PUBLIC NOTICE
      To: General Public
      From: Mark A. Pitzer, Fire Chief
      Reference: 2015 Intemational Fire Code
      At a regularly scheduled Boardman Township Trustees meeting held on February 8th, 2016, at 5:30 PM, the Board of Trustees passed the attached resolution regarding the adoption ofthe latest fire code.
      The Board of Trustees approved, based on the recommendation of Fire Chief Mark A. Pitzer, thE adoption of the 2015 International Fire Code.
      This resolution and adoption of code replaces the existing 2003 International Fire Code that has been enforced in Boardman Township.
      This PUBLIC NOTICE serves as a 30 day notice of the enforcement of this code. The 2015 International Fire Code will begin to be enforced on March 10, 2016.
      Copies of the 2015 International Fire Code is on file at the Boardman Township Administrative Building located at 8299 Market Street and at the main fire station located at 136 Boardman-Poland
      Rd.
      Mark A. Pitzer
      Fire Chief
      www.boardmantownship.com
      8299 Market Street· Boardman, Ohio
      Trustees: Brad Calhoun, Thomas P. Costello,
      Larry Moliterno
      At a duly held meeting of the Board of Trustees of Boardman Township, Mahoning County,
      Ohio held on February 8, 2016 at 5: 30 p.m. at the Boardman Township Government Center, 8299 Marke Street, the following Resolution to Adopt the 2015 International Fire Code, including all appendices, for Boardman Township, Mahoning County, Ohio was adopted.
      Motion was made by Brad Calhoun to adopt the following Resolution:
      WHEREAS, in order to properly protect the health, safety and welfare of the inhabitants of Boardman Township, this Board finds it necessary and advisable to adopt a standard code pertaining to fire, fire hazards and fire prevention; and
      WHEREAS, it is the intent of this Board to adopt, pursuant to R.C. 505.373, the 2015
      International Fire Code in its entirety, including all appendices;
      THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Trustees of Boardman Township, Mahoning County, Ohio, that:
      SECTION 1. That pursuant to R.C. 505.373, the Board hereby adopts the 2015 International Fire
      Code in its entirety, including all appendices, as the standard code peltaining to fire, fue hazards and fire prevention in Boardman Township, Mahoning County, Ohio. A complete copy of the code,
      including all appendices, is attached to and incorporated by reference in this resolution.
      SECTION 2. That all other Resolutions in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
      SECTION 3. That Boardman Township, Mahoning County, Ohio is not making any amendments or deletions to the 2015 International Fire Code.
      SECTION 4. That nothing in this Resolution or in the 2015 International Fire Code, including all appendices, hereby adopted shall be construed to affect any suit or preceding pending in any court, or any rights acquired or liability incurred, or any cause of action acquired or existing, prior to the
      enactment of this Resolution. However, all such prior actions are expressly subject to codes in effect at the time the cause of action arose.
      SECTION 5. That the Fiscal Officer is directed to:
      a. Maintain a complete copy of the 2015 International Fire Code in its entirety, including all appendices, on file in the Office of the Boardman Township Fiscal Officer, for inspection by the public;
      b. Keep copies of the 2015 International Fire Code in its entirety, including all appendices, available for distribution to the public at cost;
      c. Certify a copy of this resolution, together with a complete copy of the 2015 International Fire Code in its entirety, including all appendices, to the Mahoning County Law Library, 120 Market Street, Youngstown Ohio, 44503, to be kept on file there; and
      d. Post notice of adoption of the 2015 International Fire Code in its entirety, including all appendices, in five conspicuous places in the Township for at least 30 days, and also cause such notice to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the Township once a week for three consecutive weeks. The notice shall clearly identify the code and state its purpose, and state that complete copies of the 2015 International Fire Code in its entirety, including all appendices, are on file with the Boardman Township Fiscal Officer and the
      Mahoning County Law Library for inspection by the public, and that the Fiscal Officer has copies available for distribution to the public at cost.
      SECTION 6. The 2015 International Fire Code in its entirety, including all appendices, shall become effective and apply throughout the Township on the 31st day following the day the above notice is first posted in the Township.
      Motion to adopt the Resolution was seconded by Mr. Thomas P. Costello.
      Mr. Costello- aye
      Mr. Calhoun-aye
      Mr. Moliterno-aye
      RESOLUTION ADOPTED This 8th day of February, 2016 by Boardman Township Trustees, mahoning County, Ohio.
      ATTEST:
      William D. Leicht, Fiscal Officer
      CERTIFICATION
      I, William D. Leicht, Fiscal Officer of Boardman Township, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution is taken from the Minutes of Boardman Township at a meeting duly held February 8, 2016 and that the same has been compared by me with the original Resolution of said minutes, and that said resolution is a true and correct copy thereof.