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City of New Castle Kentucky

CHAPTER 131:
​BUILDING REGULATIONS

CHAPTER 131:  BUILDING REGULATIONS
 
Section
 
131.01  Adoption of Kentucky Building Code; Standards of Safety
131.02  Enforcement of Codes
 
131.99  Penalty
 
§ 131.01  ADOPTION OF KENTUCKY BUILDING CODE; STANDARDS OF SAFETY.
 
The Kentucky Building Code, as contained in Chapter 6, Title 815 of the Kentucky Administrative Regulations; the Kentucky Plumbing Code, as contained in Chapter 20, Title 815 of the Kentucky Administrative Regulations; the Kentucky Standards of Safety, as contained in Chapter 10, Title 815 of the Kentucky Administrative Regulations, together with any amendments, are hereby adopted by reference as if fully set forth in this code of ordinances.  Copies of the above codes and any amendments thereto shall be placed on file in the office of the City Clerk-Treasurer/Tax Collector where they shall be available for public inspection during normal business hours.  Penalty, see § 131.99
 
§ 131.02  ENFORCEMENT OF CODES.
 
(A)  The State Building Inspector is charged with enforcement of the provisions of the State Building Code adopted in § 131.01.
        
(B)  The State Plumbing Official is charged with enforcement of the provisions of the State Plumbing Code.
       
(C)  The Chief of the Volunteer Fire Department is hereby charged with enforcement of the provisions of the State Standards of Safety adopted by reference in § 131.01.
 
§ 131.99  PENALTY.
 
Any person who violates any provision of the state codes adopted in § 131.01 shall be subject to the following penalties:
 
       
 
(A)  Violators of the State Building Code shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine of not less than $10 nor more than $1000 for each offense. (KRS 198B.990(1))
 
(B)  Violators of the State Standards of Safety shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $1000, imprisonment for not more than 60 days, or both, for each offense.  (KRS 227.990(1))
 
(C)  Violators of the State Plumbing Code shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine of not less than $10 nor more than $100, imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or both, for each offense.  (KRS 318.990).
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