Grilling
Gas Grills are permitted on your patio area. Please do not leave your grill unattended for any reason. Charcoal Grills are NOT permitted.
In 2005, Ohio enacted a new fire code and it affects your outdoor cooking policy. This code affects everything but one or two family dwellings.
308.3.1 Open flame cooking devices: Charcoal burners and other open-flame devices shall not be operated on combustible balconies or within ten feet (3048 MM) of combustible constructions. Exceptions:
1. One and two-family dwellings.
2. Where buildings, balconies and decks are protected by an automatic sprinkler
system.
308.3.1.1 Liquefied-petroleum-gas-fueled cooking devices: (Described as) :{-gas burners having a water capacity greater than 2.5 pounds (nominal 1 pound (0.454 kg)LP-gas capacity)shall not be located on combustible balconies or within 10 feet –(3048 mm) of combustible construction. Exception two-family-dwellings.
LPG tanks for gas grill are 20 lb tanks with 5 gallons of LP Gas.
No grills may be used or stored (including LP gas canisters) on any balcony. No grills may be used or stored on any patio unless the grill can be used or stored more than 10 feet from any combustible surface including the building and fences.
