Ohio § 505.391
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§ 505.391.
(A) If, after the fire department of a township, township fire district, or joint fire
district, or a private fire company with which the fire department of a township,
township fire district, or joint fire district contracts for fire protection, responds
to a false alarm from an automatic fire alarm system at a commercial establishment
or residential building, the board of township trustees gives written notice by certified
mail that it may assess a charge of up to three hundred dollars for each subsequent
false alarm occurring after three false alarms by that system within the same calendar
year, the board of township trustees may assess that charge. This notice shall be mailed to the owner and the lessee, if any, of the building
in which the system is installed. After the board gives this notice, the board need not give any additional written
notices before assessing a charge for a false alarm as provided by this section. (B) If payment of the bill assessing a charge for a false alarm is not received within
thirty days, the township fiscal officer shall send a notice by certified mail to
the manager and to the owner, if different, of the real estate of which the commercial
establishment is a part, or to the occupant, lessee, agent, or tenant and to the owner,
if different, of the real estate of which the residential building is a part, indicating
that failure to pay the bill within thirty days, or to show just cause why the bill
should not be paid within thirty days, will result in the assessment of a lien upon
the real estate in the amount of the bill. If payment is not received or just cause for nonpayment is not shown within those
thirty days, the amount of the bill shall be entered upon the tax duplicate, shall
be a lien upon the real estate from the date of the entry, and shall be collected
as other taxes and returned to the township treasury to be earmarked for use for fire
services. (C) As used in this section, “ commercial establishment ” means a building or buildings in an area used primarily for nonresidential, commercial
purposes.
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