East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1957-01-03
ORDINANCE No. 5000
By Mr.. Townsend

by MT. townsend
AN EMERGENCY ORDI-
NANCE ADOPTING A FIRE
PREVENTION CODE PRE-
SCRIBING REGULATIONS
GOVERNING CONDITIONS
HAZARDOUS TO LIFE AND
PROPERTY FROM FIRE OR
EXPLOSION, AND ESTAB-
LISHING PROVISIONS FOR
ENFORCEMENT T H E R E.
OF; AND REPEATING OR
DINANCE NO. 1913, PASSED
OCTOBER 81, 1907; ORDI-
NANCE NO. sol, PASSED
JUNE IA, 1910; ORDINANCE
NO. $40, PASSED DECEM-
Der %, 1914; ORDINANCE
NO. 1850, PASSED SEPTEM-
BER 4, 1917; ORDINANCE
NO. 2126, PASSED AUGUST
18, 1926; SECTIONS 81 AND
90 OF ORDINANCE NO.
1886, PASSED JUNE 80,
1925; AND ALL AMEND
MENTS TO SUCH ORDI-
NANCES INSOFAR AS
THEY APPLY TO FIRE
PREVENTION AND ALL
OTHER ORDINANCES OR
PARTS OF ORDINANCES
PERTAINING TO FIRE
PREVENTION AND INCON-
SISTENT HEREWITH.
HERE S, an emergency
exists for the immediate preserva-
tion of the public peace, property,
health and safety to provide for
essential fire prevention standards
by the adoption of a Fire Pre-
vention Code.
NOW, THEREFORE,, BE II
ORDAINED by the Commission OF
the City of East Cleveland, Ohio,
four-fifths of all members elected
thereto concurring.
SECTION 1: ADOPTION OF
FIRE PREVENTION CODE.
(a) There is hereby adopted by
the City of East Cleveland for
the purpose of prescribing regula-
tions governing conditions hazar-
dous to life and property from
fire and explosion, the Fire Pre-
vention Code recommended by the
National Board of Fire Under
writer's, 1856 edition, as hereby
specifically amended by Section
5 of this Ordinance, of which
code and amendments not less
than three (3) copies have been
and now are filed in the Office Of
the Clerk of the Commission of
the City of East Cleveland and
the same is hereby adopted and
incorporated herein as fully as if
set out at length herein, and from
the date on which this ordinance
shall take effect the provisions
thereof shall be controlling with
in the limits of the City of East
Cleveland.
(b) Within one year from the
effective date of this ordinance, all
buildings existing in said city at
the time Of the passage hereof
shall conform with the provisions
of this ordinance.
SECTION 9: RESPONSIBLE
TIES OF ENFORCEMENT.
(a) The Fire Prevention Code
shall be enforced by the Fire De-
partment under the supervision
of the Chief of the Fire Depart
ment.
(b) The Chief of the Fire De-
partment may detail such men,
bers of the Fire Department as
inspectors as shall from time to
time be necessary.
SECTION 3: DEFINITIONS.
(a) Wherever the word "Muni-
cipality" is used in the Fire Pre-
vention Code, it shall be held to
mean the City of East Cleveland.
(b) Wherever the words "Chief
of the Bureau of Fire Prevention
are used in the Fire Prevention
Code, they shall be held to mean
Chief of the Fire Department of
East Cleveland.
(c) Wherev ver the words
Bureau of Fire Prevention" are
used, they shall be held to mean
Fire Department of East Cleve-
land.
(d) Wherever the words "Chief
of the Bureau Of Fire Prevention
shall survey" are used, it shall be
held to mean Chief of the Fire
Department of East Cleveland or
an officer of the Fire Department
of East Cleveland assigned thereto
shall survey.
(e) The term "liquified petro-
leum gases shall mean any mate
rial which is predominantly COM
posed of any Of the following
hydrocarbons, or m ixtures of
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