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(b). Fire Inspections shall be conducted in accordance with the following schedule or more frequently. Group 1: Annual Inspections shall be conducted i'n Iht following: hospitals, nursing homes, chemical plants, movie theaters, auditoriu~ns, high rise buildings, businesses storing hazardous materials, gymnasiu'ms, restaurants, stadiums with capacities of 100 or more persons and interior common areas of multi-occupant residential structures. Group 2: Biennial Inspections shall be conducted in industries and educational buildings other than public schools. Group 3: Triennial Inspections shall be conducted at all other businesses. Example: offices, banks, barber shops, bowling alleys, florists, retail stores, churches and synagogues. Group 4: Public schools shall be inspected at least two (2) times per year. SECTION 4, PENALTIES (a). Any person who violates or fails to comply with any provision of the North Carolina State Building Code, Volume V, as adopted, amended or augmented, or who shall violate or fail to comply with any order made in connection with the Fire Prevention Code, or who shall build in violation of any specifications or plans submitted under the North Carolina State Building Code, Volume V, or any certificate or permit issued thereunder, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) and/or imprisoned not'more than thirty (30) days. The imposition of a penalty for any violation shall not excuse the violation or permit it to continue and all such violations shall be corrected within the time specified. (b). Violations of this Code shall constitute either a misdemeanor or, at the election of the County, shall subject the offender to a civil penalty up6n the issuance of a citation for said violations. (c). In addition to the civil penalties, any provision of the Code that makes unlawful a condition existing upon or use made of real property may be enforced by injunction and order abatement by the General Court of Justice. When a violation of such provision occures, the County may apply to the appropriate division of the General Court of Justice for a mandatory or prohibitory injunction and/or order of abatement commanding the defendant to correct the unlawful condition or cease the unlawful use of the property. The action shall be governed in all respects by the laws and rules governing civil proceedings including the Rules of Civil Procedure.