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The provisions of this chapter shall apply whenever buildings or other structures are demolished, moved or removed in whole or in part, and whenever buildings or other structures are erected, altered, or repaired. All work of demolition or moving or removing of buildings or other structures or partsthereof, and all precautions during erection, alteration, or repair of buildings or other structures shall be in conformity with the provisions of this chapter and in conformity with accepted safe practice. When deemed necessary, the Director of Public Works may promulgate rules or regulations limiting or restricting the use of public property and the Board of Building Standards and Building Appeals may promulgate rules or regulations defining accepted safe practice. In the absence of such rules or regulations the provisions of NFiPA Standard 241, "Safeguarding Building Construction and Demolition Standards", shall be deemed to establish and define accepted safe practice, and the Commissioner may require conformity with any provision of such Standard where deemed necessary by him or her for safety to life or property. The Directors of Capital Projects and Public Works shall promulgate rules and regulations establishing the criteria for traffic and pedestrian maintenance plans, according to Ohio Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (OMUTCD) standards, required for a street obstruction permit under Section 411.011 for construction and rehabilitation projects in the public right-of-way, but not for a demolition permit under Section 3115.04.
(Ord. No. 979-2020. Passed 7-14-21, eff. 7-16-21)
(a) Approval of Director of Public Works Required. Public property shall not be used for the storage of materials or equipment or for the operation of equipment, nor shall any fence, railing, barricade, walkway, canopy, shed, scaffold or other construction or protection be erected on public property without the approval of the Director of Public Works. Any permit issued for such use of public property shall be valid only while such use is maintained safe and non- hazardous. The City authority issuing such permit shall revoke any such permit when unsafe conditions are not promptly corrected.
(b) Limitations and Restrictions. The use of public property for storage of material or for other uses incidental to demolition, house moving, alterations or building operations shall conform to the limitations and restrictions imposed by the Director of Public Works, as deemed necessary by him or her for safety to life and property and the maintenance of traffic on sidewalks and roadways.
(c) Any permit issued for the use of public property shall terminate with the completion of the operations for the performance of which it was procured.
(Ord. No. 979-2020. Passed 7-14-21, eff. 7-16-21)
(a) Permit Required. No person, firm or corporation shall raze or demolish or remove a building or other structure, or part thereof, without obtaining a permit from the Director of Building and Housing.
(b) Registration. No person, firm or corporation shall engage in the business of house wrecking, demolition of structure or parts thereof or removal of a building or other structure unless the person, firm or corporation holds a valid certificate of registration issued by the Director in conformity with the applicable provisions of Chapter 3107.
(c) Requirements. All demolition work shall be performed in conformity with NFiPA Standard 241, "Standard for Safeguarding Construction, Alteration, and Demolition Operations" and Section 509.14 of the Codified Ordinances.
(d) Identification. All equipment and vehicles used in demolition or removal of debris from demolition shall be clearly identified. This identification shall be the name of the person, firm, or corporation owning or renting such vehicles and equipment, in letters having a minimum dimension of four (4) inches. Symbols or logos shall not be deemed to meet the identification requirements unless they comply with the minimum letter dimension and identify the person, firm or corporation.
Such identification shall be identical to the registration of the person, firm or corporation as set forth in the Department of Building and Housing.
(e) A condition of a demolition permit shall include the requirement that the contractor or permit holder conduct a rodent survey and, when necessary, baiting operation.
The survey and baiting program shall be conducted by an applicator or operator duly licensed pursuant to RC Chapter 921.
(Ord. No. 1121-18. Passed 12-3-18, eff. 12-5-18)
No permit authorizing the razing, demolition or removal of any building or other structure which contains sewer facilities connecting into any sewer operated or controlled by the City shall be issued to any person, firm or corporation until there is first posted with the Director of Public Utilities a bond or deposit adequate to reimburse the City for any costs which may be incurred because of the failure of the permittee to properly bulkhead all such abandoned sewer facilities, as herein provided, at a point within the sidewalk or tree lawn area approximately one (1) foot from the curb line. Such bulkhead shall consist of concrete or a vitrified stopper sealed into the bell of the sewer pipe with cement mortar.
