(A) No person shall serve as a municipal fire safety inspector unless he or she has received a certificate issued by the Ohio Superintendent of Public Instruction under R.C. § 4765.55 evidencing his or her satisfactory completion of a fire safety inspection training program.
(B) The municipal fire safety inspector, upon examination or inspection, shall issue citations when he or she finds conditions as specified in R.C. § 3737.41 which are especially dangerous to the safety of persons, buildings, premises or property, and shall make any necessary remedial orders in connection therewith. Citation enforcement may be by use of the procedures established by R.C. § 3737.42 for hearing on the citation or R.C. § 3737.44 for injunctive relief or a temporary restraining order and oral order for vacation of the building or premises.
(C) (1) The municipal fire safety inspector, upon reasonable belief and after inspection or investigation, shall, with reasonable promptness, issue a citation to the responsible person for a violation of the Ohio Fire Code or any order issued by the Ohio Fire Marshal or any Municipal Fire Safety Inspector. The citations shall fix a reasonable time for abatement of the violation. Each citation issued under this division shall be prominently posted by the responsible person, as prescribed by the Ohio Fire Code, at or near each place a violation referred to in the citation occurs.
(2) The Fire Chief or any inspector or assistant inspector of the Fire Department may, at any reasonable hour, enter any building, premises, or vehicle within the village to perform any duty imposed on him by this chapter, or by the Ohio Revised Code or Ohio Fire Code, provided permission to enter is obtained from the occupant or, in the case of unoccupied property, from the owner or the owner's agent, if such permission is refused or otherwise unobtainable, a search warrant shall be obtained before such entry or inspection is made, except in the case of an emergency in which case entry may be made at any time and no search warrant is necessary. No person shall refuse to permit such emergency entry or inspection, nor shall any person hinder, obstruct, resist, or abuse any person making or attempting to make such entry or inspection.
(Ord. 2012-77, passed 11-20-12)