1610.07 POSTING ARSON LAWS.

   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.)

1610.08 SETTING FIRES WHICH SPREAD.

   No person shall set, kindle or cause to be set or kindled any fire which, through his or her negligence, spreads beyond its immediate confines to any structure, field or wood lot.

(ORC 3737.62) (Ord. 166-08. Passed 12-8-08.)

1610.09 RESPONSIBILITIES UPON DISCOVERY OF UNFRIENDLY FIRES.

   (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.)

1610.10 INSPECTIONS.

   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.)

1610.11 SALE AND USE OF FIRE EQUIPMENT; STANDARDS; SERVICE AND REPAIR OF EQUIPMENT.

   (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)

1610.12 CONFLICTS OF LAWS.

   (a)   The Ohio Building Code shall supersede and govern any order, standard, rule or regulation of the Ohio Fire Code or the Division of State Fire Marshal, Department of Commerce, in all cases where any such order, standard, rule or regulation is in conflict with the Ohio Building Code, except that rules adopted and orders issued by the Fire Marshal pursuant to Ohio R.C. Chapter 3743 prevail in the event of a conflict.

(OAC 4101:2-1-04(B); ORC 3781.11(B))

   (b)   In all other cases of conflict between the Ohio Fire Code and any other Municipal ordinance or technical code adopted thereby, the stricter standard shall control.

(Ord. 166-08. Passed 12-8-08.)