Appeals.

A. The Webster Town Board is hereby designated as the hearing board for appeals in connection with this article. This Board shall be responsible for hearing and rendering decisions regarding appeals to this article.B. Where a person seeks relief from a decision of the Fire Marshal enforcing provisions of this article, including permits, waivers, alternate materials, alternate methods, approvals or variances or matters of local law interpretations, that person may request reconsideration of the Fire Marshal's decision by appealing to the Webster Town Board in writing within 15 days of the Fire Marshal's decision.

The appeal shall state the reasons why relief is sought and what decision the person feels should be forthcoming. A copy of the appeal shall be transmitted to the Office of the Fire Marshal. Upon giving not less than five business days' notice to the persons interested, a hearing shall be held. The Board may, after such hearing, by a majority vote, affirm, annul or modify the action of the Fire Marshal. The decision of the Board shall be in writing, and a copy shall be mailed to the appellant within seven business days after the conclusion of the hearing, and any decisions made shall be final.

Further recourse shall be through established legal procedures.C. The provisions of this article shall be applied to this article only. Any appeals seeking relief to the requirements and provisions of the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code shall be transmitted to the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code Board of Review established under the applicable provisions of the New York State Executive Law.[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]D. The procedure set forth herein for appeals shall not prohibit the Fire Marshal from immediately removing a hazard or ordering the immediate closing of a building or premises until a violation of this article has been corrected when such hazard or existence of such violation constitutes, in the sole discretion of the Fire Marshal, a distinct hazard to life or public safety.