1501.04 APPLICATION.

   This Code as adopted herein applies to the use of all lands and properties within the Municipality and such other lands or properties owned by the Municipality which are situated outside the corporate limits thereof.

(Ord. 18-85. Passed 4-15-85.)

1501.05 ENFORCEMENT.

   (a)   No person shall serve as Municipal Fire Safety Inspector unless he has received a certificate issued by the Ohio Superintendent of Public Instruction under Ohio R.C. 3303.07 evidencing his satisfactory completion of a fire safety inspection training program
(ORC 3737.34).

   (b)   The Municipal Fire Safety Inspector shall hereinafter be referred to as the fire official.

   (c)   Whenever the fire official observes an apparent or actual violation of a provision of this Code or other code or ordinance under the fire official's jurisdiction, the fire official shall prepare a written notice of violation describing the condition deemed unsafe and specifying time limits for the required repairs or improvements to be made to render the building, structure or premises safe and secure. The written notice of violation of this Code shall be served upon the owner, a duly authorized agent or upon the occupant or other person responsible for the conditions under violation. Such notice of violation shall be served either by delivering a copy of same to such person or persons by ordinary mail to the last known post office address, delivered in person or by delivering it to and leaving it in the possession of any person in charge of the premises, or in the case such person is not found upon the premises, by affixing a copy thereof, in a conspicuous place at the entrance door or avenue of access, and such procedure shall be deemed the equivalent of personal notice.

   (d)   If the notice of violation is not complied with within the time specified by the fire official the fire official shall request the City Attorney of the jurisdiction to institute the appropriate legal proceedings to restrain, correct or abate such violation or to require removal or termination of the unlawful use of the building or structure in violation of the provisions of this Code or of any order or direction made pursuant thereto. The Police Department of the jurisdiction shall be requested by the fire official to issue a citation or to make an arrest for any offense against this Code or orders of the fire official affecting the immediate safety of the public.

(Ord. 18-85. Passed 4-15-85.)

1501.06 COMPLIANCE.

   (a)   No person shall knowingly violate any provision of this Code as adopted herein or any order issued pursuant thereto.

   (b)   No person shall fail to comply with the fire prevention measures or fire protection activities as prescribed in this Code, or fail to obtain a permit or license for the various uses or activities as required by such Code, or fail to comply with the Municipal application and plan submission and processing requirements including payment of the fees designated therefor.

(Ord. 18-85. Passed 4-15-85.)

1501.07 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)

1501.08 SETTING FIRES WHICH SPREAD.

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

(ORC 3737.62;Ord. 18-85. Passed 4-15-85.)

1501.09 UNFRIENDLY FIRES IN BUILDING: ALARM sDUTIES.

   (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 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 Department concerning the fire, and shall spread an alarm immediately to all occupants of the building.

   (b)   For the purpose 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. 18-85. Passed 4-15-85.)

1501.10 DISCLOSURE OF TRUE FIRE SAFETY INSPECTOR STATUS.

   No person who is not a certified Fire Safety Inspector shall act as such or hold himself out to be such, unless prior to commencing any inspection function, he disclosed the purpose for which he is making such inspection and the fact that he is not employed by any state or local fire service or agency, and that he is not acting in an official capacity for any governmental subdivision or agency.

(ORC 3737.64; Ord. 18-85. Passed 4-15-85.)

1501.11 FIRE EQUIPMENT SALE OR USE; CERTIFICATION OF INSTALLERS.

   (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 State Fire Code.

   (b)   Except for public and private mobile fire trucks, no person shall service, test repair, or install for profit any fire protection or fire fighting equipment without a cerfificate issued by the Ohio Fire Marshal.

(ORC 3737.65; Ord. 18-85. Passed 4-15-85.)