§ 62-59. Enforcement and administration of the applicable code.

The responsibility and authority for administering and enforcing the fire safety fire codes in the unincorporated areas of the county shall be vested in the fire department serving the district covering the particular unincorporated area. A fire department may enforce either or both its own municipal fire code and the fire safety fire codes in any district which it serves. Enforcement of one code under this section shall not bar enforcement of the other applicable code.

Enforcement may be accomplished by issuance of a citation by a fire safety inspector who has probable cause to believe that a person has committed a violation of this article. A citation shall be issued only after a written warning has been previously issued and a minimum time period of 45 days, except for major structural changes, which may be corrected within an extended adequate period of time, from the date of the issuance of the warning whereby the party warned may correct the alleged violation. A person contesting such citation shall contest it in county court.

(Ord. No. 96-75, § 4, 9-24-96)