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ORDINANCE NO. • AN ORDINANCE amending Everett City Code, Chapter 7.04.020, also known as The Fire Prevention Code (Ordinance No. 4114, Section 3) for the purpose of eliminating conflict with the Uniform Building Code as adopted by the City of Everett. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY OF EVERETT DOES ORDAIN: SECTION 1: That the Everett City Code, Chapter 7.04.020 of the Fire Prevention Code (Ordinance No. 4114, Section 3) is here- by amended in full to read hereafter as follows: 7.04.020 Dangerous buildings and conditions--Section 1.5 amended. That Section 1.5 of the fire prevention code recommended by the American Insurance Association, 1965 edition, is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 1.5. Dangerous buildings or places defined and de- clared to be a nuisance, and standards of repair and correction or demolition. All buildings, structures , premises , places and yards which have any or all of the following conditions, shall be deemed dangerous buildings or places and are hereby declared to be a nuisance and shall be repaired, corrected, vacated, removed or demolished as here- inafter provided. (a) Dangerous or unlawful amounts of combustible or ex- plosive or otherwise hazardous material; (b) Hazardous conditions arising from defective or improper- ly installed equipment for handling or using combustibles or explo- sives or otherwise hazardous materials; (c) Dangerous accumulations of rubbish, waste paper, boxes, shavings, underbrush or other highly flammable materials; (d) Accumulations of dust or waste material in air condition- ing of ventilator systems or grease in kitchen or other exhaust ducts; (e) Obstructions to or on fire escapes, stairs Of passage- ways, doors or windows, liable to interfere with the operations of the fire department or egress of the occupants in case of fire; (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