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1501.15 CITATIONS AND NOTICES OF HEARING.
(a) If the Fire Code Official finds that a reasonable order for correction has been issued to a responsible person pursuant to Section 1501.11
of this Code, and the responsible person has not complied with the order for correction, or if the Fire Code Official determines that the criteria in Section 1501.11
(c) of this Code exists he shall issue a citation to the responsible person.
(b) Each citation shall be in writing and shall describe with particularity the nature of the violation, including a reference to the provision of the Code violated and the order for correction alleged to have been violated.
(c) Each citation shall notify the responsible person of the penalty proposed to be assessed under Section 1501.99
of this Code.
(d) Each citation shall notify the responsible person of the right to an appeal according to OAC 1301: 7-7-01.
(Ord. 21-249. Passed 12-21-21.)
1501.16 POSTING ARSON LAWS.
The owner, operator or lessee of any transient residential building shall post the provisions of Ohio Revised Code 2909.02 and 2909.03 in a conspicuous place in each room occupied by guests in such building. The owner, operator or lessee of any nontransient residential building, institution, school or place of assembly shall post the provisions of such section, in conspicuous places upon such premises. No person shall fail to comply with such section.
(Ord. 21-249. Passed 12-21-21.)
1501.17 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.
(Ord. 21-249. Passed 12-21-21.)
1501.18 UNFRIENDLY FIRES IN BUILDINGS; ALARM DUTIES.
(a) The owner, operator or lessee, an employee of the owner, operator or lessee, an occupant and any person in direct control of any building regulated under the Ohio Basic Building Code, upon the discovery of any 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 purpose 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.
(Ord. 21-249. Passed 12-21-21.)
1501.19 DISCLOSURE OF TRUE FIRE SAFETY INSPECTOR STATUS.
No person who is not a certified Fire Safety Inspector, in accordance with Ohio Revised Code 3303.07, 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.
(Ord. 21-249. Passed 12-21-21.)
1501.20 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.
(Ord. 21-249. Passed 12-21-21.)
1501.21 CONFLICT.
(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 the State Fire Marshal, including the Ohio Fire Code, in all cases where such orders, standards or rules are in conflict with the rules of the Ohio Board of Building Standards, except that rules adopted and orders issued by the State Fire Marshal pursuant to Ohio R.C. 3743 prevail in the event of conflict. (Ord. 21-249. Passed 12-21-21.)
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