(a) Wood County, acting by and through the County Building Department, is hereby authorized to administer and enforce the provisions of the Ohio Basic Building Code, as adopted in Section 1420.01, within the City, in those areas where it is now, or will be, properly certified by the State Board of Building Standards.
(b) The Mayor is hereby authorized and directed to enter into an agreement with the Board of County Commissioners, in form and style to be approved by the City Attorney, to implement the provisions of this chapter, whereby the County shall assume responsibility for administering and enforcing the provisions of the Ohio Basic Building Code, as adopted in Section 1420.01, within the City, the same as the City would if certified by the State Board of Building Standards.
(c) Prior to enforcement of Ohio R. C. Chapters 3781 and 3791, or any rules adopted pursuant thereto, including the Ohio Basic Building Code, as adopted in Section 1420.01, by any remedy, civil or criminal, the County shall issue an adjudication order within the meaning of Ohio R. C. 119.06 to 119.13 or a stop work order as provided in Section 4101:2-1-36 of the Ohio Administrative Code.
(d) Every adjudication order shall cite the law or rules directly involved and shall specify what appliances, site preparations, additions or alterations to structures, plans, materials, assemblages or procedures are necessary for the same to comply with Ohio R. C. Chapters 3781 and 3791 and/or any rules adopted pursuant thereto, including the provisions of the Ohio Basic Building Code adopted in Section 1420.01.
(e) The order shall include notice to the party of the procedure for appeal and right to a hearing if requested within thirty days of the mailing of the notice. The notice shall also inform the party that at the hearing he or she may be represented by counsel, present his or her arguments or contentions orally or in writing, and present evidence and examine witnesses for or against him or her.
(f) Upon the issuance of any order provided for herein or in Section 4101:2-1-36 of the Ohio Administrative Code, the person receiving such order shall cease work upon the site preparations or structure to be constructed, or, in the case of an industrialized unit, the installation of the unit, or shall cease using the appliance, materials, assemblages or manufactured product identified in the order until such time as the appeal provided for in accordance with the provisions of Ohio R. C. 3781.19, and all appeals from such hearing, have been completed, or the order herein has been released.
(OAC 4101:2-1-35)
(g) Failure to cease work after receipt of a stop work order as provided in Section 4101:2-1-36 of the Ohio Administrative Code is hereby declared to be a public nuisance.
(OAC 4101:2-1-36)