(a) The
city adopts the International Fire Code of the International Code
Congress Series (2009).
(b) In
the event that any provision, specification, or regulation of the
adopted code is in conflict with any ordinance or previously adopted
code, rule, or regulation, the International Fire Code shall take
precedence and priority.
(c) Any
person or entity found to be in violation of the International Fire
Code may be subject to a fine not to exceed $500.00. Such fine may
be issued for every day that said person or entity is in violation
of the code.
(d) Any
person or entity desiring a copy of the above-referenced code, or
specific regulations and requirements of said code, may receive a
copy of same at the city hall.
(Ordinance adopting Code; Ordinance 01-06 adopted 4/10/01)
The code hereby adopted shall be enforced by the city fire marshal.
(Ordinance O-2018-0612-B adopted 6/12/18)
Whenever the word “applicable governing body” is
used in the code hereby adopted, it shall be held to mean the city.
(2001 Code, sec. 92.22)
Whenever the fire prevention code conflicts with any other provision
of this Code of Ordinances or any other city ordinance, or state or
federal law, such code provision, ordinance, or state or federal law
shall be controlling.
(2001 Code, sec. 92.23)
The city fire marshal shall have power to modify any of the
provisions of the fire prevention code hereby adopted upon application
in writing by the owner or lessee, or his duly authorized agent, when
there are practical difficulties in 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
city fire marshal thereon shall be submitted to the city secretary,
and a signed copy shall be furnished the applicant.
(Ordinance O-2018-0612-B adopted 6/12/18)
Whenever the city fire marshal 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 fire marshal to
the city council within ten (10) days from the date the permit is
refused or a decision is made regarding the applicability of the provisions
of such code.
(Ordinance O-2018-0612-B adopted 6/12/18)
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 city council
or by a court of competent jurisdiction within the time fixed therein,
shall severally, for each and every such violation and noncompliance
respectively, be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(2001 Code, sec. 92.32)