§ 13-18.1. Overcrowding.

(a)

The International Fire Code, adopted by section 13-16, is hereby changed, altered, modified and otherwise amended as follows: section 107.6, "Overcrowding", is hereby deleted.

(b)

The terms and phrases in this subsection shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the International Fire Code, adopted by section 13-16.

(c)

It shall be unlawful to allow the overcrowding or admittance of any person beyond the approved capacity of a building or a portion thereof. The fire code official or a Riley County Police Department officer, upon finding any overcrowding conditions or obstructions in aisles, passageways or other means of egress, or upon finding any condition which constitutes a life safety hazard, shall be authorized to cause the event to be stopped, the business operation to cease, and/or the building or portion thereof to be closed to the public, until such condition or obstruction is corrected.

(d)

A violation of subsection (c) shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $500.00 or by imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(Ord. No. 6939, § 1, 2-28-12)