HomeMy WebLinkAbout0250_0004for the purpose of examination, to enter into and upon all
buildings and premises within the City, and it shall be his duty,
quarterly or more often, to enter upon and make, or cause to be
entered upon and made, a thorough examination of all mercantile,
manufacturing and public buildingp, together with the premises
belonging thereto. Whenever he shall find any building or other
structure which, for want of repair, or by reason of age or dilap-
idated condition, or for any cause, is especially liable to fire
or buildings, or so occupied that fire would endanger persons
or property therein, and whenever he shall find an improper or
dangerous arrangement of stoves, ranges, furnaces or other heating
appliances of any kind whatsoever, including chimneys, flues and
pipes with which the same may be connected, or a dangerous arr-
angement of lighting devices or systems, or a dangerous or un-
lawful storage of explosives, oompounds, petroleum, gasoline, ker-
osene, dangerous chemicals, vegetable products, ashes, combusti-
bles,inflamable and refuse materials, or other conditions, which
in his opinion, may be dangerous, in character or liable to cause
or promote fire or create conditions dangerous to the firemen
or occupants, he shall order the same to be removed or remedied,
and such order shall be forthwith complied with by the owner or.
occupant of stid building or premises= Provided, however, that
if the owner or occupant deems himself aggrieved by such order,
he may, within live days, appeal to the Mayor# who shall invest-
igate the cause of the complaint and unless by his authority the
order is revoked, such order shall remain in force and be forth-
with complied with by said owner or occupant. Any owner or occupant
of any building or premised failing to comply with the orders of
the authorities above specified shall be punished, upon conviction,
in the Mayor's or Recorder's Court, by a fine of not less than Ten
no more than Fifty Dollars, and it shall be the duty of the Fire
Marshal to make complaint in said Court whenever any such orders
are not complied with.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith
are hereby repealed.
Ratified, Passed and done in Council assembled this the 21st,
day of April A.D. 1910.
R.R. Ward
Mayor of the Cily o
Georgetown, Texas,
ATTESTS Geo_„Keahe
Secretary of the C tof
Georgetown, Texas.
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