Southern Valley Fire & Rescue requires various construction and operational permits. SVFR also reviews and approves plans. These permits and plan reviews protect public safety in the fire protection district that directly affect a number of businesses, industry professionals, storage, housing types and other public and private properties.
IFC 105.1.1 PERMITS REQUIRED. A property owner or owner’s authorized agent who intends to conduct an operation or business, or install or modify systems and equipment that are regulated by this code, or to cause any such work to be performed, shall first make application to the fire code official and obtain the required permit.
IFC 113.4 VIOLATION PENALTIES. Persons who shall violate a provision of this code or shall fail to comply with any of the requirements thereof or who shall erect, install, alter, repair or do work in violation of the approved construction documents or directive of the fire code official, or of a permit or certificate used under provisions of this code, shall be guilty of an infraction. Every person, firm or corporation violating an ordinance which is punishable by an infraction shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $1,000; the court to have power to suspend said sentence and to revoke the suspension thereof.