[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of the Village of
Cedar Grove 12-11-2006 as Ch.
5 of the 2006 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
The Village hereby adopts Ch. SPS 314, Wis. Adm. Code, in its
entirety. Except as provided therein, Ch. SPS 314, Wis. Adm. Code,
applies to the use and operation of all public buildings and places
of employment and adopts a National Fire Prevention Code, with modifications.
The code hereby adopted shall be enforced by the Chief of the
Fire Department.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
The Village of Cedar Grove, Wisconsin.[1]
The Chief of the Fire Department shall have power to modify
any of the provisions of the code hereby adopted upon application,
in writing, by the owner or lessee, or his duly authorized agent,
when there are practical difficulties in the way of carrying out the
strict letter of the code, provided that the spirit of the code shall
be observed, public safety secured and substantial justice done. The
particulars of such modification when granted or allowed and the decision
of the Chief of the Fire Department thereon shall be entered upon
the records of the Department and a signed copy shall be furnished
the applicant.
Whenever the Chief of the Fire Department shall disapprove an
application or refuse to grant a permit applied for, or when it is
claimed that the provisions of the code do not apply or that the true
intent and meaning of the code have been misconstrued or wrongly interpreted,
the applicant may appeal from the decision of the Chief of the Fire
Department to the Village Board within 30 days from the date of the
decision appealed.
A.
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of the code hereby adopted or fail to comply therewith, or who shall violate or fail to comply with any order made thereunder, or who shall build 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 shall fail to comply with such an order as affirmed or modified by the Village Board or by a court of competent jurisdiction within the time fixed herein, shall severally for each and every such violation and noncompliance respectively, be subject to a penalty as provided in § 1-4 of this Municipal Code. The imposition of one penalty for any violation shall not excuse the violation or permit it to continue; and all such persons shall be required to correct or remedy such violations or defects within a reasonable time; and, when not otherwise specified, each 10 days that prohibited conditions are maintained shall constitute a separate offense.
B.
The application of the above penalty shall not be held to prevent
the enforced removal of prohibited conditions.
