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Sec. 1.201. The City Administrator shall be responsible for the administration and enforecment of this Code. Under his direction, the Fire Department, and other persons whom he may designate in writing, shall enforce all ordinances of the jurisdiction pertaining to: (a) The prevention of fires. (b) The suppression or extinguishing of dangerous or hazardous fires. (c) The storage, wse and handling of explosive, flammable, toxic, corrosive and other hazardous gaseous, solid and liquid materials. (d) The installation and maintenance of automatic, manual, and other private fire alarm systems and fire-extinguishing equipment. (e) The maintenance and regulation of fire escapes. (t) The maintenance of fire protection and the elimination of fire hazards on land and in buildings, structures, a~d other property, including those under construction. (g) The means and adequacy of each exit in the event of fire, from factories, schools, hotels, lodging houses, asylums, hos- pitals, churches, halls, theatres, amphitheatres, and all other places in which people work, live or congregate from time to time for any ptlrpose. {h) The investigation of the cause, ori~in, amd circumstances of fire. SECTION J. At least three (J) copies of the Uniform Fire Code, 1976 Ed~tion, as amended of the International Conference of Building Officials and the Western Fire Chiefs Association, all certified to be true shall be available for reference by any interested person between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M., Monday through Friday, holidays excepted. The "Fire Code" as finally adopted shall be available for sale to the public through the office of the City Clerk at a moderate price. SECTION 4. The following penalty clause is hereby adopted for all violations of the Uniform Fire Code, 1976 edition, as amended: Any person, firm, or corporation violating any of the pro- visions of this Code shall be deemed guilty of a separ.te offense for each and every day or portion thereof during which any violation of any of the provisions of this Code is committed, continued, or permitted, and upon conviction of any such violation such person shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $JOO or by imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Introduced, read and ordered published this J!l.'1-!-- day of /} fJ~J1 ) 1977. Passed and adopted on second and final reading this J r;t!- da y 0 f . /f2fiy , 1977. ()j;~~L ,'/ Mayor (/ ATT}fT: /J ~ . . ...-/ "'".../ -- Yh-/J/f1Hl) 771,.c: ~tLl__ City Clerk