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VIOLATIONS
(A) Any person shall be subject to all penalties allowed by law, if the person:
(1) Violates or fails to comply with the provisions of this chapter;
(2) Violates or fails to comply with any order made under this chapter;
(3) Builds in violation of any detailed statement of specifications or plans submitted and approved under the LCFPPO, or any certificate or permit issued thereunder; or
(4) Fails to comply with such an order as affirmed or modified by the Fire Marshal or by a court of a competent jurisdiction, within the time affixed.
(B) In addition to any civil penalties that may apply, violations of this chapter shall be a misdemeanor offense and subject the violator to the penalties as set forth in § 10.99(C)(4) of this code and any other criminal laws that may be applicable.
(Ord. passed - -; Ord. passed 11-6-2023)
(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to give, signal, or transmit, or to cause or permit to be given, signaled, or transmitted, in any manner any false alarm.
(B) If a fire department has to respond to a false alarm at a business or residence more than four times in one calendar year, a citation may be issued. There will be no fine for malfunction, natural causes (storms and the like), or good intent. (If there is a citation issued, any money collected will be put into an account for the primary responding Fire Department to be given to that department before the end of each budget year.)
(Ord. passed - -; Ord. passed 11-6-2023) Penalty, see § 95.999
No person shall willfully/deliberately, or through carelessness or negligence, set fire to or cause the burning of any material, in such manner as to endanger the safety of any person or property.
(Ord. passed - -; Ord. passed 11-6-2023) Penalty, see § 95.999
(A) It shall be unlawful to accumulate or store combustible waste matter beneath manufactured homes or recreational vehicles or at any other place within a recreational vehicle park or manufactured home community.
(B) Roofs, courts, yards, vacant lots, and open spaces shall be kept free and clear of deposits or accumulations of waste paper, hay, grass, straw, weeds, litter, combustible waste, or rubbish of any kind. All weeds, grass, vines, or other growth, when same endangers property, or is liable to be set fire to, shall be cut down and removed by the owner or occupant of the property.
(Ord. passed - -; Ord. passed 11-6-2023) Penalty, see § 95.999
All buildings or service systems that are unsanitary, constitute a fire hazard, or constitute a hazard to safety or health, bad conditions of walls, overload floors, defective construction, decay, unsafe wiring or heating system, inadequate means of egress, are considered unsafe. All the unsafe building or service systems shall be abated by repair and rehabilitation or by demolition in accordance with the provisions of the technical codes (G.S. §§ 160D-1118 through 160D-1124).
(Ord. passed - -; Ord. passed 3-21-2022) Penalty, see § 95.999
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