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24 persons, and statistics as to the extent of such fires and the damage caused thereby, and whether such losses were covered by insurance, and if so, in what amount. Ail such records shall be public. Section 11.1 The Fire Marshal shall make an annual report of the activities of the Bureau of Fire Prevention and shall transmit this report to the Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners. The report shall contain all proceedings under the Cabarrus County Fire Code with such statistics as the Fire Marshal shall wish to include therein. Section 12. The Fire Marshal of Cabarrus County shall also recommend any amendments to the Cabarrus County Fire Code or ordinance which shall be desirable. Section 13. The provisions of the Cabarrus County Fire Code shall apply equally to both public and private property, and it shall apply to all struc- tures and their occupancies, except as otherwise specified. Section 14. This act shall be deemed in exercise of the police powers of Cabarrus County for the preservation and protection of the public health, peace, safety, and welfare, and all the provisions of the Cabarrus County Fire Code shall be liberally construed for that purpose. Section 15. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of the Code hereby adopted; or shall fail to comply therewith; or shall violate or fail to comply with any order made thereunder; or shall build in violation of any details, statements, specifications, or plans submitted or approved thereunder; or shall operate not in accordance with the provisions of any certificate, permit, or approval issued thereunder, or who shall fail to comply with such an order as affirmed or modified by the Fire Marshal or by a court of competent jurisdiction within the time fixed herein shall severally for each and every violation and noncompliance, respectively, be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $500 or by imprisonment for more than 30 days or by both such fines and imprisonment. The imposition of a penalty for any vio- lation shall not excuse the violation nor shall the violation be permitted to continue. Ail such persons shall be required to correct or remedy such violations or defects within a reasonable time, and when not otherwise speci- fied, the application of the above penalty shall not be held to prevent the enforced removal of prohibited conditions. Section 16. OMITTED Section 17. NFPA 1, Fire Prevention Code of the National Fire Protection Association, is amended and changed in the following respects: Appendix I-2.1 (g) Shall be omitted. Codes and standards listed in Annex A of the Fire Prevention Code shall be those incorporated in the 1985 edition of the NFPA National Fire Codes. Section 18. The following Appendices of NFPA 1, Fire Prevention Code of the National Fire Protection Association, are hereby included as a part of the Cabarrus County Fire Prevention Code save and except those parts which are deleted, modified or amended by Section 17 of this ordinance. The same are hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if set out at length herein. Appendix E - General Authority to Combat Fires and Related Emergencies Appendix G - Code Violations Appendix H - Establishing a Permit System Appendix I - Certificate of Fitness Section 19. Fees for permits, certificates , approvals, and other functions preformed under this Code and shall be established by the Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners. Such fees shall accompany each application for such permit, approval, certificate, or other fee-related Code provision.