Ordinance 131-71 - Laserfiche WebLink

• (f) Any building or structure which by reason of age or dilapidated condition or for want of repair is especially liable to fire or spread of fire; (g) Any building failing to have automatic or other fire alarm apparatus, or extinguishing equipment, sufficient to protect life and property from fire; (h) Any building having inadequate facilities for egress in case of fire or panic and having insufficient stairways, elevators, fire escapes or other means of communication; (i) Hotels and apartment houses more than one story in height with transoms or ventilating openings from guest rooms to public corridors. The following standards shall be followed in substance by the Fire Marshal in ordering repairs, corrections, vacation or demolitions: (a) If the dangerous building or conditions can reasonably be repaired or corrected so that it no longer exists in violation of the terms of this chapter, it shall so be ordered repaired or corrected. Otherwise it shall be ordered demolished. (b) If the dangerous building or condition is in such condition as to make it dangerous to health, morals, safety or general welfare of its occupants, it shall be ordered vacated. " Section 3: Amendment of Code Provision Section 1. 6, Fire Marshal Orders, Appeal Board. That Section 1. 6 of the suggested Fire Prevention Code recommended by the American Insurance Association, 1970 Edition, is amended to read as follows: "Section 1. 6 Fire Marshal Order -- Appeal -- Appeal Board. (a) The Chief of the Bureau of Fire Prevention, or someone acting under his direction, shall order all dangerous structures, buildings, places, conditions or materials to be removed, corrected, vacated or demolished in such manner as shall be specific and set forth in an order, which shall be in substantially the following form: Page 2