1422.01 1979 edition adopted.
1422.02 Purpose.
1422.03 Application.
1422.04 Compliance; violations.
1422.05 Change of use; maintenance.
1422.06 Enforcement.
1422.07 File and distribution copies.
1422.08 Conflict of laws.
1422.99 Penalty; equitable remedies.
CROSS REFERENCES
See section histories for similar State law
Removal of unsafe structures - see Ohio R.C. 715.26(B), 715.261
Power to enact further and additional regulations - see Ohio R.C. 3781.12
Enforcement - see Ohio R.C. 3781.03, 3781.031, 3781.10(E), 3781.102, 3781.19
Final jurisdiction - see Ohio R.C. 3781.04
Application - see Ohio R.C. 3781.06, 3781.10(A), 3781.11(A)
Dead bolt locks in apartment buildings - see Ohio R.C. 3781.103
Smoke detection system for apartments and condominiums - see Ohio R.C. 3781.104; OAC 4101:2-89
Use of public buildings by handicapped persons - see Ohio R.C. 3781.111
Energy conservation - see Ohio R.C. 3781.181; OAC 4101:2-20-01 et seq.
Safety glazing - see Ohio R.C. 3781.51 et seq.
Submission of plans - see Ohio R.C. 3791.04
Abandoned service stations - see Ohio R.C. 3791.11 et seq.
Safety standards for refuse containers - see Ohio R.C. 3791.21; OAC 4101:2-88-01 et seq.
Administration and enforcement by Building Commissioner/Inspector - see B. & H. 1440.02
(a) Pursuant to Ohio R.C. 731.231, there is hereby adopted by and for the Village the Ohio Basic Building Code (OBBC), as adopted by the Ohio Board of Building Standards, Department of Industrial Relations, being particularly the 1979 edition thereof, as amended through the January, 1994, Issue, as published in Division 4101:2 of the Ohio Administrative Code (OAC), save and except such portions thereof as may be hereinafter amended or deleted.
(b) The International National Building Code, 1990, eleventh edition, as well as the BOCA National Mechanical Code, 1990, seventh edition, as published by Building Officials and Code Administrators International, Inc., and as amended by Chapter 4101:2-1 through 4101:2-51 of the Ohio Administrative Code, are incorporated herein as fully as if set out at length.
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.
(OAC 4101:2-1-05)
The Ohio Basic Building Code, as adopted in § 1422.01, applies to all buildings except as follows:
e. Single-family, two-family and three-family dwelling houses which are not constructed of industrialized units, except where the context specifies mandatory applicability;
f. Buildings owned by and used for a function of the United States government;
g. Existing buildings where their location, parts, equipment and other items do not constitute a serious hazard;
h. Buildings constructed in accordance with plans which have been approved prior to the effective date of the Ohio Basic Building Code;
i. 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 Ohio R.C. 3781.06 and 3781.061);
j. Agricultural labor camps, as defined in Ohio R.C. 3733.41;
k. 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 Ohio R.C. 5104.03 for the purposes of operating type A family day-care homes, as defined in Ohio R.C. 5104.01;
l. Single-family, two-family and three-family detached dwellings existing on or before November 15, 1990, for which applications have been made to the Ohio Director of Health pursuant to Ohio R.C. 3722.041 for the purpose of operating adult group homes as defined in Ohio R.C. 3722.01; and
m. 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. § 2233(A)(1), (5) and (6) and 2237, 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 Chapter 133 of the U.S.C.;
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 Chapter 133 of the U.S.C.; 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.
(OAC 4101:2-1-09)
(a) No owner or any other person shall construct, erect, build or equip any building or structure to which the Ohio Basic Building Code 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, Ohio R.C. Chapters 3781 and 3791 or the Ohio Basic Building Code, or fail to comply with any lawful order issued pursuant thereto.
(ORC 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, Ohio R.C. Chapters 3781 and 3791 or the Ohio Basic Building Code, or fail to comply with any lawful order issued pursuant thereto.
(ORC 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 Ohio Basic Building Code is applicable without complying with this chapter and the plan and specification submission and processing requirements of the Municipality, and until plans or drawings, specifications and data have been approved or the industrialized unit has been inspected at the point of origin.
(ORC 3791.04)
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