Explanation
BACKGROUND:
Title 41, also known as the Building Code, provides minimum standards to safeguard life or limb, health, property and public welfare by regulating and controlling the design, construction, quality of materials, use and occupancy, location and maintenance of all buildings and structures within the city as well as certain equipment.
The Columbus Department of Building and Zoning Services is certified by the Ohio Board of Building Standards as a certified building department. The building official, also referred to as the chief building official, has been designated by the Director as the authorized representative who is charged with the administration and enforcement of the Building Code. Per City Code, the chief building official shall examine and approve all plans and specifications before a permit may be issued and shall sign and issue all permits, certificates and notices required by the Building Code. Furthermore, the chief building official is charged with the keeping of proper records showing the location, value and character of every building, structure or other work for which a certificate or permit is issued.
It is necessary to clarify how the City’s site plan review and building permit process will work in conjunction with the changes currently being undertaken to fully incorporate the 2024 Zoning Code into the existing administrative framework of current City Codes. Therefore, various sections of Title 41 must be amended to make the minor technical changes necessary to accomplish the effective and efficient implementation of the 2024 Zoning Code.
FISCAL IMPACT:
No funding is required for this legislation.
Title
To amend various sections of Title 41, the Building Code, to make minor technical changes necessary for the effective and efficient implementation of the 2024 Zoning Code.
Body
WHEREAS, Title 41, also known as the Building Code, provides minimum standards to safeguard life or limb, health, property and public welf...
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