(A) Fire Prevention Code fines. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this code, 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 an ordinance violation, punishable by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 unless otherwise stated in this code, plus all legal fees and all costs caused by enforcement. The Fire Chief, Fire Marshal, Deputy Fire Marshal or any Fire Prevention Bureau officer shall retain the right to cease, without prior warning, all activity of an occupancy if the inspector determines violations exist that are immediately dangerous to the life and health of the occupants.
(B) Fire alarm or fire protection systems. Fire alarm or fire protection systems that have impairments, malfunctions or discrepancies that impact the systems operation shall be subject to an inspection and initial notification of impairment and follow up inspections until system is restored to normal status. The penalties for non-compliance with this code are:
(1) 1st notification of violation – notification only no penalty;
(2) 1st re-inspection: $100;
(3) 2nd re-inspection: $150;
(4) 3rd re-inspection: $200; and
(5) 4th re-inspection: $500;
(C) Nuisance and false alarms. Alarms that are received by the emergency dispatch center and sent to the Fire Department for response and determined to be initiated by a cause other than a fire are considered false alarms. The penalties for false alarms are as follows:
(1) Any system may have up to three false alarms in a calendar year with notification only, no penalty.
(2) Any alarm system producing a 4th, 5th or 6th false alarm within a calendar year, a penalty of $150 per false alarm shall be charged to the subscriber.
(3) Any alarm system producing a 7th, 8th, 9th false alarm within the same calendar year shall be issued a penalty of $300 per false alarm shall be charged to the subscriber.
(4) Any alarm system producing a 10th or more false alarm within the same calendar year shall be issued a penalty of $800 per false alarm and considered a nuisance alarm. The owner or operator of any alarm system considered to be a nuisance alarm shall be subject to the commencement of ordinance enforcement proceedings before the Village Administrative hearing officer or in the 12th Circuit Court of Will County.
(D) Failure to comply.
(1) Stop work orders. Any person who shall continue any work after having been served with a stop work order, except such work as that person is directed to perform to remove a violation or unsafe condition, shall be liable to a fine of not less than $500 nor more than $1,500 per event or occurrence.
(2) Required annual/multi-year inspections. Any property, building or structure that has a required fire protection system, fire alarm system or commercial kitchen system that has been found to have discrepancies, is delinquent or has a malfunctioning condition shall be liable to a fine of not less than $500 nor more than $1,500 per event or occurrence.
(Ord. 05-0251, passed 3-16-05; Am. Ord. 11-0923, passed 9-21-11; Am. Ord. 11-0935, passed 11-2-11; Am. Ord. 12-1016, passed 11-7-12; Am. Ord. 17-1347, passed 3-1-17; Am. Ord. 22-1811, passed 12-7-22)