Ohio Revised Code Chapter 3731 - Hotels

• Section 3731.01 - Hotel Definitions.
  (A) As used in this chapter: (1) "Hotel" means a transient hotel, extended stay hotel, or residential hotel. "Hotel" includes any structure consisting of...
• Section 3731.02 - Fire Marshal Rules And Enforcement - Building Code Standards For Sro Facilities.
  (A) The state fire marshal shall make such rules as are necessary to carry out this chapter, which shall include, but are not limited...
• Section 3731.03 - License Required For Hotel Or Sro Facility.
  (A) Every person in the business of conducting a hotel or an SRO facility shall procure, in accordance with the requirements specified in this...
• Section 3731.04 - Types Of Accommodations Offered By Hotels.
  (A) Transient hotels may offer extended stay temporary residence guest accommodations within any dwelling units or transient sleeping room with dwelling unit features within...
• Section 3731.041 - Extended Stay In Transient Hotel - Fire Alarm And Detection System.
  (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...
• Section 3731.05 - Inspections By Fire Marshal - Alterations Or Changes To Achieve Compliance.
  (A) (1) The state fire marshal shall inspect, prior to issuance or renewal of a license and at any other time necessary, every hotel...
• Section 3731.06 - Suspension Or Revocation Of License Upon Notice And Hearing - Appeal.
  (A) Upon notice and hearing, the state fire marshal may suspend or revoke any license or impose a fine against an owner, proprietor, or...
• Section 3731.07 - Enforcement Actions - Citations.
  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...
• Section 3731.08 - Failure Or Refusal To Comply.
  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...
• Section 3731.09 - Sanitary Requirements.
  In every transient hotel and extended stay hotel and SRO facility in which the person, firm, or corporation operating it is required to have...
• Section 3731.10 - Plumbing, Lighting, And Ventilation.
  Every hotel and SRO facility shall have proper plumbing, lighting, and ventilation which shall conform to Chapters 3781. and 3791. of the Revised Code....
• Section 3731.11 - Bathroom And Restroom Facilities.
  In all political subdivisions of this state where a system of water works and sewerage is maintained for public use, every hotel and SRO...
• Section 3731.12 - Beds And Bedding.
  (A) Every transient hotel and extended stay hotel shall provide in each sleeping room or extended stay temporary residence a bed, bunk, cot, or...
• Section 3731.13 - Bedding, Floors, And Carpets Must Be Kept Sanitary.
  All bedding used in any hotel must be thoroughly aired, disinfected, and kept clean. No bedding which is infested with vermin or bedbugs shall...
• Section 3731.14 - Fumigation.
  When any room has been occupied by a person having an infectious or contagious disease, such room shall not be used again until it...
• Section 3731.15 - Separate Sleeping And Bath Areas - Cooking Facilities.
  (A) Each sleeping room of a hotel shall include a separate sleeping and bath area. (B) No sleeping room of a hotel or an...
• Section 3731.16 - Posting Of Hotel Rates.
  The owner or manager of each hotel shall post in a conspicuous place in each room thereof a card or sign stating the price...
• Section 3731.17, 3731.18 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 07-01-1996
• Section 3731.19 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 10-29-1953
• Section 3731.20 - Gifts To Officials Prohibited.
  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...
• Section 3731.21 - Enforcement.
  (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,...
• Section 3731.99 - Penalty.
  Whoever violates section 3731.03 or 3731.05 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. Effective Date: 07-01-1996; 2008 SB237

Last modified: October 10, 2016