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Ohio Building Officials Association urges changes to Senate Bill 6, warns it could eliminate local appeals

House Development Committee · May 21, 2025
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Charles Huber of the Ohio Building Officials Association testified in opposition to Senate Bill 6, saying the bill in its current form could force some jurisdictions to dissolve local nonresidential boards of building appeals; OBOA submitted a draft amendment to preserve expedited appeal options.

Charles Huber, representing the Ohio Building Officials Association, told the House Development Committee that Senate Bill 6 in its current form "would have the unintended consequence of removing the convenience of local non residential boards of building appeals in some jurisdictions." Huber spoke during the bill's third hearing and provided written testimony and a letter dated 04/03/2025 attached to his submission.

Huber described a draft amendment OBOA transmitted with its letter. Under that draft, a local nonresidential board could opt out of offering expedited appeals procedures; if the local board had opted out and an appellant…

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