(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.)