3625 Regulating Fire HazardsURDINANCE NO. 3625
_j�ublished in the Salina J carnal 1 v 1928
AN ORDINANCE providing for the inspection of buildings and premises
by the Fire Department.. regulating certain hazards to safe-
guard the public and property against fire, and providing
penalties for the violation thereof, and repealing certain
ordinances or parts of ordinances of the City of Salina.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Commissioners of the City of Salina,
Kansas:
Section 1. It shall be the duty of the chief of the fire
department to inspect or cause to be inspected by fire department
officers or members, as often as may be necessary, but not less than
twice a year in outlying districts and four times a year in the
closely built portions of the city, all buildings, premises and
public thoroughfares, except the interiors of private dwellings,
for the purpose of ascertaining and causing to be corrected any
condition liable to cause fire, or any violations of the provisions
or intent of any ordinance of the city affecting the fire hazard.
Section 2. Whenever any officer or member shall find in any
building or upon any premises or other place, combustible or ex-
plosive matter, or any unnecessary accumulation of rubbish, waste
paper, boxes, shavings or any other highly inflammable materials
especially liable to fire, and which is so situated as to endanger
property, or shall find obstructions to or on fire escapes, stairs,
passageways, doors or windows, liable to interfer 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, and such order shall
forthwith be complied with by the owner or occupant of such premises
or buildings, subject to appeal within twenty-four hours to the Board
of Commissions, who shall within ten days review such order and file a
decision thereon, and unless the order is revoked or modified it shall
remain in full force and be obeyed by such owner or occupant.
Any owner or occupant failing to comply with such order with-
in ten days after said appeal shall have been determined, or, if no
appeal is taken, then within ten days after the service of the said
order, shall be liable to a penalty as hereinafter stated.
Section 3. The service of any such order shall be made upon
the occupant of the premises to whom it is directed by either deliver-
ing a true copy of same to such occupant personally or by delivering
the same to and leaving it with any person in charge of the premises,
or in case no such person is found upon the premises by affixing a
copy thereof in a conspicuous place on the door to the entrance of the
said premises. ohenever it may be necessary to serve such an order upon
the owner of premises, such order may be served either by delivering
to and leaving with the said person a true copy of the said order, or,
if such owner is absent from the jurisdiction of the officer making
the order, by mailing such copy to the ownerAs last known post -office
address.
,lection 4. -iny person, firm or corporation failing to do any
of the things that are herein commanded to be done or violating any
of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a mis-
demeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not less than five dollars
(qs5) nor more than twenty-five dollars (25) for each offense, and
each and every day that any of the terms, conditions or provisions
of this ordinance are not complied with shall be considered a separate
offense.
Section 5. All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent
herewith are hereby repealed.
Section 6. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force
from and after its passage and publication in the official city
paper.
Attest:
Introduced, November 19th, 1G28
Passed,
Chas . E. Banker
I t y er
STATE OF KANSAS )
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CUUN-11 OF SALINE )
November 26th, 1928
r�y T. Helvering
—Mayor
I, Chas. E. hanker, City Clerk of the City of Salina, Kansas,
do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a truei and correct
copy of Ordinance No. 3625 passed and approved by the Board of Com-
missione7-s of the City of Salina, November 26, 1U28; and a record
of the vote on its final adoption is found on page _ & Journal No. 12.
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(Published in the Salina Journal
ORDINANCE NO. 3625
19 28)
AN ORDINANCE providing for the inspection of buildings and premises
by the Fire Department, regulating certain hazards to safe-
guard the public and property against fire, and providing
penalties for the violation thereof, and repealing certain
ordinances oroparts of ordinances of the City of Salina.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Commissioners of the City of Salina,
Kansas:
Section 1. It shall. be the duty of.the chief of the fire
department to inspect or cause to be inspected by fire department
officers or members, as often as may be necessary, but not less
than twice a year in outlying districts and four times a year in
the closely built portions of the city, all buibdings,,premises
and public thoroughfares, except the interiors of private dwellings,
for the purpose of ascertaining and causing to be corrected any
condition liable to cause fire, or any violations of the provisions
or intent of any ordinance of the city affecting the fire hazard.
Section.2. Whenever any officer or member shall find in any
building or upon any premises or other place, combustible or ex-
plosive matter, or an unnecessary accumulation of rubbish, waste
paper, boxes, shavings or any other highly inflammable materials
especially liable to fire, and 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, and such order
shall forthwith be complied with by the owner or occupant of such
premises or buildings, subject to appeal within twenty-four hours
to the Board of 'Cormiissions, who shall within ten days review such
order and file a decision thereon, and unless the order is revoked
or modified it shall remain in full force and be obeyed by such
owner or occupant.
Any owner or occupant failing to comply with ouch order with-
in ten days after said appeal shall have been determined, or, if
no appeal is taken, then within ten days after the service of the
said order, shall be liable to a penalty as hereinafter stated.
Section B. The service of any such order shall be made
upon the occupant of the premises to whom it is directed by
either delivering a true copy of same to such occupant personally
or by delivering the same to and leaving it with any person in
charge of the premises, or in case no such person is found upon
the premises by a ffixing a copy thereof in a conspicuous place
on the door to the entrance of the said premises. Whenever it
may be necessary to serve such an order upon the owner of premises,
such order may be served either by delivering to and leaving with
the said person a true copy of the said order, or, if such owner
is absent from the jurisdiction of the officer making the order,
by mailing such copy to the owner's last known post -office address.
Section 4. Any person, firm or corporation failing to do
any of the things that are herein commanded to be done or violating
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any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of
a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not less than
five dollars ($5) nor more than twenty-five dollars (625) for each
offense, and each and every day that any of the terms, conditions
or provisions of this ordinance are not complied with shall be con-
sidered a separate offense.
Section 5. All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent
herewith are hereby repealed.,;
Section 6. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force
from and after its passage and publication in the official city
paper.
Introduced, 'November 19th, 1928
Passed, November Z9 z/// f
Attest;
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