Any person who violates any of the provisions of the Uniform Fire Code as adopted and amended herein or fails to comply therewith, or who violates or fails to comply with any order made thereunder, or who builds in violation of any detailed statement of specifications or plans submitted and approved thereunder, or any certificate or permit issued thereunder, and from which no appeal has been taken, or who fails to comply with such an order as affirmed or modified by the El Dorado board of appeals, or by a court of competent jurisdiction, within the required time, shall severally for each and every such violation or noncompliance, respectively, be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) or greater than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) or by imprisonment for not less than one day or more than three hundred sixty-four (364) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. The imposition of one penalty for any violation shall not excuse the violation or permit it to continue, and all such persons shall be required to correct or remedy such violations or defects within a reasonable time; and when not otherwise specified, each ten days that prohibited conditions are maintained shall constitute a separate offense.

The application of the above penalty shall not be held to prevent the enforced removal of prohibited conditions. (Ord. G-854 § 1 (part), 1999: prior code § 13-308)