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 Baytown
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 38. FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION
 Article II. FIRE MARSHAL

  § 38-27. Inspection of premises; removal or repair of dangerous conditions.  

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  • (a)

    The fire marshal shall have the right and authority at all reasonable hours, for the purpose of examination, to enter with or without prior notification into and upon all buildings and premises within the city.

    (b)

    It shall be the duty of the fire marshal, at least annually, to enter all mercantile, manufacturing and public buildings, together with the premises belonging thereto.

    (c)

    Whenever the fire marshal shall find: (i) any building or other structure that, for want of repair or because of age or dilapidated condition or for any cause, is especially liable to fire and that is so situated as to endanger other buildings or property or that is so occupied that fire would endanger persons or property therein; or (ii) an improper or dangerous arrangement of stoves, ranges, furnaces or other heating appliances of any kind whatsoever, including chimneys, flues and pipes with which such may be connected or a dangerous arrangement of lighting devices or systems or a dangerous or unlawful storage of explosives, compounds, petroleum, gasoline, kerosene, dangerous chemicals, vegetable products, ashes, combustible materials, inflammable materials and refuse materials or other conditions that may be dangerous in character or liable to cause or promote fire or create conditions dangerous to the firefighters or occupants, he shall order such to be removed or remedied, and such order shall be forthwith complied with by the owner or occupant of the building or premises.

    (d)

    It shall be unlawful for any owner or occupant to fail to comply with any such notice.

    (e)

    If the owner or occupant deems himself aggrieved by such order, he may, within five days, appeal to the city council, who shall investigate the cause of the complaint and, unless by its authority the order is revoked, the order shall remain in force and shall be forthwith complied with by the owner or occupant.

(Ord. No. 97, § 6, 10-24-50; Code 1967, § 12-39; Ord. No. 6357, § 1, 9-24-92)