Ordinance 780 ORDINANCE NO. 7EC
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 4 OF ORDINANCE
No.. 424 OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA,
ENTITLED: "AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE IN-
SPECTION AND/OR REFILLING OF FIRE EXTINGUISHERS
REQUIRED BY LAW TO BE KEPT UPON PREMISES LOCATED
IN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH; PROVIDED THAT SUCH
INSPECTION AND/OR REFILLING OF SUCH FIRE EX-
TINGUISHERS 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: PRESCRIB-
ING ANNUAL FEES TO BE CHARGED AND COLLECTED FOR
SUCH INSPECTIONS; ESTABLISHING CHARGES TO BE
MADE FOR REFILLING 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 MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA:
SECTION 1: That Section 4 of Ordinance No. 424 of the City of Miami
Beach, Florida, be and the same is hereby amended to read
as follows:
"SECTION 14 : 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 corporation approved by the Chief of the Miami Beach Fire
Department, 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
extinguisher, such person shall pay to the inspector at
the time of refilling of such extinguisher the appropriate
refilling charge as shown by the following schedule.
Charge for refilling 2i gallon soda-acid extinguisher $ .40
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40 n n n n 1.50
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80 n " n °1 2.50
1 quart tetra chloride " 2.00
gallon Foamite f° 2.00
40 " n 1° 15.50
"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 an in-
spector as provided in this section and the contents of
which after refilling are used for the purpose of extin-
guishing a fire, shall be refilled again by the same or
another inspector without any charge being made. therefor. "
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SECTION 2: That this ordinance shall go into effect immediately
upon its passage and posting as required by law.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 2nd day of October, A. D. , 1946.
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1st reading - September l8, 1946
2nd reading - September 1$, 1946
3rd reading - October 2, 1946
Posted - October 2, 1946
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. 780 entitled:
"AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 4 OF ORDINANCE NO. 424 OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ENTITLED: "AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE IN-
SPECTION AND/OR REFILLING OF FIRE EXTINGUISHERS REQUIRED BY LAW TO
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 REPIACE-
MENT OF ANY FIRE EXTINGUISHER FOUND UPON INSPECTION TO BE DEFECTIVE;
PRESCRIBING SUCH INSPECTIONS; ESTABLISHING CHARGES TO BE MADE FOR RE-
FILLING FIRE EXTINGUISHERS; PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR REFUSING TO PERMIT
SUCH INSPECTIONS AND/OR PAY THE INSPECTION FEES PRESCRIBED BY THIS
ORDINANCE", having been passed and adopted by the City Council of the
City of Miami Beach, Florida, has been posted by me in three con-
spicuous places in the City of Miami Beach, Florida, one of which was
at the door of the City Hall in said City on the 2nd day of October,
A. D. , 1946, and that said Ordinance remained posted for a period of
at least thirty days in accordance with the reauirements 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 4th
day of November, A. D. , 1946.
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