# 135.01 COMPOSITION. # 135.01 COMPOSITION.
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Identifier135.01
Citation§ 135.01
Ordinances detectedS, 116-84, 50-68, 74-58, 33-89, 40-90, 70-94, 71-94
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--- Skip to main content Search Sitemap Login Select Language Resources Skip to code content (skip section selection) 2025-04 (current) Sheffield Lake Overview Codified Ordinances of Sheffield Lake, OH CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF SHEFFIELD LAKE, OHIO CERTIFICATION ROSTER OF OFFICIALS ADOPTING ORDINANCE NO. 116-84 COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE TABLES OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES OF SHEFFIELD LAKE CHARTER PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE TITLE ONE - General Provisions TITLE THREE - Legislative TITLE FIVE - Administrative CHAPTER 121 Mayor CHAPTER 123 Treasurer CHAPTER 127 Department of Law CHAPTER 129 Department of Finance CHAPTER 131 Department of Public Safety CHAPTER 133 Division of Police CHAPTER 135 Division of Fire 135.01 COMPOSITION. 135.02 UNIFORM ALLOWANCE. 135.03 EMERGENCY HAZARDOUS MATERIAL MANAGER. 135.04 PART-TIME FIREFIGHTERS. 135.05 RETURN INSPECTION FEES. 135.06 PAYMENT OF FIRE LOSS CLAIMS. CHAPTER 137 Division of Building Inspection CHAPTER 138 Division of Health CHAPTER 139 Department of Public Service CHAPTER 141 Division of Water CHAPTER 143 Division of Sewers CHAPTER 145 Division of Streets and Roads CHAPTER 147 Division of Sanitation CHAPTER 149 Department of Taxation CHAPTER 151 Engineer CHAPTER 153 Forester CHAPTER 155 Animal Control Officer CHAPTER 157 Civil Service Commission CHAPTER 158 Block Grant Grievance Board CHAPTER 159 Economic Development Advisory Board CHAPTER 161 Board of Zoning and Building Appeals (Repealed) CHAPTER 163 Park-Recreation Board (Repealed) CHAPTER 164 Records Commission CHAPTER 165 Rate Review Board CHAPTER 167 Planning Commission CHAPTER 168 Board of Control CHAPTER 169 Employment Provisions CHAPTER 171 Community Center Board of Trustees CHAPTER 173 Legal Defense and Indemnification CHAPTER 175 ADA Coordinator CHAPTER 177 Part-Time Grant Administrator TITLE SEVEN - Judicial TITLE NINE - Taxation PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION CODE PART NINE - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE PART ELEVEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE PART THIRTEEN - BUILDING CODE PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE OH Sheffield Lake Codified Ordinances of Sheffield Lake, OH 135.01 COMPOSITION. CHAPTER 135 Division of Fire CHAPTER 135 Division of Fire 135.01 Composition. 135.02 Uniform allowance. 135.03 Emergency Hazardous Material Manager. 135.04 Part-time firefighters. 135.05 Return inspection fees. 135.06 Payment of fire loss claims. CROSS REFERENCES Division of Department of Public Safety - see CHTR. Art. V, §4 Salary - see CHTR. Art. IV, §7 Bond - see CHTR. Art. IV, §7; ADM. 169.01 Full time members in classified service - see CHTR. Art. VI, §3, ADM. 157.02(a) General duties - see Ohio R.C. 737.11 Driving over fire hose - see TRAF. 331.28 Fire protection in nursing and boarding care homes - see BUS. REG. 760.14 et seq. 135.01 COMPOSITION. (a) There is hereby created within the Department of Public Safety a Division of Fire, which shall be composed of one Fire Chief and such other officers as Council shall from time to time determine. In addition, the Division shall consist of: (1) Two or more Firemen First Grade, who have completed a one-year probationary period; (2) Firemen Second Grade, who shall serve a one-year probationary period; and (3) Firemen Third Grade, who shall serve a six-month probationary period. (Ord. 50-68. Passed 4-23-68.) (b) All positions shall be filled by appointment of the Mayor upon the recommendation of the Fire Chief with the approval of Council. (Ord. 74-58. Passed 10-28-58.) 135.02 UNIFORM ALLOWANCE. The uniform allowance for firefighters shall be as provided by the latest contract entered into between the City and the firefighters bargaining representative. 