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City manager orders code review after commissioner conducted fire alarm inspections; inspections to be redone and code clarifications planned
Summary
City Manager Wood said July 14 that municipal code language on fire alarm inspection licensure is unclear and that staff will bring ordinance amendments after Commissioner Jerry Ivy obtained a certification and specialty contractor license and agreed to redo a small set of inspections.
City Manager Wood told the commission July 14 that staff had reviewed city code and National Fire Alarm and Signal Code (NFPA 72) provisions after questions about fire alarm inspections performed by Commissioner Jerry Ivy.
Wood said staff initially told Commissioner Ivy he could perform visual inspections but that communication did not make clear visual checks alone did not satisfy the city’s annual inspection requirement. The city’s review found municipal code language on specialty contractor licenses and annual fire‑alarm inspection requirements is not explicit about certification…
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