(a) Pursuant to the authority in the Charter of the City of Cortland, the City hereby adopts the Cortland Fire Prevention Code and the Ohio Fire Code (OFC) as may be amended or revised by the Ohio Division of State fire Marshal, Department of Commerce, and as published in Division 1301-7 of the Ohio Administrative Code (OAC) including all appendices thereto.
(b) For the purposes of the fire code adoption, the Ohio Fire Code also includes Fireworks Checklists 112, Appendixes A-G (inclusive) and the adopted engineering or performance standards listed in Ohio Administrative Code 1301:7-7-47 (Herein referred to collectively as the Ohio Fire Code or OFC).
(c) The Ohio Fire Code as developed and issued by the Ohio Division of State Fire Marshal, Department of Commerce, and as such Code is published in Division 1301:7 of the Ohio Administrative Code, and as such Fire Code and all of the standards, references and adopted codes are amended to this date.
(d) The Cortland Fire Prevention Code shall also include the additional regulations or requirements as adopted herein.
(e) All subsequently adopted technical amendments, revisions, authorizations and deletions or other changes in the standards, rules and regulations contained in any code references or regulations incorporated herein by reference shall for the purposes of the enforcement of this Code be considered to be adopted as if by ordinance and duly enacted by City Council unless expressly stated otherwise in this Code. This includes any revisions made to the Ohio Fire Code, and adopted by the Ohio Division of State Fire Marshal, Department of Commerce. All such amendments adopted after the effective date of this Code shall be controlled by and subject to the provisions contained in Section 1501.18 of this Code entitled “Conflict”. (Ord. 0-25-14. Passed 6-16-14.)