A.
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of
this chapter or fail to comply herewith or who shall violate or fail to comply
with any order made hereunder or who shall build in violation of any detailed
statement of specifications or plans submitted and approved hereunder or any
certificate or permit issued hereunder and from which no appeal has been taken
or who shall fail to comply with such an order as affirmed or modified by
the Bureau of Fire Prevention or by a court of competent jurisdiction within
the time fixed herein shall severally for each and every such violation and
noncompliance, respectively, be guilty of a violation, punishable by a fine
of not more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250.) or by imprisonment for
not more than fifteen (15) days, or both. Each week that a violation continues
shall be deemed a separate offense.[1]
B.
Except as provided otherwise by law, such a violation
is hereby declared to be an offense, thus not a crime. However, for the purpose
of conferring jurisdiction upon courts and judicial officers generally, violations
of this chapter shall be deemed misdemeanors.
Appropriate actions and proceedings may be taken at law or in equity
to restrain, correct or abate a violation of this chapter, and these remedies
shall be in addition to the penalties prescribed in the preceding section.
