(a) 
The 2015 edition of the International Fire Code and appendix chapters C and D, and I, as published by the International Code Council, a current copy of which is on file with the office of the city secretary, is hereby adopted as the fire code of the city as if fully set out in this section, with the additions, insertions, deletions and changes prescribed in Section 5.402, and declared operative and binding within the corporate limits of the city.
(b) 
Any person, firm, or corporation violating the terms of the fire code shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished by a fine up to $2,000.00. Each day that any violations of, or failure to comply with, this article is committed or permitted to continue shall constitute a separate and distinct offense under this section.
(c) 
The board of appeals referenced by the International Fire Code shall be the city council.
(Ordinance 03132017, sec. 4, adopted 3/13/17)
The following sections of the code adopted in Section 5.401 are hereby amended as follows.
Section 903.2.8. Is amended to read as follows:
An automatic sprinkler system installed in accordance with section 903.3 shall be provided throughout all buildings with a Group R fire area, including multifamily structures, townhouses, tri-plex and quadplex (fourplex) apartments with no minimum square footage and regardless of any fire rated walls, shall have a fire sprinkler system installed, when they contain three or more dwelling units. This section shall not apply to detached one- and two-family dwelling units.
Appendix C is amended as follows: Section C103.1, C105 and table C105.1 are deleted and amended to read:
The minimum number of fire hydrants available to a building shall not be less than 1 hydrant per every 4,000 square feet of floor area. Additional hydrants shall be required for a complex or subdivision if the average spacing between hydrants is greater than 500 feet when applied to fire apparatus access roads and perimeter public streets from which fire operations could be conducted. Regardless of the average spacing, fire hydrants shall be located such that all points on streets and access roads adjacent to a building are within 250 feet.
(Ordinance 03132017, sec. 4, adopted 3/13/17)