City of Elyria, Ohio - Building Department

City of Elyria, Ohio

city

131 Court Street, Suite 101, Elyria, OH 44035

Required

Required

SET BY STATE RULE, with an Elyria-specific administrative layer confirmed and an Elyria-specific technical-code layer that could not be opened this session. Ohio regulates one-, two- and three-family dwelling construction statewide through the Residential Code of Ohio (RCO), adopted by the Ohio Board of Building Standards under Ohio Revised Code Chapter 3781 and codified at Ohio Administrative Code Chapter 4101:8. The roof-assembly rule (OAC 4101:8-9-01) and the climatic/geographic design-criteria rule (OAC 4101:8-3-01) were both read in full this session from the state's own codes.ohio.gov copies; both carry an effective date of July 1, 2019 (Five Year Review date 7/1/2024). Ohio Rev. Code 3781.01(B) lets a municipal legislative authority add non-conflicting local building regulations. Elyria's own Building Department permit-details page (opened this session) states the department enforces residential construction under "RCO 2019," property maintenance under "IPMC 2024," and commercial construction under "OBC 2024," alongside mechanical, plumbing and electrical codes and local ordinances. Elyria's own "Repair/Remodel Existing Space" roofing permit application separately cites RCO Section 315.2.2 (carbon monoxide alarms) and Elyria Codified Ordinance 1317.07 (double-fee penalty for working without a permit); its contractor registration forms cite Elyria Ordinance 62-13. Elyria's full codified ordinances (hosted at codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/elyria) could not be opened this session -- both WebFetch and a direct curl with a full browser UA returned a Cloudflare "Just a moment..." interstitial -- so whether that chapter adds roofing-specific technical provisions beyond what Elyria's own permit forms already establish has not been fully determined in this record.

Not required — SET BY STATE RULE, confirmed this session from the state's own copy of RCO Chapter 9 (roof assemblies), read in full. The entire text of RCO Section 905.2.8.5 (OAC 4101:8-9-01, effective 7/1/2019) is: "905.2.8.5 Drip edge. Refer to Sections 903.1 and 905.1." Section 903.1 (General) requires only that roof decks be covered with approved roof coverings "secured to the building or structure in accordance with the provisions of this chapter," and Section 905.1 (Roof covering application) is a general wind-load-resistance provision -- neither imposes a drip-edge mandate. There is therefore no numbered Ohio provision requiring a drip edge at eaves and rakes with dimensional or fastening specifications. Elyria's own roofing permit materials opened this session do not separately address drip edge, and Elyria's full codified ordinances (American Legal Publishing) -- which could add a local drip-edge requirement under ORC 3781.01(B) -- could not be opened this session, so this record states only the confirmed state floor. About drip edge

Required — SET BY STATE RULE, confirmed this session from the state's own copies of both RCO instruments, each read in full. RCO Table 301.2(1) ("Climatic and Geographic Design Criteria," OAC 4101:8-3-01, effective 7/1/2019) pre-fills "Ice Barrier Underlayment Required" as "Yes" for the entire state, with footnote (h) reciting, verbatim: "In accordance with Sections 905.1.2, 905.4.3.1, 905.5.3.1, 905.6.3.1, 905.7.3.1 and 905.8.3.1, all jurisdictions in Ohio have a history of local damage from the effects of ice damming." RCO Section 905.1.2 (OAC 4101:8-9-01) requires the ice barrier to extend from the lowest roof edge to a point not less than 24 inches inside the exterior wall line (36 inches on slopes at or above 8:12), consisting of not fewer than two layers of cemented underlayment or a self-adhering polymer-modified bitumen sheet. No Elyria-specific ice-barrier statement was found in the city's own permit materials opened this session; Elyria's full codified ordinances could not be opened this session (see BLOCKED note). About ice & water barrier

Not required — Not established as a sourced affirmative. Elyria's own "Required Building Permits" flyer marks roofing "Inspection Required: Yes" without naming a discrete inspection stage, and Elyria's own codified fee ordinance (Codified Ordinance 109.13, read in full from the Building Department's own "Fee increase" markup document) names only a generic per-discipline reinspection penalty for failed or unready inspections ("$100.00 for the second reinspection and each subsequent reinspection"), applying across all permit categories rather than a named mid-roof, dry-in, or roof-covering inspection stage specific to reroofing. Neither document opened this session names a discrete mid-roof inspection step for a residential re-roof. Recorded as a sourced negative rather than asserting an inspection-stage list that was not found in the documents opened this session.

