(a) Every rooming house wherein ten or more persons are lodged shall be equipped with a suitable number of fire extinguishers bearing approval of the National Fire Protection Association, the type of such extinguishers to meet the approval of the Fire Chief or his/her designee.
(b) There shall be at least one approved extinguisher as designated by the Fire Chief, or his/her designee, on each floor of each rooming house required to be equipped with fire extinguishers by subsection (a) hereof. Where any floor area is in excess of 2,000 square feet, there shall be installed one additional approved fire extinguisher for each such 2,000 square feet of floor area, or fraction thereof.
(c) All fire extinguishers shall be inspected annually per the requirements of the Ohio Fire Code.
(d) The location of all such fire extinguishers as are required under this section, shall be indicated and approved by the Chief of the Fire Department, or his/her designee, and all such fire extinguishers shall be kept in good repair and in operating condition at all times.
(Ord. 97-66 AC. Passed 8-4-97.)