City of Parma, Ohio - Building Department

City of Parma, Ohio

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6611 Ridge Road, Parma, OH 44129

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Parma's Building Department is at 6611 Ridge Road, Parma, OH 44129 (440-885-8030). Permits for windows, siding, roofing, and doors use a single combined application (form WSR08072026): the applicant states whether the property is commercial or residential and whether a registered contractor is being used (see registration_details), and, for roofing, whether the work is a tear-off or a reroof and the resulting total layer count (capped at two -- see roof_layer_limit). Nails must be used on the new roof and roof ice protection is required from the eave to 24 inches inside the exterior wall (both initialed requirements on the application). A separate temporary dumpster permit is required if a dumpster will be on site. The Building Department's own fee schedule (Codified Ordinance 185.04) prices a residential "Roofing and siding (houses and garages)" permit at $35.00 plus $5.00 per $1,000 of valuation (or part thereof); commercial roofing additions/alterations are priced separately at $75.00 plus $5.00 per $1,000 of valuation, with no $300 base fee. General building permits are valid 12 months from issuance and are void if no inspections have occurred; a $30 fee applies to re-issue a permit after a contractor abandons a job, and a $75 re-inspection fee applies for incomplete or defective work. Starting work without first obtaining the required permit triggers an administrative penalty under Parma Codified Ordinance 1501.15: $100 for a first offense, $300 for a second, and $500 for a third.

The contractor or applicant must call the Building Department for inspections 24 hours in advance as the project progresses, supplying the address and permit number. A final inspection must be completed and approved before the permit may be removed from its posted location at the job site. The city's own fee schedule sets a re-inspection fee of $75.00 "for incomplete or defective work or for work not in compliance with approved plans," per occurrence (not including stormwater/SWP3 work, which carries its own inspection fee schedule). No roofing-specific inspection stage beyond the final inspection is named in the documents opened this session.

SET BY STATE RULE, with a Parma-specific administrative layer confirmed and a Parma-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. Parma administers its own residential permitting through its own Building Department (6611 Ridge Road) rather than through Cuyahoga County, and enforces its own codified Part Fifteen (Building Code): the Building Department's own permit page cites Codified Ordinance 1501.15 (penalty for working without a permit) and Ordinance 1501.37 ("Contractor Registration"), and the Department's own "Contractors Registration Requirements" document separately cites Ordinance 1501.36 and/or 1501.17 for the same subject; the fee schedule is separately codified as Ordinance 185.04. Those administrative provisions were read directly from Parma's own PDFs this session (see roofing_permit_required, roof_layer_limit, ice_water_shield_required, registration_details, permit_process_note). Parma's full codified Building Code text (hosted at codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/parma) could not be opened this session -- it returned a Cloudflare interstitial to every method attempted (see report) -- so whether that chapter adds roofing-specific technical provisions (e.g., drip edge, impact resistance) beyond what Parma's own permit forms already establish has not been fully determined in this record.

Not required — SET BY STATE RULE, and a genuine deviation from most other IRC-based states -- confirmed this session from the state's own copy. 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 coverings be secured "in accordance with the provisions of this chapter" and "the approved manufacturer's instructions," 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. Parma's own roofing permit application does not separately address drip edge, and Parma's full codified Building Code -- which could add a local drip-edge requirement under ORC 3781.01(B) -- could not be opened this session (see adopted_code), so this record states only the confirmed state floor, not necessarily the complete picture for Parma. About drip edge

Required — CITY-CONFIRMED, and independently required at the state level. Parma's own "Windows / Siding / Roofing / Door Permit Application" (Building Department form WSR08072026) requires the applicant to initial, verbatim: "Roof Ice Protection required from eave to 24 inches inside exterior wall." This matches the statewide RCO floor: RCO Table 301.2(1) (OAC 4101:8-3-01, effective 7/1/2019), read in full this session from the state's own copy, pre-fills "Ice Barrier Underlayment Required" as "Yes" for the entire state, with footnote (h) reciting that, per 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 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. About ice & water barrier

Not required — Not established as a sourced affirmative. Parma's own 10-page fee schedule (Codified Ordinance 185.04, read in full) and its "Windows / Siding / Roofing / Door Permit Application" do not enumerate a specific mid-roof, dry-in, or roof-covering inspection stage; the fee schedule names only a generic "Re-inspection fee for incomplete or defective work or for work not in compliance with approved plans" (item W, $75.00 each occurrence) that applies across all permit categories, and a general rule that permit extensions require that "inspections have occurred." Neither document names a discrete mid-roof inspection step for a residential re-roof. Recorded as a sourced negative -- required: false -- rather than asserting an inspection-stage list that was not found in the documents opened this session.

