1402.01 Current edition adopted.
1402.02 Purpose.
1402.03 Application.
1402.04 Compliance; violations.
1402.05 Enforcement.
1402.06 File and distribution copies.
1402.07 Conflicts of laws.
1402.99 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
Pursuant to R.C. § 731.231, there is hereby adopted by and for the City the most current edition of 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), save and except such portions thereof as may be hereinafter amended or deleted. Each time the Ohio Board of Building Standards, the Department of Industrial Relations, updates and adopts a new edition of the Ohio Building Code, that edition shall automatically be applicable and enforceable in the City.
(Ord. 57-2005. Passed 9-12-05; Ord. 15-2021. Passed 2-22-21.)
The purpose of the OBC, as adopted in Section 1402.01, 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 or methods of construction; and
(d) Encourage, so far as may be practical, the standardization of construction practices, methods, equipment, material and techniques, including methods employed to produce industrialized units.
(OAC 4101:2-1-05) (Ord. 57-2005. Passed 9-12-05.)
The OBC applies to all buildings except as follows:
(a) Single-family, two-family and three-family dwelling houses which are not constructed of industrialized units, except for the energy conservation provisions required in "Chapter 13, Energy Conservation" of the OBC (see Ohio R.C. 3781.06, 3781.181 and 3781.182);
(b) Buildings owned by and used for a function of the United States government;
(c) Existing buildings where their location, parts, equipment and other items do not constitute a serious hazard, unless otherwise regulated by the provisions of "Chapter 34, Existing Structures" of the OBC;
(d) Buildings constructed in accordance with plans which have been approved prior to the effective date of the OBC;
(e) Buildings or 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 50% or more of the gross income received from sales of products 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);
(f) Agricultural labor camps as defined in Ohio R.C. 3733.41;
(g) Single-family, two-family and three-family detached dwelling houses for which applications have been submitted to the Ohio Director of Human Services pursuant to Ohio R.C. 5104.03 for the purposes of operating type A family day-care homes as defined in Ohio R.C. 5104.01;
(h) 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, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2233(a)(1), (5) and (6) and 2237, has:
(1) Acquired, by purchase, lease or transfer, and constructs, expands, rehabilitates or corrects and equips, such buildings or structures as he or she determines to be necessary to carry out the purposes of Chapter 133 of the U.S.C.;
(2) Contributed to the State of Ohio such amounts for the acquisition, construction, expansion, rehabilitation and conversion by the State of Ohio of such additional buildings or structures as he or she determines to be required because of the failure of existing facilities to meet the purposes of Chapter 133 of the U.S.C.; or
(3) Contributed to the State of Ohio such amounts for the construction, alteration or rehabilitation of arms storage rooms as he or she determines to be required to meet a change in U.S. Department of Defense standards relating to the safekeeping of arms.
(OAC 4101:2-1-09) (Ord. 57-2005. Passed 9-12-05.)
(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.
(ORC 3791.01, 3791.02)
(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.
(ORC 3791.01, 3791.03)
(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.
(ORC 3791.04) (Ord. 57-2005. Passed 9-12-05.)
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