(A) Any person who violates any of the provisions of the NC Fire Code or its references adopted by this chapter or fails to comply therewith; violates or fails to comply with any order made thereunder; 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 an order as affirmed or modified by the Chief or his/her designee or by a court of competent jurisdiction, within the time fixed therein, shall be severally for each and every such violation and noncompliance subject to the penalty as provided in § 10.99(A). The imposition of 1 penalty for any violation shall not excuse the violation or permit it to continue. All persons shall be required to correct or remedy violations or defects within a reasonable time determined by the Fire Code Official, and when not otherwise specified, each day that prohibited conditions are maintained shall constitute a separate offense.
(B) The imposition of a penalty for a violation shall not be held to prevent the enforced removal of prohibited conditions.
(1989 Code, § 95.99) (Am. Ord. 1953, passed 11-9-2021)