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(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)
(a) Change of use. The use of a building shall not be changed, as defined in the Ohio Basic Building Code, unless or until the building and the building service equipment therein conform to the requirements of such Code for buildings of the proposed new use group classification and to Village zoning requirements.
(OAC 4101:2-1-11)
(b) Maintenance. Buildings and building service equipment shall be maintained so as to comply with the Code, except that when a serious hazard does not exist, no change in construction and no additional facilities are required except as may be made necessary by a change of use under division (a) hereof.
(OAC 4101:2-1-13)
(a) When the Village finds that work or equipment is contrary to this chapter, approved plans therefor or the Ohio Basic Building Code, notice in writing shall be sent to the owner of the building involved or his or her agent. The notice shall state where and in what respect the work or equipment does not conform to such lawful requirements and shall specify a reasonable period of time in which to conform.
(OAC 4101:2-1-34)
(b) Prior to enforcement of Ohio R.C. Chapters 3781 and 3791, or any rules adopted pursuant thereto, including the Ohio Basic Building Code, as adopted in § 1422.01, by any remedy, civil or criminal, the Village shall issue an adjudication order within the meaning of Ohio R.C. 119.06 to 119.13 or a stop work order as provided in § 4101:2-1-36 of the Ohio Administrative Code.
(c) Every adjudication order shall cite the law or rules directly involved and shall specify what appliances, site preparations, additions or alterations to structures, plans, materials, assemblages or procedures are necessary for the same to comply with Ohio R.C. Chapters 3781 and 3791 and/or any rules adopted pursuant thereto, including the provisions of the Ohio Basic Building Code adopted in § 1422.01.
(d) The order shall include notice to the party of the procedure for appeal and right to a hearing if requested within 30 days of the mailing of the notice. The notice shall also inform the party that at the hearing he or she may be represented by counsel, present his or her arguments or contentions orally or in writing, and present evidence and examine witnesses appearing for or against him or her.
(e) Upon the issuance of any order provided for herein or in § 4101:2-1-36 of the Ohio Administrative Code, the person receiving such order shall cease work upon the site preparations or structure to be constructed, or, in the case of an industrialized unit, the installation of the unit, or shall cease using the appliance, materials, assemblages or manufactured product identified in the order until such time as the appeal provided for in accordance with the provisions of Ohio R.C. 3781.19, and all appeals from such hearing, have been completed, or the order herein has been released.
(OAC 4101:2-1-35)
(f) Failure to cease work after receipt of a stop work order as provided in § 4101:2-1-36 of the Ohio Administrative Code is hereby declared to be a public nuisance.
(OAC 4101:2-1-36)
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