1501.07 SETTING FIRES WHICH SPREAD.

   No person 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. 87-79. Passed 12-17-1979.)

1501.08 UNFRIENDLY FIRES IN BUILDING; ALARM DUTIES.

   (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 Department 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. 87-79. Passed 12-17-1979.)

1501.09 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 discloses 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. 87-79. Passed 12-17-1979.)

1501.10 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 Ohio 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 certificate issued by the Ohio Fire Marshal. (ORC 3737.65; Ord. 87-79. Passed 12-17-1979.)

1501.11 COPIES.

   Copies of Codes as adopted in this chapter are on file with the Council Clerk for inspection by the public, and also may be found on line at Ohio.gov under the section Fire Marshal.

(Ord. 75-10. Passed 10-18-2010.)

1501.12 CONFLICT.

   (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 such orders, standards, rules or regulations are 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))

   (b)   In all other cases of conflict between the Ohio Fire Code and any other Municipal ordinance or technical code adopted thereby, the more restrictive provision shall govern.

1501.13 AMENDMENTS.

   The Ohio Fire Code (OFC) as adopted herein is hereby amended and changed in the following respects:

   OFC F-201.0 Applied Meanings of Words and Terms (Amended). 

   "Approved" when applied to materials, types of construction, appliances, procedures, transportation or occupancy means approved by the Lakewood Fire Department as a result of investigations and tests conducted by it, or by reason of accepted principles or tests made by the National Fire Protection Association, The Building Officials and Code Administrators International, Inc., the Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc., The Factory Mutual System, The National Fire Codes, Volumes 1-16, 1979 Edition or the United States Bureau of Standards.

   "Fire Official" means the Fire Chief of the City of Lakewood or his authorized representatives. (Ord. 87-79. Passed 12-17-1979.)