6643ORDINANCE NO. 66+3
AN ORDINANCE -REQUIRING THE APPROVAL OF THE FIRE CHIEF FOR BUILDING
PERMIT; AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 4866; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY; AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
SECTION 1. No building permit shall be issued by the Building
Commissioner or out of the office of the City Engineer until and unless
the application for said building permit has been presented to the Chief
of the Fire Department and approved by the Chief of the Fire, De arttasn
uhe duty of the "Al l al
or other City official receiving the application for a build3n '
perxi.t .'
to present same to the Chief of the Fire Department, who shall examine
the application within a reasonable time. If the Chief of the Fire
Department finds no objection to same, and it appears that-the proposed
work will comply with the fire laws• and ordinanoes applicable thereto.,
and the proposed oonstruction or work will be safe from the standpo-int
of fire hazard, the Chief of the Fire Department shall approve the-ap-
plication for the proposed work as soon as may be pr.aoticable. If his
examination reveals otherwise, the Chief of the Fire Departm x:t,,,' l
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refuse to approve the application. 494
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SECTION 3. The requirement of action by the Chief of the Fires''.,
Department under this ordinance is intended to be cumulative of the
other requirements for obtaining a building permit and is not intended
to supplant the functions of any other City official.
SECTION 4. All ordinances and parts of ordinances relating to
the issuance of building per*its, including ordinance #o. 4866, are
hereby amended to conform .to the foregoing sectAens.
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$#,?SOB 5. B-soause at the present time, the Chief of ,-t
kit ts*At is -riven no opportunity, to pass on applications f
1 'eamse`'thareby, various fire hazards may4i*
grow - within, the City of Little Rook to the great danger of the oiti
'Aft '.Vrapetty therein,. an emergency is hereby declared to .eaGie #�
ordinance, being necessary for the preservation of the public peace-
health and safety, shall be in full force and effect from and after
its passage.
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PASSED April 17, 1944 '
APPROVED
Mayor !
ATTEST
City Clerk {