Building Codes Assistance Project

On March 28, 2008, the Ohio Board of Building Standards (BBS) made a request to the Governor's Office for an executive order to authorize the filing of emergency rules. On March 31, 2008, the Governor signed Executive Order 2008-06S authorizing the BBS to file the emergency rules. BBS filed the emergency rules the same day and therefore, as of March 31, construction documents for all residential 1-, 2-, and 3-family dwelling projects shall meet or exceed the 2003 IECC and the 2005 NEC to comply with the RCO.

Non-residential (Commercial) construction will continue to use the 2006 IECC and the 2008 NEC for compliance throughout this time period; only 1-, 2-, and 3-family dwellings are affected by these emergency rules. The emergency rules do not affect 1-, 2-, and 3-family dwellings for which applications for plan approval were submitted between January 1 and March 31, 2008. Any application for plan approval submitted to the Residential Building Department between January 1 and March 31, 2008 must use the 2006 IECC and the 2008 NEC.

The Board of Building Standards has made the memo regarding the Governor's executive order available for download.

For Ohio code status information, please consult the BCAP Ohio Code Status page.