[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Garden
City 10-5-1967 as Ord. No. 3.4 of the
Revised Unified Code of Ordinances. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
A Bureau of Fire Prevention is hereby established, which
shall be operated under the supervision of the Chief of the Fire Department,
who shall act at the pleasure of the Board of Trustees as Chief of the Bureau
of Fire Prevention.
B.
The members of said Bureau shall consist of the Chief
of the Fire Department, the Captain of the headquarters company of the Fire
Department and the Superintendent of the Building Department.
C.
The Board of Trustees may, on recommendation of the Bureau
of Fire Prevention, from time to time, appoint such inspectors of the Bureau
of Fire Prevention as it may deem necessary. The members of such Bureau and
such inspectors are hereinafter referred to as the "officers" of such Bureau.
It shall be the duty of the officers of the Bureau of Fire Prevention
to enforce all laws and ordinances covering the following:
A.
The prevention of fires.
B.
The storage and use of explosives and flammables.
C.
The installation and maintenance of automatic and other
private fire alarm systems and of fire-extinguishing equipment.
D.
The maintenance and regulation of fire escapes.
E.
The means and adequacy of exits in case of fire from
factories, schools, hotels, lodging houses, hospitals, churches, halls, theaters
and all other places in which numbers of persons work, live or congregate
from time to time for any purpose.
An officer of the Bureau of Fire Prevention shall investigate the cause,
origin and circumstances of every fire occurring in the village by which property
has been destroyed or damaged and, so far as possible, shall determine whether
the fire is the result of carelessness or design. Such officer shall take
charge immediately of any physical evidence necessary to his investigation.
If the fire is of suspicious or undetermined origin, immediate notification
shall be given to the Nassau County Fire Marshal.
The officers of the Bureau of Fire Prevention shall also have such other
powers and perform such other duties as are set forth in other provisions
of this chapter and as may be conferred and imposed from time to time by law
or by the Board of Trustees.
The officers of the Bureau of Fire Prevention may, at all reasonable
hours, enter any building or premises for the purpose of making any inspection
or investigation which, under the provisions of this chapter, may be deemed
necessary to be made.
The officers of the Bureau of Fire Prevention shall inspect, as often
as may be necessary but not less than twice a year, all hazardous manufacturing
processes, storages or installations of gases, chemicals, oils, explosives
and flammable materials, all interior fire alarm and automatic sprinkler systems
and such other hazards as the Chief of the Bureau may designate, and shall
make such orders as may be necessary to make the aforesaid things or any of
them comply with recognized standards and practices for the prevention of
fire.
It shall be the duty of the officers of the Bureau of Fire Prevention
to inspect or cause to be inspected, as often as may be necessary but not
less than once a year, all buildings and premises, except the interiors of
private dwellings and buildings accessory thereto, for the purpose of ascertaining
and causing to be corrected any conditions liable to cause fire, or for any
violations of the provisions and intent of this chapter, and to issue such
orders as may be necessary to make the aforesaid buildings and premises or
any of them comply with recognized standards and practices for the prevention
of fire.
Whenever any officer of the Bureau of Fire Prevention shall find in
any building or upon any premises combustible or explosive matter or dangerous
accumulations of rubbish or unnecessary accumulations of wastepaper, boxes,
shavings or any highly flammable material, any of which is so situated as
to endanger property, or shall find obstructions to or on fire escapes, stairs,
passageways, doors or windows, liable to interfere with the operations of
the Fire Department or egress of occupants in case of fire, he shall order
the same to be removed or remedied.
Whenever any officer of the Bureau of Fire Prevention shall find any
building or other structure which, for want of repairs, lack of sufficient
fire escapes, automatic or other fire alarm apparatus or fire extinguishing
equipment, or by reason of age or dilapidated condition, or from any other
cause, is especially liable to fire and which is so situated as to endanger
other property or the occupants thereof, and whenever such officer shall find
in any building combustible or explosive matter or flammable conditions dangerous
to the safety of such building or the occupants thereof, he shall order such
dangerous conditions or materials to be removed or to be remedied in accordance
with recognized standards and practices for the prevention of fire.
No person, persons, firm or corporation in possession of or having control
of any building or premises in the Village of Garden City shall permit or
allow therein or thereon any fire hazard or any installation, construction,
equipment, matter or thing which, by reason of not being installed, constructed
or maintained according to recognized standards and practices for the prevention
of fire, creates or produces a danger to persons or property from fire.
[Amended 10-1-1998 by L.L. No. 1-1998]
The owner, occupant or person in charge of or managing any building
or premises shall forthwith, after notice from an officer of the Bureau of
Fire Prevention so to do, correct any condition in or on such building or
premises so that the premises, building, processes or materials shall be in
such condition as to comply with required codes, standards and practices for
the prevention of fire.
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Editor's Note: Former § 107-12, Standards designated,
as amended, was repealed 10-1-1998 by L.L. No. 1-1998.
The failure or neglect of any person responsible hereunder to comply
with any order of an officer of the Bureau of Fire Prevention made pursuant
to the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed to be a violation of this
chapter.
