(a) No person shall knowingly violate any provision of the Ohio Fire Code or any order made pursuant to it or any provision of Chapter 1501
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(d) Whoever has received a citation for a violation of the Fire Code or any order issued pursuant to it or of a violation of the provisions of Sections 1501.02, 1501.03 and 1501.04 and such violation is specifically determined not to be of a serious nature, may be assessed a civil penalty of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00) for each such violation.
(e) Whoever fails to correct a violation for which a citation has been issued within the period permitted for its correction, may be assessed a civil penalty of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each day during which such failure or violation continues.
(f) Whoever violates any of the posting requirements, as prescribed by Section 1501.05(c) shall be assessed a civil penalty of not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each violation.
(g) Due consideration to the appropriateness of the penalty with respect to the gravity of the violation, the good faith of the person being charged and the history of previous violations shall be given whenever a penalty is assessed under this chapter.
(h) For purposes of this section, a serious violation shall be considered to exist if there is a substantial probability that an occurrence causing death or serious physical harm to persons could result from a condition which exists or from one or more practices, means, methods, operations or processes which have been adopted or are in use, unless the person did not and could not with the exercise of reasonable diligence, know of the presence of the violation.
(i) Civil penalties imposed by this chapter shall be paid to the City for deposit into the General Revenue Fund. Such penalties may be recovered in a civil action in the name of the City brought in the Champaign County Municipal Court or other appropriate court.
(Ord. 4138. Passed 7-10-01.)