The International Fire Code, 2012 Edition, is hereby adopted by reference for the purpose of regulation of conditions hazardous to life and property from fire and explosion. One copy of the Code shall be marked or stamped “Official Copy as Incorporated by the Code of the City of Blue Rapids,” and shall be filed with the city clerk to be open to inspection and available to the public at all reasonable hours of business.
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To the extent that the State Fire Marshal is not providing for inspections or enforcement, the code enforcement officer, police chief or zoning administrator may be utilized to investigate and refer such matters for enforcement by the governing body. Any person aggrieved shall be entitled to a hearing before the governing body.
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Wherever the word municipality is used in the code hereby adopted, it shall be held to mean the City of Blue Rapids.
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Open burning is hereby prohibited within the city without the written consent of the governing body
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It shall be unlawful for any person to allow to accumulate or to keep in any part of any building or outside of and adjacent to any building or in any alley, sidewalk, street or premises within 30 feet of any building any rubbish, trash, waste paper, excelsior, empty boxes, barrels or other combustibles which shall constitute a fire hazard. It shall be unlawful to burn rubbish and trash within the city.
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It shall be unlawful for any person to deposit, stack or store any hay or straw within 500 feet of any building located inside the city limits.
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It shall be unlawful to keep excelsior or other packing material in any other than metal or wood metal lined boxes or bins having self-closing or automatic covers. All refuse and trash from rooms where packing or unpacking is done shall be removed daily.
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It shall be unlawful to store ashes inside of any nonfireproof building unless they are stored in a noncombustible container or receptacle, and a clearance of at least five feet shall be maintained between such container or receptacle and any combustible materials placed therein. Ashes shall not be stored outside of any building in wooden, plastic, or paper product receptacles or dumped in contact with or in close proximity to any combustible materials
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The engines of motor vehicles shall be stopped when the gasoline tanks of such vehicles are being filled with gasoline at service stations or other places where gasoline is supplied to motor vehicles. The driver or person in control of such vehicle when the gasoline tank of same is being filled who refuses, neglects or fails to stop the engine of such vehicle shall likewise be guilty of a violation of this code.
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It is unlawful for any person to cause or create anywhere within the city, or to permit on any premises under his or her control, any situation or condition that is conducive to or likely to cause or permit the outbreak of fire or the spreading of fire. Any situation or condition conducive to the outbreak of or spreading of fire, is declared to be a fire hazard. The violation of or failure to comply with any law pertaining to the storage, handling or use of inflammable oils, explosives, liquefied petroleum gases, or fertilizers and all wires and other conductors charged with electricity, is declared to be a fire hazard. The placing of stools, chairs or any other obstruction in the aisles, hallways, doorway, or exit of any theater, public hall, auditorium, church or other place of indoor public assemblage, or the failure to provide any such place of public assemblage with sufficient, accessible and unobstructed fire exits and escapes is also declared to be a fire hazard. The obstruction of any street, avenue, alley, fire hydrant or any other condition that might delay in fighting fire or otherwise hinder fire fighting is declared to be unlawful.
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Any mercantile buildings, manufacturing plants, warehouses, garages, hotels, boarding houses, rooming houses, theaters, auditoriums and all places of public assemblage, shall be subject to inspection by the State Fire Marshall or by any designee of the City for the purpose of discovering the violation of any fire preventive law or any fire hazard and ascertaining and causing to be corrected any conditions that can cause fires and to see that all places of public assemblage, hotels and rooming houses have sufficient and unobstructed facilities for escape therefrom in case of fire.
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Whenever any fire hazard is discovered or is found to exist in any building or upon any premises wherein there is combustible or explosive material or dangerous accumulation of rubbish or unnecessary accumulation of paper, boxes, shavings or any other inflammable material, so situated as to endanger property by the probability of fire, or it is found or discovered any violation of this chapter or any other law hazardous to public safety from fires, the State Fire Marshal or the designee of the City shall order the fire hazard or dangerous condition to be abated and remedied forthwith, and such order must be complied with immediately by the owner or occupant of such buildings of premises. If the hazards or unsafe conditions have been abated accordingly, the matter shall be reported to the city attorney for prosecution and enforcement.
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Any order made under section 7-312 shall be in writing and may be served personally upon the owner or occupant of the premises or by leaving it with any person in charge of the premises or if the premises are unoccupied and the owner is a nonresident of the city, then by mailing a copy to the owner’s last known post-office address. One notice to either the occupant or owner shall be sufficient. A record of and copies of all such orders and notices shall be kept. Such records shall include proper entry if such orders are followed, and if not complied with, the city attorney may prosecute and file a criminal complaint with the municipal court against the property owner and/or occupant.
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