135.03 EMERGENCY HAZARDOUS MATERIAL MANAGER. (a) The Fire Chief is hereby designated as the Emergency Hazardous Material Manager for the City. (b) It shall be henceforth the practice and policy of the City, when an emergency action is required to protect the public health or safety of the environment, to charge any person responsible for causing or allowing an unauthorized spill, release or discharge of material into or upon the environment for the necessary and reasonable, additional or extraordinary costs of the City incurs in investigating, mitigating, minimizing, removing or abating the spill, release or discharge, in the course of an emergency action provided the criteria and methods prescribed under 40 C.F.R. 300, as amended, are utilized and adhered to. (c) The City hereby adopts the costs recovery plan and training procedures adopted by the Lorain County Emergency Management Agency and declares its intentions to implement the same. (Ord. 33-89. Passed 5-9-89.) 135.04 PART-TIME FIREFIGHTERS. (a) No person shall be hired as a part-time firefighter for the City to perform the duties of a part-time firefighter within the City, unless such person has been approved by a majority of the members of the City's part-time Division of Fire employees' screening committee which committee is hereby established. Such committee shall consist of the Fire Chief, the Chairman of the Safety Committee of Council, and the Safety Director of the City as voting members and the Law Director of the City as an ex-officio non-voting member. (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) hereof, the Mayor shall have the right to hire all part-time firefighters of the Division of Fire of the City to perform duties as part- time firefighters provided, however, the Mayor need not appoint any of the individuals who have been approved by the majority of the members of the City's part-time fire employee's screening committee, but may not appoint any individual who has not been approved by the majority of such screening committee. (c) All persons hired as part-time firefighters of the Division of Fire to perform the duties of part-time firefighters who are hired from and after the effective date of this section shall be members of the unclassified civil service and shall not be members of the classified civil service. (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to deprive any present employee of the City of any right or privilege, nor shall this section remove any present employee of the City who is a member of the classified civil service from such classified civil service position. (Ord. 40-90. Passed 4-24-90. ) 135.05 RETURN INSPECTION FEES. (a) The City shall charge a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for any return inspection necessary to verify compliance with any discovered violation or any corrective action made known to be needed as a result of an initial fire safety inspection at any premises or other location within the City. (b) The individual corporation or other entity being the owner of and/or the occupant of the premises that are required to have any such return inspection shall be responsible for the payment of and shall immediately upon the completion of each and every reinspection, pay to the City, in care of the Fire Chief or any other such Officer or employee of the City, as the Mayor may from time to time designate to receive such payments, the sum of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each reinspection made at any particular premises or location within the City. (Ord. 70-94. Passed 7-26-94.) 135.06 PAYMENT OF FIRE LOSS CLAIMS. (a) The procedure described in Ohio R.C. 3929.86(C) and (D) is hereby authorized. (b) A copy of Ohio R.C. 3929.86, referred to in subsection (a) hereof, is attached hereto and made a part hereof as if fully set forth herein and is incorporated herein by reference. (c) The Fire Chief is hereby designated as the Officer, within the City, authorized to carry out the duties of Ohio R.C. 3929.86 in accordance with the provisions of said section, including but not limited to Division (C) of said section. (Ord. 71-94. Passed 7-26-94.) Disclaimer: This Code of Ordinances and/or any other documents that appear on this site may not reflect the most current legislation adopted by the Municipality. American Legal Publishing provides these documents for informational purposes only. These documents should not be relied upon as the definitive authority for local legislation. Additionally, the formatting and pagination of the posted documents varies from the formatting and pagination of the official copy. The official printed copy of a Code of Ordinances should be consulted prior to any action being taken. 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