The International Fire Code, 2021 edition, and all its appendices, a copy of which is on file in the offices of the city, is hereby adopted and designated as the fire code of the city, the same as though the provisions of the International Fire Code, 2021 edition, were copied at length in this section, subject to the deletions, amendments, and additions provided in section 5.04.002.
(Ordinance 20-13 adopted 4/21/20; Ordinance 22-50 adopted 11/15/2022)
Whenever the fire marshal disapproves an application or refuses 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 fire code appeal board or to the city council, sitting as a board of appeals, within thirty days after such decision date or within the time allowed by a specific section of the code, whichever is applicable.
(2003 Code, sec. 5.102)
The city manager, the fire chief and the fire marshal shall act as a committee to determine and specify, after giving affected persons an opportunity to be heard, any new materials, processes or occupancies for which permits are required in addition to those now enumerated in said code. The fire chief shall post such list in a conspicuous place at the fire department and distribute copies thereof to interested persons.
(2003 Code, sec. 5.103)
Any person who violates any provision of the International Fire Code as adopted and amended herein or fails to comply therewith, or who violates or fails to comply with any order made thereunder, or who 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 such an order as affirmed or modified by the city council or by a court of competent jurisdiction, within the required time, shall severally for each and every such violation and noncompliance, respectively, be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine in accordance with the general penalty provision set forth in section 1.01.009 of this 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 ten days that prohibited conditions are maintained shall constitute a separate offense.
(2003 Code, sec. 5.104)