A. Subsection 101.1. of the IFC, entitled “Title,” is hereby deleted and the following inserted in its place:

101.1 Title. These regulations shall be known as the Fire Code of the City of Everett, hereinafter referred to as “this code.”

B. Subsection 103.1. of the IFC, entitled “Creation of agency,” is hereby deleted and the following inserted in its place:

103.1 Creation of agency. The Fire Marshal’s Office is hereby crested and the official in charge thereof shall be known as the fire code official and/or Fire Marshal. The function of the agency shall be the implementation, administration and enforcement of the provisions of this code.

C. Subsection 104.1.1. of the IFC, entitled “Authority of peace officers,” is hereby added:

104.1.1. Authority of peace officer. The fire code official and his/her designee(s) shall be empowered to exercise the authority of a peace officer to the extent necessary to enforce the Everett fire code, which power shall include but not be limited to issuances of citations. No person shall commit the offense of obstructing or threatening a fire code official while such official is performing his or her official duties.

D. Subsection 104.3.2. of the IFC, entitled “Fire and Life Safety Inspection,” is hereby added:

104.3.2 Fire and Life Safety Inspection. To enforce the provision of this code the fire code official shall manage and ensure that routine Fire and Life Safety Inspection are conducted on all applicable buildings and/or occupancies of this code. The frequency of Fire and Life Safety Inspections are subject to staffing levels and hazard priorities.

E. Subsection 104.11. of the IFC, entitled “Fire Investigations,” the following language is hereby deleted:

Information that could be related to trade secrets or processes shall not be made part of the public record, except as directed by a court of law.

F. Section 110 of the IFC, entitled “Means of Appeals,” is hereby deleted in its entirety.

G. Subsection 112.2 of the IFC, entitled “Owner/occupant responsibility,” is hereby deleted and the following inserted in its place.

112.2 Owner responsibility. Correction and abatement of violations of this code shall be the responsibility of the owner of the property where the violation occurred.

H. Subsection 112.4 of the IFC, entitled “Violation penalties,” is hereby deleted and the following inserted in its place.

112.4 Violation penalties. Persons who shall violate a provision of this code or shall fail to comply with any or 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 use under provisions of this code, may be prosecuted as a civil infraction under EMC Chapter 1.20.

I. Subsection 113.4 of the IFC, entitled “Failure to comply,” is hereby deleted and the following inserted in its place:

113.4 Failure to comply. Any person who shall continue any work after having been served with a stop work order, except such work as that person is directed to perform to remove a violation or unsafe condition, shall be liable to a fine pursuant to EMC Chapter 1.20.