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§ 150.002 PURPOSES OF CODE.
   The purposes of the Ohio Basic Building Code, as adopted in § 150.001, are to:
   (A)   Provide uniform standards and requirements for the erection, construction, repair, alteration and maintenance of buildings, including construction of industrialized units. Such standards shall relate 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 that 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.
(O.A.C. 4101:2-1-05) (Prior Code, § 1404.02)
§ 150.003 APPLICATION.
   The Ohio Basic Building Code, as adopted herein, 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 where the context specifies mandatory applicability;
   (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;
   (D)   Buildings constructed in accordance with plans which have been approved prior to the effective date of OBBC;
   (E)   Buildings or structures which are incident to the use for agricultural purposes of the land on which such buildings or structures are located, provided such buildings or structures are not used in the business of retail trade (see R.C. §§ 3781.06 and 3781.061);
   (F)   Agricultural labor camps as defined in 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 R.C. § 5104.03 for the purposes of operating type A family day-care homes, as defined in R.C. § 5104.01; and
   (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. §§ 18233(a)(1), (a)(5) and (a)(6) and 18237, 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 10 U.S.C. § 1803;
      (2)   Contributed to the state amounts for the acquisition, construction, expansion, rehabilitation and conversion by the state 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 10 U.S.C. § 1803; or
      (3)   Contributed to the state 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 related to the safekeeping of arms.
(O.A.C. 4101:2-1-09) (Prior Code, § 1404.03)
§ 150.004 ENFORCEMENT.
   The County Building Department is hereby authorized to enforce the Ohio Basic Building Code, as adopted in § 1404.01, within the territorial boundaries of the village.
(Prior Code, § 1404.04)
§ 150.005 FILE AND DISTRIBUTION COPIES.
   At least one copy of the Code adopted in § 1404.01 is on file with the Village Fiscal Officer for inspection by the public. At least one copy of such Codes is also on file in the County Law Library. In addition, the Village Fiscal Officer shall keep copies of such Codes available for distribution to the public, at cost.
(Prior Code, § 1404.05)
§ 150.006 CONFLICT OF LAWS.
   (A)   Whenever a provision of the Ohio Basic Building Code, as adopted in § 150.001, conflicts with a provision of the Ohio Fire Code or any other order, standard or rule of the Ohio Department of Commerce, Division of State Fire Marshal, the provision of the Ohio Basic Building Code shall control.
(O.A.C. 4101:2-1-04(B))
   (B)   Whenever a provision of the Ohio Basic Building Code, as adopted in § 150.001, conflicts with a provision of any other standard technical code adopted by the municipality, other than as provided in division (A) of this section, or any ordinance, resolution, rule or regulation of Council, the stricter standard shall control.
   (C)   When a special provision is made in a use group classification of the Ohio Basic Building Code and is inconsistent with a general provision of the Ohio Basic Building Code relating to buildings generally, the special provision governs, unless it appears that the provisions are cumulative.
(O.A.C. 4101:2-1-07) (Prior Code, § 1404.06)
PREBLE COUNTY BUILDING CODE
§ 150.020 ADOPTION BY REFERENCE.
   The specifications and all other terms and conditions of the Preble County Building Code are hereby adopted for application in the Village of West Alexandria, Ohio, together with such amendments as are set forth in succeeding sections of this subchapter.
(Prior Code, § 1406.01) (Res. 1991-06, passed 10-10-1991)
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