PART SIXTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE

   Chap. 1610.     Ohio Fire Code.

CHAPTER 1610 Ohio Fire Code

1610.01   2011 edition adopted.

1610.02   Purpose.

1610.03   Application of Code.

1610.04   Enforcement; responsibilities of Municipal Fire Safety Inspector.

1610.05   Compliance required.

1610.06   Posting arson laws.

1610.07   Setting fires which spread.

1610.08   Responsibilities upon discovery of unfriendly fires.

1610.09   Inspections.

1610.10   Sale and use of fire equipment; standards; service and repair of equipment.

1610.11   File and distribution copies.

1610.12   Conflicts of laws.

1610.13   Permit fees.

1610.14   Fire Insurance Trust Fund.

1610.99   Penalty.

   CROSS REFERENCES

   Power to regulate elevators, stairways and fire escapes - see Ohio R.C. 715.26

   Adoption of technical codes - see Ohio R.C. 731.231

   Power to regulate against fires - see Ohio R.C. 737.27, 3737.08

   State Fire Marshal - see Ohio R.C. Ch. 3737

   Right to examine buildings - see Ohio R.C. 3737.14

   Gasoline, oils and paint - see Ohio R.C. Ch. 3741

   Fireworks - see Ohio R.C. Ch. 3743; GEN. OFF. 678.10

   Driving over fire hose - see TRAF. 432.28

   Arson - see GEN. OFF. 642.06, 642.07

   Open burning - see GEN. OFF. 660.08

   Burning of wastes in incinerators - see S.U. & P.S. 1060.07

1610.01 2011 EDITION ADOPTED.

   (a)   Pursuant to Ohio R.C. 731.231, there is hereby adopted by the City of London the 2011 edition of the Ohio Fire Code (OFC), as adopted by the Ohio Department of Commerce, Division of State Fire Marshal, published in Division 1301:7-7 of the Ohio Administrative Code (OAC).

   (b)   Future editions of the OFC, or any amendments or revisions thereof, shall be deemed to be adopted by and for the City upon their publication, unless Council, by ordinance, expressly rejects such future edition, amendment or revision, or any part thereof.

(Ord. 150-13. Passed 5-16-13.)

1610.02 PURPOSE.

   The purpose of the Ohio Fire Code, as adopted in Section 1610.01, is to prescribe minimum standards and regulations governing conditions hazardous to life and property from fire or explosion.

1610.03 APPLICATION OF CODE.

   The Ohio Fire Code, as adopted in Section 1610.01, 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.