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<br /> <br />Ordinance No. 2005- <br /> <br />ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 34 <br />(FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION) <br />OF THE <br />CABARRUS COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES <br /> <br />BE IT ORDAINED by the Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners that Chapter 34, Fire <br />Prevention and Protection, of the Code of Ordinances, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, is hereby <br />amended to read as follows: <br /> <br />ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL <br /> <br />Sees. 34-1--34-25. Reserved. <br /> <br />ARTICLE II. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO FIRE DEPARTMENTS <br /> <br />Sec. 34-26. Offered to qualified departments. <br /> <br />The Ceounty will offer financial assistance for .the maintenance and <br />operation of any volunteer fire department of a fire district qualifying for <br />financial assistance under the terms .of this article in anarnount determined by <br />the county manager, consistent with the policies of the Cabarrus County Board <br />of Ceomrnissioners, not to exceed $3,000.00 per year, and by revenue collected <br />from the fire district tax, provided a tax district has been established in <br />accordance with G.B. 69-25.1 et seq. for the area served, and by revenues <br />generated by sales tax when the County selects ad valoreum sales tax <br />calculation. <br />(Ord. of 12-2-85, ~ 1; Ord. of 4-3-86, ~ t; Ord. of 4-7-86, ~ 1; Ord. of 6-17- <br />96) <br /> <br />Sec. 34-27. Participating departments to file budgets with Cabarrus County <br />F~ire Mmarshal's Office. <br /> <br />A fire department desiring financial assistance under this article shall <br />file a budget with the Cabarrus County F~ire Mffiarshal's Office sf tke esuaty by <br />April ~15 each year for the following fiscal year. <br />(Ord. of 12-2-85, ~ 2; Ord. of 4-3-86, ~ 2; Ord. of 4-7-86, ~ 2) <br /> <br />Sec. 34-28. Inspections of participating fire departments by the Cabarrus <br />County F~ire Mffiarsha1. <br /> <br />The Cabarrus County Ceounty F~ire Mffiarshal shall make regular inspections <br />of each fire department receiving payments under this article. At least one <br />inspection shall be made annually, but the F~ire Mffiarshal may make other such <br />inspections as deemed necessary. During the course of such inspections, the <br />F~ire Mffiarshal shall determine whether the department is continuing to meet the <br />minimum standards as specified in this article, ,and the findings reported to <br />the Cabarrus County Board of Ceommissioners. <br />(Ord. of 12-2-85, ~ 3; Ord. of 4.3-86, ~ 3; Ord. of 4-7-86, ~ 3) <br /> <br />Sec. 34-29. Notice of deficiency; time period for corrections. <br /> <br />If during any inspection the F~ire Mmarshal~ determines that the fire <br />department is not meeting the minimum standards as set forth in this article, a <br />notice of deficiency must be given in writing by the F~ire Mffiarshal~ to the <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />F- 2.. <br /> <br />Fire Prevention Ordinance <br />Revised 08/2002 <br />