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104.6 Official records. The County Engineer and fire code official shall keep official records as required by
Sections 104.6.1 through 104.6.4. Such official records shall be retained for not less than 5 years or for as
long as the structure or activity to which such records relate remains in existence, unless otherwise
provided by other regulations.
104.6.1 Approvals. A record of approvals shall be maintained by the County Engineer and shall be
available for public inspection during business hours in accordance with applicable laws.
104.6.2 Inspections. The fire code official shall keep a record of each inspection made, including
notices and orders issued, showing the findings and disposition of each.
104.6.3 Fire records. The fire department shall keep a record of fires occurring within its jurisdiction
and of facts concerning the same, including statistics as to the extent of such fires and the damage
caused thereby, together with other information as required by their governing body.
104.6.4 Administrative. Application for modification, alternative methods or materials and the final
decision of the County Engineer and fire code official shall be in writing and shall be officially recorded
in the permanent records of the County Engineer and fire code official.
104.7 Approved materials and equipment. Materials, equipment and devices approved by the County
Engineer and fire code official shall be constructed and installed in accordance with such approval.
104.7.1 Material and equipment reuse. Materials, equipment and devices shall not be reused or
reinstalled unless such elements have been reconditioned, tested and placed in good and proper
working condition and approved.
104.7.2 Technical assistance. To determine the acceptability of technologies, processes, products,
facilities, materials and uses attending the design, operation or use of a building or premises subject
to inspection by the fire code official, the County Engineer and fire code official is authorized to require
the owner or owner’s authorized agent to provide, without charge to the jurisdiction, a technical
opinion and report. The opinion and report shall be prepared by a qualified engineer, specialist, and
laboratory or fire safety specialty organization acceptable to the County Engineer and fire code official
and shall analyze the fire safety properties of the design, operation or use of the building or premises
and the facilities and appurtenances situated thereon, to recommend necessary changes. The County
Engineer and fire code official are authorized to require design submittals to be prepared by, and bear
the stamp of, a registered design professional.
104.8 Modifications. Where there are practical difficulties involved in carrying out the provisions of this
code, the County Engineer and fire code official shall have the authority to grant modifications for
individual cases, provided that the County Engineer and fire code official shall first find that special
individual reason makes the strict letter of this code impractical and the modification is in compliance
with the intent and purpose of this code and that such modification does not lessen health, life and fire
safety requirements. The details of action granting modifications shall be recorded and entered in the files
of the fire code official and County Engineer.
104.9 Alternative materials, design and methods of construction and equipment. The provisions of this
code are not intended to prevent the installation of any material or to prohibit any design or method of
construction not specifically prescribed by this code, provided that any such alternative has been
approved. An alternative material, design or method of construction shall be approved where the County
Engineer and fire code official finds that the proposed design is satisfactory and complies with the intent
of the provisions of this code, and that the material, method or work offered is, for the purpose intended,
not less than the equivalent of that prescribed in this code in quality, strength, effectiveness, fire
resistance, durability and safety. Where the alternative material, design or method of construction is not