[Adopted 6-1-1922 by Ord. No. 128]
A.
It shall be the duty of the Chief of the Borough Fire
Department to inspect or cause to be inspected by Fire Department
officers or qualified Department members, when a request is made by
the property owner or when an official complaint of a fire violation
is made to the Borough Fire Chief or to the Borough Manager. The Borough
Code Enforcement Officer may also make a recommendation for an inspection
by the Borough Fire Chief or his designee.
[Amended 6-19-2012 by Ord. No. 884, approved 6-19-2012]
B.
Whenever any officer or member shall find in any building
or upon any premises or other place combustible or explosive matter
or dangerous accumulations of rubbish or unnecessary accumulations
of wastepaper, boxes, shavings or any other highly flammable materials
and which is so situated as to endanger property, or shall find obstructions
to or on fire escapes, stairs, passageways, floors, or windows liable
to interfere with the operations of the Fire Department of egress
of the occupants in case of fire, they shall order the same to be
removed or remedied, and such order shall be forthwith complied with
by the owner or occupant of such premises or buildings, subject to
appeal within 24 hours to the Borough Manager, who shall within five
working days review such order and file a decision thereon, and unless
the order is revoked or modified, it shall remain in full force and
be obeyed by such owner or occupant.
[Amended 6-19-2012 by Ord. No. 884, approved 6-19-2012]
C.
Any owner or occupant failing to comply with such
order within 10 days after said appeal shall have been determined,
or, if no appeal is taken, then within 10 days after the service of
the said order, shall be liable to a penalty as hereinafter stated.
The service of any such order shall be made
upon the occupant of the premises to whom it is directed either by
delivering a true copy of same to such occupant personally or by delivering
the same to and leaving it with any person in charge of the premises,
or in case no such person is found upon the premises, by affixing
a copy thereof in a conspicuous place on the door to the entrance
of the said premises. Whenever it may be necessary to serve such an
order upon the owner of the premises, such order may be served either
by delivering to and leaving with the said person a true copy of the
said order or, if such owner is absent from the jurisdiction of the
officer making the order, by mailing such copy to the owner's last
known post office address.
[Amended 12-30-1985 by Ord. No. 539, approved 12-30-1985; 6-19-2012 by Ord. No.
884, approved 6-19-2012]
The Borough Fire Chief and the three Assistant
Borough Fire Chiefs as well as any third-party inspector who may be
appointed by the Borough Council from time to time shall be authorized
to act as inspectors for the enforcement of the provisions of this
article.
[Amended 12-30-1985 by Ord. No. 539, approved 12-30-1985]
Any person violating any of the provisions of
this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable by a fine
of not more than $300 and costs of prosecution or, upon default in
payment of the fine and costs, by imprisonment in the county jail
for not more than 30 days.
