CHAPTER 1351
Minimum Housing Standards and Property Maintenance Code

1351.01   Adoption of Code.

1351.02   Appeal.

1351.021   Non-compliance; abatement by Municipality.

1351.03   Assessment of costs by Municipality.

1351.04   Amendments.

1351.99   Penalty.

CROSS REFERENCES

      Adoption of technical codes - see Ohio R.C. 731.231

      Ohio State building standards - see Ohio R.C. Ch. 3781

      Residential Building Code - see BLDG. Ch. 1301

1351.01 ADOPTION OF CODE.

   Except as may otherwise be provided hereinafter, the International Property Maintenance Code, 2018 edition, as published by the International Code Council, Inc., is hereby adopted as the Housing Code of the City for the control of buildings, structures, equipment and exterior property, as herein provided; and each and all of the regulations, provisions, penalties, conditions and terms of the International Property Maintenance Code, 2018 edition, are hereby referred to, adopted and made a part hereof, as if fully set out at length in this chapter with the additions, insertions, deletions and changes, if any, prescribed herein. A copy of such Code shall be on file with and available for public inspection in the office of the Chief Building Official.

(Ord. 2021-05. Passed 2-16-21.)

1351.02 APPEAL.

   Any person affected by a decision or order issued under this chapter by the Code Official shall have the right to appeal to the Board of Building and Zoning Appeals, provided that a written application for appeal is filed within twenty (20) calendar days after the day of the decision or order was served. An application for appeal shall be based on a claim that the true intent of the Code or the rules legally adopted thereunder have been incorrectly interpreted, the provisions of the Code do not fully apply, or the requirements of the Code are adequately satisfied by other means. The Division shall serve written notice, personally or by registered or certified mail, upon the appellant of the time, place and date of the hearing on the appeal, and the same be set for the next regular meeting of the Board of Building and Zoning Appeals, providing that such date permits two days’ notice thereof to the appellant. Failure to appear at the hearing shall be deemed to be a waiver of the appeal, unless prior thereto, the appellant has, through the Division, requested and received a continuance.

(Ord. 2014-30. Passed 12-1-14.)

1351.021 NON-COMPLIANCE; ABATEMENT BY MUNICIPALITY.

   In the event the owner, occupant or person having the charge or management of any lot or parcel of land situated within the corporate limits fails to comply with the provisions of the International Property Maintenance Code, as adopted by Section 1351.01, after having received written notice of such noncompliance and a reasonable opportunity to take corrective action (not less than twenty (20) days from the date of the notice) then the Code Official is hereby authorized to enforce the provisions thereof by causing the necessary corrective action to be taken to abate or remove the condition in accordance with the provisions of this section.

(Ord. 2022-29. Passed 10-17-22.)