9600ORDINANCE NO. 9600
ONCE ADOPTING A FIRE PREVENTION CODE PRESCRIB-
IATIONS GOVERNING CONDITIONS ELMDOUS TO L'EFE
ICRTY FROM FIRE OR EXPLOSION, ESTABLISHING A
F FIRE PREVENTION AND PROVIDING OFFICERS
" DEFINING THEIR POWERS AND DUTIES, AND FOR
?.POSES.
D BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LITTLE DOCK,
1. Adoption of Fire Prevention Code.
hereby adopted by the City Council of the City
is for the purpose of prescribing regulations gov-
ions hazardous to life and property from fire or
at certain code known as the Fire Prevention Code
y the National Board of Fire Underwriters, being
the 1953 edition thereof and the whole thereof,
pt such portions as are hereinafter deleted, modi-
ed, of which code not less than three (3) copies
now are filed in the office of the Clerk of the
e Rock, and the same are hereby adopted and iaeer-
lly as if set out at length herein, and from the
this ordinance shall take effect, the provisions
be controlling within the limits of the City of
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2. Establishment and Duties of Bureau of Fire
Prevention.
Fire Prevention Code shall, be enforced by the
e Prevention in the Fire Department of the City
k, which is hereby established and which shall a
r ' the supervision of the Chief of the Fire Depart-
Captain in charge of the Bureau of Fire Prevention
inted by the Chief of the Fire Department on the
ination conducted by the Civil Service Conmission
his qualifications. His appointment shall continue
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during good behavior and satisfactory service, and he shall not
be removed from office except for cause after public trial.
c. The Chief of the Fire Department may detail such men-
bers of the Fire Department as inspectors as shall from time to
time be necessary.
SECTION 3. Definition.
Wherever the word "Municipality" is used in the Fire Pre-
vention Code, it shall be held to mean the corporate limits of
the City of Little Rock.
SECTION 4. Establishment of Limits of Districts in which
Storage of Flammable Liquids in Outside Above-
ground Tanks is to be Prohibited.
a. The limits referred to in Section 15.201 of the Fire
Prevention Code in which storage of flammable liquids in out-
side aboveground tanks is prohibited are hereby established by
Ordinance No. 5420.
b. The limits referred to in Section 15.401 of the Fire
Prevention Code, in which new bulk plants for flammable liquids
are prohibited, are hereby established by Ordinance No. 5420.
SECTION 5. Establishment of Limits in which Bulk Storage
of Liquefied Petroleum Gases is to be Restricted.
The limits referred to in Section 20.06a of the Fire Preven-
tion Code, in which bulk storage of liquefied petroleum gas is
restricted, are hereby established by Ordinance No. 5b,20.
SFCTION'6. Amendments Made in the Fire Prevention Code.
The Fire Prevention Code is amended and changed in the fol-
lowing respect;
Section 15.503, paragraph b. is deleted.
SECTION 7. Modifications.
The Captain of the Bureau of Fire Prevention shall have
power to modify any of the provisions of the Fire Prevention
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Code upon application in writing by the owner or lessee, or
his duly authorised agent, when there are practical difficul-
ties in the way of carrying out the strict letter of the code,
provided that the spirit of the code shall be observed, public
safety secured, and substantial justice done. The particulars
of such modification when granted or allowed and the decision
of the Captain of the Bureau of Fire Prevention thereon shall
be entered upon the records of the department and a signed copy
shall be furnished the applicant.
SECTION 8. Appeals.
Whenever the Chief of the Fire Department shall disapprove
an application or refuse to grant a license or permit applied
for, or when it is claimed that the provisions of the code do
not apply or that the true intent and meaning-of the code have
been misconstrued or wrongly interpreted, the applicant may
appeal from the decision of the Chief of the Fire Department to
the Safety Committee of the City Council within thirty (3 0 ) days
from the date of the decision of the appeal.
SECTION 9. New Materials, Processes or Occupancies which
may Require Permits.
The Safety Committee of the City Council, the Chief of the
Fire Department and the Captain of the Bureau of Fire Prevention
shall act as a committee to determine and specify, after giving
affected persons an opportunity to be heard, any new materials,
processes or occupancies, which shall require permits, in addi-
tion to those now enmuerated in said code. The Captain of the
Bureau of Fire Prevention shall post such list in a conspicuous
place in his office, and distribute copies thereof to interested
persons.
SECTION 10. Penalties.
a. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of
the code hereby adopted or fail to comply therewith, or who
shall violate or fail to comply with any order made thereunder,
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or who shall build in violation of any detailed statement of
specifications or plans submitted and approved thereunder, or
any certificate or permit issued thereunder, and from which no
appeal has been taken, or who shall fail to comply with such
an order as affirmed or modified by the Chief of the Fire De-
partment or by a court of competent jurisdiction, within the
time fined herein, shall severally for each and every such vio-
lation and noncompliance respectively, be guilty of a misdemeanor,
punishable by a fine of not less than $25.00 nor more than $100.00
or by imprisonment for not less than ten (10) days nor more than
sixty (60) days or by both such fine and imprisonment. The im-
position of one penalty for any violation shall not excuse the
violation or permit it to continue; and all such persons shall
be required to correct or remedy such violations or defects
within a reasonable time; and when not otherwise specified, each
ten (10) days that prohibited conditions are maintained shall
constitute a separate offense.
b. The application of the above penalty shall not be held
to prevent the enforced removal of prohibited conditions.
SECTION 11. Repeal of Conflicting Ordinances.
All former ordinances or parts thereof conflicting or in-
consistent with the provisions of this ordinance or of the code
hereby adopted are hereby repealed.
SECTION 12. Validity.
If any section, part of section, clause or phrase of this
ordinance shall be held invalid for any reason, such holding
shall not affect the validity of other sections, parts of sec-
tions, phrases or clauses not held invalid.
SECTION 13. Date of Effect.
This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and
after its passage and approval.
PASSED: July 26, 1954
ATTEST: APPROVED:
City Clerk Mayor