PART THIRTEEN - BUILDING CODE
Chap. 1301.   Regional Dwelling House Code.
Chap. 1305.   Ohio Basic Building Code.
Chap. 1315.   Historical District.
Chap. 1319.   Property Maintenance Code.
 
Chap. 1321.    International Property Maintenance Code.
Chap. 1323.   Flood Damage Reduction.
Chap. 1327.   Lot Grading and Filling.
Chap. 1331.   Address Number Requirements and Regulations.
CHAPTER 1301
Regional Dwelling House Code
 
1301.01   Adoption by reference; copies.
1301.02   Building permit fee schedule. (Repealed)
1301.03   Building permit ban; variances. (Repealed)
1301.04   Two houses on lot.
1301.05   Compliance with Zoning Ordinance.
1301.06   Nonresidential excavations. (Repealed)
1301.07   Numbering of building addresses.
1301.08   Release of occupancy permits.
1301.99   Penalty.
 
CROSS REFERENCES
Board of Building Code Appeals - see CHTR. § 7.03
Power to regulate building numbering - see R.C. § 715.26
Adoption of technical codes by reference - see R.C. § 731.231
Barricades and warning lights - see GEN. OFF. 521.03
Zoning Inspector - see P. & Z. 1113.10
Sizes, setbacks, yards - see P. & Z. Ch. 1123
 
1301.01 ADOPTION BY REFERENCE; COPIES.
   (a)   There is hereby adopted by Council for the purpose of providing minimum standards to safeguard life or limb, health, property and the public welfare, that certain code known as the Ohio Building Officials Association One, Two and Three Family Dwelling Code (OBOA) (1993) as amended, and the same is hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if set out at length herein. From the date upon which this section takes effect, the provisions thereof shall be controlling within the limits of the Municipality.
 
   (b)   The Finance Director is hereby directed to place a copy of such Ohio Building Officials Association One, Two and Three Family Dwelling Code (OBOA) (1993) as amended on file in the County Law Library and to have three copies on file in the Finance Director’s office for public examination.
(Ord. 534. Passed 3-4-71; Am. Ord. 1934. Passed 7-8-99.)
1301.02 BUILDING PERMIT FEE SCHEDULE.
   (EDITOR'S NOTE: This section was repealed by Ordinance 1934, passed July 8, 1999.)
1301.03 BUILDING PERMIT BAN; VARIANCES.
   (EDITOR'S NOTE: This section was repealed by Ordinance 738, passed February 7, 1980.)
1301.04 TWO HOUSES ON LOT.
   When two residences are to be erected on one lot, each shall have its own driveway, in order to avoid confusion between neighbors. In no case may a side lot line pass through the width of the driveway.
(Ord. 308. Passed 12-20-56.)
1301.05 COMPLIANCE WITH ZONING ORDINANCE.
   For lot size, height, setback and side yards, reference is made to the Zoning Ordinance codified as Title Three of Part Eleven of these Codified Ordinances, and owners and buildings shall comply with the requirements therein as to minimum size of dwelling, lot size, height of building, setback, side yards and any other specific requirements set out therein and not contained in this Building Code.
(Ord. 308. Passed 12-20-56.)
1301.06 NONRESIDENTIAL EXCAVATIONS.
   (EDITOR'S NOTE: This section was repealed by Ordinance 1934, passed July 8, 1999.)
1301.07 NUMBERING OF BUILDING ADDRESSES.
   Street address numbers for all properties and buildings, shall be assigned by the municipality’s Planning and Zoning Department. The owner of any structure shall place the assigned numbers thereon, which numbers shall be posted in a conspicuous place and shall be of such size that they are readily observable from the street.
(Ord. 438. Passed 7-7-66; Am. Ord. 1934. Passed 7-8-99.)
1301.08 RELEASE OF OCCUPANCY PERMITS.
   The Geauga County Building Department shall transmit all final occupancy permits and final construction approvals to the Municipality, Planning and Zoning Department, for release. No occupancy permit or final construction approval shall be released to the permit applicant unless and until all applicable municipal requirements and regulations have been met.
(Ord. 1934. Passed 7-8-99.)
1301.99 PENALTY.
   Any person violating any section of this chapter shall be guilty of a minor misdemeanor for the first offense and shall be fined not more than $100 and court costs. Each and every subsequent offense thereafter shall be deemed a fourth degree misdemeanor with a penalty of not more than $250, a jail sentence of not more than 30 days in the county jail or both. A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which an offense occurs or continues.
(Ord. 1934. Passed 7-8-99.)