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? ? • t ` . . 1301.02 BUILDING CODE 4 (b) The BOCA Basic Building Code, 1981, eighth edition, third printing, and the l. 1982 supplement thereto, as well as the BOCA Ba.sic Mecha.nical Code, 1981, fourth edition, first printing, and the 1982 supplement thereto, as amended by Chapters 4101:2-1 to 4101:2-51 of the Ohio Administrative Code, as published by 1he Building Officials and Code Administrators Interna.tional, Inc. are incorporated herein as fully as if set out at length. 1301.02 PURPOSE. The purpose of the Ohio Basic Building Code as adopted herein is: (a) To provide uniform standards and requirements for the, erection, construction, repair, alteration and maintenance of buildings, including construction of industrialized units. Szch standards shall relate to the conservation of energy, safety and sanitation of buildings for their intended use and occupancy. (b) Formulate such standards and requirements, so far as is practicable, in terms of performance objectives, so as to make adequate performance for the use intended the test of acceptability. (c) Permit to the fullest extent feasible, the use of materials and technical methods, devices and improvements, including the use of industrialized units which tend to reduce the cost of construction and erection without affecting minimum require- ments for the health, safety and security of the occupants or users of buildings or industrialized units and without preferential treatment of types or classes of materials or products or methods of construction. (d) Encourage, so far as may be practicable, the standardi2ation of construction ( practices, methods, equipment, material and techniques, including methods employed to produce industrialized units. (OAC 4101:2-1-05) 1301.03 APPLICATION. The Ohio Basic Building Code as adopted herein applies to all buildings except as follows: (a) Single-family, two-family and three-family dwelling houses which are not constructed of industrialized units, except where the context specifies mandatory applicability; (b) Buildings owned by and used for a function of the United States government; (c) Existing buildings where their location, parts, equipment and other items do not constitute a serious hazard; (d) Buildings constructed in accordance with plans which have been approved prior to the effective date of the Ohio Basic Building Code adoption; (e) Buildings or structures which are incident to the use for agricultural purposes of the lanrl on vvhich such buildings or structures are located, provided such buildings or structures are not used in the business of retail trade, as set fortb in Ohio R. C. 3781. 06. (OAC 4101:2-1-09 ) ? ? 1982 Replacement