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Sec. 8-1. - Smoke detector inspection fee.#
A fee of thirty dollars ($30.00) shall be paid to the town for inspecting a house or other real estate for smoke detector and carbon monoxide detector system in compliance with NFPA 72. Said money collected to go into a fire prevention fund.
(Ord. of 1-12-88; Ord. of 10-11-88; Ord. of 5-11-2004)
Sec. 8-2. - Burning regulations.#
(a)
Definitions.
(1)
"Open fire" means any outdoor fire not enclosed in a fireplace, boiler, barrel, or other type of container intended to contain the fire to a specified location. Open fires include fires intended to burn agricultural byproducts, weeds, brush, leaves, wood and wood products. Open fires also includes bonfires and campfires. Fires contained in charcoal, gas or coal grills are specifically exempt from this section.
(2)
"Permit," means a permit issued by the Warren Fire Chief or his designee.
(3)
"Fire chief" means the Fire Chief for the Town of Warren or a person designated by the fire chief to act in his capacity with regard to this section.
(4)
The fire chief may issue a permit for an open fire only for those fires that are conducted on or after October 1 of any given year and on or before May 1 of any given year. However, for the months May through September, the fire chief or his/her designee may issue a permit for an open fire for a.) a cookout or similar event sponsored by a charitable organization whose purpose is to promote the education and the development of Warren's youth with the condition that adult supervision is present throughout the duration of the cookout or similar event, or b.) a bonfire held in conjunction with a holiday celebration, or c.) a burning conducted upon a specific parcel of land that is in use as farm when the burning is conducted to improve the agricultural use of that parcel.
(b)
Prohibition. It is prohibited to start or kindle an open fire within the town without obtaining a permit from the Warren Fire Chief or his designee.
(c)
Permits may be issued by the Warren Fire Chief only after an application on a form to be provided by the town is submitted to the fire chief at least twenty-four (24) hours in advance of the ignition of the open fire.
(d)
The fire chief may issue a permit for an open fire only for those fires that are conducted on or after October 1 of any given year and on or before May 1 of any given year.
(e)
Except for permits issued pursuant to subsections 4a.) and 4b.) of this section.
"Open fires" may burn only from sunrise to sundown. All open fires will be extinguished before sundown.
(f)
At the discretion of the fire chief, any open fire that has become a nuisance to any neighbor of the property at which the open fire is being conducted may be extinguished. This included fires that are used for the purpose of cooking.
(g)
All open fires will be monitored at all times by a person who is over eighteen (18) years of age. The person monitoring the open fire will have, at all times, accessible to her or him a garden hose connected to a working water source or working fire extinguisher.
(h)
All persons conducting open fires are also subject to any and all laws, rules and regulations of the State of Rhode Island, including, but not limited to, those rules and regulations promulgated by the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM).
(i)
Any person who knowingly violates any section of this section shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the Warren Municipal Court. The Warren Municipal Court may impose a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00) for the first offense in a twelve-month period, or two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) for the second offense in a twelve-month period, or five hundred dollars ($500.00) for the third and subsequent offense(s) in a twelve-month period for violation of this section.
(j)
The chief of the Warren Fire Department and all sworn members of the Warren Police Department shall have full enforcement authority as to this section, except that only the fire chief for the town or his designee may issue a permit for an open fire.
(Ord. of 11-9-2004; Ord. of 3-14-2006, §§ 4—6)
Sec. 8-3. - Plan review.#
(a)
All plans for new construction or alteration of existing structures, whether residential or commercial, requiring a building permit will be reviewed by the chief of the town fire department or his designee.
(b)
A fee in the amount set forth below shall be paid to the town for review by the town fire chief or his designee:
(1)
Residential plan review for an existing structure:
Additions 1,000 sq/ft or less .....$ 50.00
Additions 1,001 sq/ft or more .....100.00
(2)
Residential plan review for new construction: .....
Single dwelling 5,000 sq/ft or less .....$250.00
Single dwelling 5,001 sq/ft or more .....500.00
Each additional dwelling unit in a multi-unit dwelling .....50.00
(3)
Commercial plan review:
Cost of Construction Required Fee
$500.00 or less _____ $ 25.00
Over $500.00 but not over $1,000.00 _____ 35.00
Over $1,000.00 but not over $2,000.00 _____ 45.00
Over $2,000.00 but not over $500.000.00 _____ 45.00 plus $6.00 per $1,000.00 or fraction thereof over $2,000.00
Over $500,000.00 _____ $3,033 plus $4.00 per $1,000.00 or fraction thereof over $500,000.00
(4)
Inspect sprinkler .....$150.00
(5)
Inspect fire alarm(s) in an existing structure .....$150.00
(Ord. of 5-10-2005; Ord. No. O-3, 3-13-2007)
Editor's note— An ordinance adopted May 10, 2005, did not specify manner of codification; hence, designation as § 8-3 was at the editor's discretion.