53 Pa. Stat. § 14525

Current through P.A. Acts 2023-32
Section 14525 - Inspection of buildings; right of entry; report; gasoline pumps or standpipes

The fire marshal may order the inspection of all buildings used for business or private purposes, and all buildings used for public purposes,--meetings, exhibitions, or theatrical or operatic performances, or any amusement place,--and enforce all laws relating to the same, and no license shall be issued by the mayor until approved by the fire marshal. He and his assistant fire marshals shall have the power to enter and inspect buildings as aforesaid, including their contents and occupancies as provided under section nine of this act, and it shall be the duty of such fire marshal to report to the Director of Public Safety any faulty or dangerous condition found; and no license under the provisions of any law may be necessary, to use said buildings for any purposes herein named, shall be issued, or, if issued, shall not be available for said use, until the faulty or dangerous condition is remedied; and said fire marshal shall, if he find any temporary property, to be used in any building for scenic or spectacular purposes, is made or composed of highly combustible material, he shall forbid its being taken in said building. No gasoline pumps or gasoline standpipes shall hereafter be erected or installed in such city, unless a permit therefor has been first issued by the fire marshal, approving the location of such pumps or pipes, and the kind and character of pump or pipe so to be erected or installed.

53 P.S. § 14525

1911, June 8, P.L. 705, § 5; 1927, May 11, P.L. 960, § 1.