Editor’s note:
This chapter, formerly titled “Ohio Basic Building Code” was re-titled “Ohio Building Code” by Ordinance 2004-38, passed February 18, 2004.
Section
1402.01 Adoption
1402.02 Purpose
1402.03 Compliance; violations
1402.04 Enforcement
1402.05 File copies
1402.06 Definitions
1402.07 Conflict of laws
1402.99 Penalty
CROSS REFERENCES
See section histories for similar state law
Enforcement, see R.C. §§ 3781.03, 3781.031, 3781.10(E), 3781.102, 3781.19
Final jurisdiction, see R.C. § 3781.04
Power to enact further and additional regulations, see R.C. § 3781.12
Removal of unsafe structures, see R.C. §§ 715.26(B), 715.261
Smoke detection system for apartments and condominiums, see R.C. § 3781.104; O.A.C. 4101:2-89
Submission of plans, see R.C. § 3791.04
Pursuant to R.C. § 731.231, there is hereby adopted by and for the municipality the Ohio Building Code (OBC), as adopted by the Ohio Board of Building Standards, Department of Industrial Compliance, and as published in Division 4101:1 of the Ohio Administrative Code (O.A.C.), save and except such portions thereof as may be hereinafter amended or deleted.
(Ord. 2004-38, passed 2-18-2004; Ord. 2012-01, passed 2-21-2012)
The purpose of the OBC, as adopted in § 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.
(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, R.C. Chapters 3781 and 3791 or the OBC, or fail to comply with any lawful order issued pursuant thereto.
(R.C. §§ 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, R.C. Chapters 3781 and 3791 or the OBC, or fail to comply with any lawful order issued pursuant thereto.
(R.C. §§ 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.
(R.C. § 3791.04)
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