HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem #18 - First Reading OrdinanceJ-90-229
10/17/90
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), REPEALING,
IN ITS ENTIRETY, CHAPTER 19, ENTITLED "FIRE
PROTECTION", OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, AND CREATING IN
PLACE THEREOF A NEW CHAPTER 19, ENTITLED
"FIRE PROTECTION" TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE
FIRE, RESCUE AND INSPECTION SERVICES
DEPARTMENT; ADOPTING THE PROVISIONS OF THE
SOUTH FLORIDA FIRE PREVENTION CODE AS MAY BE
AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME AND THE ALL OF ITS
TECHNICAL REFERENCES WHICH PROVIDES
DEFINITIONS AND STANDARDS FOR FIRE PREVENTION
AND SAFETY; SAID NEW CHAPTER CONTAINING
REGULATORY MEASURES, RELATED BUT NOT LIMITED
TO: PERMITS AND BUILDING PLANS; INSPECTION
OF FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS, PLACES OF
ASSEMBLY, OBSTRUCTIONS TO EGRESS, FLAMMABLE
AND COMBUSTIBLE LIQUIDS; REGULATION OF
EXPLOSIVES, DEMOLITION, FIREWORKS; PROVISION
OF SPECIAL OFF -DUTY FIRE -RESCUE SERVICES;
PROHIBITED ACTIVITY IN CONNECTION WITH
TAMPERING OF SAID DEPARTMENT'S SEALS, LOCKS,
OR WARNING TABS, AND PROHIBITED CONDUCT
REGARDING FIRE ALARM REPORTS; INVESTIGATIONS
BY SAID DEPARTMENT INTO FIRES DEEMED TO BE OF
SUSPICIOUS NATURE AND MAINTENANCE OF RECORDS
OF SAID DEPARTMENT'S ACTIVITIES; STRICT JOINT
AND SEVERAL LIABILITY FOR ALL PERSONS
CONTRIBUTING TO VIOLATIONS OF SAID CHAPTER OR
THE SOUTH FLORIDA FIRE PREVENTION CODE OR ITS
TECHNICAL REFERENCES, ENFORCEMENT, SEARCH
WARRANTS, INSPECTIONS, WARRANTS, INDEPENDENT
AND CUMULATIVE REMEDIES AND PENALTIES FOR
VIOLATIONS OF ANY OF THE ABOVE; CONTAINING A
REPEALER PROVISION AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE.
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WHEREAS, the Ci Miam' needs to establish m pecific
and more stringent s andar s of fire prevent'o se which
exist in t e en Chapter 19 of t i de whose provisions
are undul umbe some and a t qu n
WHERE the adoption Ye provisions contained in the
South Flori a Fire Preventi de as may be amended from time to
time, and enforcement of the technical references contained
r. therein will vest jurisdiction of such enforcement in the Code
Enforcement Board of the City of Miami; and
WHEREAS, the herein revision of City Code Chapter 19 and the
adoption of the South Florida Fire Prevention Code will result in