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First reading: ordinance would require Knox Boxes on new commercial occupancies
Summary
Chief Brian Sebald presented a first-reading ordinance to establish section 1610.11 of Trenton’s Codified Ordinances under the 2025 Ohio Fire Code §506.1, authorizing the Fire Code official to require Knox Boxes for new commercial occupancies; businesses would supply keys and the proposal was described as imposing no cost to the City.
At first reading, Fire Chief Brian Sebald described a proposed ordinance to add section 1610.11 to the Codified Ordinances of the City of Trenton to implement requirements under the 2025 Ohio Fire Code §506.1. The proposal would authorize the Fire Code official to require that all new commercial occupancies install a Knox Box and maintain it at all times.
Sebald explained Knox Boxes are a secure key-storage device mounted near building entrances that allow the Fire Department to access keys using a master-key system that includes digital tracking. He said the ordinance is intended to enable emergency personnel to enter buildings during after-hours incidents without causing property damage, and the ordinance as presented would impose no cost to the City because businesses would provide the keys stored in the box.
The item was presented as a first reading; no final vote or adoption was recorded in the work session segments.
