There is adopted by the Town for the purpose
of prescribing regulations governing conditions hazardous to life
and property from fire or explosion, and for the purpose of safety
and general welfare, that certain Code known as the National Fire
Code, being particularly the 1972 Edition thereof and the whole thereof
with amendments and supplements thereto, save and except such portions
as are hereinafter deleted, modified or amended. The same are hereby
adopted and incorporated as fully as if set out at the length herein.
From the date on which this chapter shall take effect, the provisions
thereof shall be controlling within the limits of the Town.
As used in the National Fire Code:
The Building Department of the Town and the Office of the
Fire Marshal of the state.
The Building Office of the Town and Fire Marshal of the state
and their duly appointed agents and representatives.
The Town Solicitor.
The Town of Milton.
A.
Any person who shall violate or fail to comply with
any provision of the National Fire Code or any provision of this chapter,
build in violation of any detailed statement of specifications or
plans as submitted or approved hereunder or any certificate or permit
issued hereunder, and from which no appeal has been taken, and shall
fail to comply with such final order as may be affirmed or modified
shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than $100 nor more than
$500, or be imprisoned for not more than 30 days, or both, and shall
pay the cost of prosecution.
B.
For the purpose of this chapter, each day that a violation
continues shall be deemed to be a separate offense.
C.
The application of any penalty set forth herein shall
not be held to prevent the enforced removal of any prohibited condition.
