(A) Any person, firm, corporation, or organization who violates any of the provisions of the fire code as herein adopted or who fails to comply therewith, or who violates or fails to comply with any order made thereunder, or who builds in violation of any detailed statement of specifications or plans submitted and approved thereunder or any certificate or permit issued thereunder and from which no appeal has been taken, or who fails to comply with such an order as affirmed or modified by the city fire inspector, the city council, or by a court of competent jurisdiction within the time fixed therein, shall severally, for each and every such violation and noncompliance respectively, be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $500. The imposition of one penalty for any violation shall not excuse the violation or permit it to continue, and all such persons, firms, corporations, or organizations shall be required to correct or remedy such violations or defects within a reasonable time, and when not otherwise specified, each seven days that prohibited conditions are maintained shall constitute a separate offense.
(B) The application of the above penalty shall not be held to prevent the enforced removal of prohibited conditions.
(C) Continued noncompliance shall constitute grounds for the suspension or revocation of any business license issued and applicable to the premises until the prohibited conditions are corrected.
(Ord. O-4-79, passed 2-2-79)