PART SIXTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
Chap. 1608. Ohio Fire Code.
Section
1608.01 Current edition adopted
1608.02 Purpose and application
1608.03 Establishment and duties of the Bureau of Fire Prevention
1608.04 Inspections and right of entry
1608.05 Fire hydrants
1608.06 Order for abatement, remedy or removal
1608.07 Permits and fees
1608.08 Enforcement
1608.09 Compliance
1608.10 Conflict of laws
1608.11 Submission of records
1608.99 Penalty
(a) Pursuant to R.C. § 731.231, the following code is hereby adopted by and for the city:
The most current edition of the Ohio Fire Code (OFC) as adopted by the State of Ohio, Department of Commerce, Division of State Fire Marshal, and as published in O.A.C. 1301:7, is incorporated as if fully rewritten.
(b) The Ohio Fire Code adopted by this section, shall hereafter be referred to as the “Avon Lake Fire Code”.
(Ord. 176-95, passed 10-23-1995; Ord. 193-98, passed 10-26-1998; Ord. 8-04, passed 1-12-2004; Ord. 66-08, passed 5-12-2008)
(a) The purpose of the Avon Lake Fire Code as adopted herein is to prescribe minimum standards and regulations governing conditions hazardous to life and property from fire or explosion.
(b) The Fire Code as adopted herein applies to the use of all lands and properties within the City of Avon Lake.
(Ord. 66-08, passed 5-12-2008)
(a) The Bureau of Fire Prevention in the Avon Lake Fire Department is hereby established, and shall be operated under the supervision of the Fire Chief.
(b) The person in charge of the Bureau shall be an Fire Marshal in the Avon Lake Fire Department and a State of Ohio Fire Safety Inspector. He or she shall bear the title of Fire Marshal.
(c) No person shall serve as a Fire Safety Inspector unless he or she has received a certificate issued by the State of Ohio evidencing his or her satisfactory completion of a fire safety inspection training program. Upon such completion and certification, the individual shall be a State of Ohio Fire Safety Inspector.
(d) The Fire Chief may detail members of the Fire Department as Fire Safety Inspectors to assist personnel in the Fire Prevention Bureau and such members may, under the direction of the Fire Chief or Fire Prevention Officer, enforce the Fire Code. Such members shall be State of Ohio Fire Safety Inspectors.
(e) It is the duty of the Bureau of Fire Prevention to enforce the City of Avon Lake Fire Code and all laws and ordinances of the city relating to fire hazards, fire prevention and fire protection.
(f) Personnel assigned to the Fire Prevention Bureau shall perform such other duties as herein required, and as may be assigned by the Fire Chief.
(Ord. 66-08, passed 5-12-2008; Ord. 83-2018, passed 5-14-2018)
The Fire Chief and/or State of Ohio Fire Safety Inspectors are authorized to enter in and upon any premises, building or structure within the corporate limits of the city for the purpose of inspecting same to determine if any condition exists that constitutes a fire hazard, or which is in violation of the laws of the state and the ordinances of the city relating to fire hazards, fire prevention, and fire protection. These authorized inspections shall be made at reasonable times. In the event entry is denied to authorized personnel, the Law Director is authorized to proceed before a court of proper jurisdiction for an order to gain entry for inspection purposes.
(Ord. 66-08, passed 5-12-2008)
(a) Spacing and location. Spacing and location of fire hydrants shall be as follows:
(1) Placed at approximately 350-foot intervals;
(2) As close to an intersection as possible with the intermediate fire hydrants properly spaced along the street to meet the distance requirement set forth in division (a)(1) of this section; and
(3) Not farther than approximately 350 feet from any part of a commercial, industrial, mercantile, educational, institutional, assembly, hotel or motel occupancy use group, as well as multi- family dwellings, with the exception of two- and three-family residences.
(b) General regulations.
(1) No fire hydrant supply line shall be less than six inches in diameter.
(2) Where applicable, supply lines shall be looped, not dead-ended.
(3) All costs for the installation of fire mains, fire hydrants and appurtenances are the responsibility of the property owner or developer.
(4) All costs associated with the repair and maintenance required for hydrants on private property shall be the responsibility of the owner of such property.
(5) All installations shall conform to standards and requirements of the Fire Department and Avon Lake Regional Water.
(c) Specified distances. The distances specified in division (a)(1) and (a)(3) above shall be measured along the routes of travel of fire apparatus, or along the route that the fire hose would be laid and shall be as close to the 350-foot rule as practical as determined by the Fire Chief or his or her representative.
(Ord. 66-08, passed 5-12-2008)
When the Fire Chief or Fire Safety Inspector, upon examination or inspection, finds conditions upon the premises, building or structure that constitutes a violation of any laws or ordinances of the city relating to fire prevention, or fire protection; or in his or her opinion constitutes a fire hazard or a condition detrimental to the fire safety of the city, he or she shall order the condition abated, remedied or removed. Such orders shall be in writing directed to the owner, lessee or occupant of the premises, building or structure, or to the person in control of the articles, materials, goods, wares or merchandise, or to the owner thereof, as the circumstances may require. The order shall state in clear and concise language the condition complained of, and shall set forth steps to be taken to eliminate the hazardous condition(s) and the time period within which said condition(s) shall be remedied. The time period for compliance shall be related to the nature of the hazardous condition(s).
(Ord. 66-08, passed 5-12-2008)
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