Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of the State Fire Prevention Code or shall fail to comply therewith or shall violate or fail to comply with any order made thereunder or shall build in violation of any details, statements, specifications or plans submitted or approved thereunder or shall operate not in accordance with the provisions of any certificate, permit or approval issued thereunder and from which no appeal has been taken or who shall fail to comply with such an order as affirmed or modified by the Fire Marshal or by a court of competent jurisdiction within the time fixed herein shall severally for each and every violation and noncompliance, respectively, be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not to exceed $500 or by imprisonment not to exceed six months, or both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. The imposition of a penalty for any violation shall not excuse the violation, nor shall the violation be permitted to continue. All such persons shall be required to correct or remedy such violations or defects within a reasonable time; and when not otherwise specified, the application of the above penalty shall not be held to prevent the enforced removal of prohibited conditions.
(Ord. 2012-3, passed 6-7-2012)