Wasco Municipal Code Ch. 15.08 Fire Prevention Code

That portion of the 2022 California Building Standards Code that imposes substantially the same requirements as are contained in the International Fire Code, 2021 Edition, published by the International Code Council and the

California Building Standards Commission with errata, together with those portions of the International Fire Code, 2021 Edition, including Appendices B, C, D and H, published by the International Code Council not included in the California Fire Code, as modified and amended by Chapter 17.32, Fire Code, Title 17 of the ordinance code of the County of Kern and this chapter, are collectively declared to be the fire code of the city of Wasco. (Ord. 720 §3, 2022).

Any reference to the Kern County development standards in Chapter 17.32 of the Kern County ordinance code shall mean the city of Wasco development standards. (Ord. 720 §3, 2022).

Any reference to the unincorporated area of the county of Kern in Chapter 17.32 of the Kern County ordinance code shall mean the incorporated area of the city of Wasco. (Ord. 720 §3, 2022).

Section 17.32.024 of the Kern County ordinance code is amended to read as follows:

109.1 Board of appeals.

Any authority of the Fire Chief involving discretion, or interpretation of this Code, shall be exercised in a reasonable manner. Any decision of the Chief relating to the interpretation of this Code, or to the standards referred to hereinabove, shall be subject to appeal to the Board of Building Appeals. Any decision of the Board of Building Appeals shall be subject to appeal to the Wasco City Council.

(Ord. 720 §3, 2022).

A. 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 one thousand dollars or imprisonment in the county jail of the county of Kern for not more than six months, or both such fine and imprisonment.

B. Any person who violates Sections 3308 or 3309 of the Fire Code shall be assessed an administrative penalty. An administrative penalty under this subsection shall be a fine not exceeding one thousand five hundred dollars for the first violation; a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars for a second violation within five years from the date of the first violation; and a fine not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars for each additional violation within five years from the date of the first violation.

C. The administrative penalty for any violation of any other section of this code shall be as provided in Section 8.54.120 of the Kern County ordinance code.

D. All enforcement of administrative penalties shall be conducted pursuant to Chapter 8.54 of the Kern County ordinance code.

E. 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. 720 §3, 2022).

The ordinance codified in this chapter shall take effect on January 1, 2023, after its adoption and pursuant to resolution, published in summary format prior to adoption and within fifteen days after its adoption in a newspaper of general circulation published and circulated in the city of Wasco.

The city clerk is hereby ordered to publish the ordinance codified in this section in summary form in accordance with the law, in a newspaper of general circulation in the city. This ordinance shall become effective thirty days from the date of its adoption. (Ord. 720 §3, 2022).