CHAPTER 1426
Ohio Building Code
1426.01   Ohio Building Code (OBC) adopted.
1426.02   Purpose.
1426.03   Compliance; violations.
1426.04   File and distribution copies.
1426.99   Penalty; equitable remedies.
CROSS REFERENCES
See section histories for similar State law
Removal of unsafe structures - see Ohio R.C. 715.26(B), 715.261
Power to enact further and additional regulations - see Ohio R.C. 3781.01
Enforcement - see Ohio R.C. 3781.03, 3781.031, 3781.10(E), 3781.102, 3781.19
Final jurisdiction - see Ohio R.C. 3781.04
Application - see Ohio R.C. 3781.06, 3781.061, 3781.10(A), 3781.11(A)
Dead bolt locks in apartment buildings - see Ohio R.C. 3781.103
Smoke detection system for apartments and condominiums - see Ohio R.C. 3781.104
Use of public buildings by handicapped persons - see Ohio R.C. 3781.111
Energy conservation - see Ohio R.C. 3781.181
Submission of plans - see Ohio R.C. 3791.04
Abandoned service stations - see Ohio R.C. 3791.11 et seq.
Safety standards for refuse containers - see Ohio R.C. 3791.21
Establishment of Building Department - see ADM. 240.001
1426.01   OHIO BUILDING CODE (OBC) ADOPTED.
   Pursuant to Ohio R.C. 731.231, there is hereby adopted by and for the Municipality the Ohio Building Code (OBC), as adopted by the Ohio Board of Building Standards, Department of Industrial Relations, and as published in Division 4101:2 of the Ohio Administrative Code (OAC).
(Ord. 13-015. Passed 6-18-13.)
1426.02   PURPOSE.
   The purpose of the OBC, as adopted in Section 1426.01, is to:
   (a)   Provide uniform minimum standards and requirements for the erection, construction, repair, alteration and maintenance of buildings, including construction of industrialized units, such standards relating to the conservation of energy, safety and sanitation of buildings for their intended use and occupancy;
   (b)   Formulate such standards and requirements, so far as is practical, in terms of performance objectives, so as to make adequate performance for the use intended the test of acceptability;
   (c)   Permit, to the fullest extent feasible, the use of materials and technical methods, devices and improvements, including the use of industrialized units, which tend to reduce the cost of construction and erection without affecting minimum requirements for the health, safety and security of the occupants or users of buildings or industrialized units and without preferential treatment of types or classes of materials or products of methods of construction; and
   (d)   Encourage, so far as may be practical, the standardization of construction practices, methods, equipment, materials and techniques, including methods employed to produce industrialized units.
(Ord. 13-015. Passed 6-18-13.)
1426.03   COMPLIANCE; VIOLATIONS.
   (a)   No owner or any other person shall construct, erect build or equip any building or structure to which the OBC is applicable, or make any addition thereto or alteration thereof, except in the case of repairs or maintenance that does not affect the construction, sanitation, safety or any other vital feature of such building or structure, without complying with this chapter, Ohio R.C. Chapters 3781 and 3791 or the OBC, or fail to comply with any lawful order issued pursuant thereto.
   (b)   No architect, builder, engineer, plumber, carpenter, mason, contractor, subcontractor, foreman or employee shall violate or assist in violating any of the provisions of this chapter, Ohio R.C. Chapters 3781 and 3791 or the OBC, or fail to comply with any lawful order issued pursuant thereto.
   (c)   No owner or any other person shall proceed with the construction, erection, alteration or equipment of any building or structure to which the OBC is applicable without complying with this chapter and the plan and specification submission and processing requirements of the Municipality and/or the OBC and until plans or drawings, specifications and data have been approved or the industrialized unit has been inspected at the point of origin.
(Ord. 13-015. Passed 6-18-13.)
1426.04   FILE AND DISTRIBUTION COPIES.
   At least one copy of the OBC, as adopted in Section 1426.01, is on file with the Chief Building Official for inspection by the public. At least one copy of such Code is also on file in the County Law Library.
(Ord. 13-015. Passed 6-18-13.)
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