Ripon Municipal Code Ch. 15.12 Mechanical Code

Administration and enforcement authority.

The 1994 Edition of the Uniform Mechanical Code, published by the International Conference of Building Officials, a copy of which is now on file and open to inspection by the public in the Office of the City Clerk, and also in the Office of the Building Official, is adopted by incorporation in this chapter as the Mechanical Code of the City pursuant to the provisions of the Government Code of the State of California relating thereto, and each and every provision therein set forth, except as amended by this chapter, is referred to and made a part of this chapter as if set forth in this chapter, and the amendments thereto hereinafter set forth are enacted as a part thereof, including the Appendices. (Ord. 555 § 1, 1996)

and enforcement authority. The building official is designated as the person responsible for the administration and enforcement of this chapter. The city council may appoint such assistants to the building official to assist him in the discharge of his duties of his office under this chapter as they shall see fit. (Ord. 295 § 2, 1980)

of city administrator. The office of building official shall at all times be under the jurisdiction of the city administrator, who shall be the administrative authority unless otherwise provided in this chapter or by law. (Ord. 295 § 3, 1980)

A. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of the Code shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the city jail, or in the county jail, for a period not to exceed ninety days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. B. Each separate day or any portion thereof during which any violation of the code is continued shall be deemed to constitute a separate offense, and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable as provided in this section. C. The issuance or granting of a permit or approval of plans and specifications shall not be deemed or construed to be a permit for, or an approval of, any violation of any of the provisions of the Code. No permit presuming to give authority to violate or cancel the provisions of the Code shall be valid, except insofar as the work or use which it authorized is lawful. (Ord. 295 § 4, 1980)

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