a. General. A safe, continuous and unobstructed path of travel shall be provided from any point in a building or structure to the public way. Aisles shall be unobstructed.
b. Locked Doors. All means of egress doors shall be readily openable from the side from which egress is to be made without the need for keys, special knowledge or effort, except, where the door hardware conforms to that permitted by the Ohio Building Code or Residential Code of Ohio as applicable.
c. Emergency Escape Openings. Required emergency escape openings shall be maintained in accordance with the code in effect at the time of construction, and the following: required emergency escape and rescue openings shall be operational from the inside of the room without the use of keys or tools. Bars, grilles, grates or similar devices are permitted to be placed over emergency escape and rescue openings provided the minimum net clear opening size complies with the code that was in effect at the time of construction and such devices shall be releasable or removable from the inside without the use of a key, tool, special knowledge, or force greater than that which is required for normal operation of the escape and rescue opening.
a. Fire-resistance-rated Assemblies. The required fire resistance rating of fire-resistance rated walls, fire stops, fire blocking, draft stopping, shaft enclosures, partitions and floors shall be maintained.
b. Opening Protectives. Required opening protectives, including, shall be maintained in an operative condition. All fire rated, required solid core, and smoke stop doors shall be maintained in operable condition. Such doors shall not be blocked or obstructed or otherwise made inoperable. Doors serving as opening protective shall have self-closing or other approved closing operations.
a. General. All systems, devices and equipment to detect a fire, actuate an alarm, or suppress or control a fire or any combination thereof shall be maintained in an operable condition at all times
b. Smoke Alarms. Single or multiple-station smoke alarms shall be installed and maintained at all of the following locations:
i. On the ceiling outside of each separate sleeping area in the immediate vicinity of bedrooms.
ii. On the ceiling in each room used for sleeping purposes.
iii. On each story within a dwelling unit, including basements and cellars but not including crawl spaces and uninhabitable attics. In dwellings or dwelling units with split levels and without an intervening door between the adjacent levels, a smoke alarm installed on the upper level shall suffice for the adjacent lower level provided that the lower level is less than one full story below the upper level.
(Ord. 2015-63. Passed 9-1-15.)
(Ord. 2015-63. Passed 9-1-15.)