1501.01 Adoption.
1501.02 Conflict of laws.
1501.03 Establishment and duties of Bureau of Fire Prevention.
1501.04 Amendments.
1501.05 Fire damaged structures; removal or repair securing fund.
1501.06 Excessive false fire alarms.
1501.99 Penalty.
CROSS REFERENCES
See sectional histories for similar State law
Appeals of orders - see Ohio R.C. 119.12
State certification of firefighters - see Ohio R.C. 737.08, 737.22, 3737.33
State certification of Fire Safety Inspectors - see Ohio R.C. 3737.01(C), 3737.34
Fire investigation - see Ohio R.C. 737.27, 3737.24 et seq.
Entry and Inspection - see Ohio R.C. 737.34 et seq., 3737.14, 3737.41, 3737.42
Common Pleas Court jurisdiction - see Ohio R.C. 3737.44(A), 3737.51(H)
Ohio Fire Code - see Ohio R.C. 3737.82 et seq.; OAC Ch. 1301:7-1 et seq.
Fire extinguishing and alarm systems in rest and nursing homes - see Ohio R.C. 3721.071
Self-service filling stations - see Ohio R.C. 3741.14
Fireworks exhibitions - see Ohio R.C. 3743.50 et seq.
There is hereby adopted by the Municipality, the Ohio Fire Code (OFC) as adopted and as hereinafter may be amended 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.
(Ord. 2006-19. Passed 2-6-06.)
(a) The rules of the Ohio Board of Building Standards including the Ohio Basic Building Code shall supersede and govern any order, standard or rule of the Department of Commerce, Division of State Fire Marshal including the Ohio Fire Code, in all cases where such orders, standards or rules are in conflict with such rules or the Ohio Building Code, except that rules adopted and orders issued by the State Fire Marshal pursuant to Ohio R.C. Chapter 3743 entitled “Fireworks” prevail in the event of 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.
(a) A Bureau of Fire Prevention in the Fire Department is hereby established. Such Bureau shall be operated under the supervision of the Fire Chief, under the direction and control of the Director of Safety.
The Fire Chief shall designate an officer of the Fire Department as Inspector for the Bureau of Fire Prevention and shall designate such other officers and members of that Department, as he or she may from time to time deem necessary, as Assistant Inspectors for duties incident to the operation of the Bureau. The Fire Chief and Chief's designees shall hereafter be referred to as "Fire Code Officials".
(b) In addition to those powers and duties imposed by State law, the Bureau shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as are set forth in other sections of this chapter, including the codes herein adopted and in other ordinances, and as may be conferred and imposed from time to time by law.
This designation of duty shall not relieve any other department, officer or employee of the City of any power or duty conferred or imposed upon it, him or her by law or ordinance.
(c) The Fire Chief, the Inspector for the Bureau of Fire Prevention or any Assistant Inspector may, at all reasonable hours, enter any building, premises or vehicle within his or her jurisdiction for the purpose of examining the same as authorized by the statutes of the State and as limited by the Constitutions of the United States and the State of Ohio with respect to unreasonable searches and seizures.
(d) When inspecting structures and occupancies other than residential structures and occupancies in the City to achieve compliance in Fire and Life Safety Code violations, the City, through the Bureau of Fire Prevention shall impose the following fee schedule to the owners of those structures/occupancies inspected:
Fee | |
(1) Annual initial inspection
| no charge |
(2) When violations are found undocumented, follow-up inspection to verify compliance thirty days after initial inspection
| no charge |
(3) If compliance is not completed and verified in follow-up inspection provided for in subsection (d)(2) hereof, then fourteen days after such follow-up inspection the Bureau shall conduct a third inspection to verify compliance
| $100.00 |
(4) If compliance is not complete and verified at the time of the third inspection, then a fourth inspection shall be conducted seven days after the aforesaid third inspection
| $200.00 |
If it is determined by the Fire Chief and/or the Inspector of the Bureau of Fire Prevention that the correction of the particular violation requires more than thirty (30) days after the initial inspection to complete because of its complexity or expense, the Fire Chief and/or the Inspector of the Bureau of Fire Prevention may waive the imposition of the aforesaid fees and may establish a reasonable compliance timetable for that specific violation before fees are imposed.
(e) Fire Protection Systems.
(1) At the discretion of the Fire Prevention
Bureau testing of all fire protection
systems will be witnessed and certified
by the Fire Department.
FEE | |
(2) Annual fire alarm system tests, annual sprinkler system tests, semi- annual, fire suppression system tests, and acceptance tests
| no fee |
(3) Any of the above tests 30 days overdue
| $100.00 |
(4) Any of the above tests 45 days overdue
| $200.00 |
(5) Any of the above tests 60 days overdue
| Citation issued |
(Ord. 2013-43. Passed 6-3-13.)
Sprinkler Equipment Required. In buildings hereafter erected, approved automatic sprinkler equipment shall be installed and maintained as follows:
(1) Except in single and two-family dwellings, all rooms in all buildings over 2 stories high or over 35 feet in height, as measured from the lowest exposed portion of the building, whichever is less, including common locker rooms but not individual locker rooms within suites, shall be provided with a sprinkler system connected to the building's water supply. In the case of storage or locker rooms with divided compartments, each locker or compartment shall be provided with one sprinkler head supplied from a water main not less than 1 inch in diameter, with the main size increased as may be required for larger than average installations and as approved by the Fire Chief. In no case, however, shall such sprinkler heads be spaced more than 12 feet apart. However, buildings which are of Class 1B fireproof construction under the Ohio Building Code (masonry-steel-concrete) and which have suites which are compartmentalized by 8-inch masonry walls, concrete floors and fire doors, shall have approved smoke detectors in all suites in the bedroom areas, with photoelectric detectors in the hallways which shall not be more than 60 feet apart. The photoelectrical detectors in the hallways must be connected to the Fire Department. Further, standpipes shall be erected during the construction of the building and at least one standpipe must be usable at the highest point of construction.
Pursuant to Ohio R.C. 3929.86(C), the City hereby adopts the procedure described in Ohio R.C. 3929.86(C) and (D), where no insurance company doing business in this State shall pay a claim of a named insured for fire damage to a structure located within this City, unless the applicable provisions of Ohio R.C. 3929.86 are fully complied with. The Fire Chief is hereby designated the officer authorized to carry out the duties of Ohio R.C. 3929.86.
(Ord. 83-77. Passed 12-19-83.)
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