offense.
All commercial occupancies, such as but not limited to shopping centers,
retail stores, factories, schools, hotels, motels, churches, restaurants,
meeting halls, theaters, warehouses, trucking terminals, apartment complexes,
etc., shall report yearly to the office of the Fire Inspector the name and
address of their insurance carrier (company) and the name and address of their
insurance agent and their insurance policy.