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ORDI NA.:.... .,O. 7II-14 AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING A FIRE PREVENTION CODE PRESCRIBING REGULATIONS GOVERNING CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS TO LIFE AND PROPERTY FROM FIRE OR EXPLOSION, PROVIDING, FOR ADMINIS- TRATION, PENALTIES AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA: ARTICLE IX Section 4-110. ADOPTION OF FIRE PREVENTION CODE. There is hereby adopted by the County of Indian River, Florida, for the purpose of prescribing regulations governing conditions hazardous to life and property from fire or explo- sion, that certain code known as the Fire Prevention Code recommended by the American Insurance Association, being particularly the 1976 Edition thereof; and the whole thereof, save and except, such portions as are hereinafter deleted, modified, or amended, of which Code not less than three (3) copies shall be filed in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court and the same are hereby adopted as fully as it is set out at length herein; and the provisions thereof shall be con- trolling within the unincorporated limits of the County of Indian River. Section 4-111. ENFORCEMENT OF CODE. a) The Fire Prevention Code shall be enforced by the County Administrator, who shall have authority to delegate his inspection and enforcement responsi- bilties to such Fire Departments within the County, as is necessary to enforce this Ordinance. b) The County Administrator shall have control and supervision of all fire prevention activities within the unincorporated limits of the County of Indian River. c) Whenever any dangerous or hazardous conditions or materials are found, the County Administrator, through his delegated enforcement official, shall order such dangerous conditions or materials to be removed or remedied in such a manner as may be specified by the County Administrator. Section 4-112. MODIFICATION. The County Administrator shall have the power to modify any of the provisions of the Fire Prevention Code upon application, in writing, by the owner or leasee, or his duly authorized agent, when there are practical difficulties in the way of carrying out the strict letter of the Code, provided that the intent of the Code shall be observed, public safety secured, and sub- stantial justice done. The particulars of such modifications, when granted or allowed, and the decision of the County Administrator, or his delegated enforcement official, shall be entered upon records of the County and a signed copy shall be furnished the applicant. Section 4-113. APPEALS. Whenever it is claimed that the provisions of the Code do not apply or that the true intent and meaning of the Code have been misconstrued or wrongly interpreted, the person affected, or his duly authorized agent, is permitted to appeal from the decision of the County Administrator to the County Board of 1//