PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
Chap. 1501. Ohio Fire Code.
Chap. 1513. Cost Recovery of Emergency Actions.
Chap. 1515. Westshore Regional Community Emergency Response Team.
Chap. 1519. Fireworks.
CHAPTER 1501
Ohio Fire Code
1501.01   Adoption.
1501.02   Purpose.
1501.03   Application.
1501.04   Enforcement.
1501.05   Compliance.
1501.06   Posting arson laws.
1501.07   Setting fires which spread.
1501.08   Unfriendly fires in buildings; alarm duties.
1501.09   Disclosure of true Fire Safety Inspector status.
1501.10   Fire equipment sale or use; certification of installers.
1501.11   Copies.
1501.12   Conflict.
1501.99   Penalty.
 
CROSS REFERENCES
See sectional histories for similar State law
Appeals of orders - see Ohio R.C. 119.12
State certification of firefighters - see Ohio R.C. 737.08, 737.22, 3737.33
State certification of Fire Safety Inspectors - see Ohio R.C. 3737.01(D), 3737.34
Fire investigation - see Ohio R.C. 737.27, 3737.24 et seq.
Entry and Inspection - see Ohio R.C. 3737.14, 3737.41, 3737.42
Common Pleas Court jurisdiction - see Ohio R.C. 3737.44(A), 3737.51(H)
Ohio Fire Code - see Ohio R.C. 3737.82 et seq.; OAC Ch. 1301:7-1 et seq.
Fire extinguishing and alarm systems in rest and nursing homes - see Ohio R.C. 3721.071
Self-service filling stations - see Ohio R.C. 3741.14
Fireworks exhibitions - see Ohio R.C. 3743.50 et seq.
Driving over fire hose - see TRAF. 331.28
Alarm systems and false alarms - see BUS. REG. Ch. 701
Smoke and carbon monoxide detector requirements for leased or rented properties - see BLDG. Ch. 1340
 
 
1501.01 ADOPTION.
   (a)   There is hereby adopted by the Municipality, the 2011 Ohio Fire Code (OFC), along with any subsequent revisions thereto, and as amended from time to time as adopted by the Ohio Division of State Fire Marshal, Department of Commerce, effective November 1, 2011, and as published in Division 1301:7 of the Ohio Administrative Code (OAC).
   (b)   The following amendments, substitutions, additions and deletions to the Ohio Fire Code a described in subsection (a) above are hereby adopted:
(1)   Section (c) 307.4.3 Exception: Portable outdoor fireplaces used at one- and two-family dwellings. Is deleted.
(2)   Section (d) 308.1.4 Exceptions: 1. One- and two-family dwellings. Is deleted.
(3)   Section (d) 308.1.4 Exceptions: 2. Where buildings, balconies and decks are protected by an automatic sprinkler system. Is deleted.
         (Ord. 56-17. Passed 12-11-17; Ord. 68-21. Passed 11-8-21.)
1501.02 PURPOSE.
   The purpose of this Code is to establish the minimum requirements consistent with nationally recognized good practice for providing a reasonable level of life safety and property protection from the hazards of fire, explosion or dangerous conditions in new and existing buildings, structures and premises and to provide safety to fire fighters and emergency responders during emergency operations.
1501.03 APPLICATION.
   The Ohio Fire Code as adopted herein applies to the use of all lands and properties within the Municipality and such other lands or properties owned by the Municipality which are situated outside the corporate limits thereof.
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