Effective: May 27, 2005 Latest Legislation: House Bill 175 – 125th General Assembly (A) Chapters 3781. and 3791. of the Revised Code do not prevent the legislative authority of a municipal corporation from making further and additional regulations, not in conflict with those chapters or with the rules the board of building standards adopts. Those […]
Effective: November 25, 1969 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 207 – 108th General Assembly The provisions prescribing the minimum distance at which buildings or structures shall be located from any lot line or the provisions relating to open courts and fireproof passageways do not apply when Chapters 3781. and 3791. of the Revised Code or the […]
Effective: September 10, 2012 Latest Legislation: House Bill 487 – 129th General Assembly (A) The state fire marshal, the fire chief of a municipal corporation that has a fire department, or the fire chief of a township that has a fire department shall enforce the provisions of this chapter and Chapter 3791. of the Revised […]
Effective: May 27, 2005 Latest Legislation: House Bill 175 – 125th General Assembly (A) Any department or agency of the state or any political subdivision that enforces Chapters 3781. and 3791. of the Revised Code or the rules adopted pursuant to those chapters, by any remedy, civil or criminal, shall issue an adjudication order within […]
Effective: January 1, 1976 Latest Legislation: House Bill 205 – 111th General Assembly A judge of the county court or municipal court judge has final jurisdiction within the territory for which he is elected or appointed in a prosecution for a violation of Chapters 3781. and 3791. of the Revised Code or any rules adopted […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly The installation and use of federal facilities, which are a reconstruction of, or relocation of, an existing facility and not a new facility, for veterans’ emergency housing shall be permitted so long as the use of such facilities is limited to veterans’ […]
Effective: September 23, 2022 Latest Legislation: House Bill 430 – 134th General Assembly (A)(1) Any building that may be used as a place of resort, assembly, education, entertainment, lodging, dwelling, trade, manufacture, repair, storage, traffic, or occupancy by the public, any residential building, and all other buildings or parts and appurtenances of those buildings erected […]
Effective: October 17, 2019 Latest Legislation: House Bill 166 – 133rd General Assembly Whenever a county zoning inspector under section 303.16 of the Revised Code, or a township zoning inspector under section 519.16 of the Revised Code, issues a zoning certificate that declares a specific building or structure is to be used in agriculture, such […]
Effective: October 16, 2009 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 128th General Assembly There is hereby established in the department of commerce a board of building standards consisting of fifteen members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. The board shall appoint a secretary who shall serve in the unclassified […]
Effective: October 29, 1995 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 162 – 121st General Assembly The board of building standards shall organize by choosing a chairman who shall serve for a term of two years. The department of commerce shall provide and assign to the board of building standards such stenographers, clerks, experts, and other employees as […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly The board of building standards may adopt its own rules of procedure not inconsistent with sections 3781.06 to 3781.18, inclusive, and section 3791.04 of the Revised Code, and may change them in its discretion. The votes of a majority of the members […]
Effective: October 17, 2019 Latest Legislation: House Bill 166 – 133rd General Assembly (A)(1) The board of building standards shall formulate and adopt rules governing the erection, construction, repair, alteration, and maintenance of all buildings or classes of buildings specified in section 3781.06 of the Revised Code, including land area incidental to those buildings, the […]
Effective: October 5, 1955 Latest Legislation: House Bill 580 – 101st General Assembly The provisions of sections 119.03 and 119.11 of the Revised Code in particular, and the applicable provisions of Chapter 119. of the Revised Code in general, shall govern the proceedings of the board of building standards in adopting, amending, or rescinding rules […]
Effective: June 19, 2020 Latest Legislation: House Bill 164 – 133rd General Assembly (A) No rule of the board of building standards for the erection, construction, repair, alteration, and maintenance of buildings adopted under section 3781.10 of the Revised Code shall require the installation of a storm shelter in any school building operated by a […]
Effective: July 21, 2022 Latest Legislation: House Bill 397 – 134th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) “Alarm system” means a device or system that transmits a signal intended to summon law enforcement to a county, township, or municipal corporation in response to an alleged violation of an offense under Chapter 2911. […]
Effective: September 10, 2012 Latest Legislation: House Bill 487 – 129th General Assembly (A) Any county or municipal building department certified pursuant to division (E) of section 3781.10 of the Revised Code as of September 14, 1970, and that, as of that date, was inspecting single-family, two-family, and three-family residences, and any township building department […]
Effective: September 5, 1975 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 101 – 111th General Assembly The Ohio board of building standards shall adopt, pursuant to division (A) of section 3781.10 of the Revised Code, a rule requiring that the swinging exit door for each unit in an apartment building or other multi-unit dwelling that is subject to […]
Effective: November 15, 1981 Latest Legislation: House Bill 694 – 114th General Assembly (A) One hundred eighty days after the board of building standards files its rules with the secretary of state and the director of the legislative service commission, as required in section 119.04 of the Revised Code, as required by this section, every […]
Effective: September 26, 1996 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 293 – 121st General Assembly (A) The board of building standards shall certify individuals who design fire protection systems for buildings and who meet the requirements specified in this section. The board may establish separate certification categories for specific types of fire protection systems. (B) Any individual […]
Effective: September 23, 2022 Latest Legislation: House Bill 430 – 134th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) “Institution of higher education” means a state institution of higher education as defined in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code, a private nonprofit college or university located in this state that possesses a certificate of […]