Not required — Parma imposes no impact-resistance or hail-rating requirement - but this negative had to be earned carefully, because unlike most Ohio cities Parma has NOT surrendered roofing to the state code. Its Codified Ordinances Part Fifteen (Building Code), Title One, contains a live, substantive CHAPTER 1523, "Roof Coverings," with eight operative sections (1523.01 Generally, .02 Asphalt shingles, .03 Asbestos-cement shingles, .04 Tile roofing, .05 Slate roofing, .06 Built-up roofing, .07 Other types of roof coverings, .08 Wood shingles, plus .99 Penalty) - notably NOT repealed, where many neighboring chapters in the same title (1506 Residential Code, 1509 Quality of Materials, 1511, 1513, 1514, 1515, 1517) carry "(Repealed)". I read Chapter 1523 in full. It contains NO reference to impact resistance, to UL 2218, or to hail - zero matches for any of the three. THE DISAMBIGUATION THAT MATTERS, and the reason this record is easy to get wrong: Chapter 1523 DOES impose Underwriters Laboratories class requirements on roof materials, and they are FIRE classifications, not impact ratings. Sec. 1523.02(a) (Asphalt shingles - Quality) provides: "Asphalt shingles shall be of a quality not less than that required for Class C roof covering materials as listed by Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.," and Sec. 1523.08 requires wood shingles to be "listed as not less than Class B roof covering material by Underwriters Laboratories, Inc." UL Class A/B/C roof-covering listings are external fire-exposure classifications under UL 790 / ASTM E108; UL 2218 Class 1 through Class 4 is a wholly separate impact-resistance standard tested by steel-ball drop. Parma mandates the former and says nothing about the latter. A Class 4 impact-rated shingle is therefore an insurance and product choice in Parma, not a code obligation - though a roofer DOES face a real, locally enforceable Class C fire-rating floor on asphalt shingles here that most Ohio jurisdictions do not impose.

CITY-SPECIFIC: no minor-repair or minimum-valuation exemption was identified. Parma's own "Windows / Siding / Roofing / Door Permit Application" (Building Department form WSR08072026) is the operative form for any residential re-roof and requires the applicant to state whether the job is a tear-off or a reroof and, if reroofing, the resulting total layer count. The Building Department's own fee schedule (Codified Ordinance 185.04(e)(3)(F)) prices "Roofing and siding (houses and garages)" as a standard fee-bearing residential permit category ($35.00 plus $5.00 per $1,000 of valuation or part thereof), with no minimum-valuation or minor-repair carve-out identified anywhere in the application or the 10-page fee schedule. The Building Department's own permit page separately states, referencing Parma Codified Ordinance 1501.15, that starting work without first obtaining the required permit triggers an administrative penalty fee: $100 for a first offense, $300 for a second, and $500 for a third.

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 -- the value is printed directly in the table rather than left blank for local fill-in -- along with Weathering "severe," Termite "Moderate to heavy," and Ice Barrier Underlayment Required "Yes." 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: the master rule leaves that cell blank, with footnote (o) directing, verbatim, "The jurisdiction shall fill in this section of the table using the Ground Snow Loads in Figure 301.2(6)." No Parma- or Cuyahoga-County-specific reading of that figure was obtained from a Parma or Cuyahoga County primary source this session, so no ground snow load figure is stated here.

CITY-SPECIFIC. Parma's own "Windows / Siding / Roofing / Door Permit Application" (Building Department form WSR08072026) states, verbatim, under the ROOFING section: "NO MORE THAN TWO TOTAL LAYERS PERMITTED." The same form requires the applicant to state whether the job is a tear-off or a reroof and, if reroofing, how many total layers the roof will have once the work is complete -- operationalizing the two-layer cap at the point of permit issuance.

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 copy, states verbatim: "Asphalt shingles shall be fastened to solidly sheathed decks." No Parma-specific deck-sheathing provision was found: Parma's own Building Department permit materials (the roofing permit application and the fee schedule) do not address deck sheathing, and Parma's full codified Building Code -- which could add a local sheathing requirement under ORC 3781.01(B) -- could not be opened this session (see adopted_code).

CITY-CONFIRMED for fastener type, with fastener specifications SET BY STATE RULE. Parma's own "Windows / Siding / Roofing / Door Permit Application" requires the applicant to initial, verbatim: "Nails must be used on new roof." No further fastener specification (gauge, length, head size, or pattern) appears on the form. 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. About roofing nails

Cuyahoga County's combined state-and-local sales and use tax rate is 8.00%, 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 1.25% Cuyahoga County permissive rate plus a 1.00% transit permissive rate, printed in the map's own county table as "Cuyahoga 1.25% 1.00% 8.00%." The map's narrative separately states that "the highest tax rate of 8.0 percent is found in Cuyahoga and Franklin Counties" -- the highest combined rate of any Ohio county.