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Ordinance 0380ORDINANCE ISO. 380. Ar Ordinance providing for the inspection of all buildings , and premises within the City of Edmonds by the Chief of the Fire Department; regulating the maintenance, repair, use and occupation �' of all buildings and structures within said City, and regulating the use and occupation of all premises in said City, regulating bonfires and other exposed fires in said Uity, defining the powers and duties of certain officers in relation thereto, declaring certain fire hazards to be nuisances, providing penalties for the violation of this Ordinance, and declaring an emergency. The City of Edmonds does ordain: 198 SECTIOB 1: It shall be the duty of the Chief of the Fire Department to inspect as often as may be necessary, all build- ings, premises and public thoroughfares, except the interiors of private dwellings, for the purpose of ascertaining and caus- ing to be corrected, any condition liable to cause fire, or any violations of the provisions or intent of any Ordinance of the Cite, affecting the fire hazard. � lv SECTI M 2: Whhe-ever the Chief of the Fire Department shall fL�tp -rN ind any building ar other structure which, for want of repairs r by reason of a^�-- yr dilapidated condition, or for any other cause, is especially liable to fire, and which is so situated as aN to endanger other-pr!��erty, or whenever he shall find in any building or upon ary premises or other place, combustible or ex- plosive matter or i�:- erous accumulations of rubbish or of un- necessary accumulatio-s- of waste paper, boxes, shavings or any other highly iril: cable material, especially liable to fire, and which is so sitLuated as to endanger property, or shall find obstructions to or or fire escapes, stairs, passage ways, doors, windows or other m-earL of ingress or egress, liable to interfere with the operations of the fire department, or egress of occu- pants, in case of fire, he shall order the same to be removed or remedied and such order shall forthwith be complied with by the owner or occupant of such premises 'or buildings, subject to ap- peal within thirty-six (36) hours to the City Council, which shall, within fifteen (15) days, review such order and file its decision thereon, and unless the order is revoked or modified it shall remain in full force and be obeyed by such owner or occupant. 'P SECTION 3: Ary owner or oecupant,failing to comply with such r�' order within ten days after said appeal shall have been determined, or, if no appeal is taken within ten days after the service of the said order, shall be liable to a penalty as hereinafter stated. W�"' SECTION 4: The service o: any such order shall be made upon �'� the occupant of the premises to whom it is directed by either de- livering a true copy of same to such occupant personally or by de- ,� livering the same t� and leaving it with any person in charge of D the premises, or in ease no such person is found upon the premises, by affixing a copy t--ereof in a conspicuous place on the door to the entrance of the Qaid premises; wYjrever it may be necessary to serve such an order upon the owner premises_ such order may be served either by delivering to ard''leaving with zaid_person a true copy of said order, or, if such owner is absent from the jurisdiction of the officer making the order, by mailirg such copy tothe owner's last known post office address. SEQTIOr 5: Ar-y building or other structure in the City of �dmords which, for wart of repairs or by reason of age or dilapi- dated cor_ditior or for any other cause, is especially liable to f ire and which is so situated as to endanger other property, and rV L ary building or premises or other place in said City where com- bustible or a�plosive matter or dangerous accumulations of rub- bish or unnecessary accumulations of waste paper, boxes, shavings, old lumber or any other highly inflammable material especially liable to fire, and which is so situated as to endanger property, and all or any obstruction to or on any fire escape, stairs, passage -way, door, window or other means of ingress or egress and liable to interfere with the operations of the Fire Department or egress of occupants in case of fire be, and the same is, here- by declared to be a nuisance and may be abated in the manner pro- vided by law. (�cf SECTIO1 6: rvo :erson shall kindle, maintain or assist in 0 µ �.�GI maintaining any bonfire or other exposed fire within the City, excepting under written permit from the Chief of the Fire Depart- ' meet, when such baring shall be done in metallic receptacles apr_roved by him and order such proper safeguard as he may direct as to time and weather conditions, and or, condition that such permit carries an o'_Dligation on the part of the grantee to keep a sufficient sa a control of said fire, and to be responsible for all damages therefrom, and that all resultant embers shall be extinguished and the hot ashes removed or wet down at the close of said fire. 199 L1rr�SECTTOI 7: 6ry person or persons, firm or corporation via- I� latirg any of the provisions of this Orclinarce, shall, upon_ con- victior, be punished by paying a fire of rot to exceed Ore 3ux- dred ($100.00) Lollars, or by imprisoLmert it the City jail for r�V rot to exceed thirty (30) days, or by both such fire and imprisor- me nt . SECTIOI! 8: Ordirax ce Jo. and all other Ordinances and parts of Ordinances in corflieT erewith, be, and the same, is, repealed. Passed December 7, 1926 Published December 10, 1926. Attest: Geo.:1L.Leyda, Oity Clerk. Alice U. Yerr, Mayor. I hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct copy of Ordirarc e h o . 380 of the City of Edmonds, Wash. Geo.M.Leyda, City Clerk.