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Thu, 2008-08-28 15:56 — Anonymous
The goal of business license ordinances in the city of Beaufort and in Beaufort County is to bring businesses into compliance — not shut them down for operating illegally, city and county officials said this week. Read the story here.
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No dont shut them down, that makes way too much sense. In the process of fining these "club" owners it should be retroactive for every day they have been out of compliance. Tanner says that IF these "clubs" are found to be hot spots for illegal activity he will take action. Is that before or after the ball game? These places have been allowed to be drug havens far too long.
In the late evening hours of February 20, 2003, a fast-moving fire spread through The Station nightclub in West Warwick, Rhode Island. This fire completely destroyed the building and resulted in 100 fatalities and over 200 injuries, becoming the fourth deadliest nightclub fire in U.S. history. This fire immediately invoked memories of other tragic fires in assembly occupancies, such as the Cocoanut Grove, the Rhythm Club, and the Beverly Hills Supper Club. Many common factors found when analyzing these tragedies are, including combustible interior finish, overcrowding, and problems with egress.
Are there official records on file of annual fire inspections of Studio 7 or Johnny Blue’s?
When was the last time a Fire Marshal appeared during the peak hours of operation to inspect occupancy load? I believe these clubs would be in violation of combustible interior finish materials, overcrowding, and problems with egress, just to name a few. Until they are compliant with fire codes and pass the necessary inspections, shut them down! Do this before we have another tragic fire and become a statistic we could have prevented.
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THANK YOU!!
It was getting on my nerves, too.
It was a great post! And I have thought some of the same things about the issue, however...I thought I was loosing my mind when it kept popping up over and over!!
Well, I am loosing my mind but that IS another issue!
It was unnecessary to keep tagging it to stay on top. It made it seem as though new ones were coming through when it was the same thing over and over again every couple of minutes.
Once there was this guy/gal/blogger that would do that ALL the time!! If someone did not respond then the post would appear again. But in his/hers defense...he/she at least would wait a few hours or days before tagging it again.
I don't know what happened to him/her...I had so much fun watching the fireworks everyday!
I think I am the only one that misses him/her though! :(
At least he/she waited a while before bumping it! LOL!
You said: "Until they are compliant with fire codes and pass the necessary inspections, shut them down! Do this before we have another tragic fire and become a statistic we could have prevented."
If these places are indeed the source of the recent violence as many have claimed, what would be so tragic about their demise?
Oooooooohhhhhhhhhh you are going to catch h e double hockey sticks on that one buddy! Just saying...don't be making anyone mad!!
The possibility of firefighters dying in a building known to be in violation of fire codes is unacceptable and tragic to me, especially when procedures exist to enforce these codes.
Told ya!!
Knew someone would take it the wrong way!!
But, I've gotten way too old to care about being politically correct. I will say it on these blogs or face to face with the same meaning and intensity. I just do not care any more! Someone has to say it, and if it has to be me, then so be it!
In the late evening hours of February 20, 2003, a fast-moving fire spread through The Station nightclub in West Warwick, Rhode Island. This fire completely destroyed the building and resulted in 100 fatalities and over 200 injuries, becoming the fourth deadliest nightclub fire in U.S. history. This fire immediately invoked memories of other tragic fires in assembly occupancies, such as the Cocoanut Grove, the Rhythm Club, and the Beverly Hills Supper Club. Many common factors found when analyzing these tragedies are, including combustible interior finish, overcrowding, and problems with egress.
Are there official records on file of annual fire inspections of Studio 7 or Johnny Blue’s?
When was the last time a Fire Marshal appeared during the peak hours of operation to inspect occupancy load? I believe these clubs would be in violation of combustible interior finish materials, overcrowding, and problems with egress, just to name a few. Until they are compliant with fire codes and pass the necessary inspections, shut them down! Do this before we have another tragic fire and become a statistic we could have prevented.
I am a retired Fire Inspector/Resident State Fire Marshal, so maybe I can enlighten you on what Fire Inspectors can and can not do legally. The only way that a business can be shut down for fire codes violations is if the State Fire Marshal or a Deputy State Fire Marshal closes them down. The only thing local Fire Inspectors can do is cite them for violations and give them a certain amount of time to comply. That time frame can be anywhere from immediatly to thirty days depending on the severity of the violation. If they are over capacity, the Fire Inspector can mandate the owner make enough people leave the building to come in to compliance. In order to cite them for overcrowding the Fire Inspector or Fire Marshal would have had to have been there in the first place to do a capacity calculation and issue a certificate that must be posted in a conspicous place near the main entrance of the building. If a certificate has never been issued, there is no reference for the Inspector to go by. If the inspector finds locked exits, he can make them unlock them. He can also cite them with a fine if they refuse to correct the violation within the alloted time, but he can not close them down. However... A Building Code Official can close them for unsafe building conditions.
Once a year and always on time, my business pays for a business license. I didn't know it was just window dressing, and we were wasting our good money. I didn't know we could operate without one. I didn’t know we could not get shut down for not having one. Besides, with me being Hispanic, we could cry racism if they tried to come after us.
ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
How about enforcing some regulations once in a while? So what if you ruffle some feathers in the process? Why are they so afraid of going after a business that is not in compliance simply because you'll be accused of being racist? News flash...It's not racist to shut down an unlicensed business because the majority of its clients are black. It's not racist to arrest and prosecute the man who robbed the Quizno's delivery woman even though he is black. It's not wrong to deport illegal immigrants even if they are Hispanic, because the common thread here is not that they are minorities. The common thread here is that THEY ARE BREAKING THE (insert profanity here) LAW
P.S. I know I was in a good mood earlier, but ignorance like this makes me want to scream and even curse, but Mr. Blust would not like that.
Really, it'll be okay. Relax, we have a long weekend ahead.
Don't let the idiots spoil your good mood.
I was trying my best not to get on a soapbox today, but some people make it impossible.
I will relax again soon though. Thanks for the good thought. Good weekend to you too.