Chapter 15.18 — UNIFORM FIRE CODE

These regulations known as the "California Fire Code," 2016 Edition, California Code of Regulations, Title 24, Part 9, which incorporate by adoption the 2015 International Fire Code, with necessary California amendments, including appendix A, B, BB, C, CC, D, and H, as published by the International Code Council, 4051 West Flossmoor Road, Country Club Hill, IL 60478, as modified and amended by the County of Kern by Chapter 17.32 of the Kern County Ordinance Code and this chapter, are hereby adopted and made part of this Chapter by reference with the same force and effect as if fully set forth herein, and are hereby collectively declared to be the Fire Code of the City of Arvin.

(Ord. 326 §2, 2002).

(Ord. No. 374, § 3, 2007; Ord. No. 412, § 2, 12-3-2013; Ord. No. 437, § 5, 11-16-16)

Except as provided herein, any person who shall violate a provision of this Code or who shall fail to comply with any of the requirements thereof or fail to comply with any order made thereunder by competent authority, or who shall erect, install, alter, repair or do work which deviates from any specifications or plans submitted to and approved by the fire marshal, or of a permit or certificate issued under provisions of this Code shall for each and every such violation or failure to comply be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail of the County of Kern for not more than six (6) months, or both such fine and imprisonment. The maximum administrative penalty for a violation of sections 3308 or 3309 of the Fire Code shall be a fine in the amount of one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500.00). The administrative penalty for any violation of any other section of this Code shall be as provided in Kern County Ordinance Code Section [8.54.120]. All enforcement of administrative penalties shall be conducted pursuant to Chapter 8.54 of the Kern County Ordinance Code.

A conviction for any offense under the provisions of this Code shall not excuse the violation or authorize its continuance and the person or persons convicted of such offense shall be required to correct or remedy any condition or installation which fails to comply with the requirements of this Code with reasonable diligence. Each day that a condition prohibited by the provisions of this Code is caused or permitted to be maintained or continued shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.

(Ord. No. 374, § 3, 2007; Ord. No. 412, § 3, 12-3-2013)