CHAPTER 4. BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION

 


Article 1. Fire Limits. 1

4-101.... Fire limits defined. 1

4-102.... Buildings within fire limits. 1

Article 2. Building Codes Adopted. 2

4-201.... Butler County Building Code incorporated. 2

4-202.... Codes administered. 2

4-203.... Discontinued electrical service. 2

Article 3. Dangerous and Unfit Structures 3

4-301.... Purpose. 3

4-302.... Definitions. 3

4-303.... Enforcing officer; duties. 3

4-304.... Procedure; petition. 3

4-305.... Same; notice. 4

4-306.... Same; publication. 4

4-307.... Same; hearing, order. 4

4-308.... Duty of owner. 4

4-309.... Same; failure to comply. 4

4-310.... Same; make site safe. 4

4-311.... Assessment of costs. 5

4-312.... Immediate hazard. 5

4-313.... Appeals from order. 5

4-314.... Scope of article. 5

Article 4. Moving Buildings. 7

4-401.... Permit necessary. 7

4-402.... Application for permits. 7

4-403.... Fees for permits. 7

4-404.... Notice to owners. 7

4-405.... Duty of owners of poles or wires. 7

4-406.... Unlawful to molest wires. 8

4-407.... Duty of building inspector. 8

4-408.... Duty of mover. 8

4-409.... Mover; bond, insurance. 8

Article 5. Mobile Homes 9

4-501.... Definitions. 9

4-502.... License and temporary permit required. 9

4-503.... License, permit fees; utility bills. 9

4-504.... Application for license and temporary permit. 9

4-505.... Inspections. 10

4-506.... Water supply. 10

4-507.... Sewage disposal. 10

4-508.... Refuse disposal. 11

4-509.... Fuel. 11

4-510.... Fire protection. 11

4-511.... Nonconforming uses and times for compliance. 11

4-512.... Denial or revocation of license. 11

Article 6. Numbering Buildings. 13

4-601.... Buildings to be numbered. 13

4-602.... Method of numbering. 13

4-603.... Numbering duplexes and apartments. 13

4-604.... Numbering trailer courts. 13

4-605.... Previously established building numbers. 13

4-606.... Exceptions. 14

4-607.... Duty to place numbers. 14

4-608.... Notice. 14

Article 7. Minimum Housing Standards. 15

4-701.... Title. 15

4-702.... Policy and purpose declared. 15

4-703.... Compliance required. 15

4-704.... Definitions. 15

4-705.... Gender clause. 17

4-706.... Conflict with other provisions. 17

4-707.... Building official. 17

4-708.... Legal officer; duties. 18

4-709.... Utilities and occupancy. 18

4-710.... Unfit or unsafe conditions; procedures. 18

4-711.... Placarding; order to vacate; condition for reoccupancy. 19

4-712.... Board of appeals. 20

4-713.... Responsibilities of occupants. 21

4-714.... Responsibilities of owner. 22

4-715.... General. 22

4-716.... Compliance with standards. 22

4-717.... Minimum standards of dwelling facilities. 23

4-718.... Minimum requirements for maintaining vacant dwellings. 24

4-719.... Structural requirements. 25

4-720.... Hazardous conditions. 26

4-721.... Procedure upon violation. 28

4-722.... Violation; nuisance declared. 28

4-723.... Violation; penalty. 28