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This subchapter is intended to be used with, and supplemented by, the applicable provisions of the National Fire Protection Standards 72-E and 74 (current edition) which are hereby incorporated herein; however, if there shall be any conflict between this subchapter and the supplemental standards, this subchapter and any rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto shall prevail. All amendments to or changes in N.F.P.A. Nos. 72-E and 74 shall be adopted and made part thereof without further reference.
(Ord. 1985-9, passed 6-3-85)
(A) The Bureau of Fire Prevention of the Fire Department shall be primarily responsible for the enforcement of this subchapter.
(B) The City Building Department shall assist the Bureau by making referrals to the Bureau as part of its regular inspection and enforcement of all city housing, building, and safety codes. No building permits for remodeling or repair of a dwelling unit shall be issued for any dwelling unit not properly equipped with said detectors. No certificate of occupancy shall be issued for any new dwelling or dwelling unit not properly equipped with said detectors. Detectors must be operable for the final inspection of the City Building Inspector or Fire Prevention Bureau Inspector. Instructions/ maintenance booklets must be provided to the owner by the manufacturer as per N.F.P.A. No. 74, and said documentation displayed to the Building Inspector during the final inspection.
(Ord. 1985-9, passed 6-3-85)
(A) Any person violating the provisions of §§ 93.02 or 93.03, the regulations issued thereunder or any order issued thereunder, or who knowingly induces another, directly or indirectly, to violate the provisions of those sections, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or imprisoned for not more than 30 days, or both. (KRS 227.990 (4))
(B) The minimum penalty for noncompliance with §§ 93.30 through 93.35 is fifty dollars ($50.00)
(1) The penalty for noncompliance with §§ 93.30 through 93.35 is automatically waived if the dwelling or dwelling unit is brought into compliance with those sections within 30 days of the original violation. If the property owner fails to notify the Fire Prevention Bureau within 30 days, then the Fire Prevention Bureau shall cause a written notice to be sent to the owner stating that the fifty dollars ($50.00) penalty is applicable and failure to comply within ten days from the date of the written notice shall cause an additional penalty of ten dollars ($10.00) per day until the owner has complied with §§ 93.30 through 93.35. The notice shall further provide that the penalty for noncompliance shall be automatically waived if the dwelling or dwelling unit is brought within compliance within ten days from the date of the written notice.
(Ord. 1985-9, passed 6-3-85)
(C) Any person who violates any other provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00).