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1301.09 BUILDING CODE 8 1301.09 ENFORCEMENT. (a) General. The Building Official shall enforce provisions of the rules of the Board of Building Standards and of Chapters 3781 and 3791 of the Ohio Revised Code, relating to construction, anangement, and the erection of buildings or parts thereof as defined in the rules of the Board in accordance with the certification except as follows: (1) Fire. The Fire Marshal or Fire Chief shall enforce all provisions of the rules of the Board relating to fire prevention. (2) Health. The Department of Heaith, or the Boards of Health, the Division of Industrial Compliance of the Department of Commerce, or the municipal Department of Building Inspection shall enforce such provisions relating to sanitary construction. (3) Engineering. The Department of the City Engineer, in cities having such departments, has complete supervision and regulation of the entire sewerage and drainage system of the City, including the house drain and the house sewer and all laterals draining into the street sewers. The department shall have control and supeivision o£ the installation and construction of all drains and sewers that become a part of the sewerage system of the City and shall issue all the necessary pertnits and licenses for the construction and installation of all house drains and house sewers and of all other lateral drains that empty into the main sewers. Such Department shall keep a permanent record of the installation and location of every drain and sewerage system of the City. (4) No officer exemgted. This section does not exempt any officer or department from the obligation of enforcing any provision of the rules of the Board. (5) Interpretations. The Building Official shall have the authority to render interpretations of the Ohio Building Code and to adopt policies and procedures in order to clarify the application of its provisions. Such interpretations, policies and procedures shall be in compliance with the intent and purpose of this Code. (b) Applications and Approvals. The Building Official shall receive applications, require the review of submitted construction documents and issue plan approvals for the erection, and alteration, demolition and moving of buildings and structures, inspect the premises for which such approvals have been issued and enforce compliance with the provisions of this Code. (c) Notices and Orders. The Building Official shall issue all necessary notices or orders to ensure compliance with this Code. When the Building Official finds that work or equipment is contrary to approved plans therefor and the rules of the Board, the Buitding Official shall send a notice in writing to the owner of said building or the owner's agent The natice shall state where and in what respect the work or equipment does not conform to the approved plans for same and the rules of the Board, and specify a reasonable period of time in which to conform to said plans or the rules of the Board. ?.. . : - .. ... . . , ....? . . . . . . . k. ao . I