§ 13-43. Establishment and intent.

The City of Natchitoches Fire Prevention Bureau (sometimes hereinafter "bureau") is hereby established. The bureau shall prescribe regulations consistent with the provisions provided in R.S. 40:1563, as well as regulations consistent with nationally recognized good practice for the safeguarding to a reasonable degrees of life and property from the hazards of fire and explosion arising from the storage, handling and use or hazardous substances material and devices, and from conditions hazardous to life or property in the use of or occupancy of buildings or premises. The most current State of Louisiana adopted version of the fire life safety code will be the minimum code to be utilized by the bureau.

The code described above and adopted under article II of this chapter shall be enforced by the bureau of fire prevention in the fire department of the city.

The bureau will conduct maintenance inspections on behalf of the state fire marshal. The state fire marshal shall have the authority to monitor the performance of the bureau in the performance of those functions which would otherwise be performed by the state fire marshal.

(Ord. No. 950, § 2, 9-8-69; Ord. No. 052-2016, § II, 11-28-2016)

Editor's note

Ord. No. 052-2016, § II, adopted Nov. 28, 2016 changed the title of § 13-43 from "Established" to read as herein set out.