(a) This Fire Prevention Code, including the standards adopted in Chapter 1610 and Chapter 1620, shall be enforced by the Fire Safety Inspector and/or the Fire Chief.
(Ord. 90-244. Passed 11-7-90; Ord. 07-78. Passed 7-3-07.)
(b) No person shall serve as a Municipal Fire Safety Inspector unless he or she has received a certificate issued under former Ohio R.C. 3303.07 or Ohio R.C. 4765.55 evidencing his or her satisfactory completion of a fire safety inspection training program.
(ORC 3737.34)
(c) The Municipal Fire Safety Inspector or the Fire Chief or his/her designee, upon examination or inspection, is hereby authorized to and shall issue citations for any and all violations of Chapter 1610, Chapter 1620, or when he or she finds conditions as specified in Ohio R.C. 3737.41 which are especially dangerous to the safety of persons, buildings, premises or property. The Fire Safety Inspector or Fire Chief shall issue notice of any necessary remedial orders in connection therewith. Citation enforcement may be to Mayor’s Court, Municipal Court, or by use of the procedures established by Ohio R.C. 3737.42 for hearing on the citation or Ohio R.C. 3737.44 for injunctive relief or a temporary restraining order and oral order for vacation of the building or premises.
(d) 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 this Fire Prevention Code or any order issued by the Ohio Fire Marshal or any Municipal Fire Safety Inspector. The citation shall fix a reasonable time for abatement of the violation. Each citation issued under this subsection shall be prominently posted by the responsible person, as prescribed by this Fire Prevention Code, at or near each place a violation referred to in the citation occurs.
(e) Upon request of the Municipal Fire Safety Inspector, the Law Director shall institute and prosecute any necessary action or proceeding to enforce this chapter or Ohio R.C. Chapter 3737.
(Ord. 07-78. Passed 7-3-07.)