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Ordinance. No. 2 /
An ordinance regulating the fire department of the
City of Lodi and to provide for better protection against
fires therein.
The Board of Trustees of the City of Lodi do ordain as
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Section 1.- The fire department of this city shall consist
of volunteer companies of firemen organized into engine,
hose and hook-and-ladder companies who shall perfect their
own Organieation and elect their own officers.
Section 2.- The chief of the fire department and his assist-
ants, shall be elected annually by the members of the
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~~~ Pr department, with the approval of the Board of Trustees, and‘
shall give such bond as the Board of Trustees may require. b*I
Section 3.- The chief of the fire department and his assi’st-
ants, by seniority, in his absence, shall have power, and
it is his duty, to take charge of all fires which occur in
this city, and direct the management of all fire companies
therein in the extinguishment of the same, and to establish
a cordon around the same so as to prevent the interference
of crowds and the idle and unnecessary persons at all fires.
He shall have full control and general supervision of all
fire apparatus at all .times,- inspect all hydrants and order
drills of the firemen at such times as he may see proper’.
He must inquire into the cause of every fire occuring in
the city, and keep a record of the same, and make a report
thereof once in every three months to the Board of
Trustees. He must aid in the enforcement of all fire ordin-
ances, report violations of ordinances relating to prevention
OF extinguishment of fires, and perrorm such other duties
as may be by proper authority imposed on him. His compen-
sation shall be fixed and paid by the city authorities’.
Provided that .when no stated salary is fixed by the Board
of Trustees all necessary expenses incurred by the chief
of the fire department in the proper care and inspectlon
of the fire property of the city sball be a charge against
the City and shall be paid out of the generalr fund.
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b 8ection 4.- Any person interfering with the chief of the
fire department, his assistants or any firemen while in the
lawful performance of kkx rib&&m& their duty, or who
or neglects to obey all lawful orders or requirements of
the chief or his assistants, is guilty of a misdemeanor,
and-upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine
of not more than $60 or by imprisonment in the city or
county prison for not more than ten days, or by both such
fine and imprisonment.
Section 6.- No building or structure of whatsoeiier kind or
nature shall be placed or erected within the City of Lodi,
nor shall any building or structure now situate within said
city be altered or moved from its present location to any
other location within said city without a written permit
fro8°%?8,@uStees of said city. Nor shall the said Board-
of Trustees consider any application for such permit
unless such application be in writing and signed by the
person seeking to alter, erect,place or move such building
or structure or by the agent of such person, and such
applicant furnish,accompanying said written application, a
statement giving the proposed location of, and a description
of the kind of building or structure sought to be erected,
altered, moved or placed therein, the kind of material
to be used, finish and all other particulars as to the same.
The Board of Trustees may grant or refuse such permit as
in their judgment-the best interests of the city may require,
but in case an application for a permit is refused the
Board of Trustees must furnish the applicant with a written
statement giving the reasons for said refusal.
Section 6.- Whenever in the opinion of the chief of the fire
department and a committee from the Board of Trustees
appointed for that purpose, any building, wall, chimney
or smokestack, or other appurtenance to a building, shall,
from any cause whatever, be in a condition dangerous to
or when any wooden buildings within
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be damaged by fire or decay to the extent of forty (40)
per cent, of its actual value of sidewalk in front of said guilding the said officers
shall, in the judgment .of said officials,
to be estimated above line