(a)   There is hereby adopted by the governing body of the city, for the purpose of prescribing regulations, governing conditions hazardous to life and property from fire or explosion that certain code and standards known as the 2024 Edition of the International Fire Code, as published by the International Code Council, and the same is hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if set out at length herein, with the additions, insertions, deletions, and changes, if any, prescribed in subsection (b) below, and the provisions thereof shall be controlling within the limits of the city.

(b)   Reserved.

(Prior Code § 6-201; Ord. 456; Code 2024)

Wherever the word “municipality” is used in the code hereby incorporated by reference, it shall be held to mean the “City of Oberlin”.

(Prior Code § 6-202; Ord. 456)

There is hereby created the office of Fire Prevention Inspector, who shall have the duty of enforcing this code.

(Prior Code § 6-203; Ord. 456)

The Fire Prevention Inspector shall have power to modify any of the provisions of the International Fire Code upon application in writing by the owner or lessee, or their duly authorized agent, when there are practical difficulties in the way of carrying out the strict letter of the code; provided that, the spirit of the code shall be observed, public safety secured and substantial justice done. The particulars of such modification when granted or allowed and the decision of the Fire Prevention Inspector thereon shall be entered upon the records of the Department and a signed copy shall be furnished the applicant.

(Prior Code § 6-205; Ord. 456)

Whenever the Fire Prevention Inspector shall disapprove an application or refuse to grant a permit applied for, or when it is claimed that the provisions of the code do not apply or that the true intent and meaning of code have been misconstrued or wrongly interpreted, the applicant may appeal from the decision of the Fire Prevention Inspector to the City Council within 30 days from the date of the decision appealed.

(Prior Code § 6-206; Ord. 456)

(a)   Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of the International Fire Code incorporated by reference in section 7-201 of this article or fail to comply thereunder, or who shall build in violation of any detailed statement of specifications or plans submitted and approved thereunder, or any certificate or permit issued thereunder, and from which no appeal has been taken, or who shall fail to comply with such an order as affirmed or modified by the City Council or by a court of competent jurisdiction, within the time fixed herein, shall severally for each and every such violation and noncompliance respectively, for which a penalty is not otherwise provided, be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less than $5, nor more than $100, or by imprisonment of not less than five days, nor more than 30 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. The imposition of one penalty for any violation shall not excuse the violation or permit it to continue. All such persons shall be required to correct or remedy such violation or defects within a reasonable time. When not otherwise specified, each ten days that prohibited conditions are maintained shall constitute a separate offense.

(b)   The application of the above penalty shall not be held to prevent the enforced removal of prohibited conditions.

(Prior Code § 6-207; Ord. 456)