Ordinance 424ORDINANCE NO. 424
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE INSPECT-
ION AND/OR REFILLING OF FIRE EXTINGUISH-
ERS REQUIRED BY LAW TO BE KEPT UPON
PREMISES LOCATED IN THE CITY OF MIAMI
BEACH; PROVIDE THAT SUCH INSPECTION
AND/OR REFILLING OF SUCH FIRE EXTINGUISH-
ERS BE MADE BY ONE OR LORE INSPECTORS
AUTHORIZED AND APPROVED BY THE CHIEF OF
THE MIAMI BEACH FIRE DEPART TNT; REQUIR-
ING THE REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT OF ANY FIRE
EXTINGUISI-R FOUND UPON INSPECTION TO BE
DEFECTIVE; PRESCRIBING ANNUAL FEES TO BE
CHARGED AND COLLECTED FOR SUCH INSPECTIONS;
ESTABLISHING CHARGES TO BE MADE FOR REFILL-
ING FIRE EXTINGUISHERS; PROVIDING PENALTIES
FOR REFUSING TO PERMIT SUCH INSPECTIONS AND/
OR PAY THE INSPECTION FEES PRESCRIBED BY THIS
ORDINANCE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MIA:;:I
BEACH, FLORIDA:
SECTION 1. In the interest of public safety and the
protection of property and for the prevention,
elimination and reduction of fire hazards, every fire ex-
tinguisher required by law to be kept upon any premises
in the City of Miami Beach shall be inspected at least
once during every year by one (1) or more inspectors,
authorized and approved by the Chief of the Miami Beach
Fire Department.
SECTION 2. Every fire extinguisher included within the
purview of Section 1, hereof, which upon in-
spection, is found to be defective and/or unfit for the
service for which it is required by law to be kept upon
the premises, shall immediately be repaired or replaced by
a serviceable extinguisher and the person legally required
to keep such extinguisher upon the premises shall have such
repairs or replacement made in accordance with instructions
issued by the inspector by whom such extinguisher is de-
clared to be defective.
SECTION 3. An .annual fee of Thirty -Five Cents (350) for
the inspection of any fire extinguisher des-
crtbed in Section 1 hereof is hereby levied and assessed
as an inspection fee to provide for the proper supervision
and inspection of every such fire extinguisher by the City
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of Miami Beach. The said annual inspection fee of Thirty -
Five Cents (35¢) for each fire extinguisher as prescribed
by this section shall be paid annually to the inspector by
the person legally required to keep such extinguisher upon
the premises.
At the time of the collection of any annual inspection
fee, the inspector receiving pay_ enre shall issue and attach
to the fire extingai.shei', for which the tnspecti.on fee has
been paid, an inspection certificate sh.orai lig, the date of
inspection, the amount paid and the name of the inspector
by whom the inspection was rade.
SECTION 4 When upon inspection, any fire extinguisher
described in Section 1 hereof is found to be
in need of refilling with the chemical solution intended
and/or required by law to be used therein, the person
legally required to keep such extinguisher upon the premises
shall cause the same to be refilled immediately with the
proper chemical solution. At the option of such person, such
refilling may be done either by an individual, firm or corp-
oration approved by the Chief of the Miami Beach Fire Depart-
ment, selected by such person, or by the inspector who has
determined that such refilling is necessary.
In the event that any person legally required to keep
one (1) or more fire extinguishers upon premises located in
the City of Miami Beach, shall authorize and instruct an
inspector as herein described to refill any such fire ex-
tinguisher, such person shall pay to the inspector at the
time of refilling of such extinguisher the appropriate re-
filling charge as shown by the following schedule.
Charge for refilling 22 gallon soda -acid extinguisher $ .15
n 40 1.50
u n u S0 it it n n 2.50
1 quart tetra. chloride " 1.50
" " 22 gallon Foanzite " 1.15
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ft 40 it it ri 15.50
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At the time of refilling and after collection of the re—
filling charge, the inspector to whom said charge is paid
shall issue and attach to the fire extinguisher for which the
said refilling charge has been paid, a certificate, showing
the date the refill was made and the name of the inspector
making such refill.
Any fire extinguisher which has been refilled by en in-
spector as provided in this section and the contents of which
after refilling are used for the purpose of extinguishing a
fire, shall be refilled again by the same or another inspector
without any charge being rade therefor.
SECTION 5. The Chief of the Fire Department of the City of
Miami Beach shall be in charge of and responsible
for the inspection and/or refilling of any fire extinguisher
for which provision is herein made and shall establish and
maintain records, which shall be adequate to show at all times
the location of every fire extinguisher described in Section 1
hereof, the serial number stamped or shown thereon, the date
when such extinguisher was last inspected and/or refilled in
accordance with the provisions of this ordinance and the name
of the inspector who made such last inspection and/or refilling.
SECTION 6. Every person who violates or fails to comply with
any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be
punishable by a fins: not exceeding Fifty Dollars ($50.00) or
by imprisonment not exceeding 30 days, or by both such fine
and imprisonment in the discretion of the Municipal Judge.
SECTION 7. If any section, part of section, sentence, clause
or phrase of this ordinance shall be held to be
unconstitutional or invalid, the remaining provisions hereof
shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 8. All ordinances or parts of ordinances heretofore
adopted and which are inconsistent or in conflict
with the provisions of this ordinance be and the same are
hereby repealed.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED the 1st day of April, A. D., 1936
ATTEST:
esident of it ounc it
APPROVED BY ME THIS 2nd day of April, A. D., 1936.
Mayor
1st Reading, March 18, 1936.
2nd Reading, March 18, 1936.
3rd Reading, April 1, 1936.
Posted - April 2, 1936.
STATE OF FLORIDA)
COUNTY OF DADE )
I, C. W. TOMLINSON, City Clerk in and
for the City of Miami Beach, Florida, do hereby certify
that Ordinance No. 424 entitled "AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING
FOR THE INSPECTION AND/OR REFILLING OF FIRE EXTINGUISH-
ERS REQUIRED BY LAW TC) BE KEPT UPON PREMISES LOCATED IN
THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH; PROVIDED THAT SUCH INSPECTION
AND/OR REFILLING OF SUCH FIRE EXTINGUISHERS BE MADE BY
ONE OR MORE INSPECTORS AUTHORIZED AND APPROVED BY THE
CHIEF OF THE MIAMI BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT; REQUIRING THE
REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT OF ANY FIRE EXTINGUISHER FOUND
UPON INSPECTION TO BE DEFECTIVE; PRESCRIBING ANNUAL FEES
TO BF CHARGED AND COLLECTED FOR SUCH INSPECTIONS;
ESTABLISHING CHARGES TO BE MADE FOR REFILLING FTRE EX-
TINGUISHM; PROVIDING PRNALTIES FOR REFUSING TO PERMIT
SUCH INSPECTIONS AND/OR PAY THE INSPECTIONFEES PRE!CAIBED
BY THIS ORDINANCE," having been duly passed and adopted
by the City Council of the City of Miami Beach, Florida,
has been posted by me in three conspicuous places in the
City of !!'iami Beach, one of which was at the door of the
City Hall in said City on the 2nd day of April, A. D.,
1936, and that said Ordinance remained posted for a period
of at least thirty days in accordance with the require-
ments of the City Charter of the said City of Miami Beach.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Miami
Beach, florida, on this the 5th day of May, A. D., 1936.
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