Sec. 5.101 Adopted
The Uniform Fire Code, 1991 Edition, published by the International Conference of Building Officials, a copy of which has this day been exhibited to and approved by the city council of the City of Oak Leaf, and a certified copy of which is on file in the office of the city secretary of the City of Oak Leaf, is hereby adopted by reference and declared to be the Uniform Fire Code of the City of Oak Leaf for the provision of fire protection regulations within the city; save and except certain amendments to such code as set forth in Section 5.103 of this article.
Sec. 5.102 Amendments Made in the Uniform Fire Code
The Uniform Fire Code is amended and changed in the following respects:
(1) All references to the Bureau of Fire Prevention and duties therein prescribed shall mean and be performed by the city council or any transferee or assignee of such duties; however, nothing contained in this article shall be interpreted to restrict the city from delegating the functions prescribed to the Bureau of Fire Prevention by contract or interlocal agreement to third-parties, including other firefighting and prevention agencies or entities.
(2) All references to the chief and duties therein prescribed shall mean the city building official, or such other entity or person as the city council may from time to time designate.
(3) Wherever the word “jurisdiction” is used in the Uniform Fire Code, such shall mean the City of Oak Leaf, Texas.
Sec. 5.103 Fines and Penalties for Violations
(a) Any person who shall fail to comply with any provision of the Uniform Fire Code or Standards hereby adopted or who fails to comply therewith, or who shall violate or fail to comply with any order made thereunder, or who shall build in violation of any detailed statement of specification or plans submitted and approved thereunder, or any certificate or permit issued thereunder, and from which no appeal has been taken, or who shall fail to comply with such an order as affirmed or modified by the city council, or by a court of competent jurisdiction, within the time fixed herein, shall severally for each and every such violation and noncompliance, respectively, be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine in accordance with the general penalty provision found in Section 1.106 of this code. 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.
(b) The application of the above penalty shall not be held to prevent the enforced removal prohibited conditions.
(Ordinance 9701 of 11/19/96)
