A fire alarm system shall be installed and maintained in full operating condition in all buildings where fire suppression equipment or smoke and/or heat detectors are not required, in the locations described in divisions (a) through (j) hereof.
(a) USE GROUP B: In all buildings or tenant space of Use Group B over 6,000 square feet.
Exception: In existing buildings or tenant space over 3,000 square feet, but less than 6,000 square feet, an automatic single station smoke detector alarm system supervised to a control panel with battery back up.
(b) USE GROUP F: In all buildings of Use Group F.
(c) USE GROUP I: In all buildings of Use Group 1-1, 1-2 and 1-3, an automatic fire alarm system shall be installed inside each sleeping room. This system shall consist of one or more approved smoke detectors that shall be both zone and individually annunciated to a supervised propriety system annunciator panel, at locations as determined by the Bureau of Fire Prevention and Investigation.
(d) USE GROUP M: In all buildings or tenant space of Use Group M, over 3,000 square feet in floor area.
(e) USE GROUP R: In all buildings of Use Group R-1 and R-2, an automatic fire alarm system shall be installed inside each sleeping room. This system shall consist of one or more approved smoke detectors that shall be both zone and individually annunciated to a supervised propriety system annunciator panel, at locations as determined by the Bureau of Fire Prevention and Investigation.
(1) Buildings or Portions of Use Group R-1: Each tenant space with cooking facilities and a floor area over 474 square feet shall have two approved smoke detectors in locations as determined by the Bureau of Fire Prevention and Investigation.
(2) Use Groups R-3, R-4 and R-5: All newly constructed dwellings shall be provided with household fire warning equipment that complies with NFPA Standard 74.
Exception: AC power supply smoke detectors shall have battery back up.
(3) Existing Dwelling: All existing one and two-family dwellings subsequently renovated and all additions to one or two-family dwelling shall have smoke detectors, as set forth in paragraph e. 2. hereof, installed in them.
(4) Prohibited Sale: No person shall sell, within the City, any smoke detector, unless such detector meets the standards set out in this section. An Underwriters’ Laboratory (UL) label or Factory Mutual label indicating that the smoke detector is listed as an approved fire alarm device is satisfactory evidence that the detector meets the requirements of this section.
(f) USE GROUP S: In all buildings or portions of buildings of Use Group S-1 or S-2.
(g) ANNUNCIATOR PANEL: Required Fire Protection Systems shall be connected directly to an approved supervised zoned annunciator panel installed near the location of Fire Division entry as approved by the Fire Official, except that the Bureau of Fire Prevention and Investigation may, upon application, waive this specific requirement where the area, height or special conditions of occupancy are such that this requirement is not deemed to be an essential feature of alarm protection of the property.
(h) PERMITS AND PLAN APPROVAL FEES: A permit shall be issued by the Bureau, at which time the detector or alarm system shall be verified as being of an approved type. The fees for plan approvals and inspections for alarm systems referred to in this section shall be as follows:
Fire alarm system, per floor $25.00
Smoke detectors, per floor 25.00
Smoke detectors, per dwelling 10.00
Halon system 25.00
(i) INSTALLATIONS: All fire protection system installations shall be supervised by at least one certified employee during all times of work or assembly of the system. (See Ohio R.C. 3737.65.)
(j) FALSE ALARMS: False alarm charges shall be made as follows:
No charge shall be made for the first false alarm annually. A charge of twenty-five ($25.00) dollars shall be made for the second false alarm annually, and a charge of fifty ($50.00) dollars shall be made for each false alarm thereafter, annually.
Notwithstanding the fee to be assessed, no charge shall be made for a false alarm to which there is no response by the Fire Division, when the cause has been proven to be an act of God or when it has been established to the satisfaction of the Fire Official that the owner or operator of the business or residence could not have prevented it with the exercise of ordinary care.
(Ord. 1987-35. Passed 6-9-87; Ord. 2022-32. Passed 4-12-22.)