(A) The owner, operator, or lessee of any transient residential building shall post the provisions of R.C. §§ 2909.02 and 2909.03 in a conspicuous place in each room occupied by guests in such building. The owner, operator, or lessee of any nontransient residential building, institution, school, or place of assembly shall post the provisions of such sections in conspicuous places on such premises. No person shall fail to comply with this section.
(B) No person shall set, kindle, or cause to be set or kindled any fire which through his negligence, spreads beyond its immediate confines to any structure, field, or wood lot.
(C) The owner, operator, or lessee, an employee of any owner, operator, or lessee, an occupant, or any person in direct control of any building regulated under the Ohio Basic Building Code, on the discovery of an unfriendly fire or on 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. 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. No person shall fail to comply with this section.
(D) No person who is not a certified fire safety inspector shall act as such or hold himself out to be such, unless, prior to commencing any inspection function, he discloses the purpose for which he is making such inspection and the fact that he is not employed by any state or local fire service or agency, and that he is not acting in an official capacity for any governmental subdivision or agency.
(E) 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. 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.
(F) The owner or manager of any transient residential building shall post in a conspicuous place in each room thereof a copy of the "Fire Safety Procedures" as established by the Chief of the Fire Prevention Bureau. The Chief of the Fire Prevention Bureau shall proscribe such procedural rules and regulations as are deemed necessary in his discretion and shall provide a copy of same to each such owner or manager.
(Ord. 67-1977, passed 10-9-77; Am. Ord. 28-1979, passed 6-2-79; Am. Ord. 12-1981, passed 3-18-81)
Cross-reference:
Impersonating a governmental officer, agent, or employee, § 130.22