Effective: September 12, 2008 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 237 – 127th General Assembly (A) As used in this chapter: (1) “Hotel” means a transient hotel, extended stay hotel, or residential hotel. “Hotel” includes any structure consisting of one or more buildings containing any combination of more than five guestrooms that are each approved by the […]
Effective: September 16, 2014 Latest Legislation: House Bill 486 – 130th General Assembly (A) The state fire marshal shall make such rules as are necessary to carry out this chapter, which shall include, but are not limited to, rules establishing requirements to renew a license issued under this chapter and fees for licensure and renewal […]
Effective: September 12, 2008 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 237 – 127th General Assembly (A) Every person in the business of conducting a hotel or an SRO facility shall procure, in accordance with the requirements specified in this chapter and the rules adopted pursuant to it, a license for each hotel or SRO facility conducted or […]
Effective: September 12, 2008 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 237 – 127th General Assembly (A) Transient hotels may offer extended stay temporary residence guest accommodations within any dwelling units or transient sleeping room with dwelling unit features within the structure if such units or sleeping rooms are specifically constructed and approved as also being dwelling units […]
Effective: September 12, 2008 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 237 – 127th General Assembly (A) Notwithstanding division (A)(2) of section 3731.01 of the Revised Code, a transient hotel may allow a guest to stay in a transient sleeping room in the hotel for a continuous period of two hundred seventy days or less if all of […]
Effective: September 12, 2008 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 237 – 127th General Assembly (A)(1) The state fire marshal shall inspect, prior to issuance or renewal of a license and at any other time necessary, every hotel and SRO facility which comes within sections 3731.01 to 3731.21 of the Revised Code. (2) The state fire marshal […]
Effective: September 12, 2008 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 237 – 127th General Assembly (A) Upon notice and hearing, the state fire marshal may suspend or revoke any license or impose a fine against an owner, proprietor, or agent of a hotel or SRO facility licensed under this chapter for violation of sections 3731.01 to 3731.21 […]
Effective: July 1, 1992 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 351 – 119th General Assembly All enforcement actions pursued and citations issued with respect to state fire code violations shall comply with sections 3737.41 to 3737.51 of the Revised Code.
Effective: July 1, 1992 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 351 – 119th General Assembly No person shall fail or refuse to comply with sections 3731.01 to 3731.21 of the Revised Code or the state fire code adopted pursuant to section 3737.82 of the Revised Code. Each day of violation of such sections constitutes a separate offense.
Effective: April 4, 2007 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 305 – 126th General Assembly In every transient hotel and extended stay hotel and SRO facility in which the person, firm, or corporation operating it is required to have a license, the premises shall be kept in a sanitary condition.
Effective: October 16, 1996 Latest Legislation: House Bill 347 – 121st General Assembly Every hotel and SRO facility shall have proper plumbing, lighting, and ventilation which shall conform to Chapters 3781. and 3791. of the Revised Code.
Effective: September 12, 2008 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 237 – 127th General Assembly In all political subdivisions of this state where a system of water works and sewerage is maintained for public use, every hotel and SRO facility shall be equipped with a sufficient number of suitable water closets for the accommodation of its guests, […]
Effective: September 12, 2008 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 237 – 127th General Assembly (A) Every transient hotel and extended stay hotel shall provide in each sleeping room or extended stay temporary residence a bed, bunk, cot, or other furniture designed for sleeping for each guest occupying such accommodations. Every hotel shall provide each bed, bunk, […]
Effective: July 1, 1992 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 351 – 119th General Assembly All bedding used in any hotel must be thoroughly aired, disinfected, and kept clean. No bedding which is infested with vermin or bedbugs shall be used on any bed in any hotel. All floors, carpets, and equipment in hotels, and all walls […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly When any room has been occupied by a person having an infectious or contagious disease, such room shall not be used again until it is thoroughly fumigated and the bedding disinfected.
Effective: October 16, 1996 Latest Legislation: House Bill 347 – 121st General Assembly (A) Each sleeping room of a hotel shall include a separate sleeping and bath area. (B) No sleeping room of a hotel or an SRO facility shall include cooking facilities unless the facilities have been approved by the state, municipal, township, or […]
Effective: September 12, 2008 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 237 – 127th General Assembly The owner or manager of each hotel shall post in a conspicuous place in each room thereof a card or sign stating the price per day of such room, and shall file with the state fire marshal a diagram or list showing […]
Effective: September 12, 2008 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 237 – 127th General Assembly The state fire marshal or the state fire marshal’s assistants shall accept no gift or gratuity in any form from any hotel or SRO facility under penalty of summary dismissal.
Effective: September 12, 2008 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 237 – 127th General Assembly (A) If a health official determines that an owner, keeper, or lessee has not complied with the requirements for sanitation specified in sections 3731.09, 3731.11, 3731.12, and 3731.13 of the Revised Code, the health official shall notify the state fire marshal, and […]
Effective: September 12, 2008 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 237 – 127th General Assembly Whoever violates section 3731.03 or 3731.05 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
