CHAPTER 1341
Residential Code of Ohio

1341.01   Adoption.

1341.02   Amendments, modifications and deletions.

1341.03   Residential Board of Building Appeals.

1341.04   Powers of the Board.

1341.05   Right to appeal.

1341.06   Hearing and right of appeal; costs.

CROSS REFERENCES

Adoption by reference - see Ohio R.C. 731.231

Energy conservation - see Ohio R.C. 3781.181

Building fees - see BLDG. 1315.02

1341.01 ADOPTION.

   This chapter does hereby approve, adopt and enact the 2013 Residential Code of Ohio for One-, Two-, and Three-Family Dwellings, and subsequent editions or amendments as may hereinafter be adopted and promulgated by the State of Ohio Board of Building Standards for the City of Ashland, Ohio together with all changes, amendments, and revisions thereto and incorporated herein, and made a part of this Chapter as Section 1341.02, save and except such portions as are hereinafter deleted, amended or modified by these Regulations, are regulating the fabrication, erection, construction, enlargement, alteration, repair, location and use of detached one-, two- and three-family dwellings, their appurtenances and accessory structures in the jurisdiction of the City; and providing for the issuance of permits therefor, providing penalties for the violation thereof, and repealing all ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict therewith.

(Ord. 65-15. Passed 9-1-15.)

1341.02 AMENDMENTS, MODIFICATIONS AND DELETIONS.

   The following sections of the 2013 Residential Code of Ohio have been revised by the City of Ashland.

   1.   Table 301.2(1), the following is the standard design criteria for the City of Ashland:

      a.   Ground Snow Load, Pg, is 20 pounds per square foot.

      b.   Basic Wind Speed, 3-second gust is 90 miles per hour.

      c.   Seismic Design Category is A or B, as calculated per Section 301.2.2.1.

      d.   Weathering is Severe.

      e.   Frost Line Depth is 36 inches.

      f.   Termite Infestation Probability is Moderate to Heavy.

      g.   Winter Design Temperature is 5 degrees Fahrenheit.

      h.   Ice Shield Underlayment Required is Yes.

      i.   Flood Hazard - August 18, 2009.

      j.   Air Freezing Index is 2,000.

      k.   Mean Annual Temperature is 49.3 degrees Fahrenheit.

Table 301.2(1) referenced from Chapter 3 of the Residential Code of Ohio

Climatic and Geographic Design Criteria

 

Ground Snow Load	Wind Design		Seismic Design Category	Subject to Damage From			Winter Design Temp.	Ice Barrier Underlayment Required	Flood Hazards	Air Freezing Index	Mean Annual Temp.
	Speed (mph)	Topographic Effects		Weathering	Frost Line Depth (in.)	Termite
20	90	No	A or B per Section 301.2.2.1	Severe	36	Moderate to Heavy	5	Yes	8/18/2009	2000	49.3

(Ord. 65-15. Passed 9-1-15.)

1341.03 RESIDENTIAL BOARD OF BUILDING APPEALS.

   There is hereby established in the City a board to be called the Residential Board of Building Appeals, which shall consist of the same members as the Zoning Board of Appeals.

(Ord. 65-15. Passed 9-1-15.)