2006 Ohio Revised Code - 3743.25. Safety requirements for showroom structures.

§ 3743.25. Safety requirements for showroom structures.
 

(A)  A licensed manufacturer, wholesaler, or exhibitor shall bring fireworks showroom structures, to which the public may have any access and in which employees are required to work, on all licensed premises, into compliance with the following safety requirements: 

(1) A fireworks showroom that is constructed or upon which expansion is undertaken on and after the effective date of this section, shall be equipped with interlinked fire detection, fire suppression, smoke exhaust, and smoke evacuation systems that are approved by the superintendent of the division of industrial compliance in the department of commerce. 

(2) A fireworks showroom that first begins to operate on or after the effective date of this section and to which the public has access for retail purposes shall not exceed five thousand square feet in floor area. 

(3) A fireworks showroom structure that exists on the effective date of this section but that, on or after the effective date of this section, is altered or added to in a manner requiring the submission of plans, drawings, specifications, or data pursuant to section 3791.04 of the Revised Code, shall comply with a graphic floor plan layout that is approved by the fire marshal and superintendent of the division of industrial compliance showing width of aisles, parallel arrangement of aisles to exits, number of exits per wall, maximum occupancy load, evacuation plan for occupants, height of storage or display of merchandise, and other information as may be required by the fire marshal and superintendent. 

(4) (a) Except as provided in division (A)(4)(b) of this section, a fireworks showroom structure that exists on the effective date of this section shall be retrofitted on or before June 1, 1998, with interlinked fire detection, smoke exhaust, and smoke evacuation systems that are approved by the superintendent of the division of industrial compliance. 

(b) If meeting the retrofitting requirements set forth in division (A)(4)(a) of this section would constitute an extreme financial hardship that would force a licensee to terminate business operations, the licensee shall conduct sales only on the basis of de-fused representative samples in closed and covered displays within the fireworks showroom. 

(5) A fireworks showroom structure that exists on the effective date of this section shall be in compliance on or before June 1, 1998, with floor plans showing occupancy load limits and internal circulation and egress patterns that are approved by the fire marshal and superintendent of industrial compliance, and that are submitted under seal as required by section 3791.04 of the Revised Code. 

(B)  The safety requirements established in division (A) of this section are not subject to any variance, waiver, or exclusion pursuant to this chapter or any applicable building code. 
 

HISTORY: 147 v H 215 (Eff 6-30-97); 149 v H 161. Eff 6-29-2001.
 

Not analogous to former RC § 3743.25 (GC § 5903-19; 108 v PtI, 334, § 19; Bureau of Code Revision, 10-1-53), repealed 137 v H 590, § 2, eff 7-1-97.

See provisions, § 6(A) of HB 161 (149 v  - ) following RC § 3743.01.