§ 5:201. Adoption.(City)

(a)

There is hereby adopted, for the purpose of prescribing regulations governing conditions hazardous to life and property from fire or explosion, that certain code known as the 2013 Edition of NFPA 1, Uniform Fire Code and documents listed in Chapter 2 of that code, National Fire Protection Association, Inc., prescribing regulations governing conditions hazardous to life and property. This shall include all appendices except appendix C and save and except such portions thereof as may be deleted as part of Code for the city. Not less than one (1) copy has been and shall be hereafter kept on file in the office of the council administrator, and the same is hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if set out at length herein.

(b)

It shall be unlawful to conduct any business, perform any act, repair or construct any building, structure, or vehicle or transport or handle any product or material for which a permit is required by the provisions of the NFPA Uniform Fire Code without having first secured a permit therefor, or in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter.

(c)

Violation of this section shall be construed as a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punishable by a fine of no less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or up to thirty (30) days in jail or both.

(City Code 1951, Title 5, § 201; Ord. No. 8197, § 1, 8-27-86; Ord. No. 11723, § 22, 4-26-00; Ord. No. 13033, § 1, 8-25-04; Ord. No. 14242, § 1, 11-28-07; Ord. No. 15022, § 1, 11-10-10; Ord. No. 15649, § 1, 2-12-14)