§ 38-64. Penalties for violations.

(a)

Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of the fire prevention code adopted in this article or who shall fail to comply with such code or who shall violate or fail to comply with any order made under such code or who shall build in violation of any detailed statement of specifications or plans submitted and approved or any certificate or permit issued under such code and from which no appeal has been taken or who shall fail to comply with such an order as affirmed or modified by the city council or by a court of competent jurisdiction, within the time fixed in this article, shall severally for each and every such violation and noncompliance, respectively, be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable as provided in section 1-14. The imposition of one penalty for any violation shall not excuse the violation or permit it to continue, and all such persons shall be required to correct or remedy such violations or defects within a reasonable time. Each day that a violation continues shall constitute a new and separate offense, subject to the same penalty under this section.

(b)

The application of the penalty in subsection (a) of this section shall not be held to prevent the enforced removal of prohibited conditions.

(Code 1967, § 12-20; Ord. No. 8514, § 3, 2-11-99)

Editor's note

Section 5 of Ord. No. 8514 states: "Every person convicted of a violation of any provision of the Standard Fire Prevention Code adopted herein shall be punished by a fine not exceeding two thousand and no/100 dollars ($2,000.00). Each act of violation and each day upon which any such violation shall occur shall constitute a separate offense. In addition to the penalty prescribed above, the city may pursue other remedies such as abatement of nuisances, injunctive relief, administrative adjudication and revocation of licenses or permits."