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 Cedar Hill
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 6. FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION
 Article III. FIRE MARSHAL

  § 6-53. Violations; penalties.  

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  • (a)

    Any owner or occupant of a building or other structure or premises, who shall keep or maintain the same when, for want of repair, or by reason of age or dilapidated condition, or for any cause, it is especially liable to fire, and which is so situated as to endanger buildings or property of others, or is especially liable to fire, and which is so occupied that fire would endanger other persons or their property therein, shall be subject to punishment as provided in section 1-7 of this Code of Ordinances.

    (b)

    Any owner or occupant of any building or other structure or premises, who shall keep or maintain the same with an improper arrangement of a stove, range, furnace, or other heating appliance of any kind whatsoever, including chimneys, flues, and pipes with which the same may be connected, so as to be dangerous in the matter of fire, or health, or safety of persons or property of others; or who shall keep or maintain any building, other structure, or premises with an improper arrangement of a lighting device or system, or with a storage of explosives, petroleum, gasoline, kerosene, chemicals, vegetable products, ashes, combustibles, inflammable materials, refuse, or with any other condition which shall be dangerous in character to the person's health, or property of others; or which shall be dangerous in the matter of promoting, augmenting, or causing fires; or which shall create conditions dangerous to firemen, or occupants of such building, structure, or premises other than the maintainor thereof, shall be subject to punishment as provided in section 1-7 of this Code of Ordinances.

    (c)

    No prosecution shall be brought under paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section until the order provided for in section 6-52(b) is given and the party notified shall fail or refuse to comply with the same.

    (d)

    The penalties provided for herein shall be recovered by the city in the same manner as provided by law for the enforcement of fines, forfeitures, and punishments for offenses against the city.

    (e)

    All misdemeanors herein provided for shall be prosecuted, and all fines and forfeitures herein provided for shall be recovered and enforced, in the same manner as provided by law for the enforcement of fines, forfeitures, penalties and punishments for offenses generally against the city.

(Code 1976, § 8-24)