CHAPTER 151: BUILDING CODES AND CONSTRUCTION
Section
Building Code and Regulations
   151.001   B.O.C.A. Code adopted
   151.002   Definitions
   151.003   Town Building Official, inspectors, and the like
   151.004   Wood shingles permitted on dwellings and accessory buildings
   151.005   Building permits
Supplemental Building Regulations
   151.020   Residential construction
   151.021   Smoke detection device required; power of inspector
   151.022   Canopy and awning requirements; power of inspector
Plumbing Code and Regulations
   151.035   Definition
   151.036   B.O.C.A. Plumbing Code; plumbing regulations
   151.037   Plumbers; registration, permits, fees, and the like
   151.038   Plumbing contractor; bond required
Gas Code and Regulations
   151.050   Pamphlet adopted
   151.051   Gas fitters; license
   151.052   Gas fitters; bond
   151.053   Gas fitters; registration
Electrical Code and Regulations
   151.065   National Electrical Code adopted
   151.066   License
   151.067   Apprentices
   151.068   Bonds
   151.069   Contractor
   151.070   Journeyman license
 
   151.999   Penalty
BUILDING CODE AND REGULATIONS
§ 151.001 B.O.C.A. CODE ADOPTED.
   There is hereby adopted for the purpose of establishing rules and regulations for the construction, alteration, removal, demolition, equipment, use and occupancy, location, and maintenance of buildings and structures, including permits and penalties, that certain building code known as the B.O.C.A. Building Code recommended by the Building Officials Conference of America, being particularly the current edition thereof and the whole there-amended, of which no less than three copies have been and now are filed in the office of the Town Clerk/Treasurer; and the same is hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if set out at length herein. From the date on which this section shall be controlling in the construction, alteration, removal, demolition, equipment, use and occupancy, location, and maintenance of all buildings and other structures within the corporate limits of the town.
(Prior Code, Ch. 4, Art. 1, § 1)
§ 151.002 DEFINITIONS.
   (A)   Wherever the word MUNICIPALITY is used in the B.O.C.A. Building Code, it shall be held to mean the town.
   (B)   Wherever the term CORPORATION COUNSEL is used in the B.O.C.A. Building Code, it shall be held to mean the Town Attorney.
(Prior Code, Ch. 4, Art. 1, § 2)
§ 151.003 TOWN BUILDING OFFICIAL, INSPECTORS, AND THE LIKE.
   (A)   (1)   The Town Building Official shall have the powers, duties, and functions prescribed for the Building Official by said B.O.C.A. Building Code and other codes adopted by this chapter.
      (2)   Provided, that such powers, duties, and functions may be performed by an authorized representative of the Building Official and under his or her supervision and control. Such authorized representatives may bear such titles as “building inspector,” “gas inspector,” “plumber inspector,” and the like, as may be deemed appropriate to indicate their respective area of concern.
   (B)   When any ordinance provision of any code adopted by this chapter prescribes any power, duty, or function for any of such authorized representatives of the building, the official himself or herself shall also have such power, duty, or function in the absence of the designated representative of the Building Official.
(Prior Code, Ch. 4, Art. 1, § 3)
§ 151.004 WOOD SHINGLES PERMITTED ON DWELLINGS AND ACCESSORY BUILDINGS.
   Notwithstanding any particular section of the B.O.C.A. Building Code, wood shingles may be used outside of the fire limits for roofing on dwellings and on buildings accessory to dwellings.
(Prior Code, Ch. 4, Art. 1, § 4)
§ 151.005 BUILDING PERMITS.
   (A)   (1)   Applications for building permits (including permits for moving buildings) shall be made to the building officials as provided in the B.O.C.A. Building Code.
      (2)   Provided, however, that no permit for the construction, erection, or improvement of any facility for restaurant or food service use shall be issued until such building plans have been submitted to and approved by the County Health Department.
   (B)   No permit shall have any force or effect unless it has attached to it, or written upon it, a receipt of statement of the Town Clerk/Treasurer’s office showing the payment of any and all fees required by this section or any other ordinance provision.
   (C)   The applicant for a permit to construct, alter, or remove (move) a building or structure shall pay to the Town Clerk/Treasurer’s office a fee as follows for the building permit.
      (1)   Building or structure permit and inspection fee (for structures up to 1,500 square feet in area) are as follows.
Building square foot at $0.10 (example: 1,500 square feet)
$150
Certificate of occupancy
$50
Electric rough-in
$30
Final electrical
$30
Final mechanical
$30
Final plumbing
$30
Footing, steel slab/post tension
$30
Framing
$30
Mechanical overhead/gas/firewall
$30
OUBCC fee
$4.50
Plan review
$10
Plumbing rough-in
$30
Plumbing top-out
$30
Total:
$484.50
Re-inspection fee
$15 each inspection
 
      (2)   Ten cents for each additional square foot of the area of the structure over 1,500 square feet.
(Prior Code, Ch. 4, Art. 1, § 6) (Ord. 21-4-5, passed 4-19-2021) Penalty, see § 151.999
SUPPLEMENTAL BUILDING REGULATIONS
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