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OHIO FIRE CODE ADOPTED
(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
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
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
The controlled burn of agricultural growth shall be permitted within the city, but only with the prior written authorization and supervision by the Fire Chief. This section is meant to authorize the controlled burn of a prairie environment and other agricultural growth under the supervision of the Fire Chief.
(1980 Code, § 93.051) (Ord. 6571, passed 2-22-2000)
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.
(1980 Code, § 93.06) (Ord. 3071, passed 1-3-1974) Penalty, see § 93.99
No person shall, in the city, in any hotel, motel, rooming house, lodging house, apartment house, tenement house, convalescent home, hospital, child care facility, or similar place of abode, by any means whatsoever, through carelessness, neglect, or negligence, set fire to, or cause the burning of any bedding, furniture, rug, curtain, drape, or other household furnishing or fitting, or any other part of such buildings or premises in such a manner as to endanger the safety of any person or property.
(1980 Code, § 93.07) (Ord. 3071, passed 1-3-1974) Penalty, see § 93.99
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