(a) The owner of a residential dwelling who intends to personally perform work requiring a permit shall complete an affidavit stating that as the owner they are performing the work themselves and not hiring a contractor to perform the work described in the permit application. The affidavit may be on a form provided by the Building Official. Additionally, for an owner to perform their own work, they must be currently occupying or intend to occupy the structure once construction is completed. If the owner does not occupy the structure once work is complete, any work performed that requires a contractor to be licensed by the State of Ohio shall be examined by a State licensed contractor and deficiencies shall be corrected after the issuance of a permit to the licensed contractor. The following work may not be performed by a residential dwelling owner and shall be performed by a State licensed contractor:
(1) Grounding and bonding of swimming, wading, therapeutic and decorative pools; fountains; hot tubs and spas.
(2) Installation of or repair of an electrical service/meter from the utility connection to the structure.
(3) Gas piping installation or alterations except for flexible appliance connections. Examples of appliance connections include but are not limited to dryers, stoves, ovens, fireplace inserts.
(4) Installation of fuel fired boilers for heating dwellings.
(Ord. 2024-047. Adopted 3-4-24.)