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Section 109 Orders, Violations and Unsafe Buildings

Ohio Building Code 2011 > 1 Administration > 109 Orders, Violations and Unsafe Buildings
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109.1 Adjudication Orders Required

When the building official denies any approval or takes action in response to findings of non-compliance, such action shall be initiated by issuing an adjudication order, prior to seeking any remedy, civil or criminal. Every adjudication order shall:
  1. Clearly identify the section of law or rules violated;
    1. Clearly identify, in a contrasting and obviously marked manner, all violations related to accessibility.
  2. Specifically indicate which detail, installation, site preparation, material, appliance, device, addition, alteration to structures, construction documents, assemblages or procedures are necessary to change to comply with the order;
    1. When issued to stop work, the order shall also clearly indicate the specific work that is required to cease, when the work must cease and the conditions under which the cited work will be permitted to resume. The order to stop work shall be given to the owner of the property involved, to the owner's agent and the person doing the work.
  3. Include notice of the procedure for appeal and right to a hearing if requested within thirty days of the mailing of the order. The order shall also indicate that, at the hearing, the owner may be represented by counsel, present arguments or contentions orally or in writing, and present evidence and examine witnesses appearing for or against the owner;
    1. Any hearing(s) scheduled for accessibility issues shall cause the building official or the appeals board to notify a local advocate organization for people with disabilities of the scheduled hearing. When a local advocate organization is not available, a state organization representing people with disabilities, such as the "Governor's Council on People with Disabilities" shall be notified;
  4. Specify a reasonable period of time in which to bring the item(s) on the order into compliance;
  5. Include the signature of the building official;
  6. The order shall be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the owner and any individual designated as a representative or agent by the owner in such matters.

109.2 Response to Orders

The person receiving an order shall exercise their right to appeal within 30 days of the mailing of the order, comply with the order, or otherwise be released from the order by the building official.

109.3 Prosecution and Penalties

When an owner fails to comply with Section 109.2, the owner may be prosecuted and is subject to a fine of not more than five hundred dollars as provided for in Section 3791.04 of the Revised Code.

109.3.1 Unlawful Continuance

Failure to cease work after receipt of an order to stop work is hereby declared a public nuisance.

109.4 Unsafe Buildings

Structures or existing equipment that are unsafe or unsanitary due to inadequate means of egress facilities, inadequate light and ventilation, or which constitute a fire hazard, or are otherwise dangerous to human life, shall be deemed a serious hazard. Where a building is found to be a serious hazard, such hazard shall be eliminated or the building shall be vacated, and where such building, when vacated, remains a serious hazard, it shall be razed.

109.4.1 Orders, Injunction Proceedings

Where the building official finds that a building is a serious hazard and the owner of such building fails, in the time specified in an order from the building official, to eliminate such hazard, or to vacate or raze the building, the building official shall proceed under Section 3781.15 of the Revised Code.

109.4.2 Restoration

Where the structure or equipment is determined to be unsafe by the building official, it is permitted to be restored to a safe condition. To the extent that repairs, alterations or additions are intended to be made or a change of occupancy occurs during the restoration of the structure, such repairs, alterations, additions or change of occupancy shall comply with Chapter 34 and this chapter.

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