A. Except as provided herein, any person who shall violate a provision of this code or who shall fail to comply with any of the requirements thereof or fail to comply with any order made thereunder by competent authority, or who shall erect, install, alter, repair or do work which deviates from any specifications or plans submitted to and approved by the fire marshal, or of a permit or certificate issued under provisions of this code shall for each and every such violation or failure to comply be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or imprisonment in the county jail of the county of Kern for not more than six months, or both such fine and imprisonment.

B. Any person who violates Sections 3308 or 3309 of the Fire Code shall be assessed an administrative penalty. An administrative penalty under this subsection shall be a fine not exceeding one thousand five hundred dollars for the first violation; a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars for a second violation within five years from the date of the first violation; and a fine not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars for each additional violation within five years from the date of the first violation.

C. The administrative penalty for any violation of any other section of this code shall be as provided in Section 8.54.120 of the Kern County ordinance code.

D. All enforcement of administrative penalties shall be conducted pursuant to Chapter 8.54 of the Kern County ordinance code.

E. A conviction for any offense under the provisions of this code shall not excuse the violation or authorize its continuance and the person or persons convicted of such offense shall be required to correct or remedy any condition or installation which fails to comply with the requirements of this code with reasonable diligence. Each day that a condition prohibited by the provisions of this code is caused or permitted to be maintained or continued shall constitute a separate and distinct offense. (Ord. 720 §3, 2022).