EDITOR’S NOTE: By Ordinance 1648, passed August 6, 1984, the City and County Commissioners contracted to have the County Department of Building Inspection inspect all single-family, two-family and three-family dwelling units within the City.
1301.01 Adoption and purpose of Code; copies.
1301.02 Changes to Code.
1301.03 Bonding of contractors; inspections; appeal.
1301.04 General contractors to file list of subcontractors.
1301.05 Obtaining final inspection certificate prior to building occupancy.
1301.06 Minimum thermal insulation in dwellings.
1301.07 Local ordinance jurisdiction.
1301.08 Backfilling foundations.
1301.09 Installation of smoke detectors.
1301.99 Penalty.
CROSS REFERENCES
Power to regulate building erection - see Ohio R.C. 715.26 et seq., 737.37
Adoption of technical codes - see Ohio R.C. 731.231
Ohio State building standards - see Ohio R.C. Ch. 3781
Police Department - see ADM. Ch. 137
Mud tracking- see TRAF. 339.08
Sidewalk obstructions - see GEN.OFF. 521.04
Tree and shrub destruction - see GEN. OFF. 541.06
National Electrical Code - see BLDG. Ch. 1303
Building construction fees - see BLDG. 1311.01
Pursuant to the provisions of Ohio R.C. 731.231, the Uniform Code of Building Regulations of Wood County, Ohio, which was adopted by the County Commissioners on October 31, 1960, and amended by the Commissioners on June 11, 1962, May 28, 1963, April 7, 1964, June 10, 1965, December 2, 1971, August 25, 1975, August 30, 1976 and September 2, 1976, is hereby adopted by the City and incorporated by reference as if fully set out herein, except such portions as may have been deleted or amended in this chapter and except any provisions that may be in conflict with any ordinance of this City. The purpose of the Wood County Building Code, as adopted herein, is to prescribe regulations governing the construction, alteration, repair, design, materials, equipment, maintenance and demolition of all buildings, dwellings and appurtenant structures within the corporate limits of the City.
A complete copy of the Code is on file at the Office of the Clerk of Council and in the County Law Library. The Clerk has copies available for distribution to the public at cost.
(Ord. 1380. Passed 3-24-80.)
For purposes of this chapter, all references to the County of Wood and departments and officials thereof are hereby amended to refer to the City of Rossford, its departments and officials where the sense so requires.
Pages A and B, being the Resolution of County Commissioners, is deleted.
Page C, relating to County construction and penalties, is deleted.
Section 100 is amended to read as follows:
This Building Code shall be administered by the Building and Zoning Inspector and such assistant inspectors as may from time to time be authorized and appointed by the Municipal Administrator with the approval of Council.
It shall be the duty of the Police Department to police all construction to insure that proper permits have been obtained therefor.
Section 102 is deleted.
Section 103 is amended to read as follows:
The Building and Zoning Inspector shall examine all buildings regulated by this Building Code in the course of erection, alteration, repair or removal, within the limits of the City, and shall be charged with the enforcement of this Code and all other laws and ordinances relating to the erection, construction, alteration, repair, removal and safety of buildings, except as specifically provided by ordinance. He shall pass upon all questions relating to the strength and durability of buildings, and the quality of materials and workmanship so far as they affect safety, health and sanitation, examine and approve all plans and specifications therefore before a permit is issued, and shall sign and issue all permits, certificates and notices required to be issued.
The assistant inspectors of buildings shall assist the Inspector in the performance of the above described duties, in such manner and to such extent as the Inspector may require. At such time as the Inspector has presented his information to the Municipal Administrator, enforcement of this Building Code with respect to such complaint shall rest with the Municipal Administrator.
Section 109, first paragraph, is amended to read as follows:
There is hereby created a Board of Building Standards and Appeals, hereinafter referred to as the Board. The Board shall be appointed by Council and shall consist of three members. Of the initial members, one shall be appointed for a term of three years, one for two years and one for one year. Thereafter, each person appointed shall serve for a term of three years or until his successor is appointed, except that appointments to fill vacancies arising in mid-term shall be for only the unexpired portions of such terms.
Section 110 is added as follows:
Penalty. Whoever violates any provision of the Building Code, as adopted herein, or any lawful order issued pursuant thereto, shall be fined not more than fifty dollars ($50.00). Any such violation shall constitute a separate offense on each successive day continued.
Section 301(A) is deleted and the following chapters of the Municipal Code are substituted therefor:
Section 307 is deleted.
Section 314 is deleted.
Section 400 is deleted.
Section 1500 is amended by the addition of the following:
All references to the National Electrical Code contained in this Building Code are hereby amended to refer to the 1965 edition thereof as adopted, modified and amended by Chapter 1303
of the Municipal Code. In the event of a conflict between Title XV of the Wood County Building Code and provisions of the National Electrical Code as adopted by the City, the more stringent provision shall apply.
(Ord. 611. Passed 11-14-66.)
(a) Prior to the issuance of any building or moving permit in accordance with this Building Code, all general contractors shall deposit with the City a fee for residential or commercial building, as applicable, in an amount to be established by ordinance, together with proof of liability insurance to be approved by the Municipal Administrator as to sufficiency, with sufficient sureties thereon conditioned upon the general contractor’s satisfactory repair of all City property, including but not limited to streets, sidewalks, curbs and tree lawns damaged by the general contractors or any subcontractors, and removal of any debris of any kind placed on the property by the contractor, including but not limited to dirt on City streets.
(Ord. 99-010. Passed 4-12-99.)
(b) The Building and Zoning Inspector at the request of any general contractor shall at the completion of any project, examine the construction site and if City property is in proper repair and free of debris, shall make a written finding of the fact and file the same with the City. Any contractor adversely affected by the finding, may appeal to Council for reconsideration; an appeal may be taken by filing written notice of the intention to appeal with the Municipal Administrator who shall set the matter for hearing before Council at a regular meeting within thirty days of the receipt of the notice. Council shall render a decision within thirty days of the hearing; the decision of Council shall be final.
(Ord. 628-67. Passed 11-13-67; Ord. 97-073. Passed 12-22-97.)
(c) At the conclusion of the work, and upon a finding by the Building and Zoning Inspector (or of Council upon appeal) that City property is in proper repair and free of debris, such bond may be cancelled.
(Ord. 1670. Passed 11-26-84.)
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