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...ting, ventilating, and air conditioning contractors who are not required to hold a valid and unexpired license pursuant to Chapter 4740. of the Revised Code. Rules adopted by a board of county commissioners pursuant to this division may be enforced within the unincorporated areas of the county and within any municipal corporation where the legislative authority of the municipal corporation has contracted with the b...

...ti-unit dwelling that is subject to the rules authorized by division (A) of such section be equipped with a deadbolt or equivalent security locking device complying with standards prescribed by the board. The rule shall be applied to all such apartment buildings and other multi-unit dwellings for which plans are approved pursuant to section 3791.04 of the Revised Code.

...e 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 existing apartment and condominium building that exceeds seventy-five feet in height, as measured from ground level exclusive of any radio, television, or telephone transmission antennae, or other equipme...

...tion systems. (F) The board may adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code for the administration and enforcement of this section. (G) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section to the contrary, the board shall certify an applicant in accordance with Chapter 4796. of the Revised Code if either of the following applies: (1) The applicant is licensed or certified in another state. ...

...board of building standards shall adopt rules, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, for the use of a device by a staff member of a public or private school or institution of higher education that prevents both ingress and egress through a door in a school building, for a finite period of time, in an emergency situation, and during active shooter drills. The rules shall provide that the use of a device...

...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 owner, may also be activated by an early warning fire protection system. Hotels having fewer than seventy-five rooms shall have at least one warnin...

...and in operation in conformity with the rules of the board of building standards adopted pursuant to section 3781.10 of the Revised Code. (B) As used in this section: (1) "Fire suppression system" means a system that includes devices and equipment to detect a fire, actuate an alarm, and suppress or control a fire. (2) "Human occupancy" does not include floors of buildings where occupancy by humans is limited to in...

...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 under a national model plumbing code that is consistent with rules adopted by the board pursuant to division (A) of section 3781.10 of the Revised Code. (B) For pu...

...(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 public or private school or in any such school building undergoing or about to undergo construction, alteration, repair, or maintenance. (B) Any rule ado...

...(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. of the Revised Code occurring in a nonresidential zone of the applicable county, township, or municipal corporation. The term includes an alarm that emits an audible si...

...ing standards shall adopt standards and rules to facilitate the reasonable access and use by all persons with a disability of all buildings and the facilities of buildings for which plans are submitted for approval under section 3791.04 of the Revised Code. No standard or rule shall be applied to any building the plans or drawings, specifications, and date of which have been approved prior to the time that the standa...

...ake reasonable steps in accordance with rules the board of building standards adopts under division (A) of section 3781.10 of the Revised Code and in accordance with the state fire code the fire marshal adopts under section 3737.82 of the Revised Code, to deny egress to confine and protect patients or residents of the secured facility who are not capable of self-preservation. A secured facility that wishes to deny eg...

...stallation sought to be used under the rules the board adopts pursuant to section 3781.10 of the Revised Code. (C) If the board, after hearing, determines it advisable to adopt the rule, amendment, or annulment, or to permit the use of the materials or assemblages petitioned for under division (A) of this section, it shall give at least thirty days' notice of the time and place of a public hearing as prov...

...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 system or device, or any other device, product, assembly, or equipment, the use of which is not provided for by any rule, may pe...

...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 the court of common pleas of Franklin county against the board as defendant to set aside, vacate, or amend any such provision on the ground that the provision is unreason...

...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 any department or officer mentioned in section 3781.03 of the Revised Code in the court of common pleas of the county in which said building is or will be situated.

...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 provided in those sections, nor exempt any officer or department from the obligation of enforcing all laws. Those sections do not limit any of the powers conferr...

...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 such purpose the services of the engineering experiment station at the Ohio state university.

...riptions prescribe minimum standards of safety and sanitary conditions that a particular fixture, device, material, system, method of manufacture, product of a manufacturing process, or method or manner of construction or installation exemplifies. The use of another fixture, device, material, system, industrialized unit, newly designed product, or method, or manner of construction or installation that is at varianc...

...dance with the federal construction and safety standards established by the secretary of housing and urban development pursuant to the "Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974," 88 Stat. 700, 42 U.S.C.A. 5401, 5403. The federal standards shall be the exclusive construction and safety standards in this state and neither the state nor any political subdivision of the state may establish any o...

