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This Building Code shall not modify the restrictions of the Zoning Ordinance or any other ordinance or law relating to the use of land, or health and welfare requirements. Zoning restrictions, or other laws and restrictions shall control, except where this Building Code, pertaining to the structural, fire, sanitation and safety requirements is more restrictive, in which case the provisions of this Building Code shall control.
(Ord. 68-58. Passed 5-4-59.)
For the purpose of administering this Building Code, certain areas under the jurisdiction of the governmental agency exercising jurisdiction are declared and established as a fire district known as Fire District I.
(a) The Fire District I areas shall be as indicated on the Zoning Map, submitted herewith as Exhibit A, copies of which shall be on file in the office of the City Engineer, the Fire Chief and the Chief Enforcement Official.
(b) All new construction, additions and alterations to existing buildings, regulated by the O.B.C., within the limits of Fire District I, shall be constructed in accordance with provisions of Article 3 (O.A.C. 4101:2-3), Sec. 302 of the O.B.C.
(Ord. 66-03. Passed 5-12-03.)
(a) No building shall be erected or constructed within Fire District I nearer to the street than the average distance of all other buildings facing thereon in the same block; and on streets where the first building in the block is to be constructed, the setback distance shall be not less than forty feet from the edge of the street right of way.
(b) In Fire District I, no building shall be erected or constructed nearer than five feet to any property line.
(c) In Fire District II which includes that part of the City not contained in Fire District I, no buildings shall be constructed less than five feet from the adjoining street right of way, and, in no case, less than thirty-five feet from the centerline of the street right of way. (Ord.68-58. Passed 5-4-59; Ord. 17-66. Passed 3-28-66.)
(a) General Provisions.
(1) Applicability. The provisions of this section shall apply to all matters and work to which the provisions of this Building Code apply.
(2) Safety. All work, to which the provisions of this Code apply, shall be performed in a safe and careful manner so the work will not endanger adjoining property or be a hazard to public safety.
(3) Permit posted. Before any work, for which a permit is required by this Code, is commenced and before any portion of a street or public property is occupied for any purpose for which a permit is required by this Code, the permit shall be procured and posted.
(4) Temporary walk or bridge. Except as otherwise provided in this section or by other law or ordinance, when the public is endangered by reason of any construction, alteration, addition, repair or excavation, or when a hazard exists because of an existing excavation, a suitable barricade shall be provided along any public thoroughfare affected. If a barricade prevents sufficient passageway on the sidewalk, a temporary walk or bridge, shall be constructed and maintained.
(5) Warning lights. All pits, excavation barricades, builders equipment, building materials or other temporary objects which are in or upon a thoroughfare because of a building operation, and all buildings or structures shall have placed upon or by them at all times during darkness, illuminated lamps with red globes, or flares or other approved lights, in a manner so there shall be one light at each end, and at intermediate points as may be necessary to afford proper warning, consistent with the existing traffic conditions at the location affected. (Ord. 87-65. Passed 9-12-66.)
Whenever the public necessity, convenience and general welfare, or good building practice justifies such action, and with the recommendation of the Board of Building Appeals, Council may, by ordinance, change the regulations of any section of this Building Code.
(Ord. 68-58. Passed 5-4-59.)