2017-025 - Amend Chapter 12 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris; Amending Article III, “Fire Code,” to Repeal the 2006 Edition of the International Fire Code and to Adopt the 2015...

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accordance with this code is not considered a modification and does not require a permit." Section 109.3.3, Prosecution of violations, shall be amended to read as follows: "109.3.3 Prosecution of violations. If the notice of violation is not complied with promptly, the fire code official, his designee, any City of Paris Code Inspector or City of Paris Police Officer is authorized to request the legal counsel of the jurisdiction to institute the appropriate legal proceedings at law and at equity to restrain, correct or abate such violation or to require removal or termination of the unlawful occupancy of a structure in violation of the provisions of this code or of the order or direction made pursuant hereto including but not limited to criminal prosecution as set forth in Section 109.4 herein." Section 109.4, Violation penalties, is amended to read as follows: "109.4 Violation penalties. Any person, firm, partnership, corporation or association who shall violate a provision of this code or shall fail to comply with any of the requirements thereof or who shall erect, install, alter, repair or do work in violation of the approved construction documents or directive of the Fire Code Official, or of a permit or certificate used under provisions of this code, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction in the Municipal Court, shall be subject to a fine not to exceed TWO THOUSAND AND No /loos ($2,000.00) DOLLARS for each offense, and each and every day such violation continues shall be deemed to constitute a separate and distinct violation. Said violations are strict liability offenses. Section 111.4, Failure to comply, shall be amended to read as follows: "111.4 Failure to comply. Any person, who shall continue any work after having been served with a stop work order, except such work as that person is directed to perform to remove a violation or unsafe condition, shall be liable for a fine not to exceed TWO THOUSAND AND No /loos ($2,000.00) DOLLARS for each offense, and each and every day such violation continues shall be deemed to constitute a separate and distinct violation. Said violations are strict liability offenses. Sec 202, General Definitions, is amended to amend or add the following definitions to read as follows: "ADDRESSABLE FIRE DETECTION SYSTEM. Any system capable of providing identification of each individual alarm- initiating device. The identification shall be in plain English and as descriptive as possible to specifically identify the location of the device in alarm. The system shall have 5