[HISTORY: Approved 1-16-1980, effective 1-16-1980. Amendments noted where applicable.]
There is hereby adopted by the Town Council, the Fire Safety
Law of Prince George's County, Maryland, as amended, from time
to time by the Prince George's County Council as a supplement
to the State of Maryland Fire Prevention Code adopted pursuant to
the Annotated Code of Maryland, for the purpose of prescribing regulations
governing conditions hazardous to life and property from fire and
explosion; the same is hereby adopted by the Mayor and Council and
the provisions thereof shall be controlling and effective within the
corporate limits of the Town as further supplemented by the provisions
of this article.
No fuel, shavings, wastepaper, trash or other combustible matter
shall be burned in the open within the Town limits.
It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly give a false
alarm or to remove any fire apparatus or equipment belonging to the
Town from its proper place except in the case of fire or other public
necessity.
Every person or corporation who owns a hotel, boarding house,
rooming house or restaurant or other business and, the owner of every
building within the Town where inflammable oil or other flammable
or explosive material is stored is required to keep and maintain in
operating condition on the premises, one or more suitable fire extinguishers.
Any person violating the provisions of the Article shall be
guilty of an infraction and shall, upon conviction, be fined not more
than $100 for the first offense. Repeat offenders may be assessed
a fine not to exceed $200 for each repeat offense.
