43-59 Enact 937.05 & .06 in Chpt 37 General - fire alarm boxes

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ORDINANCE NO. ~3-59 BY: Messrs. Gaydos, Gottermeyer, Lawther, Ward, Fahrenbach, Fairgrieve. AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE to provide for the installation and maintenance of a fire alarm box in certain business buildings and for such purpose to enact Sections 937~O~ and 937.06, Chapter 37 of the General Offenses Code of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood, and to provide a penalty. WHEREAS, This ordinance provides for the protection of the sick, the handicapped and children, and .WHER~A~, The objective and purposes of this ordinance should e .... o pu~ into effect at the earliest possible t~me for the reason that this ordinance provides for the immediate preserva- tion of the public peace, property, health and safety, now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: Secti, on 1. That Sections 937.05 and 937.06 of the General Offenses Code~ of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood be enacted to~ read as follows: 937.05 Fire alarm boxes required. Every asylum, almshouse, orphanage, nursinghome, rest home, old age home, convalescent home, hospital or school, here- inafter referred to as "institution,,, having provision for the housing or attendance therein of at least twenty-five persons, shall be equipped with one or more fire alarm boxes, hereinafter referred to as "alarm", of the type and character suitable for ~onn~ct~gn wit~ the fire alarm system of the City of Lakewood, eremnar~er rezerred to as "system", such box shall be located within such institution, or on the premises on which such in- stitution is situated. The Chief of the Fire Department, or someone designated by him shall inspect such alarm and if upon examination thereof he finds it in working condition, he shall approve it. Every~ institution, at its own expense, shall connect its alarm to the city system and maintain such alarm and connection in good working order. them to The institution shall install such alarms and connect such system on or before October l, 1959. 937.06 Penalty. Whoever shall fail to install the fire alarm box or con- nect it to the fire alarm system of the City of Lakewood and maintain the ~aid box and connectio~ in goodworking order, shall be fined a sum not to exceed $100.00, and the cost of pros- ecutionS each day during which such fire alarm box or connection to the fire alarm system o:f the City of Lakewoodispermttted to remain out of good working order, after notice of such condition is given by the Lakewood Fire Department, shall constitute a sep- arate offense. The superintendent, or person in charg~ of auch