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(a) The owner, operator or lessee, an employee of any owner, operator or lessee, an occupant, and any person in direct control of any building regulated under the Ohio Building Code, upon the discovery of an 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 purposes 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.
(ORC 3737.63; Ord. 1983-9. Passed 2-16-83; Ord. 06-32. Passed 2-21-06.)
No person who is not a certified Fire Safety Inspector shall act as such or hold himself or herself out to be such unless, prior to commencing any inspection function, he or she discloses the purpose for which he or she is making such inspection and the fact that he or she is not employed by any state or local fire service or agency and that he or she is not acting in an official capacity for any governmental subdivision or agency.
(ORC 3737.64; Ord. 1983-9. Passed 2-16-83.)
(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.
(ORC 3737.65; Ord. 1983-9. Passed 2-16-83.)
The Mayor, the Building Commissioner, the Council Safety Committee and the Fire Chief shall act as a committee to determine and specify, after giving affected persons an opportunity to be heard, any new materials, processes or occupancies which shall require permits, in addition to those now enumerated in the standard codes adopted in Section 1610.01. The Fire Chief shall have a list of the same on file in his or her office and copies may be obtained upon request.
(Ord. 1983-9. Passed 2-16-83.)
(a) Installation Required. Effective from and after the adoption of this ordinance, construction of all new dwellings with one or more dwelling units shall have an automatic product of combustion (other than heat) ionization-type unit for the detection of fire or smoke installed (at least one each floor of the dwelling) in the manner prescribed in the Ohio Building Code.
(b) Inspections. All required and installed fire and smoke detection units shall be visually and audibly inspected by the Bureau of Fire Prevention and a copy of the report of such inspection shall be given to the Building Commissioner showing compliance with this section prior to the issuance of an occupancy permit by the Division of Buildings.
(c) Number. All existing multifamily dwellings and/or dwellings of mixed occupancy which include multifamily shall install UL or FM approved smoke detector systems, with a minimum requirement of one detector per each single individual living unit of multifamily dwellings and/or dwellings of mixed occupancy which include multifamily. Existing buildings shall comply within one year after written notification.
(Ord. 1983-9. Passed 2-16-83; Ord. 2000-163. Passed 10-3-00; Ord. 06-32. Passed 2-21-06.)
(a) Establishment. The Fire Chief is hereby authorized to establish fire lanes upon public or private property within the City upon finding that the following conditions exist:
(1) That a fire lane is necessary for safeguarding life and property from the hazards of fire and explosion and for safeguarding the use and occupancy of buildings, structures and adjacent property; and
(2) That a fire lane is incident to a residential, retail, commercial, manufacturing, industrial or other use, where it can be reasonably expected that the public will assemble in sufficient numbers, and where, if not controlled, their motor vehicles would interfere with the operation of fire-fighting equipment and personnel and the ingress to and egress from the building by the occupants in the event of fire or emergency.
(b) Width; Markings.
(1) Fire lanes shall be of such width as is reasonably determined by the Fire Chief to be necessary to permit ingress and egress of fire equipment and personnel, the operation thereof and the egress of occupants. Fire lanes shall be suitably marked by appropriate markings on the ground or by displaying adequate signs, or both. The markings shall be placed and maintained by the property owner in accordance with the color and design as prescribed by the Director of Public Safety.
(2) Whenever a fire lane has been so designated, written notice thereof shall be given to the owner, occupant or person in charge of the premises and approved signs shall be erected at the expense of the owner, occupant or person in charge.
(c) Record. The Fire Chief shall keep a record, open to the public, of the establishment of fire lanes pursuant to this section.
(d) Obstructions.
(1) No person shall obstruct a fire lane by constructing or maintaining a fence or barricade, or in any other manner.
(2) Obstructions, other than vehicles, found in fire lanes, shall be removed by the owner, occupant or other person in charge of the premises within twenty-four hours after receipt of a written notice of removal. In addition to the penalties hereinafter provided, upon failure to comply with such notice of removal, the City may cause the obstruction to be removed and the owner, occupant or other person in charge of the premises shall pay the cost of such removal.
(3) No person shall park or leave parked any unattended motor vehicle in any marked fire lane at any time.
(4) If the Fire Chief, the acting Fire Officer or a member of the Police Department finds any obstruction, vehicle or otherwise, within a fire lane, which obstruction presents an immediate danger to the public safety, he or she may forthwith cause such obstruction to be removed and impounded therefrom, and the cost of such removal and impoundment shall be paid before the release of any such obstruction.
(Ord. 1983-9. Passed 2-16-83.)
(a) Routes for vehicles transporting explosives, blasting agents, hazardous materials, radioactive materials and other dangerous articles are hereby established as all State routes in the City, except as otherwise provided by the Fire Chief by written authorization.
(b) Any person operating any vehicle transporting hazardous materials and other dangerous articles shall, at all times, have appropriate placards displayed according to the United States Department of Transportation.
(Ord. 1983-9. Passed 2-16-83.)
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