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AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING A FIRE PREVENTION CODE PRESCRIBING REGULATIONS GOVERNING CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS TO LIFE AND PROPERTY FROM FIRE OR EXPLOSION, AND ESTABLISHING A BUREAU OF FIRE PREVENTION AND PROVIDING OFFICERS THEREFORE AND DEFINING THEIR POWERS AND DUTIES.
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Be it Ordained by the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas:
SECTION 1. Adoption of Fire Prevention Code.
There is hereby adopted by the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, for the purpose of prescribing regulations governing conditions hazardous to life and property from fire and explosion, that certain code known as the Fire Prevention Code recommended by the National Board of Fire Underwriters, being particularly the 1953 edition thereof and the whole thereof, save and except such potions as are hereafter deleted, modified or amended, of which code not less than three (3) copies have been and now are filed in the office of the City Clerk of Jonesboro, Arkansas, and the same are hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if set out at length herein, and from the date of which this ordinance shall take effect, the provisions thereof shall be controlling within the limits of the City of Jonesboro.
SECTION 2. Establishment and Duties of Bureau of Fire Prevention.
a. The Fire Prevention Code shall be enforced by the Bureau of Fire Prevention in the Fire Department of the City of Jonesboro which is hereby established and which shall be operated under the supervision of the Chief of the Fire Department.
b. The Chief in charge of the Bureau of Fire Prevention shall be appointed by the Mayor, subject to confirmation of the City Council, on the basis of examination to determine his qualifications. His appointment shall continue during good behavior and satisfactory service.
c. The Chief of the Fire Department may detail such members of the Fire Department as inspectors as shall from time to time be necessary. The Chief of the Fire Department shall recommend to the City Council the employment of...
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