Not required — Neither RCO Chapter 9 (roof assemblies, OAC 4101:8-9-01, effective 7/1/2019, read in full this session from the state's own copy) nor Elyria's own Building Department permit materials opened this session (the permit-required flyer and the roofing permit application) impose an impact-resistance requirement. RCO Section 902 (Fire Classification) addresses only fire rating (Class A, B or C per ASTM E108 or UL 790, an unrelated standard), and RCO Section 905.2.4.1 addresses only wind resistance (ASTM D7158 or ASTM D3161 shingle classification). No provision in the chapter cites UL 2218 or "Class 4," which is the only standard that answers this field. Elyria's full codified ordinances (American Legal Publishing), which could add a local impact-resistance requirement, could not be opened this session (see BLOCKED note).

CITY-SPECIFIC: no minor-repair or minimum-valuation exemption was identified. Elyria's own "Permit Application: Repair/Remodel Existing Space - 1, 2, 3 Family" (Rev. 6/22), which lists roofing among the covered work types, prices the permit at a flat fee applying to any total cost of construction: "$35.00 + $12.00 per $1,000 of total cost of construction or fraction thereof + State Fee 1%," with no stated minimum-valuation exemption. This matches Elyria's own codified fee ordinance (Codified Ordinance 109.13(b)(2), read from the Building Department's own "Fee increase" markup document, which shows the $12.00-per-$1,000 rate adopted to replace a prior $10.00 rate): "Residential building alteration, repair and remodeling, three families or less. (Includes windows, porches, roofing, siding, foundations, fire repairs) $35.00 ... plus $12.00 per $1,000 of total cost of construction, or fraction thereof." The same ordinance (109.13(g)(2)) explains the added "State Fee 1%" line: the Building Department collects an additional 1% of residential-building fees pursuant to Ohio R.C. 3781.102(F)(2). The permit application separately warns, citing Elyria Codified Ordinance 1317.07, that beginning work without the permit in hand results in payment of a double fee.

SET BY STATE RULE. RCO Table 301.2(1) ("Climatic and Geographic Design Criteria"), OAC 4101:8-3-01 effective 7/1/2019, read in full this session from the state's own copy, pre-fills a Wind Design Speed of 115 mph (ultimate design wind speed) for the entire state -- printed directly in the table rather than left blank for local fill-in -- along with Weathering "severe" and Termite "Moderate to heavy." Wind exposure category is determined site-specifically per Section 301.2.1.4, not by state or city rule. Ground snow load is the one geographically-varying cell in the table and is NOT pre-filled statewide: footnote (o) directs, verbatim, "The jurisdiction shall fill in this section of the table using the Ground Snow Loads in Figure 301.2(6)." No Elyria- or Lorain-County-specific reading of that figure was obtained from an Elyria or Lorain County primary source this session, so no ground snow load figure is stated here.

CITY-SPECIFIC. Elyria's own "Permit Application: Repair/Remodel Existing Space - 1, 2, 3 Family" (Rev. 6/22) presents the applicant with only two roofing work-type checkboxes: "REROOFING OVER EXISTING (ONE) LAYER" or "REMOVE & REPLACE ROOFING" -- operationalizing a maximum of one existing shingle layer that may be roofed over (i.e., two total layers) before a full tear-off is required. The same form separately notes that if the existing roof deck is water-soaked or deteriorated to the point of being unacceptable as a base, it must be replaced.

SET BY STATE RULE. RCO Section 905.2.1 (OAC 4101:8-9-01, effective 7/1/2019), read in full this session from the state's own codes.ohio.gov copy, states verbatim: "Asphalt shingles shall be fastened to solidly sheathed decks." No Elyria-specific deck-sheathing provision was found: Elyria's own Building Department permit materials opened this session (the permit-required flyer and the repair/remodel roofing application) do not address deck sheathing, and Elyria's full codified ordinances (hosted on American Legal Publishing) could not be opened this session -- see BLOCKED note under adopted_code.

SET BY STATE RULE. RCO Section 905.2.5 (OAC 4101:8-9-01, effective 7/1/2019), read in full this session, requires fasteners for asphalt shingles to be galvanized steel, stainless steel, aluminum, or copper roofing nails, minimum 12-gage shank with a minimum 3/8-inch-diameter head, complying with ASTM F1667, of a length to penetrate not less than 3/4 inch into the roof sheathing (through the sheathing where it is thinner than 3/4 inch). Section 905.2.6 requires not less than four fasteners per strip shingle or two fasteners per individual shingle, per the manufacturer's approved installation instructions. No separate Elyria-specific fastener specification was found in the city's own permit materials opened this session. About roofing nails

Lorain County's combined state-and-local sales and use tax rate is 6.50%, per the Ohio Department of Taxation's Sales and Use Tax Rate Map (dated March 31, 2026, reflecting rates in effect as of October 2025): a 5.75% state rate (per the map's own note 3, "The current state rate is 5.75%") plus a 0.75% Lorain County permissive rate, printed in the map's own county table as "Lorain 0.75% N/A 6.50%" (no transit-authority levy). The map's narrative separately states, verbatim: "The lowest rate of 6.50 percent is found in Butler, Lorain, Stark, and Wayne Counties" -- the lowest combined rate of any Ohio county.