Effective: September 26, 1984 Latest Legislation: House Bill 22 – 115th General Assembly Every hotel shall have available at least one operational single station automatic fire warning device approved by the fire official of jurisdiction, that produces a visible warning signal when activated by every product of combustion. The device, at the discretion of the […]
Effective: September 15, 1989 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 139 – 118th General Assembly (A) Every building constructed on or after the effective date of this section with floors used for human occupancy located more than seventy-five feet in height above the lowest level of fire department vehicle access, shall have a fire suppression system installed […]
Effective: November 11, 1994 Latest Legislation: House Bill 597 – 120th General Assembly (A) The board of building standards shall adopt rules governing the number of water closets required to be installed in women’s and men’s rest room facilities in buildings or parts of buildings used for assembly purposes in accordance with the standards specified […]
Effective: September 10, 2012 Latest Legislation: House Bill 487 – 129th General Assembly (A) The rules of the board of building standards shall: (1) For nonresidential buildings, provide uniform minimum standards and requirements, and for residential buildings, provide standards and requirements that are uniform throughout the state, for construction and construction materials, including construction of […]
Effective: April 20, 2012 Latest Legislation: House Bill 349 – 129th General Assembly (A) In addition to the powers conferred by any other section of the Revised Code, the board of building standards shall adopt standards and rules to facilitate the reasonable access and use by all persons with a disability of all buildings and […]
Effective: September 29, 2013 Latest Legislation: House Bill 59 – 130th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, “secured facility” means any of the following: (1) A maternity unit, newborn care nursery, or maternity home licensed under Chapter 3711. of the Revised Code; (2) A pediatric intensive care unit subject to rules adopted by […]
Effective: October 16, 2009 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 128th General Assembly (A)(1) Any person may petition the board of building standards to adopt, amend, or annul a rule adopted pursuant to section 3781.10 of the Revised Code, or to permit the use of any particular fixture, device, material, system, method of manufacture, product […]
Effective: May 27, 2005 Latest Legislation: House Bill 175 – 125th General Assembly Any person interested, either because of ownership or occupation of any property affected by any rule described in section 3781.12 of the Revised Code, or as the producer, manufacturer, seller, or distributor, of any building material, industrialized unit, plumbing, heating, or ventilating […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly Any person in interest mentioned in section 3781.13 of the Revised Code who is dissatisfied with any action of the board of building standards adopted and confirmed by determination of the board as provided in said section, may commence an action in […]
Effective: September 14, 1970 Latest Legislation: House Bill 938 – 108th General Assembly The construction, use, or occupation of any building which is declared by sections 3781.06 to 3781.18, inclusive, section 3781.031, and section 3791.04 of the Revised Code, to be a public nuisance may be enjoined in a proceeding instituted in the name of […]
Effective: October 29, 1995 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 162 – 121st General Assembly Sections 3781.06 to 3781.18 and section 3791.04 of the Revised Code do not limit any of the powers of the public utilities commission, the bureau of workers’ compensation, or the department of commerce, or the division of fire marshal, except as specifically […]
Effective: October 29, 1995 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 162 – 121st General Assembly The board of building standards may require the department of commerce to make such investigations, reports, and tests and submit such information as it deems necessary to assist it in the determination of any question coming before it, and may utilize for […]
Effective: May 27, 2005 Latest Legislation: House Bill 175 – 125th General Assembly Wherever Chapters 3781. and 3791. of the Revised Code or the rules adopted pursuant to those chapters describe particular fixtures, devices, materials, systems, method of manufacture, product of a manufacturing process, or methods or manners of construction or installation pertaining to nonresidential […]
Effective: March 30, 1999 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 142 – 122nd General Assembly (A) Every manufactured home, as defined in division (C)(4) of section 3781.06 of the Revised Code, shall be constructed in accordance with the federal construction and safety standards established by the secretary of housing and urban development pursuant to the “Manufactured Housing […]
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 appeals consisting of five members who shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. Terms of office shall be for four years, commencing […]
Effective: September 29, 2005 Latest Legislation: House Bill 66 – 126th General Assembly The Ohio board of building appeals has no authority to hear any case based on the Ohio residential building code or to grant any variance to the Ohio residential building code.
Effective: September 15, 1989 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 139 – 118th General Assembly (A) The board of building standards may certify municipal and county boards of building appeals to hear and decide appeals from adjudication orders pertaining to the enforcement of this chapter and Chapter 3791. of the Revised Code and any rules adopted pursuant […]
Effective: March 23, 2015 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 378 – 130th General Assembly As used in sections 3781.25 to 3781.38 of the Revised Code: (A) “Protection service” means a notification center, but not an owner of an individual utility, that exists for the purpose of receiving notice from persons that prepare plans and specifications for […]
Effective: March 27, 2013 Latest Legislation: House Bill 458 – 129th General Assembly (A) Each utility that owns or operates underground utility facilities shall participate in and register the location of its underground utility facilities with a protection service that serves the area where the facilities are located. A utility may elect to participate in […]
Effective: March 27, 2013 Latest Legislation: House Bill 458 – 129th General Assembly An excavator, contractor, or utility that utilizes a protection service shall obtain training in the protection of underground utility facilities. An excavator, contractor, or utility shall be deemed to have obtained that training if the excavator, contractor, or utility is a member […]
