2023-92 Ordinance Amending City Code Chapter 44 Fire Prevention and Hazardous Materials Control

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(C) The Fire Chief shall designate the type of key lock box system to be implemented and shall have the authority to require all structures to use the designated system. (D) The owner or operator of any structure subject hereto shall, at all times, keep a key in the lock box that will permit access to the structure. (E) The owner or operator of any structure subject hereto shall notify the Fire Department of any changes to the key lock box system. (F) The Fire Chief shall be authorized to implement rules and regulations governing the use of any key lock box system. 606.1. add: All commercial kitchen exhaust hood extinguishing systems and associated portable fire extinguishers in place to protect commercial cooking appliances shall be UL 300 compliant before January 1, 2015. For the purposes of this Code, commercial cooking appliances may be defined as those appliances used to prepare foods sold for money or to raise money, or as regular part or service in commercial enterprise. The determination of use for commercial purposes shall be determined by the authority having jurisdiction. 903.4.2 substitute: "...exterior of the building" for "...interior and exterior of the building". 912.2.1 add: The location of any Fire Department connection shall be indicated with a strobe located approximately ten feet above grade and within ten feet of the vertical axis of the Fire Department Connection. 1008.3.3 item 5. substitute: All public restrooms, dressing rooms and locker rooms. 10. EMERGENCY VEHICLE OPERATION. The driver of any emergency vehicle, as defined in Article II Section 6 of this ordinance, shall not sound the siren thereon or have the front red lights on or disobey any existing traffic regulation,except when said vehicle is responding to an emergency call or when responding to,but not upon returning from, a fire. Tactical strategies such as,but not restricted to,"move-ups" do not constitute an emergency call. 20. RULES AND REGULATIONS. The fire official may promulgate, publish and enforce reasonable rules and regulations to provide for procedures and practices and to otherwise implement the provisions, and to carry out the intent and purposes hereof. Section 2. That this ordinance amendment shall become effective on January 1, 2024. Section 3. That the City Clerk be, and she is hereby, authorized and directed to cause the provisions hereof to be appropriately set out in the City Code and to cause the same to be published in pamphlet form according to law.