(a) The Ohio Building Code shall apply to the construction, alteration, movement, enlargement, replacement, repair, equipment, use and occupancy, location, maintenance, removal and demolition of every building or structure or any appurtenances connected or attached to such buildings or structures with the following exceptions:
(1) Detached one-, two- and three-family dwellings and structures incidental to those dwellings which are not constructed as industrialized units shall comply with the Residential Code of Ohio adopted by the City of Lancaster. This exception does not include the energy provisions required in Chapter 13, Energy Efficiency, of the OBC.
(2) Buildings owned by and used for a function of the United States government.
(3) Buildings and structures which are incident to the use for agricultural purposes of the land on which said buildings or structures are located, provided such buildings or structures are not used in the business of retail trade. For the purposes of this section, a building or structure is not considered used in the business of retail trade if fifty percent (50%) or more of the gross income received from sales of produce in the building or structure by the owner or operator is from sales of products produced or raised in a normal crop year on farms owned or operated by the seller (see Ohio R.C. 3781-06 and 3781.061).
(4) Agricultural labor camps.
(5) Type A or Type B family daycare homes.
(6) Buildings or structures which are designed, constructed and maintained in accordance with Federal standards and regulations and are used primarily for Federal and State military purposes, where the U.S. Secretary of Defense has acquired by purchase, lease, or transfer, and constructs, expands, rehabilitates as he determines to be necessary to carry out the purpose of Chapter 1803 of the U.S.C.
(7) Manufactured homes constructed under 24 CFR Part 3280, “Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards”.
(b) The Residential Code of Ohio shall apply to the construction, alteration, enlargement, replacement, repair, equipment, use and occupancy, location, maintenance, removal and demolition of every residential building or structure, any appurtenances connected or attached to such buildings or structures, or any accessory structures of every 1, 2, or 3 family residential structure. No buildings, or its equipment or accessories to which the rules of the board apply, shall be erected, constructed or installed, except in conformity with the rules of the board.
(Ord. 18-07. Passed 3-12-07.)