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A. Any person, firm, corporation or entity whether as principal, agent, employee <br /> or otherwise, who shall violate or cause the violation of any of the Fire Code <br /> adopted by Section 12.7 and as amended bY this Article, or shall fail to <br /> comply with any order, license, or permit made or issued thereunder, or who <br /> shall build any structure or improvement in viblation of this Code or any <br /> detailed statement of specifications or plan~ submitted and approved <br /> thereunder, for each and every such vioation and noncompliance, <br /> respectively, shall be guilty of an nfract on and, Sha be pun shab e by: <br /> <br /> 1. A fine not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200.00) for a first violation; and <br /> <br /> 2. A fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($5D0.00) for a second violation <br /> of the same provision within one year from the date of the first violation; <br /> and <br /> <br /> 3. A fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($~1,000.00) for each additional <br /> violation of the same provision within one year from the date of the first <br /> violation. <br /> <br /> The imposition of any one penalty for any violation shall not excuse the <br /> violation or permit to continue. Each and every day a violation shall continue <br /> shall be deemed to be a separate violation. <br /> <br />B. The Fire Chief or his authorized representatives shall enforce the provisions <br /> of the Fire Code adopted by Section 12.7 and aS amended by this Article and <br /> all orders, licenses, certificates, permits and plaps and specifications issued <br /> or approved thereunder and shall have the authority to issue citations for <br /> violations thereof." <br /> <br /> SECTION 3. All former ordinances or parts thereof conflicting or inconsistent <br />with the provisions of this ordinance or of the Code hereby adopted, are hereby <br />repealed. <br /> <br /> SECTION 4. If any section, paragraph, sentence or word of this ordinance or <br /> of the Code hereby adopted should for any reason, be found invalid, it is <br /> intended that all other portions of this ordinance independent of any such portion <br /> as may be declared invalid shall be valid. <br /> <br /> SECTION 5. This Council finds and determines that pursuant to Section <br /> 50022.1 of the Government Code, the City is autl~orized to adopt the Uniform <br /> Fire Code by reference and amend same by ordina~nce. Section 18941.5 of the <br /> Housing and Safety Code provides in part that the ordinance adopted by local <br /> entities must take effect 180 days after the publication of the Model Ordinance <br /> published by the California Building Standards Commission ("Commission"). The <br /> date by which the ordinance must take effect is July 1, 1999. In the event that <br /> the Ordinance does not take effect by July 1, 1999, the Uniform Fire Code, as <br /> Ord-069a 9 <br /> FlshlshlRClCouncil 21~)~) <br /> FXS/DES:rg <br /> <br /> <br />