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<br />3ECTIUN 6. Before licenass may be iasued for the keeping, atorage, use,
<br />manufaeture, aale, handling, tranaportation or other diaposition of highly Plammnble
<br />materisle ancl rubbiah, crude petroleum or any of ita groducte, gun or bla ating
<br />powc3er, d,ynamite, or explosives of any kind, incluciing firebrorke, fire crackera, and
<br />signaling e xplosives, the Chief of the Fire Department, the Fire Marshal, or hie
<br />Ae9ietants ahall inepect and aporove the receptacles, vehiclea, buileiings or storage
<br />places to be used for any such purposes.
<br />SECTION 7. The Chief of the Fire Department, Fire Marshal or an Asaietant
<br />apeeiallq deaignated thereto ahall inspect, as often as may be neeeesary, but not
<br />less than four timas a year, all specially hazardous manufacturing proceaset, atarages
<br />or installations of acetylene or other gasea, chemicals, oils, e xplosives and flam-
<br />mabZe materials, all interior fire alarins and sutomatic aprinkler eyateme, and such
<br />other haaards or applianees as the Chief of the Fire Department ehall desigrate, and
<br />shall make such ordera as may be necessarp for the enforcement of the lawe and ordi-
<br />nances governing the same and f or saPeguarding of life and property from f ire.
<br />3ECTIUN 8. It ahall be the d uty of the Chief of the Fire Department to inspect
<br />or cata$e to be inspected by the Bureau of Fire Preveation, or by the Fire Department
<br />ofPicere and members, as oPten as may be necessary, but not less than twice a year in
<br />outlying disteicta and four timea a yaar in the closely built portione oP the city
<br />all huildings, p.remises and public thoroughfarea eaccept the interiora oP privete
<br />dwellinga, Por the purpose of aseertaining and causing to be correeted any conditione
<br />liable to cause Pire, or any violationa of the pronieiona or intent of arV ordinance
<br />of the eity aFfeeting the fire haaerd.
<br />Whenever ar~y : ssreh,sl, , ae defined above, ahall find in ary building, or upon
<br />sny premisea or other place, combustible or explosive matter or dangeroue accumula-
<br />tions of rubbieh or unneceesary aeeumulation of wsste paper, boxes, shavings, or anq
<br />highly flebmable naterials especially liable to fire, and tahich is so situated as to
<br />endanger property; or shall f ind obstrwctions to or on fire escapes, atairs, passage-
<br />ways, doors or windows, liable to interfere With the operations of the Fire Department
<br />or egreas of occupanta in case oP fire, he shall order the same to be remaved or re-
<br />medied, and such order shall forthwith be complied with bq the owner or occupant of
<br />such premiees or buildi.ngs, subject to appeal within twenty-four hours to the Chief
<br />of the Fire Department, ae provided in Section 9 oP thia ordinance.
<br />Anpr owner or oceupant failing to comply with such order Within a reaeonabla
<br />pe.riod aPter the service of the 8aid order, shall be liabla to a penaltq as hereinafter
<br />proeided.
<br />The service of any such order may be made upon the xcupant of the premisee to
<br />Whom it is directed, either by delivering e copy of aame to such occupant peraonally
<br />or by delivering the qame to end leaving it with ar{q pereon in charge of the laemieea.,
<br />or in case no such person ia fownd upon the premises, by affixl.ng a copy thereof in a
<br />conspicuous place on the doar to the entrance of the said premises. Whenever it map
<br />be neceesa.ry to serve a wch an order upon the owner of premiees, such order may be
<br />aerved aither by delivering to and leaving with the said pereon a eo py of the said
<br />order, or, if such owner is abaent from the juriediction of the officer making the
<br />order, by mailing such copy to the owner's laet known post ofPice addreaa.
<br />SECTION 9. The Chief of the Fire Department or inapectors of the Bureau of
<br />Fire Prevention, upoa the complaint of ary person or whenever he or they ehall deem it
<br />naceesaryp shall inspect all buildings and premises Within their furiediation. When-
<br />ever any of said officers shall find anq buildings or othar strueture whieh, Por want
<br />of repairs, laek of or insufficient fire escapea, automatic or other f ire alarm
<br />apperatus or fire extinguishing equipment or by reaaon of age or dilapidated condition,
<br />or from any other cauee, is especislly lieble to fire, and which is so situatad as to
<br />endanger othgr property or the occupanta thereof, and whenenpr such officer shall find
<br />in any building combustible or explosvie matter or flammable conditions dangerous to
<br />the safety of such building or the oceupants thereof, he or they ahall order such
<br />dangerous conditions or materials to be removed or remedied and such order shall forth-
<br />with be eomplied with by the owner or occupant of such premiees or building. If
<br />such order is aade by the Flxe Mirshal or any of his Asei9tant Fire Marshals, such
<br />oWner or occupant may within twenty-four houra apoeal to the ChisP of the Fire Depart-
<br />ment, who ehall, within five daye, reviA w such order and £ile his decision thereon, and
<br />unleas by his authority the order is revoked or modifisd it shall remain in full f orce
<br />and be complied with within the time fixed in said ordAr or @eciaf on oP the Chief of
<br />the Fire Department.
<br />Provided, however, that ary such otirner or occupant may, within five days after
<br />the making or affirminq of any such ordar by the Chief of the Fira Departmgnt, Pile
<br />hi$ petition vith the ftnicipal Court, praying a review oP such order and it shall be
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