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Zoning administrator tells council certified building department requires uniform enforcement; decertification risk flagged
Summary
John Isaac, the village zoning administrator, told council the Ohio Revised Code and Residential Code of Ohio create an all-or-nothing enforcement obligation for certified building departments; council asked staff to explore options and report back.
John Isaac, the village's zoning administrator, walked council through the workflow between zoning and building permits and warned that operating a certified building department under state rules requires mandatory enforcement of the state residential code.
Isaac said the process is normally two-phase: zoning sets the "where and what" (setbacks, lot sizes) and, after zoning approval, the project moves to building for technical and safety-code compliance. He…
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