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Section 9. Whenever any inspector, as defined above, shall find in
any building, or upon any premises or other places, combustible or explosive
matter or dangerous accumulations of rubbish or unnecessary accumulation of
waste paper, boxes, shavings, or any highly flammable materials especially
liable to fire, and which is so situated ;is to endanger property; or shall
find obstructions to or on fire escapes, stairs, passageways, doors, or win=
dows, liable to interfere with the operations of a Fire Department or egress
of occupants in case of fire, the inspector shall order the same to be re-
moved or remedied, and such order shall forthwith be complied with by the
owner or occupant of such premises or buildings, subject to the appeals pro-
cedure provided for in the Iredell County Fire Prevention Code.
Any owner or occupant failing to comply with such order within a
reasonable period after the service of the said order shall be liable to
penalties as hereinafter provided.
The service of any such order may be made upon the occupant of the
premises to whom it is directed, either by delivering a copy of same to such
occupant personally, or leaving it with any person in charge of the premises,
or, in case no such person is found upon the premises, by affixing a copy
thereof in a conspicious place on the door to the entrance of said premises.
Whenever it may be necessary to serve such an order upon the owner of premises,
such order may be served either by delivering to and leaving with the said
person a copy of the said order, or, if such owner is absent from the juris-
diction of the officer making the order, by mailing such copy by certified
mail to the owner's last known post office address.
Section 10. The Iredell County Fire Marshal shall compile and keep a
record of all fires and of all the facts concerning the same, including injuries,
deaths, rescue of persons, and statistics as to the extent of such fires and
the damage caused thereby, and whether such losses were covered by insurance,
and if so, in what amount. Such record shall be made daily from the reports
made by the Technical Inspectors under the provisions of this ordinance. All
such records shall be public.
Section 11. The Iredell County Fire Marshal shall make an annual report
of activities of his office and shall transmit this report to the Chief
Executive Officer of Iredell County. The report shall contain all proceedings
under the Iredell County Fire Prevention Code with such statistics as the
Iredell County Fire Marshal may wish to include therein.
Section 12. The Fire Marshal shall also recommend any amendments to
the Iredell County Fire Prevention Code or ordinance which shall be desirable.
Section 13. The provisions of the Iredell County Fire Prevention Code
shall apply equally to both public and private property, and it shall apply to
all structures and their occupancies, except as otherwise specified.
Section 14. This act shall be deemed in exercise of the police powers
of Iredell County for the preservation and protection of the public health,
peace, safety and welfare, and all the provisions of the Iredell County Fire
Prevention Code shall be liberally construed for that purpose.
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