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(A) No person shall, by any means whatsoever, through carelessness, neglect, or negligence, set fire to, or cause the burning of any bedding, furniture, rug, curtain, drape, or other household furnishing, fitting, or any other part of a building or premise, in any hotel, motel, rooming house, lodging house, apartment house, tenement house, convalescent home, nursing home, home for the aged, hospital, child care facility, or similar place of abode in the city, in such a manner as to endanger the safety of any person or property.
(B) It shall be the duty of the manager, owner, or lessee of any hotel or motel to post the provisions of this section in a conspicuous place in each room occupied by a guest in the hotel or motel. It shall be the duty of the manager, owner, or lessee of any rooming house, lodging house, apartment house, tenement house, convalescent home, nursing home, home for the aged, child care facility, or similar place of abode, to post a copy of this section in conspicuous places upon the premises.
(Ord. 37-1962, passed 4-30-62) Penalty, see § 92.99
(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to smoke or carry a lighted cigar, cigarette, or pipe, or to use any match, spark, flame, or fire-producing device in any retail store designated and arranged to accommodate 100 or more persons, or in which ten or more persons are employed and in which combustible material is sold, offered, or exposed for sale. However, this prohibition shall not extend to the smoking or carrying of a lighted cigar, cigarette, or pipe, or the use of a match, spark, or fire-producing device in those portions of a retail store used as a restaurant, beauty parlor, rest room, or executive office, or any portion of a retail store designated by the Chief of the Fire Department or his authorized representative.
(B) It shall be unlawful for any person to smoke or carry a lighted cigar, cigarette, or pipe, or to use any match, spark, flame, or fire-producing device in any public elevator in any public building.
(C) The owner or occupant of any such retail store or of any building in which a public elevator is located, shall cause to be posted in a conspicuous place in the public retail store or the public elevator signs informing the public that smoking or carrying of lighted cigars, cigarettes, or pipes and the use of any match, spark, flame, or fire-producing device is therein prohibited.
(Ord. 981-1956, passed 10-8-56) Penalty, see § 92.99
(A) Violation of this chapter shall constitute a criminal violation for which a citation may issue returnable to District Court with a fine to be assessed for each violation consistent with this section, or at the option of the city, and in addition to the foregoing, a violation shall constitute a civil offense and shall be enforced pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 41.
(B) Any person who violates any provision of this chapter for which no other penalty is provided shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00).
(4) Enforcement authorities or police officers shall immediately confiscate any fireworks believed to be in violation of §§ 92.01 - 92.06. Following an appropriate hearing, if no violation is found to have occurred, the confiscated fireworks shall be returned by the enforcement authorities or police officers to the person, firm, corporation or other entity from whom they were obtained. Following an appropriate hearing, if a violation is found to have occurred, the confiscated fireworks shall be destroyed by the appropriate enforcement authority.
(E) The civil penalty for violating §§ 92.20 - 92.24 shall be not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00). Each day's violation shall constitute a separate offense. These sections shall be subject to enforcement by the Code Enforcement Board of the city.
(Am. Ord. 10-1998, passed 9-8-98; Am. Ord. 4-2011, passed 5-9-2011; Am. Ord. 8-2016, passed 9-19-16)