Persons who shall violate a provision of this Code or shall fail to comply with any of the requirements thereof, or who shall erect, install, alter, repair, or do work in violation of the approved construction documents or directive of the Fire Code Official, or of a permit or certificate used under provisions of this Code, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of this Code in accordance with the mandatory minimum fines identified in Table 57.110.4, punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both such fine and imprisonment. Each person shall be guilty of a separate offense for each and every day, or portion thereof, during which a violation of any provision of this section is committed, continued, or permitted by such person and shall be punishable accordingly.
Minimum Fine | Offense | Sections Referenced | Fine Reference |
Minimum Fine | Offense | Sections Referenced | Fine Reference |
$500.00 | Authority to Install, Test, and Require Maintenance of Fire Protection Systems and Equipment | 57.108.7 through 57.108.7.3 | |
$500.00 | Fire Due to Carelessness or Negligence | 57.305.5.1.1 through 57.305.5.1.3 | |
$300.00 | Vacant Premises | 57.311.1 through 57.311.1.2 57.311.2 through 57.311.2.3 57.311.3 57.311.4 | |
$200.00 | Obstructions to roofs and openings | ||
$100.00 | Emergency Planning and Evacuation Requirements for High-rise Buildings | ||
$200.00 | Fire Protection Water Supplies | 57.507.5.4.1 through 57.507.5.4.2 | |
$150.00 | Electrical Extension Cords | 57.603.6 through 57.603.6.4 | |
$150.00 | Fire Assemblies | 57.705.2.4.1 through 57.705.2.4.3 57.1032.3.1 through 57.1032.3.4 | |
$500.00 | Fire Protection Systems Maintenance, Testing and Tampering | 57.901.6, 57.901.8 through 57.901.8.3 | |
$100.00 | Spare Sprinkler Heads | ||
$100.00 | Automatic Sprinkler Systems Access Aisles and Operating Clearance | ||
$100.00 | Signs (Sprinkler & Standpipe) | ||
$100.00 | Security, Automatic Sprinklers and Standpipes | ||
$100.00 | Maintenance of Sprinkler Heads | 57.903.5 through 57.903.5.4 | |
$200.00 | Portable Fire Extinguisher General Requirements Service Installation and Use | 57.906.2 through 57.906.2.6 | |
$100.00 | Portable Fire Extinguisher General Requirements Service Required | ||
$200.00 | Smoke Alarms Requirement R Occupancies | 57.907.2.8 57.907.2.9 57.907.2.11 through 57.907.2.11.8 | |
$300.00 | Maintenance of Fire Alarm Equipment | ||
$500.00 | Fire Watch | 57.918.2 through 57.918.2.2 | |
$200.00 | Means of Egress Illumination | 57.1008.1 through 57.1008.3 | |
$500.00 | Exit Doors | 57.1010.1.1, 57.1010.1.2, 57.1010.1.2.1, 57.1010.2 57.1010.2.4 57.1032.2 57.1032.4 | |
$300.00 | Locks on Penthouse Doors | ||
$100.00 | Exit Signs | ||
$200.00 | Floor Identification Signs | 57.1023.9 through 57.1023.9.2 | |
$100.00 | Fire Escapes Stairs | ||
$200.00 | Responsible Resident Required | ||
$200.00 | Posting Fire Safety Information | ||
$100.00 | Smoke Detector Maintenance | ||
$100.00 | Unvented Portable Heaters | ||
$50.00 | Portable Fire Extinguisher Required (High-rise Residential) | ||