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...stees shall not adopt local residential building regulations pursuant to section 505.75 of the Revised Code in any county in which the board of county commissioners has adopted such regulations pursuant to section 303.37 of the Revised Code. (2) If a board of township trustees adopts local residential building regulations and the board of county commissioners subsequently adopts such regulations, the township regula...

...ctor'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 contractor shall take reasonable measures to determ...

...tantial 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 notice as a separate document delivered at the time the owner s...

...er, 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 ordinances or regulations are fully complie...

...d 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 the notes secured by that mortgage does not exceed ten per cent of the value of the estate or trust or does not exceed five thousand dollars, whichever is greater; or (c) secured by a first mortgage on an improved farm held in fee...

...unit" means a dwelling or any part of a building being used as an individual's private residence. "Residential unit" includes a residential rental unit. (EE) "Residential rental unit" means a rental property containing a dwelling or any part of a building being used as an individual's private residence. (FF) "School" means a public or nonpublic school in which children under six years of age receive education.

...ea 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 regulations, or the maximum allowable height of such a free-standing structure as set forth in any applicable zoning regulations in effect immediatel...

...ea 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 regulations, or the maximum allowable height of such a free-standing structure as set forth in any applicable zoning regulations in effect immediatel...

... general contractor with experience in residential and commercial construction; two, chosen from a list of ten names the Ohio home builders association submits to the governor, shall be general contractors who have recognized ability in the construction of residential buildings; one shall be a person with recognized ability and experience in the use of advanced and renewable energy in the construction of comme...

.... (5) "Residential dwelling" means a building used or intended to be used in whole or in part as a personal residence by the owner, part-time owner, or lessee of the building or any person authorized by the owner, part-time owner, or lessee to use the building as a personal residence. (B) Neither the director of environmental protection nor any board of health shall issue a permit to install under section 3714....

... law. (2) Any person may petition the residential construction advisory committee to recommend a rule to update or amend the state residential building code. (B) Upon petition under division (A) of this section, the board shall cause to be conducted testing and evaluation that the board determines desirable of any fixture, device, material, system, assembly or product of a manufacturing process, or method...

... a person who inspected the residential building for the owner; (3) Include the name, address, and telephone number of the owner and the contractor and the address of the building that is the subject of the claim. (C) After receiving a notice of defects, a contractor may request an owner to provide a description of the cause of the defects and the nature and extent of repairs necessary to remedy the defects. An own...

...y building department certified for nonresidential buildings pursuant to division (E) of section 3781.10 of the Revised Code has jurisdiction, the owner shall make the submissions described in division (A)(1) of this section to the superintendent of industrial compliance. (b) If no certified municipal, township, or county building department certified for residential buildings pursuant to division (E) of secti...

...tantial rehabilitation of a residential building.

...g actions: (1) Inspect the residential building that is the subject of the claim; (2) Compromise and settle the claim without an inspection; (3) Dispute the claim. (B) If a contractor fails to respond as required by division (A) of this section or disputes the claim, an owner is deemed to have complied with this chapter and may commence arbitration proceedings or file a dwelling action without further notice to t...

...cessary to comply with the residential building code when such is not the fact; (6) Represent that an item of goods or any part thereof that is being inspected or diagnosed for a home construction service is in a dangerous condition, or that its continued use may be harmful, when such is not the fact; (7) Intentionally understate or intentionally misstate the estimated cost of the home construction service; ...

...r, but not an industrialized unit or a residential building as defined in section 3781.06 of the Revised Code. (G) "Training agency" means an entity approved by the administrative section of the board to provide continuing education courses.

...than real estate containing one to four residential units. "Commercial real estate" does not include single-family residential units such as condominiums, townhouses, manufactured homes, or homes in a subdivision when sold, leased, or otherwise conveyed on a unit-by-unit basis, even when those units are a part of a larger building or parcel of real estate containing more than four residential units. (S) "Out-of-st...

...ised Code, or any other building with a residential classification, as allowed by the treasurer of state. "Homestead" includes so much of the land surrounding the dwelling as is reasonably necessary for the use of the dwelling as a residence, as determined by the treasurer of state. (F) "Linked deposit" means a certificate of deposit, a share certificate, other financial institution instrument, or portion of an ex...

...y, or school. If the order applies to a building in which there is more than one residential unit, the director or board shall have a copy of the order delivered to the occupants of each unit or require that the owner or manager of the building deliver a copy of the order to the occupants of each unit. If the order applies to a child care facility or school, the director or board shall have a copy of the order deliv...

...; (v) An official employed by a local building department to conduct inspections of houses and other residential buildings; (w) A peace officer; (x) A coroner; (y) A member of the clergy; (z) An individual who holds a certificate issued under Chapter 4701. of the Revised Code as a certified public accountant or is registered under that chapter as a public accountant; (aa) An individual licensed under Chap...

...ustrial, institutional, or agricultural building, any mobile home as defined in division (O) of section 4501.01 of the Revised Code, any manufactured home as defined in division (C)(4) of section 3781.06 of the Revised Code, and any septic system that receives sewage from a single-family, two-family, or three-family dwelling, but does not include any recreational vehicle as defined in section 4501.01 of the Revised C...

...permits, or obtaining those permits for residential buildings, as defined by section 3781.06 of the Revised Code, or buildings erected as industrialized one-, two-, or three-family units or structures within the meaning of the term "industrialized unit" as provided in section 3781.06 of the Revised Code. (D) Sections 4703.01 to 4703.19 of the Revised Code do not prevent persons other than architects from preparing ...

...h these units may be a part of a larger building or parcel of real estate containing more than four residential units; (b) Real estate owned by a public authority as defined in section 1311.25 of the Revised Code. (C) "Improvement" means all of the following: (1) Designing, planning, constructing, erecting, altering, repairing, demolishing, removing, or providing other construction services with regard to any ...

...ts, or from obtaining those permits for residential buildings, as defined by section 3781.06 of the Revised Code, or buildings that are erected as one-, two-, or three-family units or structures within the meaning of the term "industrialized unit" as provided in section 3781.06 of the Revised Code. (D) Nothing in this chapter prevents persons other than engineers from preparing drawings or data, from filing applica...