§ 20-29. Unlawful to maintain conditions constituting fire hazards.

Any owner or occupant of a 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 whatever, 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 persons, health or property of others; or which shall be dangerous in character to the matter of promoting, augmenting or causing fires; or which shall create conditions dangerous to firefighters, or occupants of such building, structure or premises other than the maintainor thereof, shall be punished by a fine in accordance with the general penalty provision found in section 1-10.

(Code 1994, § 5.109; Ord. No. 3A, § 9, 2-6-1951)