The bond or deposit provided for in this section shall not be released or returned until an inspector authorized by the Director of Public Utilities shall approve the bulkheading of any such abandoned sewer facilities which connect into any sewer operated or controlled by the City.
The provisions of this section shall not apply when the sewer operated and controlled by the City and into which the private sewer is connected, is abandoned.
(a) Permits Required.
(1) No building shall be moved to any site within the City without a permit from the Commissioner. A permit to move any building shall not be issued until the Board of Building Standards and Building Appeals finds, after public hearing, that the building is structurally sound and that the condition of the building does not constitute a hazard to life or limb, that the building shall be made to comply with the requirements and limitations of the ordinances relating to zoning and the provisions contained in OBBC and this Building Code. Plans shall be submitted which disclose such alterations, modifications or repairs as are necessary to secure compliance with the ordinances relating to zoning and the provisions comprising this OBBC and Building Code. Variations and exceptions to the ordinances relating to zoning and the provisions comprising OBBC and this Building Code shall not be granted if the buildings and land uses within one hundred fifty (150) feet of the new site conform to the requirements or limitations from which a variation is sought. Notice of the public hearing shall be mailed to the owner of the building, to the owner of the site to which the building is to be moved, and to the owners of property within one hundred fifty (150) feet of the new site who are directly affected by the movement of the building, not less than five (5) days prior to the date of the hearing.
(2) No building or other similar large structure shall be moved through the streets of the City or over public property, unless the application for a permit made to the Commissioner has been approved and countersigned by the Director of Public Service, Director of Public Safety, Commissioner of Water, and the Commissioner of Shade Trees.
(3) The officials issuing or countersigning such permits may prescribe conditions, requirements, routes and precautions, and the day, days, and hour of the day during which such moving operations shall be conducted, as deemed necessary in the public interest; and all moving shall be performed in conformity therewith.
(b) Registration.
(1) No person, firm, or corporation shall engage in the business of house moving unless such person, firm or corporation holds a valid certificate of registration issued by the Commissioner in conformity with the applicable provisions of Chapter 3107.
(2) No permit for moving any building or other similar large structure through any street or over any other public property shall be given any person not holding a valid certificate of registration.
(c) Inspector of House Moving. Whenever deemed necessary in the public interest, the Director of Public Service may require that such moving operations be conducted in the presence of and under the supervision of an inspector of house moving designated by him or her, who shall perform such required service at the cost of the person doing such moving or the owner of the property being moved.
(d) Time Limit. No person shall permit any building or other structure, or part thereof, to stand on any street or other public property for a period longer than that specified in the permit therefor.
(e) Exception. The provisions of subsections (a)(2), (a)(3), (b) and (c) hereof shall not apply to the vehicular transportation of material, buildings, or other structures contained within a legally operated vehicle which does not exceed the maximum width, length and height specified in Section 439.07 of the Codified Ordinances.
No person shall drive over any sidewalk or curb for any purpose in connection with demolition, house moving or building operations, or the delivery of material therefor or removal of material therefrom, or for any other purpose in connection therewith, without first having obtained a permit to do so from the Director of Public Service and posting a deposit or bond, adequate to reimburse the City for any costs which may be incurred by the City because of damage or destruction caused thereby, and in the form and amount directed or approved by the Director of Public Service and the Director of Law. Such deposit shall not be returned, nor shall the surety under a bond be released, until operations have been completed and an inspection of the premises and adjoining premises, made by an authorized representative of the Director of Public Safety, reveals no uncorrected damage or destruction. Any costs incurred by the City in correcting damage or destruction shall be deductible from the deposit or, when operations are performed under a bond, paid by the person, firm or corporation acting as surety.
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