All buildings, structures, pools, spas, signs, and building service equipment, existing and new, and all parts thereof shall be maintained in a safe condition. All devices or safeguards which are required by the technical codes shall be maintained in conformance with the technical code under which installed. The owner or his designated agent shall be responsible for the maintenance of buildings, structures, pools, spas, signs and their building service equipment. To determine compliance with this subsection, the building official may cause any structure to be reinspected.
(A) Life-Safety System Testing.
(1) General. Buildings classified as high-rise buildings with a R-occupancy by the building code of Clark County, including the podium and attached low-rise structures, shall be required to maintain the life-safety systems, including the automatic sprinkler system and/or alternative automatic fire extinguishing system, standpipe system, fire alarm and detection systems, smoke control system, emergency lighting, emergency power, emergency elevator operation, exit signage, smoke and heat vents and fire command center as designed for the building. The building owner shall be required to test the building life-safety systems in their entirety every two years. The life-safety systems shall be tested under both normal and emergency power conditions. Detached low-rise structures with smoke control systems, including malls, parking garages, arenas, underground buildings and atriums, will not require this integrated test of the life-safety systems. The tests shall be performed by an approved quality assurance agency for smoke control systems as listed by Clark County. Failure of any device or component of these systems shall be corrected and the system retested until the system performs without failure. The QAA shall submit their final report to the building official for review and acceptance. Failure to maintain the life-safety systems in a fully operational condition or failure to test the system within the designated time frame may result in revocation of the certificate of occupancy.
(2) Testing Commencement. The life-safety testing program shall commence on October 1, 2008. The owner of each high-rise building requiring testing shall be notified in writing by the development services department and assigned a date to which the compliance testing is to be completed. Written notification shall be provided a minimum of six months prior to the compliance testing date.
(3) Fees. An administrative fee of seven hundred fifty dollars shall be paid at the time of the final system test performance report. Any required inspections performed during system testing or in evaluation of the system shall be charged at the hourly rate for Inspections noted in Table 3-I of this chapter.
(B) Licensed Resort Hotel Annual Inspection.
(1) General. Buildings licensed as a business under Clark County Code Title 30 as a resort hotel shall be subject to an annual inspection to review existing building conditions and maintenance for building code safety compliance. The annual inspection shall include inspection of all areas within the resort hotel, including but not limited to guestrooms, corridors, service areas, stairways, kitchens, dining, areas, bars, casino areas, offices, stages and showrooms. Guestrooms will be inspected on each floor of each hotel, with a minimum of twenty percent of the total guestrooms inspected each year. Discrepancies noted during the inspection shall be submitted via written report to the property owner with a designated time frame for correction. Discrepancies requiring an applicable building permit shall be so noted. Failure to correct discrepancies within the designated time frame may result in issuance of a misdemeanor citation and/or revocation of the certificate of occupancy.
(2) Compliance Report. Upon full approval of the annual inspection, the building official shall sign and date a compliance inspection report. Upon payment of inspection and administrative fees in full, the report shall be released to the owner.
(3) Fees. Time for performance of the annual inspection will be charged at the hourly rate for Inspections noted in Table 3-I of this code. An administrative fee of seven hundred fifty dollars will be assessed for each annual inspection. (Ord. 3618 § 2 (part), 2008)