Ohio Revised Code Search

...(A)(1) A board of township trustees shall not adopt an existing structures code pursuant to section 505.73 of the Revised Code in any county in which the board of county commissioners has adopted an existing structures code pursuant to section 303.37 of the Revised Code. (2) If a board of township trustees adopts an existing structures code and the board of county commissioners of the county in which the township is...

...(A) If an owner accepts a residential contractor's offer to inspect the residential building, the owner shall notify the contractor of that acceptance within fourteen days. After accepting the offer to inspect, the owner shall allow the contractor reasonable access to the building during normal working hours. The contractor shall inspect the building within fourteen days after the owner accepts the offer. The contrac...

...Upon entering into a contract for the construction or the substantial rehabilitation of a residential building, a residential contractor shall provide the owner with notice of the contractor's right to offer to resolve any alleged construction defect before the owner may commence a dwelling action or arbitration proceedings against the contractor. The contractor may include the notice in the contract or provide the n...

...No person shall erect, construct, alter, repair, or maintain any residential building, office, mercantile building, workshop, or factory, including a public or private garage, or other structure, within any municipal corporation wherein ordinances or regulations have been enacted pursuant to sections 715.26 to 715.29, inclusive, of the Revised Code, or Section 3 of Article XVIII, Ohio Constitution, unless said ordina...

...a combination of that dwelling unit and business property, the area designed or used for nonresidential purposes not to exceed fifty per cent of the total floor area; (b) secured by a first mortgage on real property held in fee and located in the state, improved with a building designed for residential use for more than four families or with a building used primarily for business purposes, if the unpaid principal of ...

...pares specimens, or serves as a mailing service, and does not perform testing. (F) "Encapsulation" means the coating and sealing of surfaces with durable surface coating specifically formulated to be elastic, able to withstand sharp and blunt impacts, long-lasting, and resilient, while also resistant to cracking, peeling, algae, fungus, and ultraviolet light, so as to prevent any part of lead-containing paint from...

...in the provision of telecommunications services. (c) The free-standing or attached structure is proposed to be located in an unincorporated area of a township, in an area zoned for residential use. (d)(i) The free-standing structure is proposed to top at a height that is greater than either the maximum allowable height of residential structures within the zoned area as set forth in the applicable zoning regulat...

...in the provision of telecommunications services. (c) The free-standing or attached structure is proposed to be located in an unincorporated area of a township, in an area zoned for residential use. (d)(i) The free-standing structure is proposed to top at a height that is greater than either the maximum allowable height of residential structures within the zoned area as set forth in the applicable zoning regulat...

... shall serve in the unclassified civil service for a term of six years at a salary fixed pursuant to Chapter 124. of the Revised Code. The board may employ additional staff in the classified civil service. The secretary may be removed by the board under the rules the board adopts. Terms of office shall be for four years, commencing on the fourteenth day of October and ending on the thirteenth day of October...

...or small watersheds" (soil conservation service technical release number 55) and section 4 of the "national engineering hydrology handbook" of the soil conservation service of the United States department of agriculture. (2) Within the boundaries of a sole source aquifer designated by the administrator of the United States environmental protection agency under the "Safe Drinking Water Act," 88 Stat. 1660 (1974), 4...

...(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 of a manufacturing process, or method or manner of construction or installation that complies with performance standards adopted pursuant to section 3781.11...

...(A) No owner shall commence arbitration proceedings or file a dwelling action against a residential contractor unless, at least sixty days before commencing the proceedings or filing the action, the owner provides the contractor with written notice of the construction defect that would be the basis of the arbitration proceedings or the dwelling action. The notice shall be in writing and mailed, sent by telegram, deli...

...(A)(1) Before beginning the construction, erection, or manufacture of any building to which section 3781.06 of the Revised Code applies, including all industrialized units, the owner of that building, in addition to any other submission required by law, shall submit plans or drawings, specifications, and data prepared for the construction, erection, equipment, alteration, or addition that indicate the portions ...

...This chapter applies only to an owner and a residential contractor who enter into a contract for the construction or the substantial rehabilitation of a residential building.

...(A) A residential contractor shall provide the owner with a good faith written response to any notice provided pursuant to section 1312.04 of the Revised Code. The response shall be provided within twenty-one days after the owner mailed the notice, delivered it by personal delivery, or transmitted it by telegram, facsimile, or electronic mail. In the response, the contractor shall offer to take one of the following a...

...(A) No home construction service supplier shall do any of the following: (1) Prior to commencing work related to the home construction service, fail to enter into a written contract that complies with this chapter; (2) After entering into a contract with an owner and prior to commencing any work that is related to an excess cost, fail to provide an estimate of the excess costs as this chapter requires; (3) A...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "License" means a license the Ohio construction industry licensing board issues to an individual as a heating, ventilating, and air conditioning contractor, refrigeration contractor, electrical contractor, plumbing contractor, or hydronics contractor. (B) "Contractor" means any individual or contracting company that satisfies both of the following: (1) Has responsibility for the ...

...hat prohibits a licensee from providing services that require a license under this chapter for a specified interval of time. (P) "Reactivate" means the process prescribed by the superintendent of real estate and professional licensing to remove a license from an inactive, suspended, or broker's license on deposit status to allow a licensee to provide services that require a license under this chapter. (Q) "Revo...

...ction 135.64 of the Revised Code, small business linked deposit program under section 135.65 of the Revised Code, or home improvement linked deposit program under section 135.66 of the Revised Code. (C) "Eligible credit union" means, notwithstanding any contrary provision of sections 135.01 to 135.21 of the Revised Code, a federal credit union, a foreign credit union licensed pursuant to section 1733.39 of the Rev...

...(A) If the results of a risk assessment conducted under section 3742.36 of the Revised Code indicate that one or more lead hazards identified in a residential unit, child care facility, or school are contributing to a child's lead poisoning, the director of health or authorized board of health immediately shall issue an order to have each lead hazard in the property controlled. The areas of the unit, facility, or sc...

...the county department of job and family services. (2) All of the following are subject to division (A)(1) of this section: (a) An attorney admitted to the practice of law in this state; (b) An individual authorized under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code to practice medicine and surgery, osteopathic medicine and surgery, or podiatric medicine and surgery; (c) An individual licensed under Chapter 4734. of the ...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Coastal area" means the waters of Lake Erie, the islands in the lake, and the lands under and adjacent to the lake, including transitional areas, wetlands, and beaches. The coastal area extends in Lake Erie to the international boundary line between the United States and Canada and landward only to the extent necessary to include shorelands, the uses of which have a direct and significa...

...e sections from providing architectural services and do not prevent an individual registered as a landscape architect under sections 4703.30 to 4703.49 of the Revised Code or as a professional engineer under Chapter 4733. of the Revised Code from being a member or trustee of a firm, partnership, association, limited liability company, or corporation of that type, but a member or trustee of that type shall not engage ...

...ion, or association providing architect services pursuant to this chapter. "Architect" does not include a landscape architect registered under this chapter. (B)(1)(a) "Commercial real estate" means any parcel of real estate in this state other than real estate containing or intended to contain one-to-four residential units. (b) "Commercial real estate" includes any improvement made to or with regard to such a p...

...(A) The state board of registration for professional engineers and surveyors shall authorize a temporary registration for an individual who has filed with the board an application for a temporary registration and has paid the required fee in accordance with Chapter 4796. of the Revised Code. The temporary registration continues only for the time the board requires for consideration of the application for registration...