Updated : 09/20/2024

Overview

Mount Healthy, Ohio, adopted the 2019 Ohio Residential Code (based on the 2018 IRC). Mount Healthy, OH, Muni. Code § 150.005 (adoption). Mount Healthy, Ohio, adopted the 2024 Ohio Building Code (based on the 2021 IBC). Mount Healthy, OH, Muni. Code § 150.006 (adoption). For Mount Healthy, Ohio, no local adoptions and no local amendments of an existing building code were located. 

Helpful resources for Mount Healthy, Ohio include the following.

• Jurisdiction's Information Page(s):
  • Mt. Healthy, Ohio Home Page
  • Mt. Healthy, Ohio Building and Zoning
  • Mt. Healthy, Ohio Municipal Code
• PLRB, Ordinance and Law Coverage Discussion for Ohio

Residential Building Code

Ohio adopted a statewide mandatory residential code that will control; however, local governments are free to make laws more strict (with some limitations).See PLRB, Ohio Building Codes for more information on state level codes.

Mount Healthy adopted the 2018 IRC, locally. Note that adoptions usually come with amendments. So, it is important to review those amendments in addition to the unamended model code.

You can find a copy of the model code here.

You can find information about the adoption without amendment to the model code here.

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2019 Residential Code of Ohio (2018 IRC)(Mount Healthy, OH § 150.005 ADOPTION BY REFERENCE; APPLICATION AND PURPOSE.)

...Healthy hereby adopts by reference and incorporates the Residential Code of Ohio for One-, Two- and Three-Family Dwellings adopted by the Ohio Board of Building Standards pursuant to its authority under R.C. § 3781.10. This Code shall regulate the erection, construction, repair, alteration and maintenance of residential dwellings, specifically all one-, two- and three-family dwellings in the City of Mt....

Drip Edge

Drip Edge: No

In Mount Healthy, drip edge flashing is not required unless required in the manufacturer instructions. State amendments delete the model drip-edge provision in the 2018 IRC §R905.2.8.5. The drip edge provision refers readers to §§903.1 and 905.1. See Ohio Admin. Code 4101, section 8-9-1.

Ice Barrier

Are ice barriers required for Mount Healthy ? Yes
Citation: Ohio Admin. Code 4101.8-3 - 301.2(1) (Design criteria)
Municipal Code https://codes.ohio.gov/oac/4101:8-3-01v1
Comments:

Ohio completed Table 301.2(1), Climatic and Geographic Design Criteria, and indicated that ice barriers are required. Ohio Admin. Code § 4101:8-3-01, Table 301.2(1).

Government Officials

Comments

Mount Healthy, Ohio, adopted the 2019 Ohio Residential Code (based on the 2018 IRC). Mount Healthy, OH, Muni. Code § 150.005 (adoption).

Existing Buildings

Existing buildings, meaning buildings that were built in accordance to code at the time of construction, typically merit extra consideration in a current updated code.

No mention of Appendix J of the adopted IRC was located in the municipal code or the city website.

For Mount Healthy, Ohio, no local adoptions and no local amendments of an existing building code were located. 

Commercial Building Code

Mount Healthy adopted the 2021 IBC, locally. Note that adoptions usually come with amendments. So, it is important to review those amendments in addition to the unamended model code.

You can find a copy of the code here.You can find information about the adoption without amendment to the model code here.

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2017 Ohio Building Code (2015 IBC)(Mount Healthy, OH § 150.006 ADOPTION OF OHIO BUILDING CODE BY REFERENCE; APPLICATION AND PURPOSE.)

...§ 150.006 ADOPTION OF OHIO BUILDING CODE BY REFERENCE; APPLICATION AND PURPOSE. (A) Pursuant to R.C. § 731.231, there is hereby adopted by the City of Mt. Healthy, the Ohio Building Code (OBC) as the current edition adopted by the Ohio Board of Building Standards, Department of Industrial Relations, and as published in division 4101.2 of the Ohio Administrative Code (O.A.C.), for application to all buildings specified in O.A.C. 4101:2-105....

Comments

Mount Healthy, Ohio, adopted the 2024 Ohio Building Code (based on the 2021 IBC). Mount Healthy, OH, Muni. Code § 150.006 (adoption).

Existing Buildings

For Mount Healthy, Ohio, no local adoptions and no local amendments of an existing building code were located. 

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