... functions. The board may adopt its own rules of procedure not inconsistent with sections 3781.06 to 3781.18 and 3791.04 of the Revised Code, and may change them in its discretion. The board may establish reasonable fees, based on actual costs for administration of filing and processing, not to exceed two hundred dollars, for the costs of filing and processing appeals. The board may establish additional fees for any ...

...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.

...apter 3791. of the Revised Code and any rules adopted pursuant thereto. Any board of appeals that has been certified by the board of building standards may contract with any municipal corporation or county certified to enforce this chapter and Chapter 3791. of the Revised Code to provide for appeals from adjudication orders arising from the certified municipal corporation or county. (B) A certified local board of b...

...e board of building standards may adopt rules to implement this section.

...ne subject to the "Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968," 82 Stat. 720, 49 U.S.C. 1671, as amended. (M) "Interstate hazardous liquids pipeline" means an interstate hazardous liquids pipeline subject to the "Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act of 1979," 93 Stat. 1003, 49 U.S.C. 2002, as amended. (N) "Special notification requirements" means requirements for notice to an owner of an interstate hazardous liqui...

...The director of development shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code prescribing the form of a model agreement that a legislative authority may, in its discretion, use as the basis for an agreement to be executed under this section. The model agreement may include any term necessary for the administration and enforcement of such agreements by the director and legislative authority, but mu...

...(A) On or before the thirty-first day of March each year, a legislative authority that has entered into an agreement with a party under section 3735.671 of the Revised Code shall submit to the director of development a report on all such agreements in effect during the preceding calendar year. The report shall include the following: (1) The total number of community reinvestment areas designated by the political su...

...If a person operating in a political subdivision intends to relocate or relocates part or all of its operations to another political subdivision and has entered into or intends to enter into an agreement under section 3735.671 of the Revised Code with that political subdivision, the legislative authority of the political subdivision to which that person intends to relocate or relocates shall serve the legislative aut...

...The housing officer shall make annual inspections of the properties within the community reinvestment area upon which are located structures or remodeling for which an exemption has been granted under section 3735.67 of the Revised Code. If the housing officer finds that the property has not been properly maintained or repaired due to the neglect of the owner, the housing officer may revoke the exemption at any time ...

...(A) A community reinvestment area housing council shall be appointed for each community reinvestment area, as follows: (1) When the area is designated by a municipal corporation, the council shall be composed of two members appointed by the mayor of the municipal corporation, two members appointed by the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, and one member appointed by the planning commission of the m...

...Any person aggrieved under sections 3735.65 to 3735.69 of the Revised Code may appeal to the community reinvestment area housing council, which shall have the authority to overrule any decision of a housing officer. Appeals may be taken from a decision of the council to the court of common pleas of the county where the area is located.

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Litter" means garbage, trash, waste, rubbish, ashes, cans, bottles, wire, paper, cartons, boxes, automobile parts, furniture, glass, or anything else of an unsightly or unsanitary nature thrown, dropped, discarded, placed, or deposited by a person on public property, on private property not owned by the person, or in or on waters of the state unless one of the following applies: (1...

...(A) The director of environmental protection shall establish and implement statewide source reduction, recycling, recycling market development, and litter prevention programs that are consistent with the state solid waste management plan adopted under section 3734.50 of the Revised Code. The programs shall include all of the following: (1) The assessment of waste generation within the state and implementation...

...A person may use an auxiliary container for purposes of commerce or otherwise. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit or limit the authority of any county, municipal corporation, or solid waste management district to implement a voluntary recycling program.

...(A) There is hereby created in the state treasury the recycling and litter prevention fund, consisting of moneys distributed to it from fees, including the fee levied under division (A)(2) of section 3714.073 of the Revised Code, gifts, donations, grants, reimbursements, and other sources, including investment earnings. (B) The director of environmental protection shall do all of the following: (1) Use moneys credi...

...er to the environment or to the health, safety, or welfare of the public. (G) Nothing in this section confers immunity on persons from enforcement that is based on information that is obtained by the director or the director's authorized representatives who are not employees of the agency who administer or provide services under this section. (H) As used in this section, "environmental law" means a law that is admi...

