A. Chapter 1, Section 105.5, Required operational permits, is amended to read as follows:

105.5 Required operational permits. The fire code official is authorized to issue operational permits for the operations set forth in all of Section 105.5: Section 105.5.1 through Section 105.5.57.

B. Chapter 1, Section 105.5, Required operational permits, is amended to add Section 105.5.55, General use permit, to read as follows:

105.5.55 General use permit. An operational permit is required for the issuance of a general use permit and its respective inspection. A general use permit is required for any activity or operation not specifically described therein, to include high occupant loads and or when in the judgement of the Fire Code Official is likely to produce conditions hazardous to life or property. Mercantile occupancies 10,000 sqf or greater, with no other permits, are required to have a general-use operational permit.

C. Chapter 1, Section 105.5, Required operational permits, is amended to add Section 105.5.56, State-mandated, to read as follows:

105.5.56 State-mandated. An operational permit is required for California state-mandated inspected occupancies.

D. Chapter 1, Section 105.5, Required operational permits, is amended to add Section 105.5.57, General use certificate, to read as follows:

105.5.57 General use certificate. A temporary operational permit is required for the issuance of a general use certificate and its respective inspections. A general use certificate is required for each new business within the City that is applying for a business license or for an existing business that is changing operations or expanding business operations into new suites and is revising their respective business license (with a physical commercial address within city limits).

E. Chapter 1, Section 106.1, Submittals and requirements, is amended to read as follows:

106.1 Submittals and requirements. Construction documents and supporting data shall be submitted in three or more sets, or in an approved electronic format, with each application for a permit and in such form and detail as required by the fire code official. The construction documents shall be prepared by a registered design professional where required by the statutes of the jurisdiction in which the project is to be constructed.

Construction documents, plans, submittals, and other documents associated with building or remodeling a structure, including fire and life safety systems and fire service features, shall be in accordance with adopted codes, Sections 106.1 through 106.4, and the Fire Department’s Fire Safety Engineering Standard Details and Requirements.

Exception. The fire code official is authorized to waive the submission of construction documents and supporting data not required to be prepared by a registered design professional if it is found that the nature of the work applied for is such that review of construction documents is not necessary to obtain compliance with this code.

F. Chapter 1, Section 108.2, Inspections, is amended to add Section 108.2.3, Re-inspection, to read as follows:

108.2.3 Re-inspection. Following an inspection, whether initial, annual, or other, during which it is determined that a violation exists, fire code re-inspections may be conducted at the discretion of the Fire Department until such violations have been corrected.

G. Chapter 1, Section 112.4, Violation penalties, is amended to read as follows:

112.4 Violation penalties. Persons who shall violate a provision of this code, including non-compliance with stop work and or do not occupy orders, 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 a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than the greater of $1,000 dollars or as established by the City of Chula Vista Policy and Procedures Manual for Civil Penalties or by imprisonment not exceeding six (6) months, or both such fine and imprisonment. Each day that a violation continues after due notice has been served shall be deemed a separate offense.

H. Chapter 1, Section 113.4, Failure to comply, is amended to read as follows:

113.4 Failure to comply. Any person, who continues 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 subject to a fine of not less than $250 dollars or more than $1,000 dollars.