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(a) No person shall serve as a Fire Safety Inspector for any fire agency unless he or she has received a certificate issued under former Section 3303.07 or Section 4765.55 evidencing his or her satisfactory completion of a fire safety inspection training program.
(b) The Fire Safety Inspector, upon examination or inspection, shall issue citations when he or she finds conditions as specified in Ohio R.C. 3737.41 which are especially dangerous to the safety of persons, buildings, premises or property, and shall make any necessary remedial orders in connection therewith. Citation enforcement may be by use of the procedures established by Ohio R.C. 3737.42 for hearing on the citation or Ohio R.C. 3737.44 for injunctive relief or a temporary restraining order and oral order for vacation of the building or premises.
(c) The Fire Safety Inspector, upon reasonable belief and after inspection or investigation, shall, with reasonable promptness, issue a citation to the responsible person for a violation of the Ohio Fire Code or Chapter 1610 of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Avon or any order issued by the Ohio Fire Marshal or any Fire Safety Inspector. The citation shall fix a reasonable time for abatement of the violation. Each citation issued under this subsection shall be prominently posted by the responsible person, as prescribed by the Ohio Fire Code or Chapter 1610 of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Avon, at or near each place a violation referred to in the citation occurs.
(d) The Fire Code Official, upon obtaining actual or constructive knowledge of a sale, lease, occupancy change, occupant change, tenant change, appointment of a trustee in bankruptcy, appointment of a receiver or any other event that generates a change of owner, tenant, occupant, and the like, in any property other than R1-R2, shall conduct a fire safety inspection of the property for the purpose of evaluating the fire safety systems to determine the compliance with the OFC.
(e) Prior to the occupation of any building, new or existing, or any portion thereof, for any purpose other than R1-R2, the proposed new owner, lessee, tenants, or the like, shall submit an owner’s certificate and plans, shall conduct an evaluation for the purpose of comparing the owners certificate with the proposed usage for compliance with the provisions of the OFC.
(f) Upon request of the Fire Code Official, the Law Director shall institute and prosecute any necessary action or proceeding to enforce this chapter or Ohio R.C. Chapter 3737.
(Ord. 166-08. Passed 12-8-08.)
Statutory reference:
Fire Safety Inspector certificate, see Ohio R.C. 3737.34
(a) No person shall knowingly violate any provision of the Ohio Fire Code as adopted herein or any order issued pursuant thereto.
(ORC 3737.51(A))
(b) No person shall fail to comply with the fire prevention measures or fire protection activities as prescribed in the Ohio Fire Code or fail to comply with the Municipal application and plan submission and processing requirements, including payment of the fees designated therefor.
(Ord. 166-08. Passed 12-8-08.)
The owner, operator or lessee of any transient residential building shall post the provisions of Ohio R.C. 2909.02 and 2909.03 in a conspicuous place in each room occupied by guests in such building. The owner, operator or lessee of any nontransient residential building, institution, school or place of assembly shall post the provisions of such sections in conspicuous places upon such premises. No person shall fail to comply with this section.
(ORC 3737.61) (Ord. 166-08. Passed 12-8-08.)
(a) The owner, operator or lessee, an employee of any owner, operator or lessee, an occupant, and any person in direct control of any building regulated under the Ohio Building Code, upon the discovery of an unfriendly fire or upon receiving information that there is an unfriendly fire on the premises, shall immediately and with all reasonable dispatch and diligence call or otherwise notify the Fire Division concerning the fire and shall spread an alarm immediately to all occupants of the building.
(b) For the purposes of this section, “unfriendly fire” means a fire of a destructive nature as distinguished from a controlled fire intended for a beneficial purpose.
(c) No person shall fail to comply with this section.
(ORC 3737.63) (Ord. 166-08. Passed 12-8-08.)
No person who is not a certified Fire Safety Inspector shall act as such or hold himself or herself out to be such unless prior to commencing any inspection function he or she discloses the purpose for which he or she is making such inspection and the fact that he or she is not employed by any state or local fire service or agency and that he or she is not acting in an official capacity for any governmental subdivision or agency. (ORC 3737.64)
(Ord. 166-08. Passed 12-8-08.)
(a) No person shall sell, offer for sale, or use any fire protection or fire fighting equipment that does not meet the minimum standards established by the Ohio Fire Marshal in the Ohio Fire Code.
(b) Except for public and private mobile fire trucks, no person shall engage of the business of servicing, testing, repairing or installing fire protection or fire fighting equipment for profit without first being certified by the Ohio Fire Marshal, as required by Ohio R.C. 3737.65 and the Ohio Fire Code.
(c) Any person who wishes to service, test, repair or install fire protection or fire fighting equipment shall first notify the Fire Code Official no later than forty-eight hours prior to the date scheduled for the intended service, test, or installation for approval.
(Ord. 166-08. Passed 12-8-08.)
Statutory reference:
Fire protection systems, see OAC 1301:7-7-09(A)(5)(901.5)
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