...(A) Agencies of the state certified pursuant to section 3734.49 of the Revised Code as eligible to receive a grant shall designate an employee as the liaison with the director of environmental protection to cooperate with the director in carrying out the director's duties under this chapter. (B) The executive and legislative authorities of municipal corporations, counties, and townships and the boards of park commis...

...No person, agency of the state, municipal corporation, county, or township shall sell or offer for sale any beer or mixed beverages as defined in section 4301.01 of the Revised Code, or any soft drink as defined in section 913.22 of the Revised Code, in a metal container that is so designed that it may be opened by removing from the container a part of the container without using a separate opener. However, not...

...Whoever violates section 3736.07 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. Each day of violation constitutes a separate offense.

...son for the purpose of identifying fire safety hazards. (D) "Fire safety inspector" means any person who is a member of the civil service, as defined in section 124.01 of the Revised Code, or who is employed by or voluntarily serves a village or township, and who examines the property of another person for the purpose of identifying fire safety hazards. (E) "Person," in addition to the meaning in section 1.59 of th...

...(A) The fire marshal may collect fees to cover the costs of performing inspections and other duties that the fire marshal is authorized or required by law to perform. Except as provided in division (B) of this section, all fees collected by the fire marshal shall be deposited to the credit of the fire marshal's fund. (B)(1) All of the following shall be credited to the underground storage tank administration fund,...

...ncies, any needed changes in the laws, rules, or administrative policies relating to fire safety; (B) Recommend revisions in the rules included in the state fire code adopted by the fire marshal. The recommendations may propose the adoption of new rules or the amendment or repeal of existing rules. The council shall file its recommendations in the office of the fire marshal, and, within sixty days after the r...

.... (K)(1) The fire marshal shall adopt rules, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, that are necessary to implement the requirements of this section. (2) The fire marshal shall work in conjunction with the board of building standards to implement such requirements. (3) The rules shall require that protective door assemblies are inspected in accordance with this section and that the protective do...

...(A) The fire marshal, any assistant fire marshal, the chief of the fire department of each municipal corporation where a fire department is established, the chief of the fire department in each township where a fire department is established, and such members of any such departments as may be designated by such chief, the fire prevention officer of a municipal corporation where no fire department exists, or the fire ...

...(A) The fire marshal, any assistant fire marshal, the chief of the fire and explosion investigation bureau established pursuant to section 3737.22 of the Revised Code, the chief of a fire department of any municipal corporation or township where a fire department is established, the fire prevention officer of any municipal corporation or township where no fire department exists, any federal, state, or local law enf...

...r 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt rules for the administration of the small government fire department services revolving loan program. (E) There is hereby created in the state treasury the small government fire department services revolving loan fund, into which shall be deposited repayments by qualifying small governments of loans authorized under this section. The fund also shall consist of appropriated mo...

...rotection engineering, teaching of fire safety engineering, or fire fighting. (B) When a vacancy occurs in the position of state fire marshal, the director shall notify the state fire council. The council shall submit the names of at least three persons for the position of state fire marshal who are qualified under this section to the director. The director shall appoint the state fire marshal from the list of at le...

...dren and youth when the director adopts rules under section 5104.052 of the Revised Code regarding fire prevention and fire safety in licensed type B family child care homes, as defined in section 5104.01 of the Revised Code, recommend procedures for inspecting type B homes to determine whether they are in compliance with those rules, and provide training and technical assistance to the director of children and youth...

...(A) As used in this section, "motor vehicle" has the same meaning as in section 4511.01 of the Revised Code. (B) The office of the fire marshal is liable for injury, death, or loss to person or property caused by the negligent operation of any motor vehicle by its employees upon the public roads, highways, or streets in the state when the employees are engaged within the scope of their employment and authority, with...

...The fire marshal shall keep in his office a record of all fires occurring in the state, the origin of such fires, and all facts, statistics, and circumstances relating thereto which have been determined by investigations. Except for the testimony given upon an investigation, such record shall be a public record and such portions thereof, as the superintendent of insurance considers necessary, shall be transcribed and...