CHAPTER 93: FIRE PROTECTION AND PREVENTION
Section
Ohio Fire Code Adopted
   93.01   Ohio Fire Code adopted; enforcement
   93.02   Modifications
Fire Protection
   93.05   Fires inside the city
   93.051   Controlled agricultural growth fires
   93.06   Negligently spreading fires
   93.07   Negligently causing fire in places of assemblage or lodging
   93.08   Posting of law
   93.09   Report of fire; spreading alarm
   93.10   Tampering with fire extinguishers prohibited
   93.11   Ringing or injuring fire bells prohibited
   93.12   Tampering with fire or smoke detection devices
   93.13   Fire Department connection
   93.14   Fire lanes authorized; parking regulated
Fire Protection Outside City
   93.20   Cost basis of service
   93.21   Contract approval and provisions
   93.22   Response to emergency calls
Explosives
   93.25   Blasting permit required
Fire Hydrants
   93.34   Turning on fire hydrants
   93.35   Location approval
   93.36   New subdivisions
   93.37   Other sections of city
   93.38   Private hydrants
Fireworks
   93.40   Fireworks
Open Burning
   93.50   Definitions
   93.51   Relations to other prohibitions
   93.52   Open burning in restricted areas
   93.53   Permission and notice to open burn
 
   93.99   Penalty
Cross-reference:
   For classification of civil offenses and related proceedings, see Chapter 38
OHIO FIRE CODE ADOPTED
§ 93.01 OHIO FIRE CODE, ADOPTED; ENFORCEMENT.
   (A)   There are adopted by the Council, for the purpose of prescribing regulations governing conditions hazardous to life and property from fire or explosion, those codes known as the Ohio Fire Code 2007 and the Ohio Building Code 2007. The Council further adopts any future revisions or amendments to the codes and incorporates the codes by reference as though fully rewritten herein. These regulations shall take effect upon adoption by this Council.
   (B)   The code herein adopted shall be enforced by the Chief of the Fire Division, the city fire inspector, or their authorized representative.
(1980 Code, § 93.01) (Ord. 2220, passed 7-18-1966; Am. Ord. 3268, passed 4-7-1975; Am. Ord. 3998, passed 6-2-1980; Am. Ord. 4193, passed 2-16-1982; Am. Ord. 8002, passed 4-19-2010 ) Penalty, see § 93.99
§ 93.02 MODIFICATIONS.
   The Chief of the Fire Department shall have power to modify any of the provisions of the fire code upon application in writing by the owner or lessee, or his or her duly authorized agent, when there are practical difficulties in the way of carrying out the strict letter of the code, provided that the spirit of the code shall be observed, public safety secured, and substantial justice done. The particulars of such modification when granted or allowed and the decision of the Chief of the Fire Department thereon shall be entered upon the records of the Department and a signed copy shall be furnished the applicant.
(1980 Code, § 93.02) (Ord. 2220, passed 7-18-1966)
FIRE PROTECTION
§ 93.05 FIRES INSIDE THE CITY.
   Except as provided in § 93.051, § 93.52(B)(1)(b) and (C)(1), no person shall burn paper, waste material, agricultural waste, or any other combustible material within the city limits unless such is done in an enclosed fireplace, wood stove, chimney or other device that keeps embers and other loose ignited residual from escaping into the ambient air.
(1980 Code, § 93.05) (Ord. 3071, passed 1-3-1974; Am. Ord. 6572, passed 2-22-2000; Am. Ord. 7613, passed 11-20-2006) Penalty, see § 93.99
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